UCC’s new three-year strategic âdoingâ plan, recently presented by President Rachel Pokrandt, takes a three-pronged approach to prosperity: increase opportunity, increase value and focus on the future. âUCC will thrive,â writes Pokrandt; âWe proved our ability to change during the pandemic. Let’s harness that ability and speed. The time is now. We Read more…
Contrary to the horny-careless-college-kid clichĂ©, not every student in higher ed. desires sex; some students find value in waiting for marriage, some identify on the asexual spectrum and some have yet to find the right opportunity. Sexually active or not, all students can benefit from sexual-health awareness. As the World Read more…
Editorâs Note: This story is written in first person as the authorâs experiences are important to share. My life changed forever the night I almost died. â911, What is your emergency?â âItâs my wife. Her dog woke me up. Her blood sugar is 13. Come quick; nothing is helping. She Read more…
Editorâs Note: The author has participated in previous UCC plays, one of which is discussed within the article. Although last term Kat Grammon was the only student in theater director Bart McHenryâs Acting 1 course, McHenryâs task to reboot the theater program in a post-pandemic era is slowly getting students Read more…
Imagine if student loan forgiveness gave those with $50,000 or less in student loan debt a free pass, allowing them to avoid having to pay it back. Since adding student loan forgiveness to the U.S.âs already high national debt would cost nearly $1 trillion, the forgiveness program is still pending. Read more…
While some students may be satisfied with a pass, other students feel the need to go above and beyond. Overachieving students donât necessarily have easy lives and many face adversity, but that doesnât stop three UCC students from overachieving. Amy Murry Amy Murry, a non-traditional student, is in her third Read more…
Following through; what lies in the libraryâs future With the awarding of a Title III Grant in fall of 2021, UCCâs Library should be in active works of renovation and revitalization of its space. However, after a year has passed, architectural plans for the libraryâs evolution to a proposed Teaching Read more…
Editorâs note: The Mainstream usually shares the stories of other students, but this time we are also including a first-person account of our feature editor who attends school with a challenging health condition. She tells her own story alongside the stories of other students who also have health struggles. Rachel Read more…
Editorâs Note: Adriana Berduzco is a new Mainstream student who shared her story in the hopes that students find more support for their education. Contact me at:UCCMainstream@yahoo.com
Farewell, fall; welcome, winter With finals right around the corner, a night of fun could be just what students need to vet exam-induced exasperation. After that, sweeping them swiftly off their feet with a snowball to the face: here comes winter break! The gap between terms comes as a gust Read more…
Editorâs Note: This is the first in a series of three stories about UCC studentsâ daily lives. Our goal with the series is to showcase the often-extraordinary challenges that current college students deal with. QSA member, Sahara Napper, discusses pronoun importance Second-year transfer student Sahara Napper was born female, but Read more…
Itâs not the cleaning fairies who pick up the scraps of trash on campus after hours, itâs the often forgotten-about custodial staff. Custodial Supervisor Rosario Fauver and seven staff members are in charge of cleaning all of campus and four other buildings off campus. The staff works Monday through Friday, Read more…
A new space in Tapoyta Hall has been fascinating students and faculty who have been peering in, trying to figure out the odd equipment inside. The room, classroom 18, now is called the Innovation Hub. What is an Innovation Hub? Itâs a place where STEM students can dream with their Read more…
The National Congress of American Indians has identified November as Native American Heritage Month, following up Indigenous Peoplesâ Day which was held on October 10 this year. During research on Native American Heritage Month, we found a current U.S. Supreme Court case related to discrimination that would have a negative Read more…