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Student Accounts Corner—2

Black History Celebration—2

Important Dates for CPT/ OPT—3

Career Services Corner—3

NACELINK—4

Quarter 5 Honor Roll—5

SVA and Suggestion Box—6

Building Relationships—7

Admissions Corner—7

Holi—8

Referral Contest—8

Healthy Lifestyle Expo – 9

Governor's Mansion Externship—9

NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE

Editor/Layout: Lisa Dalrymple Andrew Savage

Staff/Faculty/Student Contributors:

Jessie Harlow

Shirelle Washington

Kevin Nanna

Sarah Dunford

CULINARY ARTS Timothy Fields Phylicia Foreman Cleveland Kelsey John Knight Alec Lichtenstein Joshua Parrish Guy Spottswood Michael Tatum BAKING & PASTRY Vitina Caradonna Alexandria Fisher LeQuita Graham HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT (BA) John Nickens CULINARY MANAGEMENT (BA) Denise Calloway Tomorrow Page MEDICAL ASSISTING Chanel Darden Cameran Matinog Jessica Morton Tracy Smith Tonya Stewart PHARMACY TECH Magee Bays LaTori Harris BILLING & CODING Amanda Cole Ireen Morrison Jodi Robinson

Welcome New Students!Welcome New Students! Quarter 1 Enrollees

February 2014

The Student SheetThe Student Sheet Stratford University

HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (BS) Tiffany Burton Marlyn Cottemond Kiyoko Williams HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION (BS) Vijalben Patel Jennifer Reid HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION (MS) Amer Bani Ahmad Lisa Fenty BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (UNDERGRAD) Christopher Cipolla MBA Muhammad Waqas Ashraf Elesiah Billy Moore Rida Salim Monique Simmons

Network Management Security Anthony Clark IT (UNDERGRAD) Max Barrett Samuel Chabalewski Darrell White INFORMATION SYSTEMS (MS) Sheikh Amed Priyadarshini Badajena Anurag Gupta Anuradha Johari Raghavendra Katta Sindu Kunil Saideep Panguluri Suneetha Potluri Trinath Puvvada SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (MS) Megha Bedade Shruthi Gunda Raghavendra Kareddy Yamini Ravindra

UNDECLARED Vasundhara Konduru Laurie Mavica

Student Accounts CornerStudent Accounts Corner

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Attention Students:

Stratford University has partnered with Education Computer Systems Inc. (ESCI) to provide you with a

faster process to receive any “reimbursement” that the University may owe you. ESCI can also provide

you with to receive your 2013 1098-T tax form. Be sure to sign up today!!

Please login to https://www.ecsi.net/myacct and enter the following information:

School Code: Ref-tl

Account: Your SSN or Student ID

Password: -password- (This was e-mailed to you directly from ESCI)

If you have any general questions or if you need help logging in please contact ECSI directly at 855-250-

3230.

The Richmond campus launched its 1st annual Black History Celebration 2014. The event

featured the Morning Glory Special Men’s Choir and an inspirational speech given by Dr.

Nickens. The Richmond Culture Group also performed an African dance with drum line. The

Dining room was decorated with beautiful African art work and the Reverend Carolyn Clark

sang a solo. Special thanks to Afrikongo LLC. for providing the artwork.

Poster images were provided by the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia for

the exhibition “Up From Slavery” located in front of the library. Special recognition to all of the

Student Ambassadors responsible for this special event: Ashley Bryce, John Nickens,

Sapna Tokas, Stephen Haynes and Brandon Merritt.

Black History CelebrationBlack History Celebration

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Becoming a Restaurant Owner 101

Career Services has talked with numerous

students that came to school with long term

goals of opening their own restaurant. We

want to set you up with the knowledge and

education you need to pursue this

dream. Please don’t miss this information

session happening Wednesday, February

26th in the Dining Room. Melissa Krumbein,

owner of Kitchen Thyme, will be on campus

sharing resources and tons of useful

information. Open to family and friends as

well.

Q2-2014 DUE DATES

Last day to register without a late fee: March 8, 2014

Payment plan due date: April 17, 2014

CPT Application due: February 24, 2014

OPT Application: At 90 days before the end of your program

Important Dates for CPT/OPTImportant Dates for CPT/OPT

CCAREERAREER SSERVICESERVICES CORNERCORNER By Jessica Harlow, Career Services Manager

Employer Spotlight

Duane Dinio, Kitchen

Director at Burger Bach

West Broad Village, was

on campus Wednesday,

February 19th from 5:30

– 6:30pm. He met with

students interested in working in the food

service industry and is currently hiring part

time staff. It’s a great opportunity to get a

part time job while in school.

Stay tuned for our

“Manage your Money”

series - next quarter.

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Beginning in Quarter 2, NACELink will be

available to ALL Students!

NACELink, a web-based tool that will replace OptimalResume, is a one stop shop for students and graduates for

all things Career Services. Why the change? Here is a snapshot of what NACELink offers:

What is it?What is it?

