The guest speaker, Marlene Simon from the career center, did a great job explaining who she is, what she does on campus, and how to get help. Marlene was very caring and nice as she even told us some of her personal stories about herself. One of her stories included how she ended up working for Mount St. Mary’s and loving every minute of it. At the Chalon campus, Marlene is the director of Career Services & Internships. She helps students achieve their post-graduate goals while still being in school. She knows a lot of different scholarship opportunities and which internship and job opportunities that students may seek. Her staff provide many different resources which include resume and cover letter handbook, practiced mock interviews, workshops, …show more content…
Just like Marlene, she was very nice and it was actually her first time giving a presentation about the library resources. She showed us how easy it is on how to find specific databased sites for articles, citing sources based on the different formats, and also gave us guidance on how to look up books in the libraries. Students can use the library’s research resources wherever and whenever they want with a click of a button on their computer. They first go to the Mount St. Mary’s website, under the Academics Information there will be a libraries section, and on the libraries page there will be many different resources and databases that the students can use for their research papers. From the research databases page, there are different subject resources that the student can use that leads to a different website that has articles based on that subject. The library can also borrow books from the other libraries from different colleges, if there is a specific book that the student may need and when it isn’t in our own library. I have been to the library before many times, but it was only to study with a group of friends in the study room for the upcoming tests and finals. I thought all these resources from the libraries are great and I wish I would have known sooner. Now that I know about all the resources the library can help and provide me with, it will be very helpful for writing research
Librarians are defined as “a person, typically with a degree in library science, who administers or assists in a library.” In truth, they are much more than that. In a recent interview with Traci Glass, the Teen Librarian at the Eugene Public library, we explored her personal story with becoming a librarian, including how it has benefitted and affected her life.
Her activism in the University made her take part in different programs and shows which helped her in future years.
“Do I have to go? I mean, it’s not required for me to finish high school or anything. It’s just something you want me to do,” I pleaded with my parents. “Yes you have to go and there’s no way you’re going to get out of it either. It’ll be a good experience for you, and you might even make some new friends,” my father replied. Tomorrow I was going to HOBY, which stands for Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar. It is specifically for sophomores in high school and I was chosen to be one of the candidates to represent my school for the year twenty fifteen. There are many HOBYs around the United States, but I was going to HOBY Ohio West located at the Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. The seminar started on June fourth and concluded on the seventh. This was a four day event and I wouldn’t see my family for two of the days. I had just turned sixteen in April and I had never stayed more than an hour away from my family for a night or two. It was very nerve-wracking for me, but I had to go no matter what. Little did I know that this experience would make me into the more confident young woman I am today.
She said reading is very important. Reading newspapers will allow people to have a broader view, so that people can use the things they learned to talk to their clients. At the same time, people can get to know what happened in this world, which can help them do their work better. Also I asked her could she introduce other people in the same career field to me. She told me that I need to have a clear mind. She asked me to think three questions before I meet those people. The first one is that why do you want to meet. Next one is what do you want to learn from them. The last question is who you want to meet. If I am clear with all the answers of these questions, she will definitely help me to find someone that match my
2. To provide comprehensive career planning services that support all members of the Northeastern University community in identifying, planning, and implementing sound career decisions
How does one find the audacity to attain the impossible? In the historic fiction novel, Audacity, by Melanie Crowder, she addresses the Limlich’s orthodox Jewish values and their resistance to let Clara learn. Clara emulates a weak bird unable to fight against the strong wind and hides her books, only reading over the light from a candle. The family flee discrimination and their shtetl in Russia to voyage to America only to suppress Clara’s dreams of becoming an avid member of society. Subsequently, working in the sweatshops and being oppressed by bosses, Clara and the other girls with no voice to speak up with her, merit more. Her strength becomes vigorous, and she uses her inspiring words to influence men and woman at union meetings and
In the first few weeks, we were instructed to choose a topic and start to research on the topic that interested us. Frist, we were instructed to come up with a thesis for our research paper. We learned about how to find and evaluate the material we found through the databases. The librarians from the ‘library live’ session was very helpful. They are well prepared and ready to give as much as possible for us to use different databases. I learned to effectively use “Academic Search Complete”, “Opposing Viewpoints in Context”, “Films
In Gwen Harwood’s poetry, the changes in an individual’s perspective and attitudes towards situations, surroundings and, therefore transformations in themselves, are brought on by external influences, usually in the form of a person or an event. These changes are either results of a dramatic realisation, as seen with shattering of a child’s hopes in The Glass Jar, or a melancholy and gradual process, where a series of not so obvious discoveries produces similar reformation. An example of the later case would be Nightfall, the second section of Father and Child, where the persona refers to her forty years of life causing “maturation”. For the most part these changes are not narrated directly but are represented by using dynamic language techniques to illustrate constant change in the universe of the poem.
This week’s guest speaker came and spoke to the class on more of a spiritual and religious aspect of how it is to be a change agent in our community. Our guest speaker this week was Christ Breedlove; Chris currently holds his Ph.D. along with this bachelors and masters degree as well. Chris is also a local Fresno pastor of the church called Community UCC. This church is a growing church where their pastor is a strong advocate of practicing social justice throughout the city of Fresno to help make a positive difference in this city that we all live in. Chris and the Community UCC church is also apart of organization called Faith in Community (FIC).
In completing the literature search, I immediately went to the university’s resource tab and used the WGU Library. By, accessing the WGU Library as a resource I was able to locate various articles on my research topic by searching through the resources search engine.
Speaker: Constance Taber Colby is an educator and educator who lived in New York City. She shows her experiences in this double-edged narrative The View from Morningside.
I was really excited to see a bunch of different opportunities because my friends often complain that these career fairs are not always geared towards them.” Another student, Alexis Jones who is currently in the College of Arts of Sciences and studying Psychology stated that “I was excited for the opportunity to look at potential graduate schools. I know that in my career field I want to be able to get my doctorate in psychology so that I can continue to do more research. This career fair definitely gave me the opportunity to build relationships with graduate
My decision to organize the required information dates back only to a few weeks. I classified the research sources that I could use into three types: videos, web portals and books. I then decided to use only one resource from each category. I used Youtube to vie...
In the article “The Flight from Conversation” which describes the effects of technology on human interactions, Sherry Turkle argues, “WE live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection”. Many others would agree with Turkle; technology and its advances through new devices and social media takes away face-to-face conversation. Her idea of being “alone together” in this world is evidently true as many people can connect with one another through technology, altering relationships to adjust to their own lives. Despite Turkle’s opposition, I believe that technology makes our lives easier to manage. There are numerous forms of social media platforms and handheld devices
Just like waking up in the morning and inhaling my first conscious-breath of the day, reading is something essential to me. As I child, I used to dream of having my own and private reading place where I would sit and spend my whole day reading my favorite books without any disturbance. Thanks to my dreams, I now have a wonderful private library in my house. This place is not similar to any other ordinary library but a mini place where you can find a massive number of interesting books of different varieties.