Category Archives: Global-Community Awareness
Perspective on Immigration
On December 1st afternoon, in room 8-210 of the Vertical Campus, there was a lecture on researches and perspectives of immigration conducted by Gertrud Huwelmeier of the Phillipps-Unversitat Marburg. The conference like setting was filled with a handful of professors … Continue reading
Blood Drive
wow. i been swarmed with so much work i barely have any time to blog. well i went to the blood drive that was held on december 2nd. unfortunately i was sick and they wouldn’t let me donate. but they … Continue reading
Perspective on Immigration
On November 23, 2009, I attended a Global awareness workshop called the Perspective on Immigration in the 135 Building. In this workshop, the most attractive thing to me is the distinction of features among different generations of immigrants. Possessing different … Continue reading
Community\ Global Awareness
Yesterday I went to a lecture series that was about Rob Smith’s book about mexican immigrants and how they grew up without their citizenship. He basically observed these students from they were young until they got older. He predicted that thesestudents … Continue reading
Community\ Global Awareness
The workshop i went to yesterday was a lecture series spoken by Profesor Rob Smith. His lecture ws called ” Horatio Alger Lives in Brooklyn…But Check His Papers” and it was about immigrnts coming to the U.S and having thier … Continue reading
Ethics Workshop
I attended this global awareness workshop a while ago, but I forgot to blog about it. One thing I remember during this workshop was that the presenter was speaking about plagiarism for an extended period of time. It made me … Continue reading
Light the Night Walk
On Saturday, October 17, 2009, I volunteered with a bunch of friends at one of the Light the Night Walk at Forest Park. The walk was for the cause of leukemia and lymphoma, which are among the life threatening illnesses … Continue reading
Challenge your values let’s talk ethics workshop
The ethics and values workshop was really interesting. even thought it was only three of us 🙁 we had a pretty good discussion on how we deal with our ethical values each day we even spoke about the crazy people … Continue reading
Ethics Workshop
I attended the Ethics Workshop for the Community-Global awareness category on September 22. The workshop took place in room 3-215 and because it was a small room, I was able to enjoy the workshop more. The instructor discussed with us … Continue reading
Study Abroad Fair
Every since I was in High School, I always wanted to go to Spain to study abroad. Unfortunately, I never was financially stable to invest in a trip to Spain. The plain ticket alone is like half of what we … Continue reading