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WINR sponsoring business seminar

Students wanting to become successful entrepreneurs can take the first step by attending a WINR community seminar next week.
The free seminar by Catherine Simpson, director of the Women’s Business Center in Fort Worth, will be in the South Campus SSTU Living Room, Tuesday, March 2, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
All questions and aspects of the entrepreneurial world will be covered.
Simpson will talk about the entrepreneurial personality as well as explain how to start a business and how to write a business plan.
Her seminar will run 11:15 a.m.-noon. She will then be open for any questions she may have not answered from noon to 12:15 p.m.
The seminar will promote the Entrepreneur Expo 2004: Worth A Million scheduled at the Fort Worth Convention Center March 12.
Women in New Roles on South Campus is sponsoring the seminar; WINR programs on all four campuses will participate in the expo.
For further questions regarding the seminar, call Triesha Light, the WINR South Campus coordinator, at 817-515-4740.
To gain more details about the March 12 expo, visit the Fort Worth Business Assistance Center Web site at www.fwbac.com and click on the Entrepreneur Expo 2004 link.

 

Seminar to assist in note taking

South Campus will host Effective Note Taking: Getting the Most Out of What the Instructor Says next week in the Texas Room inside the Student Center.
Steve Rakoff, counselor on South Campus, will present the seminar, Tuesday, March 2, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and repeated Tuesday, April 20, from 2 to 3 p.m.
The presentation will be broken into four parts. The first will involve the purpose of note taking, followed by effective listening skills. Next, note-taking systems will be discussed. This will involve the Cornell Note Taking Technique, which was created 40 years ago by Walter Pauk of Cornell University as a way to help students better organize their notes. Lastly, Rakoff will talk about taking notes from a book.
The presentation is part of the College Student Success Seminars and is sponsored by the South Campus counseling center.

 

Coordinator to help in anger issues

Students experiencing anger problems in their family caused by stress may want to attend a seminar on SE Campus today.
Jill Gutbier, community education coordinator for The Parenting Center, will present Be Good to Your Family! Controlling and Defusing Anger Situations Wednesday, Feb. 25, from noon to 12:45 p.m. in Lecture Hall ESEE 1301. Gutbier has been with The Parenting Center for seven years and has conducted many seminars focusing on anger problems among families.
Sponsored by SE Campus counseling center, this seminar will help students learn about self-care and healthy relationships. Gutbier will offer advice on controlling anger.