Garden City Community College - Broncbuster Yearbook (Garden City, KS)

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Du ties vary from chemistry SCIENCE From preparing specimens Phil Gilbert was the physics I e f or dissection to watering assistant for Warren Fousi plants to setting up chemistry He did everything from se experiments-the duties of a ting up labs to fixing projec lab assistant were diverse. tors. The lab assistant program It' d was a work study project for think you learn a lot more science majors. A minimal than if you just take the amount of background in classes, Gilbert said. science was required for ob- taining the position. There were two assistants each for the biology and chemistry departments and one for the physics depart- ment. Ken Overbay and Jennifer Ferranti-Ybarra were the biology assistants. Their duties not only included set- ting up labs for the biology students but also feeding the animals in the lab. Those animals ranged from a spider to a rat snake. It keeps us busy, Overbay said. According to Ferranti- Ybarra, some background in the biological sciences was helpful when applying for the position. Their financial status and their major fsciencej were factors considered when they applied for the positions. Overbay commented that the experience helped refresh his memory of what he had already learned in other science classes. His supervisor was Bill Coons. S 8. gOO CXIJCYICHCC Gilbert worked 10 to 1- hours a week and didn't hav to worry about getting bored. He fFouseJ always has something for me to do, he said. Mary Woodrow and Karen VanDoren served as chemistry lab assistants for the two years that they attend- ed GCCC. According to Woodrow, the worst thing about it was clean- ing up after students. However, she felt the benefits outweighed the disad- vantages. I have a better rela- tionship with the teachers in this building. They're more than just teachers, Woodrow said. Woodrow and VanDoren agreed that it took a while to get used to the job. The se- cond year is much easier, I know my way around, Woodrow said. Green thumb-jennifer Ferranti- Ybarra plants radishes-just one of her many duties as a biology lab assis- tant.

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Preventive measure-Mary Woodrow, sophomore mixes volatile chemicals under the fume hood as in- structor Gary Holmes supervises. A drop or two-Lab assistants Mary Woodrow and Karen VanDoren add drops of chemical into a flask. -Q-...N WWW! M f

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Project: I Care offers students TQ EET Sz BEFRIE Project: I Care offered students from sociology classes an opportunity to meet and befriend young persons from the community. The pro- gram was initiated over 16 years ago by Sociology In- structor joyce Boone. The children chosen were those who were identified to Boone as ones who would benefit from personal, direc- tive interaction with a college student. Approximately 75 students per semester participated in the program. The students who volunteered for the project were given on-the-job training in understanding the pro- blems of younger children, ages four to 14, and in relating to those children and their problems. Children in the community who need this type of help are selected and referred to the program by the social and rehabilitation service, the schools, and personal calls from concerned parents,', Boone said. Many of the children have been in trouble with the law, are from minority families or from one-parent families or dual-career families, Boone said. I sometimes get calls from children asking if they can join Project: I Care. Some have friends in the program and they would like to have someone care about them too 86 Project I Care!Academics -just like their friends have, Boone said. The project required each volunteer student to spend at least one hour a week with their child. The students then turned in a weekly progress report to Boone who checked the reports and then sent them to qualified counselors. A case study was required for the student at the end of the semester, recommending whether the child should be on the program the next semester. Students had the respon- sibility of introducing the children to community ac- tivities and showing them some of the simple things that most people take for granted. Many of the activities were supported by the community, including discount movie, bowling, and skating tickets. Free tickets to all college ac- tivities such as football, basketball, drama and musical events were provided for the children and the students. In the past 16 years, over 2400 students have par- ticipated in the program. Some of my students were actually 'I Care Kids, themselves, Boone said. One such student was Freshman Shelly Goodwin. She began participating in Project: I Care when she was in grade school. Unlike many of the other kids, I wasn't a kid from a poverty family. I just wanted someone to be my friend and spend time with me, Good- win said. From an I Care Kid's point of view, the fact that someone cared about me was the most important thing. It really helped me get over the rough spots of growing up, Good- win said. When I became an I Care student myself, the neat thing was that I had the opportunity to see the program from both sides of the fence, Goodwin said. 'llm kind of sorry the class is over for me. I'd like to take another I Care Kid-just for fun,', Goodwin said. Companionship-Two Project: I Care participants share a special mo- ment at the annual Christmas party.