-A streamlined way to view hot job openings

and to research companies

-Learn more about various job paths through

Career Assessments

-Sign up for career fairs and workshops

-Access all the tips & resources offers in one place

(a resume/cover letter builder, and virtual mock interview)

Career Services will be visiting classes throughout the new quarter to assist all students with how to

navigate the new site. E-mail gacareerservices@stratford.edu with any questions.

Quarter 5 Honor RollQuarter 5 Honor Roll

CONGRATULATIONS ALL!CONGRATULATIONS ALL!

Note: These lists are based on Q4 grades, Note: These lists are based on Q4 grades,

not your overall cumulative GPA. not your overall cumulative GPA.

Questions? EQuestions? E--mail mail garegistrar@stratford.edugaregistrar@stratford.edu

GRADUATE—PRESIDENT’S LIST

Kathleen Alkhadra– Swagata Banerjee—Subhashini

Chintakunta—Sailaja Darsi—Uma Dasari—Anusha

Degapudi– Isha Handa– Tandylyn Harris—Alexis Harris—Tameika Harrison—Anuradha Johari—Sanjeev Joshi—Sridivya Kadire—Sowmya Katamaneni—Anu Kaushik—

Carolyn Kenney—Sushma Kethineni—Sravanthi

Koppula—Corey Lewis—Vineela Machanagari—Supriya Mandadi—Swathi Mandava—Padma Manthena—

Anushka Mhaskar—Nirlipta Mohapatra—Smita Nair—Deepa Patil—JaNelle Payne– Srilaxmi Penmatsa—

Eric Preus—Aravind Radhakrishnan Nair—Balaji Rajamo-han—Pallavi Ramisetty—Ravi Rathnam—Suchitha Ravi—Anil Rayala—Vijay Kumar Renukuntla—Marcus Rogers—

Joseph Schiavone—Sirisha Somineni—Padmanabaiah Srirama—Swathisudha Sunkam—Neelima Suryadevara—

Purushottam Thakara—Dhanji Thorat—Sapna Tokas—Rashmita Tripathy—Pratyusha Valluri—Sowmya Reddy

Vemireddy—Shilpa Wadhwa

4.04.0

UNDERGRADUATE—DEAN’S LIST Katelin Arrington—Danielle Bates—Petra Battle— Ashley Bryce—Jamie Bynum—Beverly Dunivan—

Dominique Edgerton—Michelle Jackson—Cachat Jones—Sarah Long—Samantha Mallory—Sreelatha Peduthala—

Michelle Rateau—Tasha Robinson—Angela Seay—Michael Stevens—Margaret Yurick

3.753.75--3.993.99

GRADUATE—DEAN’S LIST

Sanjay Akoju—Sushant Patel—Siddharth Rokkam—

Sreelatha Peduthala

3.753.75--3.993.99

UNDERGRADUATE—HONOR’S LIST

Thomas Alston—Ralph Anderson—Jason Arnold—

Brittany Bragg—Daniel Bramble—Joshua Brown—

Thuy Bui—Jhasnielle Casseus—Tanique Clarke—

Logan Claud—Amanda Clemons—Vannasa Coker—Robin

Comer—Jessica Corthon—Melissa Draper—

Tanya Edwards—Claudia Fentress—Arie Fleming—

Nakiah Foreman—Stephen Haynes—Cassandra

Henson—LaSandia Holmes—Sierra Hutchinson—

Brandon Jackson—Cliff Jean—Tina Leftwich—Sarah

Logan—Martha Mainous—Brittany Mallory—Alonzo

McQuan—Asantae Mickle—Barbara Norris—Taneia

Nelson— Tasha Pettaway—Kayla Prange– Aretha

Roane– Brian Roberts– Daniel Roberts– Donna Roberts—

Jarnelle Robinson—Derrick Sherrod—Jamie Smith—

Melissa Strain– Ebony Thornton—Adam Vest—

Tanganyika Washington—Ayana Williams—Jonathan

Welch—Raymond Wiley—Devin Williams—Rin Yorn

3.53.5--3.7493.749

GRADUATE—HONOR’S LIST Raghunandan Alapakam Reddivari Kumara Ventkata—Mohammad Bany essa—Tiana Brown—Holly Buono—Rochelle Frazier—Maha Mohamed—Togesh Savalia—Kruikaben Thaker—Derek Thompson—L’Oreale Tiller -

William Worthington—Shantera Eliska Parker

3.53.5--3.7493.749

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UNDERGRADUATE—PRESIDENT’S LIST

