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Autism Events on Campus

Rasmussen College Wausau will be hosting a number of events in November that revolve around autism. If you know someone with autism or if you might someday work with someone who has autism, you should plan on attending at least one of the events! Wed love to see you!

Speaker on Autism
November 14, 2011 5:30-6:30pm Harry Dolan is the father of a teenage son who has autism. When Mr. Dolan discovered that people with autism are seven times more likely than the rest of us to have an encounter with law enforcement and that many officers and first responders are not trained in recognizing it [autism], he realized that such encounters could turn out very badly. He set out to fix the situation and has been providing training to first responders in central Wisconsin ever since. Mr. Dolan will be sharing his knowledge with us on Monday, November 14. His presentation will start at 5:30pm, will be in room 101, and is free and open to the public.

Book & Book Discussion

November 9, 2011 11:45am-12:30pm Rasmussens One College, One Book read for Fall Quarter features Christopher Boone, a young man who has autism. The story, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, is about how Christopher tries to solve the mystery of who murdered his neighbors dog. Christopher tells the story so you see everything through his eyes. If you ever wondered what the world might look like if you had autism, this novel will help! The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is available for checkout in the library. Just stop by to pick up a copy! A lunchtime discussion about the book is scheduled for Wednesday, November 9th at 11:45am in the library. Bring your lunch and let us know what you think about the book! No need to have finished the book...just join in! There is also an online discussion taking place at: http://www.librarything.com Create a free account and look in groups for RasmussenCollegeRead. Online information about the book and the discussions is available at http://rasmussen.libguides.com/curio usincident

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Panel Discussion on Autism

November 17, 2011 6:00-7:00pm Rasmussen staff and students whose lives have been impacted by autism will be presenting a virtual panel discussion on their experiences on Thursday, November 17 at 6pm. Anyone can attend online by logging into http://tinyurl.com/LLCwebinar If youd like company for the panel discussion, join us on campus to watch, listen, ask questions, discuss, and eat pizza. RSVP to Jeneen LaSee-Willemssen (715841-8041) by Wednesday, November 16 so we have enough pizza! We will be watching from the Rasmussen boardroom.

Autism Facts According to the National Institute of Mental Health (2009), 3.4 out of 1000 children in the United States have autism. They also note that most children with autism struggle with social interaction skills and with both verbal and nonverbal communication. Finally, they indicate that children with autism may also exhibit repetitive behaviors and have unusual responses to sensory experiences.
National Institute of Mental Health. (2009). Autism spectrum disorders. Retrieved from: http:// www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/ autism/what-are-the-autism-spectrumdisorders.shtml

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Learning Center Corner

Come to the Brainiac Brunch on Thursday, December 1, from 11:30 am1:30 pm in the Student Lounge! It is part of our ANTI-Cram Jam Studying Event series. Joy, our Academic Dean, is cooking, and tutors & faculty will be on hand to help with final assignments and papers. Come ready to work and ready to eat! Stop by The Learning Center and meet our six tutors. Davene Taylor helps with Early Childhood Education. Christa Neumann will assist with Medical Assisting and Coding, and Julie Wesenick also tutors in Medical Assisting. Bryan Gaulke is our Criminal Justice Tutor. Cherise Weiss tackles Tech & Design, along with other computer tutoring. Last, but not least, Amy Staubs tutors for our Paralegal program. Check tutor hours outside the Learning Center door, inside the Learning Center, or call the direct tutor line at 715-841-8080. If youre having problems with algebra or accounting, please contact Corinne Solsrud at 715-841-8028 or Corinne.Solsrud@rasmussen.edu. While we, unfortunately, dont have live tutors on campus in these areas right now, we do have other resources available to you. Not the least of which is our own wonderful Andrew Grzadzielewski who runs math and algebra help sessions in the Learning Center on Tuesdays. Other instructors and campuses also offer various resources, including our online Live Help sessions offered through your online classes. Were here to help. Call today. The Learning Center offers both online and phone tutoring. No need to drive to campus on a snowy or icy evening. Call us to arrange an appointment soon! November Learning Tip for Students Start Now! What does this mean? The quarter is already well underway. Considerits midterms and it is important to continue starting early to finish strong. Start your accounting and math assignments early in the week. That gives you time to seek help if you need it, especially on the difficult, extended problems that often emerge in those classes. Start writing your final papers now! The same rule applies, plus you have time to develop your ideas, opinions, and analysis over time. Start early on finals by reviewing course notes, flashcards, lectures, etc. Your learning will improve, and your test anxiety will lessen, if you study everyday for a reasonable period rather than cram at the end. In addition, you will retain a lot more information. Study Groups! We have several student study groups you can join at any time. Business meets on Tuesdays from 4:30 to 5:30pm. All the other study groups meet on Thursdays. Tech & Designs study group meets from 4:00 to 5:00pm. Criminal Justices study group meets from 2:30 to 5:00pm, and the Paralegal group meets on Thursdays from 6:00 to 8:00pm.

