How have your background and life experiences, including cultural, geographical, financial, educational, citizenship status, or other opportunities or challenges, motivated your decision to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Michigan?

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Personal Statement (500 word limit)

How have your background and life experiences, including cultural, geographical, financial, educational, citizenship status, or other opportunities or challenges, motivated your decision to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Michigan?

How did you feel about it when you looked at it this week? • Has this week’s material changed the way you think about inpirational narratives about disability? Why or why not?

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Ll Journal Entry – Reflect on Inspiration

After you have read and viewed everything in the folder and finished the quiz, write a 400-word reflection answering all of the items below. • Reflect on and briefly define the concept of Inspiration Pom. Draw on Stella Young’s video and/or the lecture for your definition. • Can you think of a time when you encountered inspiration pom in your daily life? How did you feel about it? This could be something small – you may not even have recognized it at the time! If you can’t think of a specific time, reflect on one of the examples provided this week. How did you feel about it when you looked at it this week? • Has this week’s material changed the way you think about inspirational narratives about disability? Why or why not?

Explain three things that are important to you and how they have shaped your perspective of the world. Elaborate on how these experiences have influenced your future ambitions and/or career choice. 400 -500 Words

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Scholarship Essay

Identify a quote that is reflective of you as a leader and explain why you selected this quote. 100 Words

Some say social media is superficial, with no room for expressing deep or complex ideas. We challenge you to defy these skeptics by describing yourself as fully and accurately as possible in the 280-character limit of a tweet.

Explain three things that are important to you and how they have shaped your perspective of the world. Elaborate on how these experiences have influenced your future ambitions and/or career choice. 400 -500 Words

Evaluate ALTERNATIVES and SOLUTIONS to the issue of indoor air or home water pollution through research utilizing reputable sources.

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ALTERNATIVES and SOLUTIONS to the issue of indoor air or home water pollution

Evaluate ALTERNATIVES and SOLUTIONS to the issue of indoor air or home water pollution through research utilizing reputable sources.
include a valid reference which supports your perspective

Tell us how you became interested in genetic counseling, any inter-personal and/or extracurricular experiences that led to your interest, how you determined that this career aligns with your professional goals, and highlight any personal characteristics that will contribute to your success as a genetic counselor, in whatever path you pursue post-graduation.

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Personal Statement

Your Personal Statement is a critical part of your application. It should should not exceed three double-spaced typewritten pages in length. Be as clear, precise and authentic as possible.

In your Personal Statement, provide any personal or background information that you think may aid the selection committee in evaluating your potential for admission. Tell us how you became interested in genetic counseling, any inter-personal and/or extracurricular experiences that led to your interest, how you determined that this career aligns with your professional goals, and highlight any personal characteristics that will contribute to your success as a genetic counselor, in whatever path you pursue post-graduation.

Your Personal Statement may also discuss how your personal background and/or history informed your decision to pursue a graduate degree. Include any educational, cultural, economic, family, or social experiences, challenges, or opportunities relevant to your academic journey.

What does clicking the title do? What do you see now you did not before? What happened? What is now in your search box? How many of results do you have now?

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EBSCO guided Search

 

Part I (50 points)

First select your key words. Do not use a long a phrase like you would doing a websearch.

My research concerns library anxiety in college students. Below is my listing of keywords. Notice they fall into categories—Major issue, population, effect
Major issue Population Effect
Library anxiety College students grades
Library use Freshman prevention/prevent*
undergraduates reduce, reduction, reduc*
graduate students training, instruction

 

Enter your major issue in the first search box—Library anxiety

How many results did you get for this search?

Enter your population in the second search box—College students or Undergraduates

How many results did you get when you added this term?

Enter your Effect in the third box—reduc*

How many results with this term?

If you use more than one keyword per box from a category, connect the terms with OR.

Write your search below. Use parentheses to denote a grouping in a search box and add the words that connect the boxes (typically AND)—(Library anxiety) AND (college students OR undergraduates) AND (reduc*)

Under Limit To click Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals

How many results?

What do you notice about your search terms in the Results?

Do you see your major issue (or a more specific term related to your issue) in the Subjects area. Click the article title of one of the results that your issue in the Subjects.

What does clicking the title do? What do you see now you did not before?

What happened?

What is now in your search box?

How many of results do you have now?

Look through the first 10 results, paying special attention to the subject terms.

