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200 incoming LWC freshmen get Edge By Duane Bonifer, LWC Public Affairs Director Lakeisha McGowan had barely finished high school when she began college. Just two weeks after graduating from Russell County High School, the Russell Springs, KY, resident was at Lindsey Wilson College on Friday to get ready for the 2008 fall semester. McGowan was one of almost 200 incoming Lindsey Wilson freshmen who participated in the college's first two EDGE days of the summer, held last Friday and Saturday. EDGE which stands for education, development, growth and experience is an orientation program for the college's incoming freshmen. "It feels weird it doesn't seem like we should already be starting college," McGowan said during lunch of Friday's EDGE. "But I'm happy about being here and I'm excited about starting here in the fall."LWC's 2008 fall semester begins on Aug. 20, but as the almost 200 freshmen demonstrated last weekend, it's a good idea to get an early start on college. "Everyone here meets you with open arms and is ready to help you," EDGE leader Steven McGhee, a junior from Guthrie, KY, told the freshmen and their family members. During each EDGE day, incoming freshmen learned their way around campus, interacted with current LWC students and attended academic sessions. "Talk to each other," EDGE leader Katelyn Hunt, human services and counseling sophomore from Greensburg, KY, told her students. "If you don't talk to each other, the day is kind of pointless." To encourage freshmen to talk to one another, EDGE leaders held several ice-breaker activities, including a campus scavenger hunt. While on the hunt, EDGE leaders pointed out important campus buildings and encouraged students to interact with one another. "Everybody here wants to see you succeed and put your best foot forward," said EDGE leader Crystal Wright, a junior from Glasgow, KY.Freshmen also heard about some of the events that are unique to Lindsey Wilson student life, including Malvia Farkle Day, couch night at home soccer matches and midnight breakfast during finals week. They also received advice about which professors to take: "Take Mark Dunphy's (English) classes," said EDGE leader Joseph Willis, a sophomore from Columbia. While the freshmen learned about LWC student and academic life, their family members met with college officials. Family members were guided through the financial-aid maze by Student Account Officer & Customer Service Representative Angela Jones, and received a briefing about student life from Dean of Students Chris Schmidt.Schmidt urged family members to stay involved with students and ask them about their experience at Lindsey Wilson. "I think you continue to be parents when your son or daughter goes away to college," Schmidt said. "I always tell parents to continue to be intrusive. The whole part of being intrusive and being a part of their lives doesn't quit when they go to college." Following lunch, the freshmen completed their registration in Biggers Sports Center, which including receiving a student identification card and parking permit. Several LWC professors were available to talk about the college's academic programs. In addition to the EDGE days, incoming LWC freshmen will spend part of this summer reading Missing Mountains: We Went to the Mountaintop But It Wasn't There. The anthology, which is a collection of pieces by 35 Kentucky writers who address the impact of mountain-top removal in Eastern Kentucky, will be used to start off this fall's Freshman Seminar classes. LWC's final two EDGE days of the summer will be held on July 25-26. For more information, go to www.lindsey.edu/edge or contact the college at info@lindsey.edu, (800) 264-0138 or (270) 384-8100. This story was posted on 2008-06-11 06:46:49
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