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Wharton Journal-Spectator, Saturday, January 12, 2013
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STEM Success Center opens
Ribbon cutting
set for Thursday
on WCJC campus
Special to the Journal-Spectator
In an effort to bolster student learn-
ing and success in the fields of science,
technology, engineering and mathemat-
ics (STEM), Wharton County Junior Col-
lege will host a ribbon cutting for its new
STEM Success Center on Thursday at
11 a.m. The center is located in the J.M.
Hodges Learning Center on the Wharton
campus, 911 Boling Hwy.
The ceremony is open to the public. A
light lunch will be served, so reservations
are requested.
The STEM Success Center is an out-
growth of a $4.1 million grant awarded
to WCJC from the U.S. Department of
Education’s Title V Hispanic-Serving In-
stitutions (HSI) STEM and Articulation
program. Although The STEM Success
Project grant targets Hispanics and low
income students, the services offered at
the new center are open to all WCJC stu-
dents enrolled in STEM courses.
The STEM Success Project consists of
three integrated components. The first
component includes providing academ-
ic and student support services at the
center, including STEM-specific materi-
als and resources to help students with
their coursework. Some of these initial
resources include 20 computers, 12 lap-
tops, scientific and graphing calculators,
science models and charts.
“Our instructional coach and tutors
at the STEM Success Center are recent
WCJC graduates for a reason,” said Title
V HSI STEM Project Director Marybelle
Perez. ‘We want the students we support
to see themselves in these staff members
and know they can overcome whatever
challenges they may face and be success-
ful in college.”
Included in the academic and student
support services is academic advising to
help students transition to four-year in-
stitutions. STEM-related workshops and
field trips to universities will supplement
the advising.
The second component of the grant
has WCJC instructors and department
heads revising and upgrading STEM
courses and participating in related fac-
ulty development. Part of this process in-
cludes the acquisition of identical teach-
ing materials for courses taught at all
WCJC campuses.
Already, the grant has provided key
materials for the college’s biology, chem-
istry, physics and engineering design
programs. It also has provided three in-
dustry-standard labs for the WCJC Elec-
tronics Engineering Technology program
and is adding new equipment to comput-
er science programs.
The third component of the grant
is pursuing STEM articulation agree-
ments between WCJC and four-year
institutions to increase the number of
WCJC graduates in STEM-related fields
of study who continue their education
at the university level. Perez said this
includes revising the required courses
for each STEM discipline and ensuring
equivalent course content at WCJC and
the university level.
Another student success initiative of
the center currently under development
is a STEM Summer Bridge program.
Designed for high school graduates who
will attend WCJC, this program will help
incoming STEM students prepare for en-
trance exams and provide other neces-
sary support services.
“By providing this network of interwo-
ven services, WCJC seeks to increase the
success of our current STEM students
and to increase the number of students
who select STEM fields of study,” said
Perez whose career includes K-12 class-
room teaching and campus administra-
tion, community education and grants
coordination.
To make reservations for the ribbon
cutting ceremony of the WCJC STEM
Success Center, call 532-6442 by Monday.
Initially, the operating hours of the
STEM Success Center will be Monday
through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. until
5 p.m. and Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4
p.m.
For additional information about the
center or The STEM Success Project
grant, visit wcjc.edu and connect through
the Student Services link, or call 532-
6477.
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Saturday, Jan. 12
• Wharton County Stray
Pet Outreach Team (SPOT)
will have a pet adoption from
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at
Wharton County Junior Col-
lege, parking lot No. 2, 911 E.
Boling Hwy., Wharton. 979-
253-3446.
Sunday, Jan. 13
• Wharton County Stray
Pet Outreach Team (SPOT)
will have a pet adoption from
1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Petco,
23710 Commercial Drive,
Rosenberg. 979-253-3446.
Monday, Jan. 14
• Wharton Book Review
Club meets at 9:30 a.m. at
the Wharton County Histori-
cal Museum, 3615 Richmond
Road, Wharton. Sally Soder-
quist, 532-4936.
• Pre-school story time
(ages 1-5) is from 9:30 to 10
a.m. at the Wharton County
Library, Central Branch, 1920
N. Fulton St., Wharton. 532-
8080.
• Alateen meets at 4 p.m.
at Victory in Jesus Recovery
Center, 218 N. Houston St.,
Wharton. John Williams, 533-
2319.
Tuesday, Jan. 15
• Wharton County Vet-
erans Service office will be
open from 7:30 a.m. to noon
and 12:30 to 4 p.m. at 1017
N. Alabama Road, Wharton.
532-1311.
• UH-Coastal Plains Small
Business Development Cen-
ter representative will be in
Wharton from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
at the Wharton Economic De-
velopment Corp. office, 1944
N. Fulton St., Wharton. Ap-
pointments: 979-320-4085.
• Special Education Parent
Workshops, “Contents of the
IEP,” from 10 to 11 a.m., and
“Assertiveness,” from 11 a.m.
to noon, will be presented at
the Wharton County Library,
Main Branch, 1920 N. Fulton
St., Wharton. Reservations:
Brenda Nelson, 979-616-
0393.
• Pre-school story time is
from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at the
Wharton County Library,
East Bernard Branch, 746
Clubside Drive, East Ber-
nard. 335-6142.
• Tech Tuesday, an as-
sistance program for basic
computer skills and more, is
from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Whar-
ton County Library, Central
Branch, 1920 N. Fulton St.,
Wharton. 532-8080.
