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Student Services
Potomac
College
believes strongly that a comprehensive program is important to student success.
Thus, in addition to the orientation to the College and the educational process
provided by the admissions counselors, the College holds new student orientation
sessions 16 times per year
Nevertheless, the college includes within its student services component a full
range of offerings to help meet the extra-educational needs of all students.
The
College maintains two official websites, one for the College for public
information purposes and one specifically for students. The public website at
www.potomac.edu is designed to provide
general information about the College and its offerings. The student website at
http://student.potomac.edu
is
specifically designed to assist students once enrolled. This website includes
the schedules of classes, copies of course syllabi necessary forms and
documents, a link to the College’s on-line bookstore, and the latest news and
information about College offerings.
Student Government
Due to the
self-learning and informal environment of adult learning,
Potomac
College’s students see
little need to report through a student government association, and students
prefer to speak directly and immediately rather than have to wait for a student
Government Association meeting. The student government association is currently
seeking to identify ways to draw the adult learner into meaningful dialog within
and beyond the actual academic classroom environment.
Alumni Activities
The college's Alumni Association came under new leadership in 2008. The
new leadership is currently establishing the Executive Board, Board of Directors
and support committees. In 2008 the college's Alumni will undertake
several important initiatives to further institutionalize the alumni as a major
role for the college. In addition, the new leadership team will work to
engage members as active participants of the college Alumni Association.
In 2008 the Alumni Association will offer more services to its members via
regular media as well as via a newly developed Alumni website. If
you are interested in assisting with the alumni efforts email
David Kimble.
Learning Resource Center
The College’s central Learning
Resources
Center
and Library is housed at the Washington,
DC campus. A professional
librarian manages both facilities ands is available when classes and seminars
are in session. The Potomac College
Library is an institutional member of the Association of College and Research
Libraries and of the American Library Association.
Using online
Resources and Databases
Public Library Resources – The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
maintains a listing of the public libraries in the Washington metropolitan area. In Addition of
search in the library catalog, patrons have online access top a number of
databases purchased by the public libraries.
Web Address:
http://www.mwcog.org/publications/passport
Databases
Purchased by Potomac College
Potomac
College subscribes to
three online databases for the faculty, staff and students. The first is the
EBSCO Business Source Elite. The second is Health Business Full Text. The third
is the Wilson Business Full Text. The Potomac College
community can access these three databases via the Internet with the following
web addresses and, user ID’s.:
EBSCO
Web
Address:
http://search.ebscohost.com/Login.aspx?/l.global.epnet.com
User ID:
s9051773
H. W.
Wilson
Web
Address:
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/login
User ID:
awr93
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