First Year Seminar     

Mission Statement Paper     

Prof.Baker

Length:500-600 words

Assignment

Below is a question to be answered in essay form, with a proper introduction, main points/thesis, and direct references to the Mission Statement of Rosemont College. You may want to reflect on the time we spent as a class in Campus Ministry, speaking and learning about the Mission statement. Please make sure to present a structured, organized response to the question below.

How do you as a student and member of Rosemont College and the Rosemont community uphold, enact, or reflect the Mission Statement of Rosemont College? What parts of your own personal mission can you apply to the mission statement of our college and why?

Remember that we discuss the key values of the College’s Mission with the members of Campus Ministries, and you can find the link to the College’s Mission Statement on our class Epsilen Page under Resources.

Please follow the syllabus for daily due dates for this assignment. The final draft is to be submitted to turnitin by October 2nd at 5:00pm.

Our class ID is : 8757389

Password: rosemont123

At this point, you should have read up to chapters 12/13 in College Rules. We will do a major review of this book before the midterm.

September 25 ( Thursday) Paper 1 given out and discussion of Strange As This Weather Has Been. DUE: Work on paper 1 and read assigned pages from Strange As This Weather Has Been

September 30 ( Tuesday) Meet in Science 212 for Strengthsquest with Prof. Moller and bring strengths today! ; Discussion of Strange As This Weather Has Been.; Working more with Strengthsquest

DUE: Read College Rules Chapters 19 and 20. paper 1 due next class

October 2 ( Thursday) Paper 1 Due today in class and on Turnitin; DUE: read and respond on discussion board to Shadow Scholar article

October 7 ( Tuesday): Review for Midterm

 October 9 ( Thursday) MIDTERM today.

October 14 ( Tuesday) OFF- FALL BREAK

October 16 ( Thursday) OFF-- FALL BREAK

October 21 ( Tuesday) Begin Essay 2 on Major Exploration; DUE: reading from Strange As This Weather Has Been

October 23( Thursday)  Discuss Strange As This Weather Has Been

Research project assigned and begin brainstorming for library session. DUE: respond on discussion board to reading from Strange As This Weather Has Been and workshop on Essay 2

October 28 ( Tuesday) Workshop session of Essay 2 and discussion of Strange As This Weather Has Been; DUE: all research materials to the library for next class

 October 30 ( Thursday) Library visit on research project ( will have topics by then); Due: reading from Strange As This Weather Has Been

November 4 ( Tuesday) Finish Strange As This Weather Has Been; Work on presentations

November 6 ( Thursday) Strengthsquest presentations

 November 11 ( Tuesday) Strengthsquest presentations; Discuss Gen. Ed requirements and pre-registration/ scheduling

November 13 ( Thursday) Workshop on Paraphrasing, Quoting, Citations, etc. (  I use this and another class as workshop days)

November 18 ( Tuesday) Finish any remaining chapters in College Rules; DUE: materials for research workshop

November 20 ( Thursday): Workshop on research and annotations/ students allowed to bring materials for research project and work in class

November 25 ( Tuesday) Conferences

November 27 ( Thursday): OFF--Thanksgiving--

December 2 ( Tuesday) Research Project DUE today/ Presentations

December 4 ( Thursday) Last Day of class/ Presentations

The date for the final exam will be announced.

William Zinsser. “College Pressures.” (orig. pub. 1979).

http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/univ100i/zinsser.html

A classic essay on the pressures students experience.

What are the four different kinds of pressure Zinsser says college students experience? William Zinsser wrote this essay over 30 years ago (when college tuition was $7,000!). Write a few paragraphs describing, with examples, how you think these pressures have changed or why you think college students are still under similar stress today.

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So far, what has been the most challenging portion of college? Please explain.