WIN-R program to expand to NW

   From reciting poetry to singing jazz, participants at the kickoff for Women in New Roles program on NW Campus will not only enjoy the entertainment but find out about an opportunity that WINR coordinators say will help turn their lives around.
  “We want [students] to know that they can do this program,” Carol Hunsberger, WINR coordinator on NW Campus, said. “This program can definitely change their lives.”
  The event will be Tuesday, Nov. 11, 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Optimum Room.
  With an aim of assisting low self-esteem women to succeed through the transition of college life and well into the preparation for their future careers, the 26-year-old academic program is planning, for the first time, to expand its services on South, SE and NE campuses to NW Campus.
  The WINR program will be available on NW starting this spring, and program officials say they hope the kickoff will help inform more women who may benefit from the program.
  Members go through WINR by taking two concurrent classes, Applied Psychology and Human Relations, as well as attending workshops and support groups. Graduates of the program then go on to become mentors for new students in the program.
  Tuesday’s event will open with a poem presentation from the “Rapping Granny,” Alice Eldridge, who went through the WINR program on South Campus at the age of 53.
  At the event, participants will then meet with the team facilitators made up of administration staff and faculty members. They can learn about the history, missions and scholarship opportunities in the program.
  Some of the past WINR graduates will also present their testimonials about how WINR has helped changed their lives.
  “People who are interested in WINR will get a glimpse not only of what the program is about,” Hunsberger said, “but also of what their lives may be after WINR.”
  For more information, call 817-515-7228 or check out the program’s Web site at www.tccd. edu/win-r.