The Pioneer, Vol. 53 Issue 2

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OF FUN AT PIERCE
each week something special for their peers
Campus
Dennis Johnson
Communications Coordinator
DJohnson@pierce.ctc.edu
Johnson is in the digital design program,
and is passionate about helping
students with mental health by providing
speakers, resources, and by increasing
awareness of what exists.
“I just want to sit down and talk to
people,” said Johnson. “Because a lot of
people who suffer from depression don’t
want to talk. They just keep to themselves
and will be the ones hiding in the back of
the room.”
During the first two days of classes he
was personally walking lost students to
their classes as part of the board’s ‘Welcome
Days.’
Johnson’s also focused on improving
the social media presence on Instagram,
Facebook and possibly Twitter by
updating it regularly and providing a lot
of relevant content that’ll keep students
up-to-date regarding events.
Johnson is enthusiastic about a campus
cleanup effort, including a focus on trash,
recycling, and landscaping.
“We are committed to the students,”
says Johnson.
Taimane Rice
Entertainment and
Recreation Coordinator
Trice@pierce.ctc.edu
Rice is studying digital design, and
has creative ideas on how to broaden the
variety of students at events.
“I want to ensure that we create a platform
that accommodates both Running
Start students but also students who may
just want to come by on the way to class,
who probably have to go pick up their
kids later and maybe have a job as well,”
says Rice.
She wants to entice more people to
sporting events, including those held off
campus.
Rice has exciting plans for an international
Passport Café with free drinks and
tables with treats.
She grew up in a big family where her
mom entertained, then she became a
wedding planning assistant for her aunt.
“After a while I ended up becoming
her right hand,” says Rice. “She put that
little bug in me to want to be able to plan
things.
“I like that ability to be able to affect
somebody so much that even years later
they’ll remember it,” says Rice.
Kaitie Ferencik
Promotions Coordinator
KFerencik@pierce.ctc.edu
As a digital design student, Ferencik
creates constantly -- all the posters,
flyers, handbills, and the quarterly event
calendar.
“The calendar has a list of all the events
that Student Life holds which is really
cool because almost every single one of
them has free food, free resources, giveaways,
games, things that they can do,”
says Ferencik.
She’s looking forward to creating three
very different calendars – fall, winter, and
spring – that are gender-neutral, and easy
to read and navigate.
Ferencik is also making sure that all
promotional material is posted in ways
that students can access it.
“Our biggest issue is reaching certain
demographics of students, like students
that take online classes or nighttime
classes,” says Ferencik. “I’d really like to
create promotional banners for Canvas.
We have a very large demographic of
people that are not right-out-of-highschool
college students, so our goal is
finding events that they would like to go
to as well as students that are just out of
high school.”
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