APRIL 2012 THE PENNON IS ONLINE AT:
northshore.edu/pennon • A Monthly Publication For The Students of North Shore Community College, Danvers, Lynn & Beverly, Massachusetts •
Spotlight Corner NSCC Staff
BY CAL GIL Samantha McGilloway, Director of Marketing Communic-
Once she left Mass Housing, she started her own graphic design company, and did well for herself. She had many great
Samantha McGilloway ations, has had a long and interclients, such as Boston Medical esting journey to North Shore Center and UMass Boston. Community College. She loves However, she decided that she working here with her favorite felt isolated working alone and facet of the job, being the peowanted a “9-5 job.” It was then ple she works with. Although that she saw an opening at she dedicates most of her time North Shore Community to work, her favorite thing to do College and applied. outside of work is swimming. Starting as a Graphic DesSamantha McGilloway is a very igner, Samantha worked at interesting, hardworking perNorth Shore for five years son. before she was promoted to The After graduating from Boston Director of Marketing ComUniversity with a Bachelor’s munications, where she now Degree in Filmmaking and oversees all advertising, be it Broadcast Journalism and, later, print, radio, or television. getting a Master’s Degree at Samantha said that North UMass Boston, Samantha got Shore Community College is what she calls her “first ‘real’ the most interesting, vibrant job” in the public information place she has ever worked, and department of Mass Housing. that “No day at NSCC is the She was there for eight years same.” There’s always an excitbefore she left, and said that the ing project to work on, and that job was “a really nice gig for a there is never a dull moment. young person.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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Student Leaders in Action
JESSIE PAIVA GENERAL EDITOR On March 8, 2012, our North Shore Community College Student Government Association traveled to the Massachusetts State Board of Higher Education’s headquarters in Boston. The group had been invited by the Student Advisory Council (SAC) to discuss Governor Deval Patrick’s proposal Outside Section 30. Originally, our SGA took the initiative to invite student leaders from the fifteen state community colleges to our Danvers campus for such a discussion. Understanding the pressing need and state of unrest among other student leaders, the SAC chose to dedicate their March 8th meeting to discussing the proposal.
Members of the Student Government Association, NSCC faculty, and interns This proposal, entitled “Outside If you are unfamiliar with Section 30,” favors community Outside Section 30, the followcollege reform. Part of the ing is a quick recap. Governor Patrick attached a proposal to proposition suggests that the the fiscal year 2013 budget. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
“Support 4 Students” (S4S) Text Campaign
BY TATIANA BURGOS-ESPINAL DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
Give by Text for Student Funds NSCC will be holding its first ever student text campaign to raise funds for student needs. From May 7-25 NSCC students will be able to contribute $5 toward the “Support 4 Students” (S4S) Text Campaign to raise money for 1) the Stop Hunger on Campus (SHOC) Fund, which allows the college to offer emergency cafeteria vouchers to students experiencing a food shortage at home, 2) the Short Notice Aid for Verifiable Emergencies (SAVE) Fund for unexpected emergencies related to housing, utilities,
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transportation or childcare and 3) the Scholarship Program. One $5 donation will support all three funds. Donating via text message will be easy. Students will text a keyword to a code number, both of which will be heavily advertised throughout the campuses prior to May 7. After a quick confirmation request, a $5 donation will be added to the donor’s cell phone bill. NSCC faculty and staff who are interested in supporting the S4S Text Campaign will certainly be welcome to join in by texting their $5 donation anytime from May 7-25. The “Support 4 Students” campaign will be an ongoing effort, starting with the spring student text campaign and continuing in the
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fall. It will also be extended to alumni and the entire NSCC community. Donations will also be accepted online at https://www.northshore.edu/giv ing/donate $5 is all it takes! Text Campaign To Support Three Student-Centered Funds “A young mother became faint in class because she had not eaten since the previous afternoon. She was a single mother and had chosen to feed her child rather than herself. She was struggling to work part-time, come to NSCC, pay rent and raise a family. She did not know about the food stamp program, was given the information and CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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