Wednesday, Jan. 16
• Wharton County Vet-
erans Service office will be
open from 7:30 a.m. to noon
and 12:30 to 4 p.m. at 1017
N. Alabama Road, Wharton.
532-1311.
• Matagorda Episcopal
Hospital Outreach Program
(MEHOP) Mobile Medical
Clinic is open from 9:30 a.m.
to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. in the
St. Thomas Thrift Center
parking lot, 416 W. Milam St.,
Wharton. 877-705-2008.
• Rotary Club of Wharton
meets at noon at the Wharton
Civic Center, O’Quinn Meet-
ing Room, 1924 N. Fulton St.,
Wharton, www.whartonrota-
iyclub.com.
• Family story time is at
2 p.m. at the Wharton Coun-
ty Library, Central Branch,
1920 N. Fulton St., Wharton.
Homeschoolers are welcome.
532-8080.
• Domestic violence sup-
port group meets from 5:30
to 6:30 p.m. at the Wharton
Women’s Crisis Center, 116 E.
Burleson St., Wharton. 531-
1300.
Thursday, Jan. 17
• Wharton Book Club
meets at noon at the Whar-
ton County Library, Central
Branch, Conference Room,
1920 N. Fulton St., Wharton.
532-8080.
• Wharton Lions Club
meets at noon at Hinze’s Bar-
B-Q, 8229 U.S. 59, Wharton.
Sue Boyette, 281-782-7759.
Friday, Jan. 18
• Al-Anon meets at 7 p.m.
at Victory in Jesus Recovery
Center, 218 N. Houston St.,
Wharton. John Williams, 533-
2319.
• Alcoholics Anonymous/
Narcotics Anonymous meets
at 7 p.m. at Victory in Je-
sus Recovery Center, 218 N.
Houston St., Wharton. John
Williams, 533-2319.
Saturday, Jan. 19
• IRS Small Business Tax
Workshop will be from 9 a.m.
to noon at the Wharton Civic
Center, 1944 N. Fulton St.,
Wharton. Registration: 979-
320-4085.
• 27th annual Martin
Luther King Jr. Day Free-
dom March, with the theme
‘Working Together to Bridge
the Gap,” begins at 10 a.m.
(line up at 9:30 a.m.) at the
Wharton County Courthouse
and ends at the Dawson Re-
source Center, 1619 Martin
Luther King Blvd., Wharton.
A program is from 11 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. with refreshments
from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Mozelle
Stephens, 532-0659.
Jury duty cancelled
Persons called for jury duty in Wharton County Court
and have a jury summons for Thursday, Jan. 17 at 9:30 a.m.
do not have to report, according to County Clerk Sandra
Sanders’ office.
The jury has been cancelled, Sanders said.
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Dog & Puppy Training Classes !
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WHARTON
VETERINARY CLINIC
Wharton Veterinary Clinic in association with
Mic and Mac Dog Training is now offering a
6 week elementary dog training class for dogs
18 weeks and older.
This class is designed to teach people howto
train their dogs to do basic behaviors includ-
ing: sit, down, stand, heel, walk on a loose
leash come, stay, leave, and off.
A six-week puppy class is also being offered
for puppies' 8-18 weeks. Emphasis will be
placed on socializing your puppy at an early
age and begin training behaviors such as sit,
down, leave it and come.
For more information and to
register, contact:
Wharton Veterinary Clinic
(979)-532-1431
6 Week Elementary Dog Training
Classes for dogs 18 wks. or older
Puppy Classes for 8 -18 wks.
Basic socializing £r behavior con-
trol training
• Third annual Washfest
begins at 10 a.m., followed
by a concert from 6 p.m. to
midnight at Hungerford Hall,
235 Cypress St., Hungerford.
Trish Kline, 713-232-9051.
• Wharton Training High
School Alumni and Ex-stu-
dent Association meets at 11
a.m. at the Dawson Commu-
nity Resource Center, Room
21, 1619 Martin Luther King
Blvd., Wharton. Chester
Houston, 979-618-6645.
Sunday, Jan. 20
• Wharton County Stray
Pet Outreach Team (SPOT)
will have a pet adoption from
1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Petco,
23710 Commercial Drive,
Rosenberg. 979-253-3446.
• Martin Luther King Jr.
Scholarship Fund program
will be at 2:30 p.m. at East
Gate New Prosperity Mis-
sionary Baptist Church, 5531
FM 102, Sorrell community.
Mozelle Stephens, 532-0659.
• Community calendar is
published every issue. To add
or change a listing, contact
Managing Editor Keith Ma-
gee at kmagee@journal-spec-
tator.com.
Monday - Sunday We Now Serve
10am to 10pm Catfish Every Day!
Mr. and Mrs. Bill and Merlinda Phillips are very proud
to announce that their daughter, Sherrell Clark has en-
listed into the United States Regular Army. Pvt. Clark
will be departing January 22nd. She will be beginning
Basic Training at Ft. Sill Oklahoma to perform her du-
ties as a Logistical Specialist-92 A (Airborne). Sherrell
graduated from Wharton High School in 2011 with
honors in the ROTC program.
We would like to thank Pvt. Clark in advance for her
service and patriotism.
Boling Fire Department
Annual Fundraiser
Saturday, January 19,2013
6:00 PM to 1:00 AM
^ Boling Community Center
Everyone is invited to attend!
Meal/Dance Tickets are $9.00 each.
Gun Raffle Tickets are $10.00 each or 3 for $25.00
Come support your local Firefighters!
Donations accepted at the door.
Contact a Boling Fire Department or Ladies Auxiliary Member
for additional ticket information.
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