Career/Transfer Center Reduced Hours

Important information relating to the Career/Transfer Center hours of operation – the following was sent by Vice President of Student Services, Peter White.

Due to continued severe understaffing (two of the three contract positions remain vacant and unfunded), the Transfer/Career Center will be closed during the months of May and June. In July, August, and continuing into the fall, the Center will be open for services Mondays and Wednesdays only, from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm. A reduced calendar of university advisor visits, classroom visits, and workshops will be made available on the two days each week that the Center is open. Students who need information on transfer and/or careers on the days the Center is closed should go to the Counseling office, where a limited range of services will be available.

Counseling Center Hours

In order to give students more opportunities for appointments, we are adhering to the following schedule in the counseling office until June. Appointments are available for career and academic planning. Walk-In is for 10-minute questions/answers. 

Monday-Thursday
8-9am	Appointments
9-10am	Walk-In Counseling
10-11:30am	Appointments
11:30am-1:30pm	Walk-In Counseling
1:30-5pm	Appointments
5-6pm	Walk-In Counseling
Friday
8-10am	Walk-In Counseling
10am-12pm	Appointments

College Major = $$$

Some college degrees are better than others if you want to avoid the unemployment line.  According to a Georgetown University study, a student is less likely to be unemployed with a degree in a healthcare field versus one in architecture, but is that how students should decide on their college majors?

This UT article, Employment Out of College A Matter of Degree, from Feb. 7, 2012 was forwarded by counseling support staff, John Gradilla. In the article, Elliot Hirshman, president of SDSU, says students shouldn’t base their college major only on economic benefits. He says there’s a bigger picture. What do you think?  

Student Success – An Introduction by Kelli Turpin

Student Success – An Introduction

 by Kelli Turpin

A successful student balances on a stool with three legs.  Leg #1 is motivation.  If you don’t want to be in college, it’s going to be extremely hard to make the time and spend the money to do it well.  Leg #2 is time.  A student must come to class prepared to learn in order to get the most out of class time.  All classes require reading and some kind of exams; most also require papers and other types of homework, all of which (with the exception of the actual exams) occur outside of class.  Leg #3 is money.  Class fees for California residents are relatively inexpensive – once the rates go up to $46 per unit, students in New Mexico, the state with the next cheapest fees, still pay an extra $2.50 per unit – but the expensive part of college is books.  The average college book is $100-$150 and some classes require multiple books at that price.  We’ll talk about each of the legs in separate posts, but first, we need to define what we mean by “success.”

Welcome to City Counseling

My name is Ray Wong, and I’m a counselor at City College. I will be working with my counseling colleague, Kelli Turpin, on this blog. We will post a new blog at least once a week to provide you with timely information to help you as a student. How are we going to help? By covering topics such as motivation, time management, money for school, career exploration, job trends, the services we provide, how to access counseling, career research strategies, and others.