National Library Week 2009

Worlds connect @ your library: celebrate National Library Week at Florida National College Library & Resource Room, April 12-18, 2009
It’s National Library Week, a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians and library workers in schools, campuses and communities nationwide – and the perfect time to discover how worlds connect @ your library.

The FNC Library & Resource Room is celebrating National Library Week!

Every day, libraries in big cities and small towns, colleges and universities, in schools and in businesses help transform their communities. At our library, people of all backgrounds come together for community meetings, lectures and programs, to do research with the assistance of a trained professional, to get help finding a job or to find homework help.

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.

For more information, visit the Library & Resource Room at Florida National College, or online visit My FNC Library in the My FNC campus portal.

Contact information and hours are listed below:

Hialeah Campus Library
Phone: (305) 821-3333 ext. 1020
Email: hllibrary@mm.fnc.edu
Hours:
Mon – Thurs 8:00 AM – 9:50 PM
Friday 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM

South Campus Resource Room
Phone: (305) 226-9999 ext. 1320
Email: cslibrary@mm.fnc.edu
Hours:
Mon – Thurs 8:00 AM – 9:50 PM
Friday 8:30 AM – 8:00 PM

 

My FNC: Exploring the New Student Portal

Finally! The New Student Portal is ready! But was it worth the wait? It certainly was.

FNC students have the convenience of on Campus Services right from their computers. Here’s a brief run down of some of the things you can do:

• Post Used Textbooks for Sale
• Change Your Address
• Print your schedule
• View your grades
• Print Unofficial Transcripts
• Make a payment
• View Your Financial Aid Award Letter
• Access Blackboard
• Create an Employment Profile
• Upload a Resume
• Access the Library’s Online Resources (articles and full-text publications)
• Access Student Forms and Publications

Visit How to Use the New Student Portal for details on how you can create your new Student Portal account. You must have a valid email address on record with FNC in order to retrieve the confirmation link.

For further assistance, visit the Office of Student Services.

 

New to the Blogosphere!

It is a great pleasure to be part of this blogosphere and provide you all with some tips and information from my own academic experience that you may find useful and help you avoid common mistakes that students make while attending higher education institutions.

Why “ aperpetualstudent”? Well, for several reasons including a firm belief in constant learning and education; I have been a higher education student for many years. I have attended several schools such as Florida Metropolitan University, Florida Institute of Technology, Brevard Community College, University of Florida, University of Waterloo, and currently Florida National College.Throughout these years at school, I have acquired some firsthand experience on how to survive college life and move forward towards better opportunities and horizons.

Please feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. I will be more than happy to help you and/or look for further information that can help solve the issue.

 

Student Applause Winner Jesus Diaz

The Student Applause Award was first introduced in June 2008(http://fncstudentservices.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/introducing-the-student-applause-award/). Although the majority of our students are still learning about this recognition opportunity, one South Campus teacher inspired reams of support from his students. Yes, I mean that literally . . . well almost.  We received quite an impressive stack of nominations for Mr. Diaz, ESL instrutor at the South Campus. However, as per our selection criteria, it was not the quantity of the nominations that won Mr. Diaz the award, it was the quality. After reading the comments supplied on all of those nomination forms, it was quite clear what a positive impact Mr. Diaz has made on his students.

We at the Office of Student Services would like to join the students of South Campus in thanking him for a job well done!

Jesus Diaz, Winner of the Student Applause Award: Summer Semester 2008

 

Click here more information on the Student Applause Award and the nomination process.

 

Winner of the Student Handbook Scavenger Hunt

[The Office of Student services delayed the publication of this story, hoping the Hialeah winner would stop by to collect the prize. Since the individual has failed to return our calls, a new winner will be drawn.]

Halloween Scavenger Hunt

Noel Perez: South Campus Winner!

Throughout the month of October, the student services department ran a fun activity for the student body in the Training Center, Hialeah, and South Campus.  The Halloween Scavenger Hunt encouraged students to read the Student Handbook and become more aware of the institution’s guidelines and procedures.

 

 

 

All students could participate by answering a short questionnaire with key information in the Handbook. Once they had the information, they returned their forms and received a delicious bag of goodies as well as a chance to participate in a raffle at the end of month for a $ 25 gift certificate to Target stores.

Students’ participation was really satisfactory and the Office of Student Services is happy to announce the winners who not only received their “trick or treat” bags but also received gift cards to selected stores.