This story about the Ohlone Communication Lab was first broadcast on October 19, 2022 as part of the live Ohlone Tri-City News program.
Reporter: Armando Galan
Photographer: Natalie Delgadillo
Reporter: Ohlone College has a student service that can help with your fear of giving speeches. Shelly Spratt-Director/instructor: Public speaking is what I like to call high-end anxiety sport and different research has shown that one out of four Americans would rather die a terrible death than give a speech. Reporter: The Communication lab helps with this fear! Jennifer Hathaway-Intern/Tutor: It has given me a level up when talking to outside employers. Christine Carrol-Instructor: Without the Comm lab they don’t have a place to go to practice their speeches to ask for help we seen just an increase in student retention with the Comm lab in place Brenda Anholtz-Instructor: Students get to interact and connect outside of class and when you look at research on retention and success it’s the student who hangs out after class on campus. Reporter: The lab depends on its student tutors Anisha Patel-Tutor: This is my first semester tutoring here. you get to meet people in your major and interact with people, and just after the pandemic have more interactions with students. Jennifer Hathaway-Intern/Tutor: I was actually scouted by one of the communication professors specifically to be a tutor. I jumped on the chance because my initial reaction to the lab when I was a student was really good so I wanted to see what the perspective was from the tutor’s side and I’ve loved it ever since. Reporter: Communication Lab Tutors are given many benefits! Anisha Patel-Tutor: I am a communication major, it looks really good when I am sending out my applications to transfer. Shelly Sprat-Instructor: Gives them (Tutors) an opportunity to put something on their transfer applications, and resumes, to say that they were speech coaches, which is really effective, for future employers looking at their applications. Reporter: The Communication lab has a staff of approximately 15 tutors, but the department wants more tutors. Anisha Patel-Tutor: I think something we could do is have a better ratio to students to tutors just so we can spend more time with each one and their specific questions Reporter: Tutors enjoy being able to help others and work with others. Ohlone college instructors encourage students to use the lab and tutor there too. Brenda Anholtz-Instructor: Tutoring is a wonderful experience, to be able to connect with other students and help them improve their communication skills. Reporter: The lab can help students succeed better in their communication assignments and speeches. The Communication Lab can be found on the Fremont campus and can be found on the Newark campus, open Monday-Thursday from 9AM-6:30 PM, and on Fridays from 10AM-2PM. The communication lab is a great tool for students looking to practice their comm skills and for communication majors to gain professional experience. From the Ohlone College Fremont Campus this is Armando Galan for Ohlone Tri-City News.
Oct 19 2022
Communication Lab
This story about the Ohlone Communication Lab was first broadcast on October 19, 2022 as part of the live Ohlone Tri-City News program.
Reporter: Armando Galan
Photographer: Natalie Delgadillo
Reporter: Ohlone College has a student service that can help with your fear of giving speeches.
Shelly Spratt-Director/instructor: Public speaking is what I like to call high-end anxiety sport and different research has shown that one out of four Americans would rather die a terrible death than give a speech.
Reporter: The Communication lab helps with this fear!
Jennifer Hathaway-Intern/Tutor: It has given me a level up when talking to outside employers.
Christine Carrol-Instructor: Without the Comm lab they don’t have a place to go to practice their speeches to ask for help we seen just an increase in student retention with the Comm lab in place
Brenda Anholtz-Instructor: Students get to interact and connect outside of class and when you look at research on retention and success it’s the student who hangs out after class on campus.
Reporter: The lab depends on its student tutors
Anisha Patel-Tutor: This is my first semester tutoring here. you get to meet people in your major and interact with people, and just after the pandemic have more interactions with students.
Jennifer Hathaway-Intern/Tutor: I was actually scouted by one of the communication professors specifically to be a tutor. I jumped on the chance because my initial reaction to the lab when I was a student was really good so I wanted to see what the perspective was from the tutor’s side and I’ve loved it ever since.
Reporter: Communication Lab Tutors are given many benefits!
Anisha Patel-Tutor: I am a communication major, it looks really good when I am sending out my applications to transfer.
Shelly Sprat-Instructor: Gives them (Tutors) an opportunity to put something on their transfer applications, and resumes, to say that they were speech coaches, which is really effective, for future employers looking at their applications.
Reporter: The Communication lab has a staff of approximately 15 tutors, but the department wants more tutors.
Anisha Patel-Tutor: I think something we could do is have a better ratio to students to tutors just so we can spend more time with each one and their specific questions
Reporter: Tutors enjoy being able to help others and work with others. Ohlone college instructors encourage students to use the lab and tutor there too.
Brenda Anholtz-Instructor: Tutoring is a wonderful experience, to be able to connect with other students and help them improve their communication skills.
Reporter: The lab can help students succeed better in their communication assignments and speeches. The Communication Lab can be found on the Fremont campus and can be found on the Newark campus, open Monday-Thursday from 9AM-6:30 PM, and on Fridays from 10AM-2PM. The communication lab is a great tool for students looking to practice their comm skills and for communication majors to gain professional experience. From the Ohlone College Fremont Campus this is Armando Galan for Ohlone Tri-City News.
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