Student Bulletin


March 8th *St. Cloud State University Visit
March 9th *Tournament Tuesday - Big Buck Hunter
March 9th *The Art Institute International Minnesota Visit
March 9th *Kick off of Womens Fastpitch Softball Team
March 10th *Mole to Gram Conversion Balancing Equations Workshop
March 11th *Mole to Gram Conversion Balancing Equations Workshop
March 11th *The Irish Gazette-We are More than St. Patrick's Day
March 12th *Mole to Gram Conversion Balancing Equations Workshop
March 15th - 20th *No Classes - Spring Break

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Current Announcements

New Women’s Fastpitch Softball Team at Cambridge Campus Hosts Kick-Off, March 9

Anoka-Ramsey Community College’s new Women’s Fastpitch Softball team at the Cambridge Campus is hosting a kick-off event, Tuesday, March 9, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., in the Armed Forces/Community Center.

Regional media, high school coaches and athletic directors are being invited the community to watch the team practice, talk to the players and interview the team’s coach.

 “We are so excited to roll out this new program that we want to share it with the community,” says athletic director and women’s softball coach, David Alto. “The game is very popular in the Cambridge/Isanti area. Now high school players will have an opportunity to continue to play after graduation and the community will have great games to attend.”

The first game is Saturday, March 6 in Rochester. Weather permitting; the team is scheduled for 47 games in the first season.  

Home games for the Anoka-Ramsey team will be held at Sandquist Family Park in Cambridge, located east of town, past the fairgrounds. Next year, the team will practice and play home games at the new field currently being planned and constructed at the Cambridge Campus. 

Go Rams! 

Graduating in May, 2010?  Now is the time to pre-order your cap, gown and tassel from February 8-March 15 in the ARCC bookstores!  Purchase price is $15.70.(Pay when you pick-up). Plan to attend the “Grad Finale” (Coon Rapids Campus) on Wednesday, April 14 to purchase and pick-up your regalia!  If you cannot attend the “Grad Finale”, you can purchase your regalia in the bookstore beginning Thursday, April 15.    Graduating, but cannot attend the Commencement Ceremony?  Souvenir tassels will be available in the bookstore also on April 15, for $2.10 each.  Questions?  Call the Anoka-Ramsey bookstores-Cambridge and/or Coon Rapids.  Congratulations Graduates! 

Spring 2010 Student Opinion Survey

The spring 2010 administration of the Student Opinion Survey at ARCC is coming soon.  The Student Opinion Survey explores enrolled students’ satisfaction with programs, services and other aspects of their college experience. Data collected through the survey assists the college in identifying areas for improvement and in understanding the impact of changes made to our offerings. 

High levels of student participation are vital for ensuring that the survey is a success.  Look for your chance to complete the survey in randomly selected classrooms during February and March.   

Thank you.

  • Anoka-Ramsey is hosting the 3rd annual Holistic Therapies:  Renewing Ourselves and Others Conference on Thursday, February 25th, 2010.  Chunyi Lin, International Qigong Master, is back by popular demand.  The conference is held at the University of Minnesota Continuing Education Conference Center in St. Paul.  Call 763-433-1200 to register.

    • English Department Guest Speakers and Field Trip Spring 2010

      A field trip to Open Book is scheduled for Thursday, March 18th.  We will meet in the Coffee Gallery at 9:45 a.m. We  will tour Open Book with Loft Program Director Jerod Santek from 10-11, then tour Milkweed Editions and talk with Editor-in-Chief Daniel Slager from 11-12. Plan to stay for lunch at the Coffee Gallery.  This activity is open to all faculty and students, though keep me informed if you are coming and bringing students.

      Fiction on a Stick:  Legacy Room, Wednesday, March 3  1:00-3:00 p.m.
      John Reimringer’s first novel, Vestments, is forthcoming from Milkweed Editions in fall 2010. An excerpt, “Betty García,” appears in the Milkweed anthology Fiction on a Stick: Stories by Writers from Minnesota. The recipient of two Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowships and a residency at the Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary

      Studies, he has published short stories in Carolina Quarterly, Colorado Review, Louisiana Literature, and Gulf Stream Magazine. Reimringer has been a Susannah McCorkle Scholar at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and is currently a Loft-McKnight Fellow.       Sarah Stonich is the author of the These Granite Islands and The Ice Chorus, both have been translated into eight languages.  Her collection of short fiction, Vacationland will be released in 2011, along with a volume of essays, Shelter.  She’s currently writing a third novel, Fishing with RayAnne, and has adapted it for screen.  Her work has been short-listed for France’s Grand Prix de Lectrices d’Elle, won the Loft-McKnight Award for Fiction,  and Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers.  She has been writer-in-residence at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre,  County Monaghan, Art OMI Ledig House International Writers’ Program, and was a Drue Heinz Fellow at Hawthornden, Scotland.

      Diane Wilson is a prose writer who uses personal experience to illustrate broader social and historical context. Her memoir, Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past (Borealis Books, 2006) won a 2006 Minnesota Book Award. Her work has been featured in the Fiction on a Stick Anthology (Milkweed), and Homelands: Women’s Journeys Across Race, Place, and Time, (Seal Press) and many other publications. She was recently awarded a residency at Hedgebrook Writers’ Residency.

