MEET THE GUTS STAFF 2009-2010
AMANDA SARAN
Director
Eye of the tiger
Graduate student in Educational Policy Studies
Tip: Compliment your left brain acivities with right brain activities on a regular basis.
Inspirational Quote: "Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood." - Rocky
VIVIAN KAM
Associate DirectorGraduate student in Curriculum and Instruction, Prevention Science
Favorite Qoute: “Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
Kelly Saran
Office Manager
LifeScience and Communications Major
Tip: Exercise! Everyday, every week.
Inspirational Quote: "I cry every chance I get." - Richard Gere
Liz Stower
Study Skills Coordinator
International Studies & Political Science Major
Tip: Organize your time! Whether you use a planner, google calendar, or our time management grids, utilize the breaks you have to study earlier rather than later.
Fav Quote:
“Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.” -John WesleyDanquian (Violet) Fu
Study Skills Program Specialist
Accounting Major
Inspiration qoute: "It's better to burn out than fade away."Morgan Meyer
Study Skills External Relations Specialist
Tip- Know why you're here and keep that in mind when you're struggling.
quote- "Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one." ~Chinese Proverb
Leanna Linzell
McBurney Study Skills Coordinator
Rehabilitation Psychology Major
Tip you can offer students: Use a planner!!! It's the first big step you can take to get organized and manage your time.
Favorite Quote: "There's nowhere you can me that isn't where you're meant to be" -John Lennon
Abby Ginsburg
McBurney Study Skills Specialist
English Major
Tip: Making a study skills appointment on a regular basis is a great way to stay on top of your studying and course work. Even if there are no urgent problems one week it is still a great time to review and reorganize.
Inspirational Quote: Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. -Lucille Ball
FAN YANG
Conversational English CoordinatorSenior in Actuarial Sciences and Risk Management
Tip: A smile can make a bif difference.
Favorite Quote: Don't worry, be happy :) ; Invest for the future and be loyal to the reality
AMY BOWERS
Conversational English Specialist
Anthropology and Southeast Asian Studies Major
Tip: Don't be shy, speak up!
Favorite Qoute: "A miracle takes three things: belief, desire and expectancy."
Michael O'Connor
Conversational English External Specialist
International Studies & East Asian Studies Major
Tip: Confidence is your biggest ally, shyness is your biggest enemy! Don’t be afraid of making errors.
Favorite Quote: “I’m your huckleberry” – Doc Holiday as played by Val Kilmer in the 1993 film Tombstone
Inspirational Quote: “Rest not! Life is sweeping by,
Do and dare before you die!” -- Johann Wolfgang von GoetheElu Tu
Conversational English Communication Specialist
Curriculum and Instruction Major
Expectation for GUTS: Help people who crave knowledge.
Inspirational Quote: The best way out is always through.NICOLE AQUINO
Academic Match Coordinator
Elementary Education Major
Tip: Take advanges of all of the free events that occur on campus. It is the only time in your life you can enjoy guest speakers, movies, and performances for no cost.
Inspirational Quote: "Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow." Plato
ALEX OSTROMECKI
Academic Match Program Specialist
Senior in Biology
Study tip: Get to class 10 minutes early and study the last lecture's material. This way you can always keep up to date and keep the material fresh in your mind for the next lecture.
LEE JASTROW
Drop-In CoordinatorGraduate Student in Pharmacy
Dream Job: Blue Angel Pilot
Favorite TV Show: House
Favorite Movies: Top Gun, Varsity Blues, Not another Teen MovieChristopher Kopp
SAGE Coordinator
Economics Major with emphasis in Business
Favorite Quote: "The sound shivers through the walls, through the table, through the window frame, and into my finger. These distraction-oholics. These focus-ophobics. Old George Orwell got it backward. Big Brother isn't watching. He's singing and dancing. He's pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother’s busy holding your attention every moment you're awake. He's making sure you're always distracted. He's making sure you're fully absorbed. He's making sure your imagination withers. Until it's as useful as your appendix. He's making sure your attention is always filled. And this being fed, it's worse than being watched. With the world always filling you, no one has to worry about what's in your mind. With everyone's imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world."
-Lullaby, by Chuck PalahnuikStudy Tip: The hardest thing about studying in Madison is saying, “No” to all the fun events that are always going on. If you want to do better than you ever have before, my advice: get a boring roommate.