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Hello STEP Students,

Welcome back to the Spring 2011 semester! We have a few announcements for this week:

• Thursday, January 27 at 12:15 is our first workshop of the semester – the ASU Application Workshop. Many of you have been coming in to the office with questions about applying to ASU. This is your chance to talk to the expert – Dana Roy, ASU Transfer Advisor. Please join us!
• Laura Smith, the STEP Academic Advisor, will be keeping later hours on Wednesdays to accommodate those students who need evening academic advising. EVERY WEDNESDAY, Laura’s hours will be from 10:30a.m.-7 p.m. Please call 602.305.5676 to make an appointment to see Laura.
• If you didn’t make it to the Kickoff Lunch last Wednesday, please stop by the office to pick up an information packet with the schedule for the semester, progress report form, and tutoring hours.
• The English Tutoring Hours have been revised for the Spring 2011 semester. STEP English Tutoring will be available Mon and Weds 9:30am -10:30am and 2pm-4:30pm and Tues and Thurs 1pm-5pm. Karen Odle will be doing all of the English Tutoring for the semester.
• The Nina Mason Scholarship Application is available at this website https://www.maricopa.edu/studentaffairs/NMPLS/Nina/Ninaapp.php or in the Financial Aid Office. Keep in mind this scholarship has very specific requirements for applicants. You have to be in foster care, have physical disabilities or be an adult with dependent children to be eligible to apply.
• Maricopa is pleased to offer a Transfer Scholarship page at the following website http://www.maricopa.edu/transfer/partners/scholarships.php. Check it out to find more transfer scholarships!
• If you need to request a letter of recommendation from a TRIO Staff member, please complete a Letter of Recommendation request form, found in the TRIO Conference Room and attach a copy of your personal statement, resume, and information about the scholarship. You need to request the letter directly from Ruben, Laura, Sylvia, or Karen. Please allow AT LEAST one week before the due date to give staff enough time to write the letter for you. Also, if your scholarship asks for two or three letters, you will likely want to request one letter from a TRIO Staff member and the other two or three letters from your professors or other club advisors to make your application more competitive and likely to receive the scholarship.
• Don’t forget to check the STEP blog for updates, scholarship and internship info! The blog can be found at the following link: http://www.stepsmcc.blogspot.com/

Have a great week!