The Pioneer, Vol. 52 Issue 1

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HAPPENINGS Sept. 24-25 Sept. 26 Sept. 27 Fall Welcome Daze 7:30am, 11:30am, 5:00pm Where: Cascade, Rainier, and Olympic buildings Sept. 28 Sept. 28 Oct. 2 Emerging Leaders Academy 12:00-1:00pm Every other Friday Where: Cascade 526 Women’s Volleyball 7:00pm Every Wednesday through October Where: Raider’s Home Court Multicultural Leadership Institute 12:00-1:00pm Every other Friday Where: Cascade 526 Clubs 101 12:00-1:00pm Where: Cascade 530 Constitution Day 9:00am-1:00pm Where: Student Life Lobby Sept. 27 Student Government Meeting 1:00pm Every other Thursday Where: Student Life Lobby Oct. 3 Game Day 11:00am-2:00pm Where: Performance & Fireside Lounge Oct. 3-4 Oct. 5 Oct. 6, 20, & 24 Oct. 9 Clubs Rush 11:00am-2:00pm Where: Student Life Lobby Jurassic Pierce Showtimes: 10:00am & 12:30pm Where: Performance Lounge Men’s Soccer Saturdays: 2:15pm Wednesday: 4:15pm Where: Raider’s Home Field Breast Cancer Awareness “Think Pink” 10:00am-2:00pm Where: Student Life Lobby Oct. 10, 17, 20 Oct. 15 & 17 Oct. 17 Oct. 17 & 31 Women’s Soccer Wednesdays: 3:00pm Saturday: 12:00pm Where: Raider’s Home Field Cascade Blood Drive 9:00am-3:00pm Where: Outside Commons Autumn Art Day 10:00am-2:00pm Where: Student Life Lobby Clubs Council Meetings 1:00pm-2:00pm Where: Cascade 528 Oct. 26 Oct. 31 Nov. 5 Nov. 1-16 Family Movie Night: “Hotel Transylvania 3” Doors open: 5:30pm Showtime: 6:00pm Where: Performance Lounge Boo! Palooza 5:30pm-8:00pm Where: Performance & Fireside Lounge Java & Jazz 11:00am-1:00pm Where: Fireside Lounge Pierce College FS Food Pantry Drive Bring non-perishable donations to the Student Life Office. 4 / piercepioneernews.com September 24, 2018 / Vol. 52, Issue 1
STAY IN THE KNOW: NEW FEATURE FOR STUDENT COMMUNICATION Campus A new text message system is now in place BY CALVIN BEEKMAN Staff Writer STARTING THIS FALL, Pierce College will begin using a new text messaging system to relay important information to students electronically. In addition to the emergency text system, students will be able to receive campus information to their cell phone. Students will need to update their contact info through their MyPierce student portal (my.pierce.ctc.edu). Anne White, one of the Pierce staff members who helped get the system started, said why it was introduced. “We want to have multiple ways to get ahold of students when it comes to valuable and important information. It is one of the many ways we can communicate with students.” Pierce College got the idea to use the student text system from other colleges that have successfully used this form of communication. It is ideal for students, as almost all students on campus have a cell phone. It is especially helpful because students do not always check their student email and may miss important information. In order to receive the text messages, students can go to their MyPierce webpages, click on the “SchoolMessenger Update” link and enter their cell phone numbers. Set-up is necessary to be able to use the system because it is separate from the text messaging used for emergencies. “We are going through a different vendor than the one we use for the emergency text system so that we are not confusing the students and also to get students’ attention,” White said. This feature is completely optional. Students should not feel they have to opt in for it, especially if they are worried about their standard text messaging rates. For those who do not check their Pierce student email accounts on a regular basis, this may be the best way to stay in the know about what is happening on campus. Like all other programs and services on campus, student feedback is always welcome. Some students have may have already started receiving text messages. Emails and test texts were sent out during the spring and summer quarters to introduce the system, but this fall is the official first quarter of the system. “Being that this is a new system, it will first be used by student services such as the welcome center, registration and student programs. As time goes by, other services will be able to use the system,” White said. Please feel free to contact Anne White in the student services department at awhite@pierce.ctc.edu if you have any questions. Example of how the school’s messaging program will work. Carl Vincent Carallas/Staff Photo Karley Wise/Staff Illustration September 24, 2018 / Vol. 52, Issue 1 piercepioneernews.com / 5
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