Anecdotal Comments
2012 Graduate Survey
If your overall college experience (regardless of delivery mode) was unsatisfactory, why?
• I have had nothing but issues with faculty loosing important documents. Teaching
outdated material such as web design courses from 1995.
• For the most part it was great. I was dissatisfied with the fact that there isn’t a quiet place
to study. The library is noisy as well as the student lounge. IN the lounge students play
music too loud and are very distracting to others in there trying to study. I do wish there
was more places to eat lunch as well.
• Insufficient financial aid for DESERVING students, insufficient quiet study space,
misuse and abuse of financial aid and of student lounge, abuse and misuse of school
computers, ANY one is able to walk into the school (no security), overall disorganization
and limited resources for deserving and hard working students. The library staff is rude,
paying students should not have to PAY for copies; the computer lab is NOISY during
exams.
What could you not find (be as specific as possible) in the library?
• Never used the library
• I really didn’t have that must use in the library, but when I use it the information was
there.
• Specific medical subject/data
• I felt that the staff was not very helpful. In fact, they were very rude. The Nursing
students (most of the time) are the ONLY students ACTUALLY trying to study and
other students are watching explicit videos and on their cell phone and get nothing said
to them. But if I try and walk behind the counter to get something I printed for a school
assignment, watch out.
• I never researched in the library. I never created or used an ID card. The internet was
much easier for me. The databases were pretty useful though.
• Materials related to woman's history for a course I was taking. You could find an entire
section for black history though.
• Specific topics for research papers
• I do most of my research online.
• Everything I needed I found
• I did not use the library.
• Never used library
• Never used the library
• I rarely used the PDCCC library.
• The online library was very difficult to find certain topics for nursing papers but the help
button usually could help me.
• I had to obtain some reference materials from the loan program.
• Research paper.
• Nothing if I didn't ask for help.
• I was working on a research paper about cameras in the court room. The library did not
information that I needed. I had to go to TCC to find more information. TCC did not
have a lot, but I did get one book from there library.
• Help
• Transfer information.
• Sometimes when I was studying in the library in Franklin, it was hard to find peace and
quiet as the printer that the students' print to is very loud and needs to be replaced
• Book on Phlebotomy
• More up to date resources.
• Sometimes it was closed the hours I was here.
• I never used the library.
• Older historical content on our local area.
• I never went to the library.
• Nothing. I always asked for help and got it.
• When doing research for information that required government sources, I was required to
go to government websites.
• I used the library only a few times. I did use it to study or do homework.
• The library was small and did not have a wide selection of varying topics; I found the
online library difficult to use.
What volunteer work have you done and how many hours per week?
• NC Baptist Men's Disaster Relief Training
• Western Tidewater Free Clinic 10/week
• Fire department. 0-30hrs.
• I am a officer in the CPA, PTK, Student Ambassadors, appointed to the 40th Anniversary
Committee, Presidential Inauguration Committee. Work 10 + hours a week
• I basically helped with student activity events, such as putting up and decorating the
Christmas tree in the Franklin campus student lounge and also helped with the cookout
events we had for the students and faculty.
• 30+hours= senior centers, community health fairs, high school college nights, B/P
screenings for community
• Western Tidewater Free Clinic
• Health screening for about 2-4 hours per week
• Service Learning (30 hours)
• Western Tidewater Free Health Clinic, 4-6 hr. per week
• 15, soup kitchen
• I helped with data entry at a charity health clinic in Suffolk. I had a total of about 48
hours added up over the course of two months so that averages to about 6 hours a week.
• Work at my local state park. For just a few hours a week
• Day Care volunteer for about 6 hours a week
• 30 hours of service learning/community service activities through the nursing program.
• Meals on Wheels at Sentara Obici (two hours on Mondays and Wednesdays) and helped
with the depression screening.
• Gardening 3-4 hours per week; Cleaning 5 hours per week.
• I worked at a soup kitchen for 2 moths twice a week
• Blood pressure drives, western tidewater free clinic, Zuni Presbyterian home. 1 hr per
week
• Childcare (5 hours a week)
• I had volunteer 40 something hours during the nursing program out in community
• I have completed 15 hours of service learning hours by volunteering at blood drives, at
educational programs to introduce the sim man, and at churches doing health fairs.
• EMT at Franklin Fire and Rescue Triage nurse at Western Tidewater Free Clinic
• Student Ambassador Coat drive etc more than 5 hours
• Blood pressure screenings, community health fairs, meals on wheels
• With different organizations throughout the program
• 50 hours in two years
• Isle of Wight Animal Control. Taking care of the animals. Six hours per week.