Call the Learning Center tutor line early in the week at 715-841-8080 to line up appointments for the end of the week or to arrange something for a Saturday. You get the idea. Start Now!

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Mentors Program
If you could go back to your first quarter at Rasmussen and give yourself some advice, what would you say? This quarter we are trying a new approach to increase support for our first quarter students. All new starts are now given a student mentor during orientation. The mentor is a student peer within the same program. As an additional contact, the mentor can assist a student with understanding expectations and may be able to offer valuable advice. Their role is a vital part of the communication between students and staff at Rasmussen College. It is important that new students find momentum from a confident start. Mentors are an important key to their success! Mentors also benefit because they learn to work with new students and gain valuable leadership experience. Student advisors Jean Miller, and Ben Krueger are excited about this new opportunity. We saw many students within the student ambassador group sign up early to volunteer as a mentors. We are proud of the willingness of our students to make this first quarter the best experience possible. The Mentor Program allows students to build relationships and allows Rasmussen the ability to provide students another level of support. This quarter, the following programs and mentors are available: School of Health Sciences: Sandra Miller - MHT Joan Dulak - MEDAS Erin Yusten - MEDAS Tiffani Smith - MEDAS Pete Vandre MEDAS Enita Schreiner - MEDAS School of Business: Tiffany Rodriguez - BMMS Michelle Cowan-TemplinACAS Cassandra Linke - BHR Brian Langreck - BAB Susan Wegerer ACBS School of Justice Studies: Dawn Pulchinski PLA Ron Rose CJ Mary Jorgensen HS Amy Staubs PLA Billie West - CJ School of Tech & Design: Cherise Weiss - IMDDA

Mid-Start Classes Available!

Students! Dont forget about the opportunity to add a class for the mid-start! Adding a mid-start class to your schedule is a great opportunity to get ahead in your program and possibly graduate earlier! Contact Anna Alanko or Financial Aid for more details. Here is a look at what we are hoping to offer this November: Residentially: Professional Communications M/W 9-12:50 Intro to Communication T/H 9-12:50 Medical Law and Ethics M/W 1-4:50 Intro to HR Management T/H 1:30-5:20 English Composition T/H 5:30-9:20 Online: Intro to Business Principles of Marketing Professional Communication Humanities General Psychology Intro to Communications Intro to Sociology Structure and Function of the Human Body

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AcceleratED Bachelor Completion Program!

Did you know that we now have an accelerated Bachelors degree program designed for students that have already made progress toward their Bachelors degree? We are now offering accelerated degrees in two areas: Marketing Human Resources and Organizational Leadership The accelerated Bachelors program is fully online and consists of ultra focused sixweek courses that allow you to complete your degree in as If you started your degree, earned credits, but never finished, our accelerated program might be for you. Call 888-549-6755 to find out more or visit

little as 18 months, depending upon the number of credits you transfer. And our transfer policies are designed to maximize the credits you can transfer, so you are positioned to start strong, save time, and save money.

http://www.rasmussen.edu/de grees/accelerated/

Grand Re-Opening of RasMall

The RasMall website has been under construction for the last month and many of you may have wondered what was happening. Well, if you have not heard, Rasmussen College now has a new logo! RasMall is reflecting that change and now our RasGear sports our new logo! Check out RasMall and have a look at the products now available. There is an excellent selection of apparel for men, women and children and weve been told that even more new RasGear will be coming soon!

