On the Road
at SCCC
Melanie Vanderveer and Leo McLaughlin
Issue date: 2/25/08 Section: News
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The "noise" is the pushing and the pulling that every student is exposed to by friends and family involving post-college decision making.
"This is brand new and something I have wanted to do," Sally Gibson, SCCC counselor and organizer said. "We were finally able to offer it this semester at SCCC." Two groups of three students will be chosen to participate in the first road trip at SCCC this spring break.
"Road Trip SCCC" is based upon and partly funded by the PBS hit "Road Trip Nation" and follows many of the same guidelines. The first of these road trips was in 2001, created by three college students in Southern California. "The noise was, and is, after us," explained by the show's web site. "We're right there with you. How did we fight it? We took a trip."
The idea hatched by three college friends in 2001 has spread to many different states in the U.S. More than 200 college and university campuses now participate. "They haven't looked at community colleges as much as four years schools for this opportunity until now," Gibson said.
The original road trip relied on calling businesses to book interviews or lunches with successful people in interesting fields. "Experience with combined theory and practice is a good learning opportunity," Gibson said.
SCCC's first road trip will involve research and some phone calls just like the original trip did.
SCCC has created the road trip grant, approximately $400, which will be given to the two teams that take the exciting adventure on the road. With this and other fundraising activities, the students will plan, fund and execute their road trip this spring break.
SCCC's Freshman Seminar course explains the entire process to all students as of this semester. Applications were given out at the end of January and anyone interested in the road trip should stop into the counseling office for more information.
"By the end of the trip [in 2001] we had logged over 15,000 miles, met with more than 80 individuals and completely redefined our perspectives on life," according to the "Road Trip" web site. The students had over 456 hours of footage on tape and the guys self edited it all.
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