• I have done community service volunteer work on my own and with my High School.
About an hour a week.
• Service learning hours 30 hours in 5 semesters
• While a resident of Suffolk I volunteered at the Salvation Army and the former Homeless
Shelter. Hours varied per month but were about 5 hours.
• SGA
• I have participated in a variety of community service projects ranging from blood drives
to teaching projects
• Edmarc Hospice Nansemond River High School Hoffler Creek time varies from two
hours-eight hours, or more a week
• There were not many opportunities that I felt like.
• Phlebotomy student with 120 hours
• Vol. at Tidewater Free Clinic
• Child care.... 10 hours a week
• 50 hours and it varies, was a degree requirement
• Western Tidewater Free Clinic 18 hrs
• Health teachings regarding tuberculosis; blood pressure screenings; and fundraising of
food items. Usually 5 hours per month.
• The SGA
• I assisted with the food drive by donating food, however I wish there were more
opportunities at the school.
• I tutor students in three of my classes. I do so about three times a week for about three to
six hours each week.
• I participated in Service learning projects for LPN-RN Bridge. I met/ exceeded
requirement of 15 hours.
• Service learning projects for the LPN-Rn bridge program. We had to complete 15+ hours
for the program. Volunteered at health fairs at local churches and other facilities.
• I work with a church to provide help for shut-in parishioners and I worked with the
Salvation Army. The total amount of time was approximately sixty hours.
• I have completed over 30 hours of community service at various facilities and events
including Healthy Women's Group, Western Tidewater Free Clinic, Zuni Presbyterian
Homes and teaching for Upward Bound Students.
What suggestions do you have to improve the quality of College services?
• Create an office of student transfer services.
• More classes offered
• People who are not currently enrolled should not be in the student lounge nor using our
resources.
• Make it so that classes are sure to be offered and open. Try to offer each class at each
campus or distance learning for people living long distances from each campus.
• The online practical reasoning class is a bit unorganized and confusing.
• I would suggest, that PDCC staff approach to the educational openness atmosphere to be
more oriented to asking questions of the student's opinion on topics of the course
curriculum and get their opinions on the material, which would set a more relax class
environment for learning different views.
• Inform ALL office and library works they are customer service reps....some people in the
offices are rude and make you feel like you’re a bother every time you go in for help or
question. Not the counselors or financial aid but the administration secretaries in
Franklin and the older lady at the Suffolk library.
• Have more study areas. Many of the students use the "lounge" to lounge. And as many of
the students are trying to study-- it’s distracting.
• To know more about what the students wants to do with their future careers
• Improve your placement tests... Back when I took that test I was placed into pre-calculus,
but I was terrible at math, and had to drop pre-calculus and add developmental algebra.
In addition to that the test placed me into developmental writing but my writing skills at
the time were already very solid. There is one other thing, Improve the developmental
courses if possible, I was forced to take several developmental courses and the classes
were full of a bunch of immature brats who couldn't keep their mouths shut, In the case
of developmental algebra those immature brats made it so I could never hear the teacher
speaking during a lecture, and I had to repeat the course! Crack down on those people
would ya'?! After developmental and placement testing everything was great.
• Staff in the Library needs to be quiet and friendly
• I had a bad experience in the admissions office with transferring credits from previous
college I attended. I ended up having to contact the dean after going in multiple times
without having any progress with my paperwork and having a deadline in which I
needed the credits transferred in due to my degree program.
• Teach updated materials, have teachers who answer questions when asked, have
employees who do their jobs and don’t loose documents related to your enrollment.
• I really enjoyed my time at PDCCC any and everything I need I found
• Need more access to lab rooms when school is open, but door is locked.
• Make the times of classes more flexible and make more courses completely online.
• More security, quiet study areas, discourage abuse of the system, offer more financial
resources for deserving students. Barnes and Noble should NOT have been able to raise
the price of Kaplan for nursing students who had already been enrolled a year and a half.
It's ridiculous that they were allowed to charge 15% just to collect our money. Also
ridiculous that students can receive free nooks on financial aid while others struggle to
get by. Students in the library were allowed to be on facebook and other sites and
students in the student lounge were allowed to blast music. There was no quiet place to
study.
