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THOMAS
NELSON
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Vol. IV, No. 22
Just a Reminder!
Summer Hours Begin
Today!
In case you forgot, summer hours
begin today! Through August 5, the
college will observe a summer work
schedule of 4 1/2 days per week
consisting of four 8.7 hour days (8
hours, 45 minutes) Monday through
Thursday and five hours on Friday.
The normal college summer office
hours will be Monday-Thursday,
7:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. and Friday,
7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Those offices normally open for
service from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. will
modify their service hours in the
morning and afternoon
(8 a.m.-4:45 p.m.)
Two holidays, Memorial Day and
Independence Day, occur while the
college is observing summer hours.
Since the state allows only eight
hours of leave for holidays, the
summer work week schedule will be
adjusted for these holiday
observances. On Friday, May 31, all
offices will remain open until 1:15
p.m. to compensate for the 45
minutes not covered by holiday leave
on Memorial Day, May 27. An
employee taking leave on May 31
must submit a leave form for 5.7
hours.
In observance of Independence
Day, the college will be closed on
July 4 and 5, giving us a four day
holiday. In order to make up for
having July 5 off, the work schedule
will consist of three 10.6 (10 hours, 40
minutes), Monday through
Wednesday. Offices will remain
open until 6:40 p.m. with a half hour
lunch break on these three days.
Any employee taking leave time
should submit a leave form for 10.6
hours.
Supervisors may approve flex time
in accordance with Policy 3.12 of the
Administrative Procedures Manual.
If you have any questions, call the
Personnel office at ext. 2728.
Thomas Nelson Student
Receives Virginia Scholar
Award
Dale A. Harlow, a student at
Thomas Nelson Community College,
was one of forty-five outstanding
students recently selected to receive
the Virginia Scholar Awards from the
State Council of Higher Education.
He is majoring in Business
Administration and carries a 4.0
grade point average (GPA) and will
graduate with an Associate in
Applied Science degree on May 13.
Harlow plans to continue his major in
business with a concentration in
accounting at The College of William
and Mary where he was been
accepted for the Fall 1991 semester.
All nominees were selected from a
pool of 1,126 individuals from public
and private high schools and 33
graduates of public two-year colleges
who plan to transfer to a four-year
Virginia college to complete a
baccalaureate degree. Harlow was
one of four community college
graduates to receive the Scholars
Award. Each scholar will receive a
$3000 stipend which can be renewed
up to three additonal years, but the
scholar must maintain a "B" average
or place in the top 25 percent of their
college class as determined by college
May 13,1991
or university officials at the close of
each academic year.
Harlow is a resident of Newport
News, and has been employed by
Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS)
for nine years, working full-time
while earning his degree at Thomas
Nelson. He is a member of the NNS
Apprentice Alumni Association and
the Virginia Collegiate Honors
Council.
Harlow enjoys teaching Tae Kwon
Do, weight-lifting, football, and
spending time with his wife Cheryl,
and his two daughters, Janice Lynne,
eleven and Mary Ellen, six.
New Ability to Benefit
Regulations
by Rennie L. Wolfe
The Federal Government has
recently enacted and subsequently
amended legislation directed at non-high
school graduates pursuing
financial aid for college attendance.
The purpose of the Ability to Benefit
legislation is to ensure that students
without high school diplomas (or the
equivalent) who are applying for
financial aid, have the ability to
benefit from the education they are
pursuing. This group of students
must demonstrate the "ability to
benefit" on a test approved by the
U.S. Department of Education.
Original legislation regarding this
requirement was implemented
January 1,1991, but due to a great
deal of confusion (and a very short
timetable for implementation) the
Department of Education has delayed
enactment of the legislation until July
1,1991.