TV20 Cash Vault Visiting Dorsey Roseville!

Dorsey Roseville is sponsoring the MY TV20 Detroit- Cash Vault! The TV20 station crew will have their Inflatable Cash Machine set up between 1:00pm and 3:00pm, Thursday December 20th at Building 'C'. 

Participants will have 12 seconds to jump in the vault to grab handfuls of CASH, advertiser COUPONS and PRIZES!  GOOD LUCK!

Dorsey Holiday Open House! Saturday December 15th

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Join Dorsey's Fundraising Efforts!

DORSEY

BREAST CANCER AWARENESS

JEANS DAYS

 



Dorsey is Fundraising for the remainder of October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month...Show your support!

 

Evening & Culinary Student’s Jeans Days

Thursdays - October 11th , 18th  & 25th

Morning, Mid-Day and Afternoon Student’s Jeans Days

Fridays - October 12th , 19th & 26th

Students may participate in Jeans Days for a $1 dollar donation for each day, payable at any front reception desk.  Staff & Faculty donation is $2 dollars.

(Please consult your instructor regarding appropriate attire for class on designated jeans days)

Exercise Your Right To Vote!

On Tuesday, November 6, the United States will be holding elections for the President of the United States. In addition, within the State of Michigan we will be voting for the following:

·         U.S. Senator

·         U.S. Representative in Congress

·         State Representative

·         State Board of Education

·         University of Michigan Regents

·         Michigan State University Trustees

·         Wayne State University Governors

·         Justice of the Supreme Court

·         Judge of the Court of Appeals

·         Judge of the Circuit Court

·         Judge of the District Court

·         Judge of Probate

·         County Offices

·         Specified School District Positions

·         Various Proposals (State & Local)

 

Do not allow others to make choices for you!  The deadline to register to vote is Tuesday, October 9.  Applications will be available to register to vote at Dorsey Schools-Roseville. Ms. Caldwell will mail them out on Monday, October 8. Make sure to register. Non partisan information will be provided about the general candidates and proposals for your review.

Finals Schedule & Important Dates!

 

FINAL EXAMS SCHEDULE SUMMER ‘B’ 2012
Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 19TH	Evening Only	Final exams for classes that meet on Monday / Wednesday evenings.
Thursday, SEPTEMBER 20TH	Evening Only (Jeans Day For Students taking Finals)	Final exams for classes that meet on Tuesday/Thursday evenings.
Friday, SEPTEMBER 21ST	Morning, Midday & Afternoon (Jeans Day)	Final exams for morning, midday and afternoon classes that meet five days a week.

 

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 24TH – FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28

NO CLASSES – FALL BREAK!

MONDAY OCTOBER 1ST  - CLASSES RESUME

AS ALWAYS, PICK UP YOUR CLASS SCHEDULE IN THE BUILDING ‘C’ COMMON AREA.  COME EARLY TO AVOID LONG LINES.

Dorsey Catering Graduation Day Menu - Get Your Order In Early!

Let Dorsey Catering Help Kick Off Your New Life as a Graduate by Ordering Your Graduation Ceremony Meal!

 

Dorsey Catering will be accepting orders until Sunday, October 14^th

Get Your Order Form at any Reception Desk.

 

Orders can be emailed to mschellig@dorsey.edu,

Faxed to "Attn: Matt Schellig" at 586-296-6745
Or drop off your order at any Reception Desk.

All orders must be prepaid by Sunday, October 14^th

Pick-up Your Graduation Meal Order at the Dorsey Catering truck Outside the Pontiac Ultimate Soccer Arena, Graduation site Friday, October 19^th

 

The Menu & How it works

Each entrée comes with choice of two sides.

Please mark the amount of each item that you would like to order.

Each meal cost $9 per dinner order.

Additional sides can be added for $1.50

Desserts are priced separately.

Dinners

“Da Beef”                                                    

Braised beef served with caramelized onions roasted peppers and house-made foccacia

Roasted Chicken                                     

½ a chicken per person served with house made corn bread muffins

BBQ Pulled Pork                                      

Served with slider buns and pickles

 

Starch Side dishes

Tabbouleh                                                  

Middle eastern classic

Twisted Tuna Pasta Salad                   

Dill caper dressing, cheddar cheese, & green peas

Traditional Potato Salad                        

Dorsey’s special recipe

 

GREEN SALAD Side dishes

Dorsey House Salad                               

Tomatoes, cucumbers, pickled red onions, sunflower seeds, white cheddar cheese, and rosemary balsamic vinaigrette served over mixed field greens

Traditional Cole Slaw                             

Classic Caesar Salad                            

 

Great Desserts

Cookies & Brownies(1 each per person)   ($1.50 per person)

 Chocolate cappuccino brownies and peanut butter cookies

Flourless Chocolate Cake ($2.5o per slice)   ($15 per cake)   

With raspberry coulis (cake serves 8-10)

Pecan Pumpkin Roll     ($2.5o per slice)     ($15 per cake) 

With cream cheese frosting (cake serves 8-10)

 

Finals Are Almost Here - Use These Tips To ACE Them!

