Archive for August, 2008
KATERINE NETESSOVA, CSR receives AAS Degree
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Katerine Netessova, CSR, received her AAS Degree in Court Reporting from South Coast College at the graduation ceremony at St. Joseph’s Auditorium in Orange. She was honored for graduating with high honors and being one of only three foreign students who received degrees in court reporting. Congratulations, Katerine!
TWINS GRADUATE
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Birthday Princess
Saturday, August 30th, 2008MATT VAN DER MEY RECEIVES AWARD
Monday, August 25th, 2008Medical Assisting Program at South Coast College. Matthew Van Der Mey received an award at the Graduation Ceremony of South Coast College held at St. Joseph’s Auditorium in Orange. Matthew gave an outstanding speech that brought everyone in the room to tears.
Matthew is an example of someone who appreciates learning and who has overcome numerous obstacles to attend college. He received the Inspirational Student Award at graduation.
MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONISTS RECEIVE AWARDS
Monday, August 25th, 2008STUDENT APPRECIATION DAY
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Student Appreciation Day at South Coast College. The students at South Coast College were honored with a barbeque. President Gonzalez said that the students at South Coast College are special and deserve recognition for being the dedicated, hard-working students that they are. The event was successful. Everyone had a great time. Medical assisting students acted as the hosts — cooking, taking blood pressures, and assisting everyone in getting what they wanted. A special thanks to all the medical assisting students during the day for their help and the court reporting students at night, especially Paul Pay for his help in making the event a success.
STUDENTS HELPING STUDENTS
Friday, August 22nd, 2008South Coast College. Students from the various programs at South Coast College participated in a fund-raiser to help one of their classmates, Mary Pitton, who was diagnosed with cancer. Students, faculty, and staff participated in a bake sale and raffle to help offset the costs of her treatment. Everyone at South Coast College wishes you well, Mary! We love you and want you to get better quick!
Court Reporting Students Qualified to take Next CSR
Sunday, August 17th, 2008Court Reporting Program. South Coast College is proud to announce that the following students have qualified to take the next Certified Shorthand Reporters Examination to obtain California certification as certified shorthand reporters: Marcia McEntee (Night student), Krystal Curry-Emrick (Night student), Stephanie Achord (Day student), Shannon McKeighan (Day student), Nichole Swift (Day student), Dana Jacobs (Day student). The qualifying session is not over yet! Several more students may qualify. Congratulations, future CSRs!
Note that Stephanie Achord is the twin sister of Shawnee Achord who took the last CSR examination.
Alumni Updates — Cheryl Austin, CSR
Sunday, August 17th, 2008Court Reporting Program. At South Coast College, we enjoy receiving updates from our alumni. Recently, Cheryl Austin, CSR, contacted us. Cheryl indicated that after graduating from South Coast College, she returned to Tucson where her extended family resides.
She worked for a year as a deposition reporter and then began working as an official reporter at Pima County Superior Court, where she has worked for the last 13 years.
She indicates that she has been providing a realtime feed to the judges since 1996. She is also on an Arizona Supreme Court Judicial Staff Education Committee. She creates the continuing education court reporting programs for reporters in Arizona for three conferences a year.
Cheryl said that she keeps her California license active and hopes to one day return to California.
She thanked South Coast College for the outstanding training that she received. She indicated that it is being paid forward in abundance.
