As a member of the city of Milwaukie’s Vision Action Committee, I feel my contribution to my community is substantial. Starting back in August of 2016 I began to meet with various individuals from the community, all of which wanted to see change for the better in Milwaukie. These people are men and women, old and young, lifelong Milwaukians and new residents, business owners and employees of an organization, or in my case a student. Coming from all walks of life we divested a few hours once a month to discuss and plan the future of Milwaukie. We started with a dream, a single question, what is the most ideal Milwaukie? This question, of course, is different for every person in that meeting, but that’s the point. In the beginning stages of the VAC we discussed this vision, our personal vision and eventually our collective vision. During this process we thought of four major pillars of life, those being planet, place, people, and prosperity. These pillars were our guiding principles that everything, one way or another had to come back to. Once our vision was set and our mission statement drafted we opened our work to the public by holding a town hall meeting. This town hall took place in November, nearly four months from the beginning of our endeavor. We left that meeting with great feedback and fantastic suggestions, as well as the notion that we still have a tremendous amount of work to complete. While our vision statement was liked and accepted by the masses the main
During my time at Citizens Advice Direct, I learned how to provide confidential telephone advice and information to a wide range of individuals on a variety of matters. I learned how to deal with various enquiries every day from people needing advice on debt, benefits, employment and other issues. I also learned how to research, analyse, evaluate and effectively apply large amounts of legal materials to various scenarios. More importantly I learned how to effectively communicate large amounts of legal materials to individuals.
Three years ago, I was first introduced to the Student National Pharmaceutical Association. The mission of serving the underserved was something that resonated with me strongly as a lack of resources early on in life made the local pharmacist my family’s main point of access to medical care. For this reason, I gained a strong passion to serve the community through SNPhA. Early on, I sought out mentors within the organization. These mentors taught me a great deal about the organization, leadership, and growth. Recently, I got the opportunity to serve on the executive team as our chapters Historian. Working as a part of the executive team has given me insight into this amazing organization at the local level, while allowing me to hone my communication
My most challenging concern is finding a place to implement my Capstone project. I thought about using my local library, but getting nurses to come maybe a problem. Right now I am on medical leave from my hospital, therefore I cannot get the hospital involve. My potential resources are my two friends that have experience in teaching. One friend is a nursing instructor and another friend once taught in a LPN nursing program. Most of my nursing jobs required me to talk to a large group of people during our interdisciplinary team meetings. I had to discuss patients’ cases with the interdisciplinary team. In my class, as a part of a teaching exercise, I want to talk about documented case studies regarding culture and have students talk about
I am writing with regard to Research Assistant, Technical Staff or Technician (Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine) advertised on website. Please find attached my Curriculum Vita, which shows I have the necessary qualifications and experience in the workplace.
I found that working collaboratively on this assessment was incredibly valuable. This assessment allowed us to engage in co-planning and co-instructing, both critical parts of the co-teaching practice (Conderman, 2011). During the presentation of our activity, I felt more confident because I knew that if I forgot anything, another member of my group would be able to assist me, and vice versa. Much of our planning was done through collaborative discussions as we all felt we could share our ideas openly. Through these discussions, we built up a more trusting relationship, crucial to co-teaching effectively (Conderman, 2011). I believe being given the opportunity to share our different ideas and get feedback on these ideas from other group members was incredibly valuable.
In English 102 I would consider it to be the best education academic writing experience of my education. There would be times where I could say I struggled the most in class was with my grammar and word choices. Throughout my attendance, I intended to prove myself to Professor Hohmann, who is an English professor at CAC (Central Arizona College) that I can write professionally as a student. I created six assignments in the English course to prove myself that I can compose assignments and research as well as my peer college classmates. The tasks that were given to me for grades were beneficial for other classes, career and in life. One of the assignments was a research paper on a specific topic that I desired, which needed to be a debatable discussion. An additional task that helped me out with my writing was the
I started my internship on 3/25/2015 at Sweet Magnolia Senior Center Located in Coney Island Brooklyn. My first day wasn’t so bad or nerve racking at all. Some of the senior watched me grow up in the neighborhood. I love working with the elderly. This wouldn’t be my first time but it was a little different from what I do at work. In my HSS 214 class, I was the go to person when it comes to seniors citizens. The elderly population have many issue that they shouldn’t such as their lack of resources. On my first day I was in a different section of the center using my knowledge as a program coordinator to help create a stronger and well put program for the staff to
The purpose of this memo is to evaluate my progress and also my group as a whole. It is important that our progress as a whole has made a difference since the first progress report. Since the first progress report, there has been a lot of improvement as a whole.