The following information is from Zen College Life and gives some outstanding tips on studying for finals. 

Best Tips for Acing Final Exams

Finals are just around the corner, and with them comes a whole new set of stress for many of us. But it doesn’t have to be that way. A little stress is great when harnessed for success. Follow these tips and you are sure to be well on your way to success.

Plan your week around studying

This may seem like a no brainer, but somehow some people still find ways to shop, hang out with friends, and do all sorts of things that are not studying. For that week you should be a hermit. Seriously, find a corner in your library and move in. Plan every hour of study for that week, and plan your breaks. Know what subject you are going to study at what time, how long you’ve allotted to each class, what time you are going to eat, what drinks you will drink, etc. Everything you can plan for your week of studying should be planned, and every other aspect of life should be put off till the week after finals.

If your dirty clothes are piling up, you may need to get someone else to do the laundry because your laundry time could be better spent with your head in a book. Tell your little brother/sister, friends or family to call you in a week because you’re busy. Grandma dying? Ok, well you can make time for things of this nature, but anything else needs to be put on hold. This means forget any thought of a social life. Your social life doesn’t exist the week before finals.

Create an Environment Conducive to Studying

Stop kidding yourself. Starbucks is not a place to get good studying done. Your study locale should be silent, distraction free, well lit, and with enough room to spread your books across a table. You should have headphones and an MP3 player, whether you listen to music or not. Put the headphones on when studying, even without music. This will generally keep anyone from bothering you. Bring a jacket or sweater, just in case and a watch with an alarm. If I’m going to be there a while I sometimes take 15-20 minute naps, and the jacket can be used as a pillow while the watch is my alarm clock.

Bring snacks. Chex mix is a good snack, and pretty much any kind of nuts work great. Nutrigrain bars and power bars will keep you alive. Also, even though I’m not a big supporter of large amounts of caffeine, if you are going to drink it, this is the week to do so. So stock up on coffee, redbull, monster or whatever it is that keeps you awake. I personally drink green tea. It’s less caffeine, but I’ll drink 3-5 cups in one sitting, so it adds up.

Meet with a Study Group

Study groups work for some and not for others. I don’t usually advocate using a study group until after you’ve already completed your studying for that subject. The reasons are simple. If you don’t know your stuff you will probably not learn it fast enough with the social distraction, and if you do you can test your recall ability by teaching it to the group. For these reasons I usually like to meet with friends of the class right before the test, say the night before or the day of. I don’t usually use this time to learn, so it’s perfect for sharpening my skills.

Schedule in Sleep

I cannot believe how many people walk around like zombies during finals week. It’s an epidemic, due to non-planning and all nighters, neither of which I advocate. Do yourself a favor. If you don’t function well on 3 hours of sleep, don’t try to. If you need your 8 hours regardless, factor that in and don’t push it. If your brain can’t take the lack of rest, your study time will be wasted anyways, make good plans for sleep as well as study.

Strategize

Don’t study for an essay test based on recognition of terms. They won’t be there, and if you can’t recall them you’ll fail. In the same sense, don’t try to memorize every word for a multiple choice test. You’ll see the key elements spelled out for you, and the extra time you spent memorizing sentences could be better spent on that essay test we talked about.

Strategize your studying around the type of test that your professor administers. If your teacher gives true/false sections of a test, understand the qualities of the fact that would make it true or false. If there is matching, know the important aspects of key terms. The only parts of tests that you really need to memorize every aspect of are essay tests, especially if your teacher gives you nothing but a premise and you have to explain in great detail.

Exercise

This is the one thing that I do not neglect during finals week. I work out 5-8 times a week, just depending on my mood, and to give that up would be devastating to my stress relief. Don’t overdo your physical exercise to the point that you are too tired to study, but short, stress relieving activities will only do you good during finals week, keeping that blood blowing through those veins and arteries.

Even if you are the regular couch potato, don’t underestimate the value of a good walk between study sessions, or even during one if you can’t get your mind straight. Sometimes I need to get away from the books, if only for a few minutes, just to get perspective.

Meet with Professors

Let’s face it, if this is your first time going to office hours the professor probably isn’t going to give you the extra point between an A and B. But that doesn’t mean it won’t do you any good. Your professor teaches this same subject year after year, and any question relevant to the test could be answered in a matter of minutes. If you can’t understand something, you pay tuition to have access to them. Pick their brains until you understand that aspect of the test.

My Personal Plan (just for reference)

This is how it works for me. It’s simple, easy, and I’ve made a 95 or better on every single final exam for the past 2 years.

Plan of Study: I have 3 different places of study: A library, an empty classroom, and my desk at home. I try the library first, if it’s full or noisy, I go to a classroom. The only reason I choose the library over a classroom is that many classrooms at my school don’t have windows, and I like to look outside… Home is my last choice. It is quiet and I have the space, but there are still too many distractions. As far as preparing for each exam, I don’t schedule hours for certain exams. I usually just try to get through one at a time, only switching if my brain starts to reject learning a subject.