Check out RasMall at: http://www.costore.com/rasmall

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Get Smart! Attend A Workshop

Each quarter the Library and Learning Center offer a variety of workshops to support you in your academic endeavors. In November, we will be offering the following workshops: APA: Formatting, In-text Citations and Reference Lists with NoodleBib Software: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 4:30pm Tuesday, Nov. 8, 4:30pm Tuesday, Nov. 15, 4:30pm Wednesday, Nov. 16, 4:30pm Got GAP? The Graduate Achievement Portfolio and What You Should Do Now to Prepare (for new and experienced students!) Thursday, Nov. 10, 4:30pm Monday, Nov. 21, 4:30pm Please call or email to let us know you are attending: 715-841-8041 or Jeneen.laseewillemssen@rasmussen.edu Resources for Research: How to Get The Good Stuff From Home, Fast.... Wednesday, Nov. 16, 5:30pm

Questions? Answers!
The Rasmussen Library has a new database you really need to try out. It is a database of questions asked by Rasmussen students and it includes the answers we gave them! If you have a question, try searching it! It is on the eResources list, it is called LibAnswers from RasLLC and it can be accessed directly from http://rasmussen.libanswers.com

Check it out! Type in a question and see if someone else has already asked. Most questions are related to APA, database searching, and course assignments. If someone has asked your question, youll get an instant answer. If no one has asked, well respond to your question within 36 hours and your question/answer will be added to the database.

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Honors Award Students (4.0 GPA)

Erica Adams Tami Albee Laureen Altmann Kristine Anderson Amy Arnold John Barnett Stacey Haring Andrea Harsh Christine Heise Caryn Henrich Jessica Henrichs Leslie Hilgendorf Lori Ingalls Karen Jadack Jessie Karnack Kelly Kempf Molly King Amanda Kipp Rachel Kirk Kali Klimek Bradley Knispel Ryan Kottke Tammy Krause Traci Krzanowski-Wolff Carissa Langeberg Brian Langreck Jeneen LaSee-Willemssen Long Le Denyel Lehman Bobbi Lemmer Lanette Lemmer Lisa Lenhard Angela LePage Melinda Lewis Debra Lingford Heather Martell Michael Mattioli Katherine McEwen Jennifer Miller Diana Mozer Tami Mroczenski Alisha Nowak Timothy Opal Jennifer Pachal Seth Pajtash Lori Philbrick Shelby Podeweltz Jeannette Pollnow Dawn Pulchinski Jennifer Rasmussen Jeff Reeder Angela Ryan Jason Schmidt Enita Schreiner David Schubring Loralee Serwa Mary Sikonia Kelly Simonis Shelly Slater Tiffani Smith Barbara Stolze Samantha Szalkus Betty Velasco Susan Wegerer Cherise Weiss Shannon Wendland Jessica Wetterau Tera Wiesman Lon Wilkosz Hannah Wingo Deborah Wolfgram

Brenda Bartz Paul Bender Vicki Briese Ashley Buhse Katie Buntrock Shannon Burns Anna Carpenter Janel Cheyka Renee Cybula Ron Drager Joan Dulak Nikki Erbrecht Jessica Felch Stephanie Friske MattieAnna Garcia Bryan Gaulke Linda Gilbertson Jill Habeck

Note: Students who opted out of media release permissions have been omitted from this list.

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Deans Award Students (3.5 to 3.9GPA)