• My experience at this college is that the professors and adjunct staff are all very
welcoming and have a true love of learning. Everyone that I have encountered has gone
above and beyond to ensure that I will succeed in all of my classes. It has been a
wonderful experience. I have always felt welcome and encouraged to do my best.
• Offer more career programs. For example, Medical Assisting.
• More hands on activities
• I think you should have a Student Study Lab with tutors available. I transferred from
Cecil Community College in Maryland to PDCCC and they had one.. .It was great!
• A major face lift and advertisement
• Try to stress to students, time management when it comes to school work and studying
are very important.
• More Student Support Services activities.
• Some teachers here are not very helpful.
• Have someone in office to answers questions went the director is out of town.
• The faculty in the nursing program were wonderful. Some of the faculty in the main
office were not helpful.
• Larger Facility
• The college services I received were adequate for my needs. I should have taken those
services more thoroughly.
• My suggestion is to have nicer people in the Admission office I think people are kind of
rude.
• Positive attitude
• Encourage more students to stay in college and make something out of themselves.
• Continue to improve interdepartmental communication. I think it would be great if there
was more tutoring programs available and I would love to see more paid internship
and/or placement, especially from the technical side.
• Possibly hire more professors for each subject, especially for the Chemistry 111 class;
there should be more choices in professors.
• The Core Competency Testing schedule is inconvenient for working adults and evening
testing should be offered.
• Do not change grading criteria during the middle of the program. Changing the passing
grade from a 75 to 80 was ridiculous and was not fair to the graduating class of 2012.
We enrolled in the program agreeing on having a 75 to pass and we should have been
grandfathered in.
• Provide more classes for students in Smithfield.
• More student group clubs to get the students more involved and to allow for interaction.
• More hands-on activities
• Make sure classes are not duplicating work.
• Some Professors need to be more helpful to the students and more willing to help with
assignments.
• More knowledgeable staff
• Offer more courses and let every course be available more than one semester.
• Stay focus, Stay ahead of school work, Do not get behind, and Follow your goals
• More advertising about courses offered
• Lower fees
• Offer more classes. More guidance counselors. Students need more guidance when
setting up classes for each semester. There are not enough advisors either, at least not at
Paul D Camp.
If you are currently employed full-time, please indicate your general job title (welder,
electrician, management, sales related, police officer, medical records clerk, computer
support specialist, child care worker, RN,CNA, administrative assistant, etc.) and annual
salary or hourly wage.
• Jail Officer 42,000
• Collections and Sales Associate, $9.50/hour
• Forklift operator 14 hr
• Management. $14.15hr. $30,000 annually.
• Home Visitor
• Phlebotomist $11.00 an hour
• Prior DOD contractor
• GS7-Administrative Assistant to CG Reserve Funds Manager
• Phlebotomist
• Medical records clerk
• Phlebotomist 20,000.00
• Police Lieutenant
• Program Benefits Specialist
• Electrician helper and environmental operator 17/hr.
• Maintenance mechanic/29.00 hour
• Operator at international paper. waiting to graduate to move into my field of studies
• Warehouse Worker
• Field engineer for the lane construction co. 14 an hour
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Childcare
CNA $9.25
LPN $25.00/hour
Administration
Sales Associate
Hotel Inspector $10,000
ABA Therapists, Spec. ED. teacher Asst.
Machine Operator
Because of spouses job transfer, I am not currently employed. My child care worker
certificate will be an asset to have when I do seek employment. My past employment
was child care worker with an hourly salary of $10.42 in a daycare/preschool facility.
Certified Pharmacy Technician
Construction
Machine operator $22.89
Dietary Aide
Registrar at Southampton Memorial Hospital
Process Specialist for making fluff hourly wage is 16.65
Client Relations at Churchland Animal Clinic
Para-professional
ECSE -Teacher Assistant
Unit Secretary / CNA
Corrections Officer 32,000
Office Administrator/Weigh Master $12.50 per hour
Teachers Assistant
PCA $7.25
Maintenance AC & R. $21.90 hour
Administrative Associate
Fill in the blank with an analogy that rings true for you: "Paul D. Camp Community College is
like..."
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A big family. Friendly, helpful, always there, but not perfect.
A second chance.
A starting point for a better tomorrow.
A good place to start
Another big brother or sister.
A second home to me.
A first step to success.
Attending a four year university
• PDCCC is a diamond in the rough that needs to be polished and refined so that the
communities that it is suppose to serve will know that it exist. It needs a desperate face
lift, because it is not appealing, even though we have great instructors.
• Family
• Home away from home.
• A stepping stone to the next level in my future.
