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Friday, November 18, 2011 Vol. 75 No. 10
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Part 3: Nurses and EMTs
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Candi Corey measures a dosage for a simulated patient as Werner Du Toit (center) and Laura Sanchez observe. This exercise is among the many included in the hundreds of clinical work hours KC nursing students experience.
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Editor’s Note: KC and KC-Longview are home to some of the most acclaimed public service academies in all of East Texas. More than 250 students are enrolled in public service job courses which include those training firefighters, police, nurses and EMTs. This is the last part of a three-part series highlighting these students. Today they are our fellow classmates, but tomorrow they may be our heroes.
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hey’re present when you take your first gasp of breath. They have trained for the moment when you come into their office clinging to a broken arm after falling out of a tree in a childhood accident. They’re there when you’re trapped in your mangled car on a dark and rainy night. Offering hope and assistance is their passion, the job they love. Nurses and Emergency Medical technicians (EMTs) are there in your hour of need. They’ve chosen the health care
I.D. policy muscles up with new enforcers 2˖FLDOV FRQVLGHULQJ GLVFLSOLQDU\ DFWLRQV KASI DICKERSON Executive Editor Starting in the Spring 2012 Semester, the campus will have a more strict enforcement of the I.D. policy. “We do expect to increase KCPD levels of enforcement regarding the I.D. policy; however, they cannot do it alone,� said Mike Jenkins, vice president of student development. “This has been and will continue to be a campus-wide initiative that requires buy-in and involvement from all constituencies.� The Kilgore College Police Department will have at least two police officers patrolling the campus during the most active hours of the day. KCPD Chief Martin Pessink says that they are also trying to get a faculty or staff member to volunteer to walk with the police officers. “Students will be stopped for not wearing their I.D.s and a disciplinary notice will be sent out to the permanent See I.D.s on Page 3A
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profession as a means to make a difference in the lives of others. KC and KC-Longview have some of the top-ranked student training programs in the state. The nursing and emergency medical services programs are here to prove that. KC’s nursing department’s first graduating class contained 24 students in 1971. Thirty years later, the program now has 193 students for the fall semester. Some 200 students apply, but only 50 students are See NURSES, EMTS on Page 6A
FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE Monday, Dec. 5 – Thursday, Dec. 8
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY OR FRIDAY CLASSES
Graduation set Dec. 9 in Dodson Auditorium KASI DICKERSON Executive Editor
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s the winter season approaches, many students prepare for final exams and their final days at KC. Fall graduation will be 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, in Dodson Auditorium. This December 378 students are scheduled to graduate with an associate degree or certificate. As of this week, 262 students have signed up to participate in the graduation ceremony. Music instructor Sandra Siler will be the speaker. Siler is KC’s 2011 Piper Professor Award Nominee and recipient of the Kilgore College Beeson Award for Outstanding Teaching. The number of graduates has increased from 331 last fall to 378 this year. Caps, gowns and tassels are on sale for $30 in the bookstore and will be available until the bookstore closes 2:30 p.m. Dec. 9. See list of candidates on Page 8A.
CLASS TIME
EXAM TIME
7 or 7:30 a.m. 8 or 8:30 a.m. 9 or 9:30 a.m. 10 or 10:30 a.m. 11 or 11:30 a.m. Noon or 12:30 p.m. 1 or 1:30 p.m. 2 or 2:30 p.m. 3, 3:30 or 4 p.m. 5 or 5:30 p.m.
7-9 a.m. 8-10 a.m. 9:30-11:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Noon - 2 p.m. 1- 3 p.m. 1-3 p.m. 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. 5-7 p.m.
TUESDAY OR THURSDAY CLASSES CLASS TIME 6, 7, 7:30, 8 or 8:30 a.m. 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30 a.m. 11 a.m. or Noon 12:30 p.m. 1 or 1:30 p.m. 2 or 2:30 p.m. 3, 3:30 or 4:30 p.m. 5 or 5:30 p.m.
EXAM TIME
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8-10 a.m.
Thurs., Dec. 8
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 6
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 1-3 p.m. 8-10 a.m. 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 8 Tues., Dec. 6 Tues., Dec. 6 Thurs., Dec. 8
3:30-5:30 p.m. 5-7 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 6 Thurs., Dec. 8
EVENING CLASSES CLASS TIME
EXAM TIME
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
7:30 - 9:30 p.m. 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
DATE Mon., Dec. 5 Tues., Dec. 6 Wed., Dec. 7 Thurs., Dec. 8
Friday only classes will test at regular class time on Friday, Dec. 2. Saturday classes will test 8:30-10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3. Flex classes (classes that follow a different calendar than the regular semester) may test at different times. See course Z`SSHI\Z VY PUZ[Y\J[VY [V JVUÄYT L_HT KH[L [PTL Grades may be accessed and printed at www.kilgore.edu – click on the Campus Connect link. Grades will be available Monday, Dec. 12. Grades will not be mailed.
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