Academic Advising Essay Contest! Topic for student response: Write an essay about an academic advising experience you recall that has had a positive impact on you. Make the experience come alive, and show the impact clearly, using specific examples and support. Please write a one page, typed response and submit it to Michele Vitale, Counseling and Advising Center (1-231, Brighton Campus or mvitale@monroecc.edu) by December 4, 2009. Include your name, student ID# (M#), address and telephone number on your entry. A $25 gift certificate for the MCC Bookstore will be awarded to one student on the basis of freshness and quality of responses. (Thank you MCC Bookstore for your generous donation!) The prize-winning entry will be published in the Tribune.