Marianne Segalla, a graduate of South Coast College, was awarded Hearing Reporter of the Year by Kennedy Court Reporters. She received a plaque and was honored at dinner and a celebration at the company. Congratulations, Marianne!
Mr. Dixon, Director of the Paralegal Program at South Coast College, talked today with Amelia Butts, one of the paralegal graduates. Amelia told Mr. Dixon of the path that she has taken since graduating. Upon graduating, she worked for Catherine Brunner at Katz and Brunner legal firm, until Ms. Brunner retired. She then accepted a job for 1 and 1/2 years as a clerk in Riverside Superior Court. After that, she accepted a job as a judicial secretary for six judges. Two years later, she accepted the position as countywide judicial secretary, supporting all 74 judges of Riverside County. She attributes her ability to move up the career ladder to her degree in Paralegal Studies that she earned at South Coast College.
Paralegal Program at South Coast College in Orange, CA. Mr. Manzer was proud to display the grades for three of his students in the Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility course. All three received scores of 100 — a first for his course. Congratulations to Regina Polito, Raschel Roberts, and Ranzy Walker!
Medical Transcription Program at South Coast College in Orange, CA. Zaneida Eggleston has been awaiting a kidney transplant for five years. For the past two years, she has received kidney dialysis three times a week and has never missed a day of school. She is an outstanding student, and we all applaud her.
Paralegal Program at South Coast College in Orange, CA. Allison Elmore, a student in the Paralegal Program, surprised faculty/staff/and students with fresh vegetables from her father’s farm. Thanks to Mr. Elmore everyone enjoyed fresh broccoli and lettuce. Thanks so much!
Court Reporting Program at South Coast College in Orange. Alicia Lindsey, a court reporting student in the evening program at South Coast College, provided this picture of her four-year-old son Alerick who is fascinated by the steno machine. She said he wants to be a court reporter.
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 at South Coast College. Congratulations to Melissa Sosa, Olivia Lizarraga, and Ann Lundburg for reaching 200 wpm. They are now entitled to sit for the qualifying examinations to take the next CSR examination in June 2009.
Court Reporting Program at South Coast College in Orange, CA. Kelly Burney has passed the qualifying test to go to the June 2009 Certified Shorthand Examination. Kelly qualified in 2 and 1/2 years. Congratulations, Kelly. We are really proud of you.
Court Reporting Program at South Coast College in Orange, CA. Kristine Tanoue, CSR, and Vienna Nguyen, CSR, both visited last Thursday evening. Both are enthusiastic reporters for the Los Angeles courts. They both related their experiences in working in the various types of litigation. They both have been out of school a short period of time. Vienna indicated that it has been only two years. They are both doing very well.