List any subject terms or other keywords you may add to your list.

(I would add library instruction, information literacy from my list).

Congratulations! You have completed Part I.

Part II. (50 points)

Objective: Adding additional Ebsco Databases

Scroll up to the top of the Ebsco page.

Click Choose Databases. Select at least one databases that related to your topic.

List the database(s) you added here:

ERIC, Education Source and Library, Information Science& Technology Abstracts with Full text

(For my topic of library anxiety and undergraduates, I would choose ERIC, Education Source and Library, Information Science& Technology Abstracts with Full text because relate either to the Library or college students.)

 

Your previous search should still be in the search box. If not cut and paste it from you answers above.

 

How many results do you have?

How may peer reviewed?

Scroll through the first 10 results

Do you see any new subject terms or key words that relate to your topic
(Psychology of library users)

Scroll down to Subject: Thesaurus Terms and click on it.

 

What happened?

How many results do you now have?

Part III (50 points)

Now it time to search for your topic.

Click Choose Databases. Deselect/uncheck ERIC, Education Source and Library, Information Science& Technology Abstracts with Full text. You can also just closed the window or tab wit the search and begin from the Library’s homepage. You should now be only search Academic Search Ultimate.

First list your keywords. Do not use a long a phrase like you would doing a websearch.

You may use this grouping to help you focus on your keywords

Major issue Population Effect
Academic performance College Students GPA
Freshman ?
Undergraduate ?
Graduate ?

Go to the Library’s homepage : https://web-p-ebscohost-com.proxy181.nclive.org/ehost/search/advanced?vid=0&sid=2ca784e2-deeb-47c5-9036-0b212ff2d976%40redis

Enter your Major issue in the first search box and list it here

How many results did you get for this search?

Enter your population in the second search box and list it here

How many results did you get when you added this term?

Enter your Effect in the third box and list it here?

How many results with this term?

If you use more than one keyword per box from a category, connect the terms with OR.

Write your search below. Use parentheses to denote a grouping in a search box and add the words that connect the boxes (typically AND)—(Library anxiety) AND (college students OR undergraduates) AND (reduc*)

Under Limit To click Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals

How many results?

Do you see your major issue (or a more specific term related to your issue) in the Subjects area? List it here.

What is now in your search box?

How many of results do you have now?

Look through the first 10 results, paying special attention to the subject terms.

List any subject terms or other keywords you may add to your list.

 

Part IV (50 points)

Objective: Adding subject specific Ebsco Databases.

Scroll up to the top of the Ebsco page.

Open a new window or tab.

Go to http://libguides.uncp.edu/ElectronicResourcesLinks to an external site. (Electronic Resources/Database Page)

Select the subject that your topic would seem to fall. Usually it is related to the class you are doing the research for. The exception is for ENG 1050 and ENG 1060 classes. If it is not related to the class, choose a subject that is related to your topic.

Look at the databases listed under Best Bets. Compare that list of Ebsco journals here https://libguides.uncp.edu/databasebyproviderLinks to an external site.

Go back to the Academic Search Ultimate page. Click Choose Databases. Select at least one database that is listed under Best Bets that related to your topic.

List the database(s) you added below. (You should be search Academic Search Ultimate and at least one other databases)>

 

Your previous search should still be in the search box. If not cut and paste it from you answers above.

 

How many results do you have?

How may peer reviewed?

Scroll through the first 10 results

Do you see any new subject terms or key words that relate to your topic? List them here.
Scroll down to Subject: Thesaurus Terms and click on it.

 

How many results do you now have?

Part V (50 points)

Create a Reference page in APA style for 10 Results. 6 items must be peer reviewed articles and the other 4 either magazine or newspaper articles. Evaluate 2 magazine/newspaper articles and 2 peer reviewed articles using the 3 R Method. (Do not separate the items evaluated from the others.)

3 R Method: A method for evaluating sources . It requires three questions: “is it relevant?” Is it recent?” “Is it reliable?”

Write a statement of purpose for MS electrical engineering graduate school.

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Statement of Purpose

Write a statement of purpose for MS electrical engineering graduate school.

Briefly explain how Lt. Coughlin demonstrated one of the ethical agent role(s) as described on pages 19-20 in chapter 1 of the Newell book.