Snacks and Supplements: This one I still have some work to do on. I always have green tea, so that’s not an issue. But since I work out so often, I’m always hungry. This semester I’m going to try mixed nuts, carrots and celery, and something sweet. I don’t recommend candy, because the insulin spike never seems to help with studying. I usually take a multi-vitamin every day along with 1000mg of Vitamin C daily. If I’m going to lift weights that day I will drink a protein shake. I stay away from fried foods and fatty foods that week, they just tend to slow me down. Fast food is already banned from my diet, so that is not an issue.

Study Breaks: I make study breaks fun. The way I work is an hour and a half of study and a half hour of break time. This may seem like too long a break for you, so go with what works for you. But with this plan I can study for 12+ hours a day, so it works for me. I like to keep my breaks fun so that once they are over I’m ready to study again. I usually take my guitar, laptop, mp3 player, and a fun book to read. I take turns between those for each break. Planet Earth is probably the most fun thing to watch during studying. It’s educational so your brain doesn’t go to sleep, but it is still very interesting.

Naps and walks: I don’t kid myself. Studying isn’t fun, and sometimes I just can’t concentrate. For this I don’t take a break, since I haven’t yet earned it with an hour and half worth of studying. I take a 15 minute nap, or a 10 minute walk. Usually if I’m going to nap I close my eyes and visualize myself taking the exam, visualize the success of answering each question correctly, and turning each page with a smile on my face. You’d be surprised at how quickly that can melt away stress. If I’m walking I do the same, or just try to empty my mind of all thoughts, like a Zen walk of sorts.

Test Day: I don’t study on the day of the test. Some people keep their books open till the professor walks in, and they look at me like I’m crazy. The truth is that is just too stressful for me. I give myself a break. If I don’t know if by the day before, I just won’t know it, but I’m not going to cram in the classroom before the test. It would be too hard on my brain and I probably still have other finals to worry about.

Conclusion

I have had great success following this plan and I’m quite sure if you take it and modify it to your needs you will have great success as well. Once that week of finals is over you are free. You can sleep in late, and waste all day playing video games if you want. Keep that in mind and be disciplined about your finals. You’ll be glad you did.

To view the original blog post from Zen College Life, click:

http://www.zencollegelife.com/best-tips-for-acing-final-exams/

Saturday July 28th Open House & Workshops - Featuring a SPECIAL Career Services Series!

Students, friends, and family are invited to attend the Dorsey open house on Saturday, July 28^th, from 10:00am to 2:00pm.

What a great opportunity to show your friends and family where you go to school.

Do you know anyone interested in getting started on a great career path?  The Admissions Team will be here in Building ‘A’ to help potential students with program information and choosing a career that’s in demand!

Catch up on school work or put together a study group.  We will also have several workshops on that day. Here’s a description of the workshops below:

SPECIAL - Career Services Workshop Series! (10am-12pm)

Take charge of getting into your career.  Get equipped with the skills and tools to face the changing employment landscape! Come to this SPECIAL Career Services Workshop Series that will help you:

 

·         Learn how to be adaptable during “Who Moved The Cheese?”

·         Learn Time Management during “Use Your Time Now or Later”

 

·         Learn Team Work Techniques during “Back 2 Back Support”

·         Have fun and get great information during “Career Bingo”

Open Clinical Skills Lab (10am-2pm in Building C)

Students can work on their proficiencies and improve their skills during this hands-on workshop. Students can perform vital signs, ECGs, injections, and phlebotomy (vacutainer only). This is a great opportunity to work on areas where you struggle and to continue to improve on your clinical skills. Team up with another student or bring your own family/friend/volunteer (injections can only be given to students). The more proficient you are the more

likely you are to get hired.

Dental Assisting Lab (10am-2pm in Building C)

Dental assisting students can work on their proficiencies and improve their skills during this hands-on workshop. This is a great opportunity to work on areas where you struggle and to continue to improve on your clinical skills. Team up with another student or bring your own family/friend/volunteer. The more proficient you are the more likely you are to get hired.


Computer Skills Lab (10am-11am in Building C)

This is a great hands-on workshop for all students. You will learn important things like how to login, how to use the Dorsey network and access your student folder, and other basic skills to improve your success at Dorsey. These skills will prove valuable throughout your learning experience at Dorsey, at home and in the workplace.

SKILL BUILDING WORKSHOPS Saturday  July 28th      10AM – 2PM
10:00AM	11:00AM	12:00PM	1:00PM	2:00PM
10am – 11am Basic Computer Skills Lab  Bldg. C  Room C1
	10am-12pm SPECIAL - Career Services Workshop Series  Bldg. C  Room C3
10am - 2pm   Open Clinical Skills Lab   Bldg.  C  Room 4 (students must be here no later than 12pm to work on skills)
10am - 2pm     Dental Assisting Lab    Bldg. C    Room C5 & C6

With all these GREAT workshops, it’s the perfect time to start preparing for final exams.  Hope to see you Saturday!