South Coast College will be empty tomorrow as many of the faculty, staff, and students make their way to Sacramento to support the 13 CSR candidates who will be taking the CSR examination.
Melissa Sosa and Airiann Guyant
Court Reporting students, Marisa Aceves, Melissa Sosa, Airriann Guyant, and Jessica Navarro qualified today for the CSR Examination held in Sacramento in October.
Court Reporting students, Christine Eropkin, Melanie Jacobs, Greta Medearis, Barbara Niles, Celeste Ramsey, and Vanna Soeur have already qualified to take that examination. President Jean Gonzalez commented on what an outstanding group of students they are. Congratulations!
Court Reporting and Paralegal. Earlier this year, we were happy to announce that Kathryn Olsen, Court Reporting Student, and Bonita Chavis Baranyai, Paralegal Student, each won a $1000 scholarship through the Orange County Legal Secretaries Association 2009 scholarship competition. Kathryn won the College Student category, and Bonita won in the Re-Entry Student category.
Winners of OCLASA scholarship are also entered for an additional scholarship competition through OCLASAs parent organization, Legal Secretaries International (LSI).
Today, we received telephone calls from both Kathryn Olsen and Bonita Chavis Baranyai informing us that they won the additional $1000 scholarships in their respective categories. Congratulations to you both!
Court Reporting Program. Congratulations to Maria Boyd and Cathy Calcagnie for passing the machine portion of the February 2009 CSR examination.
Kathryn Olsen, a court reporting student, and Bonita Chavis Baranyai, a paralegal student both won scholarships from the Legal Secretaries Association. This year is the second consecutive year in which South Coast College students were recipients of the scholarship.
Thanks to the Legal Secretaries Association of Orange County for its wonderful support of our students.
Court Reporting Program at South Coast College in Orange, CA.
Court Reporting Program. At South Coast College in Orange, CA., it is the tradition for the President to treat the CSR Candidates for the upcoming state examination and the court reporting faculty to a limo/luncheon. The CSR Candidates for the February 2009 CSR examination are as follows: Jamie Matlock, Candace Galvan, Kaleigh Sargeant, Andrea Rinker, and Tracy Brown. All five are outstanding students. Four out of five qualified in fewer than two years and the other in two and one-half years.
The advice they offered to the students at a panel in which they participated was to follow the program. All followed the program and attended school every day.
Each of them had a unique story to tell about how they heard or got interested in court reporting. Jamie Matlock had a cousin who was a graduate of the court reporting program at South Coast College. She had seen how well she was doing but did not get interested in coming to school until another cousin expressed interest. She started before her cousin, Erin Vernon. Now Erin has entered the program.
Andrea Rinker had a B.A. degree in Criminology. She came to South Coast College to investigate the Paralegal Program. One of the students taking her around is a court reporting student who encouraged her to try court reporting. It was a good choice. She qualified for the CSR examination in 14 months.
Tracy Brown had started court reporting at South Coast College 25 years ago. She got to 170 wpm and stopped to have a family. The desire to become a court reporter never left her.
Kaleigh Sargeant was working as a teller for Bank of America. A woman came in and asked her how old she was. She told her she was 18. The woman told her that her daughter was a court reporter in Iowa and that she was doing great. Kaleigh took her advice and found South Coast College.
Court Reporting Program. Jennifer Lee, CSR, a graduate of South Coast College in Orange County reported a deposition of Guess Designer, George Marciano. The campus is buzzing about how well Jennifer is doing in the reporting area. Jennifer joins the list of South Coast College alumni who have taken down testimony of famous celebrities. Congratulations, Jennifer. Keep up the good work!
Court Reporting Program. Doug Unger, a court reporting student at South Coast College in Orange County, sets speed record on the StenoMaster software — 342 words per minute at 100 percent accuracy. Doug has been in the court reporting program for one year and is at 170/180 wpm.
Court Reporting Program. The students, faculty, and staff participated in a baby shower for Yolanda Krieger, Court Reporting Director, who is about to be a proud mother of a baby boy. Many of the alumni also turned out for the affair. Kim Begg, CSR; Eileen Ufret, CRS; Lupe Hernandez, CSR; and Karla Dominguez, CSR, all joined in the festivities. Thanks to Mary Ann O’Beso, the instructors, and many students, there was feast that accompanied the shower. Congratulations, Yolanda.
Kathy Haytack was surprised on her birthday with a princess crown and balloons during a CSR Review study session. She didn’t keep her birthday from interfering with her studying. Happy Birthday, Kathy!