Michelle Allen—Sevda Askarova — Rae Ball —

Kristina Branch—Brittany Brown—Edeshia Brown—

Candice Bucker—Terrance Coleman—Valarie Dolan—

Jane Donati—Holly Duff– Mary Fletcher—Dayana Gallegos —

Skyy Gaulden—Mary Lynn Gramp—Alexis Harris—

Tanicka Heishell-Stokes—Stacie Hicks– LaTamara Hudson—

Ebony Johnson—Shaka Jones—Jessica Kelly—

Nickolas Kepics-Havrilla—Tyler Landes—Yvonne Lewis—

Ashley Longoria—Elizabeth Marotta—Elizabeth Martin—

Emily Mason—Kimberly McWilliams—Jessica Miles—

Michael Newby—Bill Ngo—Easter Omotayo– Koral Page—

Sandra Palmer—Stephan Peterson—Megan Rose Poole—

Nanceanne Roccato—Thomas Royer—Robert Seay—

Renu Sharma—Melanie Shumaker—David Sims—

Donise Staves—Kimberly Talley—Candace taylor—

Nicole Thornton—Britanica Travers—Diamond Watson–

Rachel Watson—Michelle Whitesides—Minnesa Wise–

Whitney Worley

4.04.0

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Exciting NewsExciting News

A new club has surfaced at the Richmond campus. On behalf of Student Support, we

are proud to introduce the new

.

We are officially a chapter of the nationally recognized organization known as Stu-

dent Veterans of America (SVA). In effort to support all active duty, disabled, student

veterans who have served in the armed forces, we have a place for you! Please email

us at glenallensva@stratford.edu to learn more.

Got an idea??Got an idea??

What kind of clubs would you like to see at the Glen Allen Campus?

Add your idea to the suggestion box near the library!

Student Veterans Association

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Building RelationshipsBuilding Relationships The CIS department and a local business networking group Professionals Referral Organization (PRO) have

collaborated. Chris Green, a Master of Software Engineering student, currently enrolled in SOF590, will be

working with the leaders of the PRO organization to help them rebuild their website. This is both an excellent

opportunity for Chris to show his stuff and for PRO to revive it’s website. Both Mike Short and Walter Cornett are

ecstatic to be working with Chris and Stratford.

Our campus teamed up with Kroger to help them sell

gourmet strawberries for Valentine’s Day to get our name out in the community.

On Wednesday, February 12th, we had four students join Brittany Joyner and

Adam Hawkins at the Kroger on Atlee Rd to decorate strawberries.

The students had a blast dipping the strawberries in the chocolate

fountain and sprinkling them with all sorts of toppings. They had

creative control over the whole project and assisted in selling over

$1000.00 worth of strawberries in just a few hours!! Thank you so

much to Sara Brannon, Chelsie Barrett, Darling Saunders,

and Michelle Rateau for braving the snow and doing a fabulous

job!

Admissions CornerAdmissions Corner

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March 17th

5:30-7:00pm

Holi, amongst the most distinct culturally-rooted

festivals of India, evokes the buoyant spirit of the

spring season. No other festival can stir up excitement

among people the way Holi in India can. Well known

for its high-octane celebrations, the Holi festival is

famously associated with colors and water balloons.

Falling in the month of March/April in the Hindu

calendar, the Holi festival celebrates the onset of

spring and renewal. Coming forth with the full flush

of life, the invigorating air of Holi festivities spreads

into the lives of people throughout the year.

Do you know someone

who is looking to change

their life for the better?

Invite them to our Open

House!

Tuesday, 2/25/2014

10am -1pm & 4pm-7pm

See any Admissions Officer and fill out the referral card. You will be given a raffle ticket

that could be the winning ticket of a kindle fire HD! Winners will be notified the day after

Open House.

Refer a friend and this could be YOURS!Refer a friend and this could be YOURS!

When asked why Stratford...

Candelaria: “The flexibility of the program. I’m retired military: I did 23 years, and I currently work in

Washington, D.C. for the Department of Defense, so the flexibility of the night time classes, as well Stratford

accepting my post-9/11 [GI Bill]. Among the schools I looked at, Stratford had the best culinary degree program.”

Duff: “I actually started out at another college in culinary, and then I decided that it wasn’t the path I wanted to

take – that my passion was more in specialty cakes. [My school] didn’t offer that program there, and one of my

instructors recommended Stratford’s program, and knew Chef Petfield. After talking with her, I’m glad I made

the switch. I’ve really enjoyed the program here.”

For the first time in Stratford’s history, Richmond campus culinary arts and baking and pastry students

are completing externships at the Governor’s Mansion. Externships provide valuable experience to students as

they eventually seek to gain employment in the field or open up businesses. Students Jimmy Candelaria, A.A.S.

Advanced Culinary Arts, and Holly Duff, A.A.S. Baking and Pastry Arts, began work before the inauguration.

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On February 1st Shelly Pauling and a few of our health science students, Tonisha Craig,

Sierra Hutchinson, Krishanna Freeman, Cachat Jones and Valescia Walker attended

the CBS Healthy Lifestyle expo to assist visitors with blood pressure and glucose checks.

Additionally Brittany Joyner, Jeanne Stern and Melissa Thomas were on hand to answer

questions about our programs while Adam Hawkins prepared samples of the super food salad

Tabouli. Thank you to all of the students that volunteered and made the event a success!

Healthy Lifestyle ExpoHealthy Lifestyle Expo

Virginia’s Governor's Mansion ExternshipsVirginia’s Governor's Mansion Externships