2008 Woodie Awards
One-Stop stopped
John Saiz
Issue date: 9/17/03 Section: News
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Yuba College students returning to campus this fall might notice a difference while walking into the 100 building. The Transfer and Career Centers, visible cornerstones of the recently christened Yuba College One Stop Center, were cut after last spring, thanks to the slew of budget cuts that have hit educational institutions across California over the past year.
"Many of our student services are mandated services," said David Farrell, Dean of Student Services. "Unfortunately, the Career Center had no external mandate. Every other student service we had at the time had a mandate, and the Career Center had to be placed at the lowest priority as a result."
"With the Transfer Center, we have a counselor willing to work on it for the time being," continued Farrell. "She has scheduled all our ongoing visits with the reps from CSU Sacramento, CSU Chico and UC Davis."
The counselor Farrell spoke of is Helen Nickolson, who had co-ordinated the Transfer Center for 2 years previous to the budget cuts.
"We've sent out a flyer with the dates the UC and CSU reps will be coming to Yuba College, and also the dates of the workshops we're offering, to all students with 30 or more transferable units," said Nickolson. "It'll miss some students, but the question is, 'How do you reach a large amount of students on a limited budget?' So we're trying to pick up the slack that way, but I don't know how effective that'll be."
"It all comes down to the fact that we have no budget, so the counselors try to pick up where we can," continued Nickolson. "It's a critical need, and there's no one out
there."
Compensation for the loss of the Career Center is done by enrollment into a career
planning course.
"As students express interest (in career counseling), we enroll them in Counseling 45, which is a career planning course," said Farrell. "We're substituting for the process Alice Eppler put them through. Another function of the career center was Career Assessment, and the Testing Center is picking up that function. The computers in the center still have Eureka, which is an interactive career exploration program."
"Many of our student services are mandated services," said David Farrell, Dean of Student Services. "Unfortunately, the Career Center had no external mandate. Every other student service we had at the time had a mandate, and the Career Center had to be placed at the lowest priority as a result."
"With the Transfer Center, we have a counselor willing to work on it for the time being," continued Farrell. "She has scheduled all our ongoing visits with the reps from CSU Sacramento, CSU Chico and UC Davis."
The counselor Farrell spoke of is Helen Nickolson, who had co-ordinated the Transfer Center for 2 years previous to the budget cuts.
"We've sent out a flyer with the dates the UC and CSU reps will be coming to Yuba College, and also the dates of the workshops we're offering, to all students with 30 or more transferable units," said Nickolson. "It'll miss some students, but the question is, 'How do you reach a large amount of students on a limited budget?' So we're trying to pick up the slack that way, but I don't know how effective that'll be."
"It all comes down to the fact that we have no budget, so the counselors try to pick up where we can," continued Nickolson. "It's a critical need, and there's no one out
there."
Compensation for the loss of the Career Center is done by enrollment into a career
planning course.
"As students express interest (in career counseling), we enroll them in Counseling 45, which is a career planning course," said Farrell. "We're substituting for the process Alice Eppler put them through. Another function of the career center was Career Assessment, and the Testing Center is picking up that function. The computers in the center still have Eureka, which is an interactive career exploration program."