Greetings

We have come to the end of this Fall 2018 semester. Whether this semester means you have done phenomenally well and cannot wait to see your grades or you already told yourself that you will do better Winter/Spring 19, at least we have FINALLY come to the end. Holiday season has arrived. The New Year is approaching as we leave behind this 2018 year. After the final exams and essays are complete utilize the time to make a set of goals.

When I lived in Texas two years ago, my Uncle had sat me down and make a goal sheet. The Goal sheet contained everything I wanted to accomplish before the end of that year. After a tumultuous year, I am thinking about going back to making a goal sheet just to have a plan for 2019. For me, making a goal sheet is relatively easy. Simply,

  1. Write down what you want to accomplish by the end of the year.
  2. Evaluate the purpose behind each goal by describing why it must be accomplished next to each one. That way, you can choose if it is something worthwhile or practical to do.
  3. Write down how you will accomplish each goal
  4. ACTION

I already started to write my list to establish some changes in my life for this new year. I hope all participating in making a goal sheet also accomplish everything they set out to complete.

Now, IN OTHER NEWS…

Scholarships

The online application for continuing undergraduate students is open.

Applying online for Brooklyn College Scholarships

  1. Go to portal.brooklyn.edu
  2. Log in
  3. Click E-Services  tab
  4. Select “undergraduate student transactions”
  5. Scroll down to scholarships

The Deadline for funding for the 2019-202 academic year is February 14, 2019!!!!!

Who is Eligible?

  • Undergraduate students entering or currently in a degree program may apply for scholarships and awards
  • Must have a minimum GPA of 2.00
  • CUNY employees receiving a tuition waiver are not eligible for Brooklyn College Foundation scholarships.

To be considered, undergrad students must:

  1. Complete an application, including a personal statement
  2. File a FAFSA by February 16
  3. Submit two letters of recommendation
  4. Submit an official transcript from high school or previous college if you are entering Brooklyn College or have been at Brooklyn College for less than a year.

Events
Monday December 10: The Haitian American Student Association (HASA) are hosting Miss Haiti auditions from 12PM-2:30PM in the Club Room of SUBO

Tuesday December 11: Bake Sale in New Ingersol Lobby during Common Hours

Tuesday December 11: ARTiculate BC is hosting Art Through Activism during Common Hours

Wednesday December 12: The Graduate Organization of Directors of Theater are hosting Lear by Young Jean Lee from 7:30 PM-9:30 PM in the 2nd floor Orchestra Room of the Tow Center for the Performing Arts. Ticket information in this link: https://www.brooklyncollegepresents.org/buy-tickets/calendar-of-events/view/Lees-Lear/

Hope you see this semester through to the very end!!! Give it your best shot as we all enter the very last leg of this Fall 18 year.

“…It matters not how strait the gate,
     How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
     I am the captain of my soul.” – Invictus, William Ernest Henley

– W.I.B.