Kenan Allred Tiffanie Amsrud Maggie Aschebrock Betsy Benaszeski Jamie Binkowski Andrea Bowen Jillian Carlson Carmen Carstensen Treasure Casper Nicole Clarke Brandon Cole Davon Craig Courtney Diels Courtney Diels Scott Drake Shannon Drake Nicole Dulak Joshua Erickson Danielle Frome Emily Fuchs Amy Gavinski Elizabeth Gilbertson Rebecca Guite Cheryl Hackel Sharon Hardrath Danielle Harmon Melanie Hein Kimberly Howe Natalie Jackson Bryan Jacquest Christine Johnson Karen Jones Mary Jorgensen Loralei Kachel Chad Karsnia Missy Kelly Kelli Klessig Paul Kluck Erika Koch Jennifer Kummerow Ryan Landretti Marissa Lashua Justice Latzig-Gresens Dawn LaVia Michelle Leblanc Pang Kou Lee Mee Lee Brenda Lehman Michelle Littleton Joseph Litwaitis Melanie Lonsdorf Sue Lor Jacob Marheine Teresa Martini Adam Michlein Sandra Miller Kristy Minx Jamie Mueller Theresa Neumann Ebert Nitzke Amber Nixdorf Susan Nordall Shannon Nowak Wendy Oas Jackie Ollhoff Lukas Olsen John Otto Dustin Owens Colleen Parquette Kimber Paul Tara Paul Carol Pawlicki Patricia Pientkewic Amanda Ratsaphonh Sierra Reinke Ron Rose Chrystal Ruiz Sarah Ruth Cassandra Ryskey Carrie Salyers Holly Santroch Kim Sargent Melissa Scantlin Staria Schmidt Alice Schultz Dawn Schupp Jennifer Schwartz Christopher Shotliff Mandy Sondelski Lindsey Starck Colleen Stender Amber Stetz Anna Stumpner Timothy Talkington Davene Taylor Chong Thao Ashly Timm Destiny Trever Stacey Ulrich Brittany Valenta Peter Vandre Haley VanDreese Lee Vang Mai Yang Vang Stephanie Vidaillet Amy Visger Gillian Waukau Julie Wesenick Billie West Pamela Whitehouse Willow Woellner Terri Wolf Chia Xiong Elizabeth Yang Kenny Yang Mainou Yang-Kong Erin Yusten

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Look for Us & Join Us At Community Events

Rasmussen participates in a wide variety of community events. Sometimes Rassy even shows up! Please feel free to stop by and visit us if you see us out and about. In November, we will be attending and supporting the following community events: 4. Mall Hunters Expo Wausau Center Mall Wausau, WI Saturday, November 19th from 12:00pm 4:00pm

1. Wausau Area Hmong New Year Greenheck Fieldhouse, 6400 Alderson Street, Schofield, WI Saturday, November 5th and Sunday, November 6th, 8:00am 6:00pm

Photos are from Harvest Fest which took place on October 8, 2011 at Wausaus Oak Island Park. Rasmussen provided face painting for the kids, moose hugs, and more!

2. GameStop Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare III Release Wausau Mall, Rib Mountain and Stevens Point Locations Monday, November 7th from 9:30pm 12:30am

3. "Santa Wakes Up" Event Woodridge Mall - Marshfield, WI Saturday, November 19th from 9:30am 1:30pm

Technology and Design BLOG & Newsletter

Technology and Design (T&D) students should be aware that there is a Rasmussen Tech & Design blog at http://www.rasmussen.edu/ degrees/technology-design/blog/ The latest article is Become A Computer Programmer And Join The Profitable Technological Field. Be sure to visit this blog because it is full of many interesting articles and updated frequently! In addition, please know that our Wausau IT Specialist puts out an informational newsletter just for T&D. Watch your email! If you are not getting the newsletter, let Jeff Gorr know so he can add you to his list! Jeff.Gorr@rasmussen.edu

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On-Campus Calendar for November 2011

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Mid-Start Orientation, 10am Study Group: Business, 4:30-5:30pm

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APA Workshop, 4:30pm Mid-Start Orientation, 5:30pm

Drug Dog Demo, 1pm Penny Wars End Study Group: Justice Studies, 2:30-5pm Study Group: Tech & Design, 4-5pm Study Group: Paralegal, 6-8pm

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Study Group: Business, 4:30-5:30pm APA Workshop, 4:30pm

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Book: Discussion for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, 11:45am Medical Assistant Programmatic Orientation, 4pm

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Study Group: Justice Studies, 2:30-5pm Study Group: Tech & Design, 4-5pm Study Group: Paralegal, 6-8pm Got GAP? Workshop, 4:30pm

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Veterans Day Campus open normal hours for Veterans Day Holiday, but lightly staffed

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Daylight Savings Mid-Start Classes Time Ends (Turn the Begin! clock back one hour)

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Harry Dolan on Autism, Open to the Public, 5:30pm Toastmasters Speech Club, Open to the Public, 7:00pm

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Study Group: Business, 4:30-5:30pm APA Workshop, 4:30pm

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APA Workshop, 4:30pm Resources for Research Workshop, 5:30pm

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Study Group: Justice Studies, 2:30-5pm Study Group: Tech & Design, 4-5pm Study Group: Paralegal, 6-8pm Virtual Panel Discussion on Autism, 6pm

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