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Leadership and Ethics

This reflection activity involves practicing assessing role(s) of ethics agents and spotting the ethics issue(s). First, watch the PBS video linked below titled She Rocked the Pentagon. It is about 12 minutes and involves the ethical decision making of former Navy Lt. Paula Coughlin following the sexual assault scandal at the Tailhook convention in 1991. Note that this content is disturbing as it describes instances of rape and sexual assault, so prepare yourself emotionally beforehand. If you believe that you will find it to be personally traumatizing, please contact me. By midnight on Sunday, Week 5, please record a reflection in the Flipgrid online platform using the video or audio only option for recording. Within the reflection, address the following points:

(Capstone) In the context of a job interview question, provide a response to the following question: Explain three professional skills that you developed or reinforced as part of your degree program at EKU. Degree program is HOMELAND SECURITY.

(PBS Video) Briefly explain how Lt. Coughlin demonstrated one of the ethical agent role(s) as described on pages 19-20 in chapter 1 of the Newell book.

(PBS Video) Briefly explain one ethics issue that confronted Lt. Coughlin. What two values are in conflict from Lt. Coughlin’s perspective (Value A [Value Set A] vs. Value B [Value Set B])? Mention both the conflicting values and the associated value sets as described in chapters 2 and 3 of the Newell book; see pp. 26, 27, and 40.

Must cite the video:

https://www.pbs.org/video/retro-report-on-pbs-season-1-episode-3-she-rocked-pentagon/

Where the organism is normally found and how is it spread? What are the virulence factors of the organism? What are the symptoms and incubation period of the infection caused by the organism? How would you diagnose an infection caused by the organism?

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Bacterial agent

Step 1
Select one of the following bacterial agents for your assignment.

Salmonella enteritidis, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Chlamydia trachomatis, Clostridium difficile, Neisseria meningitidis
Step 2
Research the chosen bacterial agent to examine the anatomical structures and diseases associated with it. Some suggested resources:

Microbiology Online (Links to an external site.)
Microbiology Society Resources (Links to an external site.)
National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine (Links to an external site.)
Step 3
Use the template below and answer the following questions:

Where the organism is normally found and how is it spread?
What are the virulence factors of the organism?
What are the symptoms and incubation period of the infection caused by the organism?
How would you diagnose an infection caused by the organism?
Describe how the organism infects different organs and how the immune system responds to infection.
What is the current treatment plan for the infections caused by the organism and the treatment success rate?
What populations are most at risk for infection?
What environments and sources are associated with the organism?
What are some public health implications of the infection caused by this agent?
What precautions can the public take to prevent infections?
Estimated time to complete: 3 hours

Describe what learned about yourself, your world, and others and their worlds? How does what you learn help you develop your own cultural awareness and competency. Explain

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Understanding Others Essay

Students should use the bold items below as headings for the paper:

Introduction:

Give a brief introduction of the person(s) you chose to interview and why you chose that person. You should also describe in what way the person(s) you chose are from a different demographic group as you, using the course material to describe the different demographic identity groups. Be sure to also explain why you chose someone from that particular group and what you hoped to learn from interviewing that particular person.

Analysis of Answers:

Analyze the results of your own answers and the answers of the person(s) you interviewed to in order to describe the differences and similarities of your experiences and viewpoints to another from a different demographic
Differences and Similarities: Describe your thoughts and analysis of the difference and similarities between your answers to the questions and the answers of the person(s) you interviewed. Explain why, in your opinion, the answers are different or similar. Explain, in your opinion, how your and the other person’s dimension of diversity affect the answers and explain the similarities and differences.
Relation to Course Concepts Ties your explanations to the concepts in the class. How did the information from the questions relate to the course concepts or help you understand the course concepts better?

Learning Experience:

Describe what learned about yourself, your world, and others and their worlds? How does what you learn help you develop your own cultural awareness and competency. Explain
Conclusion: You should conclude by explaining how what you have learned through this assignment will help you to understand cultural competency and the importance of diversity in the workplace. You should also identify strategies for increasing awareness of multiculturalism and personal and organizational cultural competence.

Length and format:

Your paper should be typed, double-space spaced, between paragraphs. The assignment will be graded on both the student’s reflections and the student’s writing in terms of grammar: sentence structure, punctuation, coherence, and spelling. The paper should be at least 4-7 pages in length, although you will not be penalized for a longer paper. Grammar and spelling do count as part of the grade.