Bucks Night Owls has club through Facebook
A club for students enrolled in night classes
WADE BORSAVAGE
Issue date: 2/23/10 Section: Campus News
Many things can interfere
with school, whether it is
work, family responsibilities,
or travel restrictions.
However, night classes offer
flexibility for time-constrained
students.
The Night Owls is a club
directed toward the many students
at Bucks that take night
classes. Campus activities are
often difficult to attend, given
the rigors of balancing work,
class, family, and free time.
Also, night students have a
much lesser chance of meeting
other students outside the
classroom. The Night Owls
offers a unique chance to form
a connection with the school
and other students.
The primary goal of Night
Owls is to give students who
don't have the chance to be
involved in social networking
on the campus, for whatever
reason, that very opportunity
through Facebook.
Anyone can join- just search
"Night Owls UBC" on
Facebook.
The group is in its early
stages of progress. Last fall,
Jim Fillman, the coordinator of
campus services at Upper
Bucks Campus and a former
"night owl" himself, came up
with the idea. "As coordinator
of campus services at the UBC
I saw myself to be in an excellent
position to remedy the
problem, so I became proactive
in starting a club for evening
students," said Fillman. "Few
evening students would be
available to meet consistently
for campus club events, so I
decided to make use of technology
and begin a Facebook
club (at least to start)." A few
weeks later, he contacted Brian
Henson, who is now the faculty
adviser for the group.
The use of technology could
be a real asset to Night Owls.
It essentially allows members
to meet at their leisure. Being
confined to set meeting times
is exactly the kind of restriction
this group was created to
overcome, and the Facebook
group gives night owls the
freedom to be as involved as
they want, as often as they
want.
The Night Owls have only a
with school, whether it is
work, family responsibilities,
or travel restrictions.
However, night classes offer
flexibility for time-constrained
students.
The Night Owls is a club
directed toward the many students
at Bucks that take night
classes. Campus activities are
often difficult to attend, given
the rigors of balancing work,
class, family, and free time.
Also, night students have a
much lesser chance of meeting
other students outside the
classroom. The Night Owls
offers a unique chance to form
a connection with the school
and other students.
The primary goal of Night
Owls is to give students who
don't have the chance to be
involved in social networking
on the campus, for whatever
reason, that very opportunity
through Facebook.
Anyone can join- just search
"Night Owls UBC" on
Facebook.
The group is in its early
stages of progress. Last fall,
Jim Fillman, the coordinator of
campus services at Upper
Bucks Campus and a former
"night owl" himself, came up
with the idea. "As coordinator
of campus services at the UBC
I saw myself to be in an excellent
position to remedy the
problem, so I became proactive
in starting a club for evening
students," said Fillman. "Few
evening students would be
available to meet consistently
for campus club events, so I
decided to make use of technology
and begin a Facebook
club (at least to start)." A few
weeks later, he contacted Brian
Henson, who is now the faculty
adviser for the group.
The use of technology could
be a real asset to Night Owls.
It essentially allows members
to meet at their leisure. Being
confined to set meeting times
is exactly the kind of restriction
this group was created to
overcome, and the Facebook
group gives night owls the
freedom to be as involved as
they want, as often as they
want.
The Night Owls have only a
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