Meridian Career Institute Messenger · 2010-03-31 · By Chris Schram, D.B.A., CCS-P As Spring approaches, Meridian Career Institute is jumping forward with new students beginning

By Chris Schram, D.B.A., CCS-P

As Spring approaches, Meridian Career Institute is jumping forward with new students beginning each month and as with anything, growth brings change. The faculty at Merid-ian Career Institute has grown during the past few months. The Allied Health and Cosme-tology programs have both experienced a growth in the

number of faculty members.

In the Allied Health areas, we have added two new faculty members: Ms. Cathy Douglas, Medical Assistant, and Mr. Mark Brophy. Ms. Douglas joined our faculty in February teaching the Anatomy & Physi-ology class. She worked as a Medical Assistant for approxi-

mately fifteen years. Mr. Mark

Brophy has also joined the Allied Health Department. He brings with him eighteen years of experience in health care administration, coding, and

billing.

Cosmetology has added a night instructor, Ms. Kristina Brus-seau, who comes to Meridian Career Institute with approxi-mately ten years of experience

in cosmetology.

When you see these new members on campus, please welcome them to our team. I continue to look forward to the growth of students and the need to add additional faculty. In the months to come, look for a spotlight on instructors as each individual faculty mem-

ber will be highlighted.

Message from the

Director of Education

Announcements

By Sophia O’Hara

2010-11 FAFSA now available!

If you have completed your 2009 tax return, please bring a copy with you to school and visit the Financial Aid Office so that we can process your new information. If you have ques-tions, please contact the Finan-

cial Aid Office at 813-402-4974.

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Attention, students! You may now make appointments at the salon to have services done by Cosmetology students, and you may also have facials done by the Skin Care students. But be

sure to see Financial Aid first.

Messenger Tampa Edition

March/April

2010

Volume 2, Issue 2

Message from the

Director of Education

1

Announcements 1

Did You Know 1

Admissions Office 2

Dental Assisting 2

Learning Resource

Center

2

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Did You Know?

• The Learning Resource Center offers many different Seminars at no additional

cost for students.

• All students are required to wear scrubs. Students in the Medical Assisting and Billing & Coding Programs wear blue; Dental Assisting students wear burgundy, Cosmetology students wear black, and Esthetics students

wear white.

Meridian

Career

Institute

Meridian Career Institute

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Tampa, FL 33619

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888 203 0093

www.meridian.edu

A Class in the Medical Program

Snapshots

Dr. Schram represented Merid-ian Career Institute at the Sum-ter County Fair in March. She handed out flyers and sparked the interest of many fair atten-dees in the exciting programs offered by Meridian. Way to go,

Dr. Schram!

Tampa Campus Breakroom

For a special project, the Dental Assist-ing students created show boards which are on display in the Learning Resource Center (LRC) for a short while. They depict common dental office scenes and terminology. After they are removed from the LRC, they will be in the dental lab (room 108) for

an extended period of time.

Pictured are Marnita Stephens, Maylet Constintino, Rose Berleus and Valerie

Sieger

By Valerie Sieger

The Dental Assisting class is finishing their first Module. They have learned about the dental team and dental office. Laws and ethics for the Dental team

were covered, as well.

In the next Module, the class will learn how to take x-rays and will study hu-man anatomy. The students are espe-cially excited about this clinical part of the course and gaining “hands on” ex-

perience.

By André Dodson

Hello to all. There are some very spe-cial things that happened during the month of February. Let’s see how

many of them you know.

Match the dates on the left with the corresponding February holiday on the

right. Good Luck!

A. February 2nd

B. February 14th

C. February 15th

D. February 16th

E. February 17th

F. Entire Month of February

1. Black History Month

2. Ash Wednesday

3. President’s Day

4. Groundhog Day

5. Valentine’s Day

6. Fat Tuesday

• Basic Computer Skills

• Microsoft Word

• Searching for Scholarships

• Resume Writing

• Microsoft PowerPoint

Check our Website often for updates on new Seminars and other helpful

information!

Did you know that the Learning Re-source Center (LRC) is on the Web?

You can find us at:

http://www.meridianlrc.wordpress.com

The LRC’s Website is updated regularly with helpful tips for the students and staff at Meridian Career Institute. Click on seminars to discover the topics of-fered and to register. The March Semi-

nar offerings include:

Message from the Dental Assisting Teacher

Message from the Admissions Office

The Learning Resource Center

MESSENGER Page 2

Show boards from the Dental Assisting

Class on display in the LRC.

We would like to extend our warm-est wishes to the newest members of our Meridian Family. Current stu-dents, if you see someone that you have never seen before, make sure to take the time to introduce yourself and tell them which career field you have chosen and why. There will be

new faces showing up all the time.

As always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please stop by the Admissions Office and speak to us. And don’t forget to ask your Admissions Advisor how to get a

FREE PAIR OF SCRUBS!!!!!FREE PAIR OF SCRUBS!!!!!

A: 4 B: 5 C: 3

D:6 E: 2 F: 1

Admissions Representatives André Dodson

and Liza Stevens are deep in thought.