      Blood Ties and Brown Liquor:  Legacy Room, Wednesday, April 14 1:00-3:00 p.m.
      Born and raised in Milledgeville, Georgia, Sean Hill is the author of Blood Ties & Brown Liquor (UGA Press, 2008). His awards include fellowships from Cave Canem, the Bush Foundation, The MacDowell Colony, the University of Wisconsin, and most recently a Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University. His poems have appeared in Callaloo, Ploughshares, DIAGRAM, Tin House, and numerous other journals, and in the anthologies Blues Poems, Gathering Ground, The Ringing Ear, and Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry. He lives in Bemidji, Minnesota. More information, as well as poems, can be found at his website: www.seanhill.org.

      Barrie Jean Borich:  Thursday, February 18  12:30-1:45 T208
      Barrie Jean Borich is the author of My Lesbian Husband (Graywolf), winner of an American Library Association Stonewall Book Award. Her work was awarded the 2010 Crab Orchard Review Literary Nonfiction Prize and she has essays in current or forthcoming issues of Seneca Review,  Ecotone, Hotel Amerika, New Ohio Review and Seattle Review. Borich is an assistant professor in the MFA/BFA writing program at Hamline University, where she is the nonfiction editor of Water~Stone Review.

    •  PTK Clean-up Press Release!!

    • FREE ONLINE ACCESS FOR YOU
      Free wireless access is now available on both campuses. You are welcome to use college computers to view the course schedule and to register.  Computers are available in the college computer labs, college libraries, and various kiosks. All public libraries also offer free computer availability. Kiosks are located in the following areas:

      • Cambridge Campus

        • Outside Bookstore
        • Alcove Across from Records & Registration
        • Three Workstations in Advising Area
        • Two Workstations in Financial Aid Area
        • Coon Rapids Campus
          • One Outside Bookstore
          • 11 Workstations in Counseling & Advising Area

          If you have questions, feel free to ask any college employee and we will be happy to assist you.  You are our priority!

          Don't Forget!!

          •  GET ACTIVE!
            • Pick up your FREE swim and/or bowling pass - Coon Rapids Campus, G203.
            • Check out our Intramural & Recreational Sports offerings & schedule at both campuses.
            • Check out Fall Weight Room hours.

            • STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS!
              Many of our most successful students get involved in co-curricular programs. Check out our clubs and get active in your
              favorite organization!
              • Cambridge Club Meeting Schedule
              • Coon Rapids Club Meeting Schedule

              • YOUR STUDENT ID PROVIDES:
                • FREE access to the ARCC Library
                • Two FREE tickets to all ARCC Theatre productions each year
                • FREE admission into all ARCC home athletic events
                • FREE use of the Weight Room and Gym during open Gym/Weight Room hours
                • FREE entry into numerous student life/activity programs/events
                • Discounts to several participating area businesses (check with individual businesses)

                • CHAT LINE ADVISING SERVICES THROUGH ASKUS
                  A new service... AskUs now offers virtual advising via instant messaging. AskUs Chat allows real-time online access to advisors and counselors Monday - Friday from 12 noon to 1 p.m. and Monday and Thursday evenings from 7 - 8 p.m.  To access chat services, select AskUs on the ARCC home page, and select 'Chat with an Advisor.'  Remember, you can check the question and answer database 24/7, or simply email us a question and you receive an emailed response within one business day!

                • TUTORING/ACADEMIC SUPPORT CENTER (ASC)
                  The Academic Support Center is staffed by trained student-tutors, who offer help in almost all subjects offered at the college. Tutoring is completely free and you never need an appointment. The ASC also has a computer lab that students may use while working with a tutor, and a collection of resources. Stop by the ASC for more information about tutor schedules in the subject you’d like help with.

                • SELF-SERVICE STUDENT ENROLLMENT VERIFICATION - AVAILABLE FREE ONLINE.
                  The National Student Clearinghouse provides enrollment verification services for ARCC students, allowing you to:
                  • Print enrollment verification certificates for insurance providers, housing providers, lenders, etc.
                  • Check deferment forms and electronic notifications sent to lenders on your behalf
                  • Obtain a list of your student loan lenders and link to real-time loan information
                  • View your enrollment history
                  • Etc.

                  • HOUSING LIST

                    The Coon Rapids Campus maintains a listing of local apartment complexes and a listing of possible roommates/rooms for rent. The housing list is updated monthly from call-in requests. The college does not screen or endorse listings for housing or roommates, so use your best judgment when meeting prospective roommates or investigating a nearby apartment.

                  • Cambridge Off Campus Housing

                  • Coon Rapids Off Campus Housing

                  • You may also conduct your own web search of rental opportunities at anyone of the following:

                    www.aaapartments.com
                    www.aimrelocation.com/
                    www.apartments.com
                    www.forrent.com
                    www.goldmark.com
                    www.mynewplace.com
                    www.relocationcentral.com/
                    www.rent.com
                    www.rentbits.com/rb/s/rentals-cambridge-minnesota
                    www.springstreet.com
                    www.startribune.com
                    www.thesublet.com
                    www.myapartmentmap

                  • Photo ID Cards
                  • The Coon Rapids Campus provides Photo IDs in Room SC 114 according to the following schedule:

                  Monday

                  3:00-5:00 p.m.

                  Tuesday

                  11:00 a.m.-12:50 p.m.

                  Wednesday

                  1:00-3:00 p.m.

                  Thursday

                  9:00-11:00 a.m.

                  Friday

                  9:00-10:50 a.m.

                  3rd Week of Semester- January 25-28

                  5:00-6:00 p.m.

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