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Volume 1, Issue 1 mentioned items, student support areas can provide tutorials and videos in self management strategies. For ―communication with instructors‖ as a barrier, in addition to the aforementioned items, student support areas can provide mock discussions and student leadership conferences that facilitate students’ effective communication skills. For ―choosing courses‖ as a barrier, in addition to the aforementioned items, student support areas can provide career and academic planning workshops to help students see the implications of sequencing courses to match their career and personal goals. For ―negative attitude toward reading‖ as a barrier, in addition to the aforementioned items, student support areas can provide winning attitude workshops and service learning opportunities that promote positive attitudes toward achieving all of the commitments related to any success. What’s Next at TCC for Achieving the Dream? Our Achieving the Dream teams will continue finding data to better understand what our students struggle with as they aim for success. Additionally and most importantly, all of us as staff and faculty must search through the unfolding data to find ways of helping our students attain success in the classroom, in the advising office, at the financial aid desk, in the LRC, in the division office, in the student lounge, in the book store, in the cafeteria, at the registration desk, in the computer lab, in the math/reading/writing/language labs, in the nursing office, in the veteran’s office, in the online TCC websites, at the help desk areas—any area of the college that the student visits. We absolutely do need a village, a community, to be agents for student success at TCC. Please join the Achieving the Dream work by reviewing our research findings and using the results to help shape your job, your classroom, and your interactions with students. -Dewayne Dickens International Scholarship Program Recipient Announced TCC now has its first Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program award recipient. Since the inception of the Gilman Scholarship Program in 2001, 18,960 applications have been received and 4,728 scholarships have been awarded to students participating in study abroad programs. The Gilman Scholarship Program seeks to diversify the kinds of students who study abroad and the countries and regions where they go. Specifically, the Gilman Program offers scholarships for students who have been traditionally underrepresented in education abroad. Mr. Christopher Cooper is our first TCC award winner and has won a $5,000 scholarship to help defray the costs of his continued studies of the Japanese language in Nagoya, Aichi Japan. -Doug Price Upcoming Events Jan. 25-Feb. 8, 2010 ―Utilizing Web 2.0 Apps to Enhance Teaching & Learning‖. For more information contact Continuing Education at x7833. March 5, 2010 Alternative Course Materials Conference, Tulsa Downtown Doubletree Conference site March 26-28, 2010 The Great Plains Honors Conference, co-sponsored by TCC and ORU, Downtown Doubletree Conference site Office of Academic Affairs Conference Center 918-595-7841 Website