By Kaitlyn “Harper” Skrzypczak, Editor-in-Chief.
Are you an incoming freshman? A transfer student? Coming back for a new degree 20 years after graduating? If this is you, or you’re just unfamiliar with all the services Delta offers, the Student Services Fair is an important fall tradition you won’t want to miss.
Thursday, Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. a variety of organizations will be available to provide resources and talk to students. Hallways on the East and West side of the courtyard will be lined with clubs, student services and community organizations.
The goal of the fair is to “help break down some of the barriers students have for success in college and try and provide them with connections with services that can assist them,” says Jennifer Gaumer, an academic advisor with Delta’s Counseling and Advising Center.
Gaumer is on the Student Services Fair committee and this is her second year with the event.
“I think it’s a great opportunity for students to familiarize themselves with some things on campus that can help them if they’re struggling here,” says Gaumer.
Some of the student services that will be in attendance are: the tutoring and learning center, financial aid, the fitness center, and printing services.
The two biggest barriers to student success, according to Gaumer, are financing and transportation.
The Delta College Foundation office will be in attendance to help with the financial struggle many students face in paying for college. The foundation offers scholarships to students and has raised more than “$90 million in private sector donations,” according to their website.
The community organizations that Gaumer and the Student Services Fair committee have asked to attend are ones that “provide services for students or allows students to have some kind of experience with their organization, like through a volunteer experience.” It’s important to the committee that they “are low cost or no cost to students.”
Below is an up-to-date list of organizations participating in the Student Services Fair:
Student Clubs
- DC Veteran’s Services
- DC Military Association
- Delta Collegiate
- Night Garden Poetry Club
- Film Club
- PTK
- Honors
- Pharmacy Club
- Fitness Club
- InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (next to….)
- Black Student Union
- Astronomy Club
- Student Technology Fellows (next to….)
- Photo Club (Electricity)
- Human Services Student and Sociology in Action
- Sustainability
- Men of Delta
- ITS (Information Technology and Security) Club
- Citizens in Action
- SOHL
Delta Resources
- Counseling and Career Services
- Office of Disability Resources
- Registrar
- Financial Aid
- Student and Civic Engagement
- Sexual Misconduct (Title IX)
- Office of Information Technology
- Safe Space
- English Department
- WRIT Center
- Library Learning Information Center
- Tutoring/Learning Center
- Auxiliary Services
- Public Safety
- eLearning
- Dental Hygiene
Transfer Center
- Central Michigan University
- Davenport University
- Ferris University
- Michigan State University Agricultural Tech
- Northwood University
- Saginaw Valley State University
Community Resources
- Adoption Associates Inc.
- Bay Area Women’s Center
- Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan
- Michigan Rehabilitation Services
- Mid MI Community Action Agency
- Sacred Heart Rehab Center
- Western & Southern Life
- McDonald’s
- Bay Metro
- Big Brothers & Big Sisters
- CAN Council
- Chemical Bank
- Prevention/Youth Services Drug Education
- Salvation Army
- State of Michigan Veterans Services Division
- Underground Railroad
- Women’s Self Defense Strategies
- His Hands Auto