For my Search Engine/Database Comparison and Self Reflection paper I selected to search hypothyroidism. I chose this subject for two reasons. The first is in 1986 I had a tumor on the back right lobe of my thyroid that I had to have surgically removed. Within five years of that surgery my left lobe had stopped functioning which I knew was a possibility and if this happened I would be on medication the rest of my life. Which brings me to my second reason for researching this – I ran out my prescription recently and when the pharmacy contacted my physician for a refill the office did not respond so I had went approximately a week with no medication which I had never done. So to be aware of the symptoms and how it might affect me if at all, I
Throughout my high school experience english classes were presented with very strict guidelines. They provided us with rubrics and prompts, laying out exactly what they wanted us to turn in. Telling us what the essay had to be about, how the thesis had to direct connect and answer the question and how much context from the story we needed. There was not ever creative assignments and writing about personal experience, just reflecting on text from class.
Before starting this course, I believed I had a good grasp on the rules of the English language, grammar and how to write in a formal manner. However, after submitting a sample piece of my writing to a number of websites that check for grammatical errors and receiving feedback and analysis from these websites, I have realised that there are a number of areas that require work in order for me to write in a formal manner. Whilst most of the reports gave good feedback, Writers Diet (www.writersdiet.com.WT/php) stated the use of nominalisation, while Polish My Writing (www.polishmywriting.com) identified the over use of redundant words within my writing.
7A) I have always taken a proactive approach by applying effective leadership, managerial, and organizational skills to achieve continuous success which was demonstrated in my $90 million I-15 design sequencing projects (2004 to 2008), where I have continuously received favorable ratings for administering and implementing BMPs that comply with the NPDES permit and the best compliance record in D11 for conducting labor relation interviews. My leadership and commitment to quality improvements resulted in my $10 million major maintenance project being rated the best quality dowel bar retrofit in the State in year 2003 to 2004. In the years 2000 to 2003: led, managed, and directed a staff of 10 engineers to perform multiple tasks simultaneously to complete work on $20 million six concurrent
While home for Thanksgiving break I went to Sunday mass with my family. We have been members of Salem Lutheran Church since before my dad was born. When after entering the church, my family and I sat in our usual pews. The pastor gave a passionate sermon focusing on motherhood and childbirth. After service, everyone gathered in the gymnasium for coffee and snacks. I first spoke with Wayne, a soft-spoken Caucasian man in his late 60’s who was mildly brain disabled. Wayne dressed in baggy pants and a Hawaiian shirt that barely covered his belly, and wore an old school camera around his neck. Then I talked with Jackie, Collin, and Zach; all young Caucasian students who are all part of an art program at Whitworth University. All three were dressed in nice formal dress. After that I spoke with Jake Jacobsen, our church president, in the line for snacks. She wore slim straight slacks and a plaid shirt that was tucked in. She spoke will clear and distinct articulation.
As I reflect upon my many years at Regis University, I feel a sense of gratitude for the opportunity to attend an institution which seeks to not only educate, but to create a better, more caring society by putting forth socially responsible individuals into the world. Being of Christian faith, I liked the values and mission represented at Regis and knew it would be an environment in which I could thrive. Although there are numerous classes that will impact my future, this paper will discuss a few of the main topics that either gave me a more solid spiritual and ethical foundation or prepared me for my continued career in human resources.
For the service learning project, I teamed up with three of my classmates to volunteer at a lady’s conference at Imani Restoration Centre church (IRCC) on the 16th of September, 2017. IRCC is a non-profit organization which is a Kenyan community founded that focuses on bringing African immigrants together to support and learn the things of God. Samuel Mwangi, the senior pastor of IRCC, said that through the counseling sessions that he holds at the church every Thursday, he discovered that most ladies go through the same challenges. Therefore, he thought it would be great for him to organize a lady’s conference, so that ladies could come together to share and support each other (Personal communication, September, 16, 2017)