• Home
• A safe and pleasant environment.
• Paul D Camp Community College is like peanut butter and jelly.
• Stepping stone development to other venue endeavors of achievements for one’s personal
life goals.
• Paul P Camp is just like a High School to me.
• A second chance to fulfill a life's dream and builds hope for a better tomorrow.
• Foundation to my success.
• Many store brand products, it’s cheaper and gets the basic job done.
• Your first step in getting a head start
• A great wave.
• A waiting opportunity
• A new outlook on life.
• 5 minutes away from my house.
• A great place to continue the beginning of your life.
• A regular community college experience.
• Inexpensive education
• A home away from home.
• Paul D. Camp Community College is like a second home to me
• High school with a twist because your older but everyone still seems to act 5 including
the professors
• A friend who is there in a time of need.
• The building block to my future
• A new beginning
• My first choice when picking a college I wanted to go to.
• An airport runway because you can take off from here to a career.
• Gum stuck to your shoe. Keeps you grounded.
• A doorway that leads people to opportunities for the rest of their lifetime.
• Family
• My family! They are always there for me when I need them, and have nurtured me and
helped me grow.
• The first step to a great future.
• A helpful friend down the road
• A decent community college that can use improvement.
• A dream come true providing me with an education that works around my schedule.
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A home away from home
A stepping stone to success.
Breath of fresh air
Paul D. Camp Community College is like a family within the community.
An office, at times your work may be difficult, but there are helpful instructors inside
that can help if you are confused.
A second chance for older learning adults.
A stepping stone to a 4-yr institution
Home away from home
A good transition to a 4-year university
A fresh breath of air!
A new beginning
A good place to learn
Ray of Sunshine!
A mixed nation.
Being in school with my nursing sister's and lots of wonderful mothers to keep us all
straight.
A united community with heart to reach people minds and to be able to enhance the
future of students.
Paul D. Camp Community College is a great place to start your education for your
career.
A small college with southern style
Anything in life, you get what you put into it.
A high school at the Smithfield campus does not feel or look like a college.
Home
An educational fulfillment to me. I hope to continue my education because of the pride it
gives me as an individual.
A catalyst for even greater success.
Awesome!
A good starting place
A great starting place for those who are not yet ready to plunge directly into a four year
college (for whatever reason that may be) as well as those looking to increase their
vocational skills and keep up-to-date in their respective field.
A train track...they have a well put together road for us students that put us on the right
track to success.
The opening of a door to a fresh start.
A small town atmosphere offering long lasting rewards.
The light that leads the way to your dreams
Paul D. Camp Community College is like a stepping stone to your pathway to get ahead
in life!
A family
A breath of fresh air.
• A crayon box
• An opportunity for high school students, like myself, to further themselves academically,
as well as mature.
• Being at home
• A place to get a good education at a lower cost, with good resources.
• A good small school to go to get an education without a university's diversions.
• Praying and being blessed
• Family who helps out in a time of need
• Going to a regular school to me. Although, it is a community college.
• A great starting ground or returning process to get back into school
• A good place to start college.
• A pathway to a new career
• Getting an education in small classroom: one on one attention as needed :)
• Ice water for the devil...a necessity!!!!
• Equivalent to a 4 year college minus the amount of tuition.
• A solid brick that provides a student with a good foundation to go out into the world.
• A small school with university qualities
• Receiving the fundamental foundation for furthering any academic future.
• A wonderful plate of meat loaf.
• Paul D. Camp Community College is like a stepping stone between high school and a 4
year institution.
• Paul D. Camp is a good choice if you’re not left with many options.
• Paul D. Camp Community College is like a second family
• Getting a quality education right at your back door.
• A stepping stone to my future.
• A dream come true
• Having an extended family that cares about the student’s needs and well being.
• A good friend.
• An anchor
• A learning center
• A walk in the park because all my dreams are coming true.
• Paul D. Camp Community College is like the foundation of a home, a vital structural
component to build the house that is a college education on.
• Your home away from home.
• An open book ready to be explored
• A family college.
• A home away from home where you can be you and be the best you.
• A portal to the world
• An extended family lending a hand for our future.
• A second chance school for 40 year olds.
• Paul D. Camp Community College is like church on a Sunday morning. The people there
are warm and friendly and they welcome you with excitement. You are all there for the
same purpose and each time you leave, you have grown more, have learned more, and
have become more.
• Opportunity through outstanding education located in my backyard.
• The beginning to my end.