Southeast Community College is proud to announce that the Transitions Lab has won a national award. The Transitions Lab at SCC has been named a winner of the National Council of Instructional Administrators Exemplary Initiatives competition in the Curricular and Program Innovation category. The lab is designed to help students improve their academic and study skills and be more prepared for college-level coursework. The lab, an initiative of a Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grant, is in the Library Resource Center on SCC’s Lincoln Campus. It helps prepare students for success in college-level coursework by offering one noncredit “Quick Start” brush-up continuing education workshop and the opportunity to meet with a transition advisor. Transitions Lab advisors are Geriann Rada and Kristi Lawrence, and forty-eight past “Quick Start” students earned spots on SCC’s 2013 Fall Quarter Dean’s List. To be recognized on the list, a student must complete at least six quarter credit hours of the term with a minimum grade-point average of 3.5. Dr. Phip Ross, English instructor at SCC, will be attending the 25th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning in Florida in March to accept the award and present about SCC’s Transitions Lab.
For more information about SCC, please contact Stu Osterthun at (402) 323-3401, by email at sosterthun@southeast.edu, or visit www.southeast.edu.