When responding to the following questions, if you are applying to be both a lab director and an orientation leader, please answer every question separately about each position.
(Orientation Leader)
1. Why do you want to be a lab director and/or orientation leader? What, in your opinion, are the benefits of acting as lab director and/or orientation leader?
I would like to be an orientation leader at Fielding Graduate University to engage with new students. I believe in giving back, and I understand the benefit of having an experienced student as a leader. There could be dozens of new students entering the post-baccalaureate program, experiencing some level of anxiety is normal when entering a new environment. Therefore they may feel uncomfortable reaching out to a professor. Having a student ready and available that can answer questions and guide them increases the chances of completion of the program as well as producing better grades. Although, …show more content…
The group encompasses fourteen students from different time zones. Although there was a rough start, we are currently awaiting a response to our IRB application to move to stage 2. I had to motivate the researchers to complete their work in a timely manner. There were times when students were a week late with turning in their annotated bibliography. I had to constantly remind them of the importance of their contribution. This required me to effectively communicate with them as their research leader. I firmly believe that my communicating with them impacted their performance. After students submitted their annotated bibliography many students asked for feedback because it was their first time conducting one. Therefore I read all fourteen annotated bibliographies and provided feedback based on the information I learned in Dr. Lannon's
(Orientation Leader)
1. Why do you want to be a lab director and/or orientation leader? What, in your opinion, are the benefits of acting as lab director and/or orientation leader?
I would like to be an orientation leader at Fielding Graduate University to engage with new students. I believe in giving back, and I understand the benefit of having an experienced student as a leader. There could be dozens of new students entering the post-baccalaureate program, experiencing some level of anxiety is normal when entering a new environment. Therefore they may feel uncomfortable reaching out to a professor. Having a student ready and available that can answer questions and guide them increases the chances of completion of the program as well as producing better grades. Although, …show more content…
The group encompasses fourteen students from different time zones. Although there was a rough start, we are currently awaiting a response to our IRB application to move to stage 2. I had to motivate the researchers to complete their work in a timely manner. There were times when students were a week late with turning in their annotated bibliography. I had to constantly remind them of the importance of their contribution. This required me to effectively communicate with them as their research leader. I firmly believe that my communicating with them impacted their performance. After students submitted their annotated bibliography many students asked for feedback because it was their first time conducting one. Therefore I read all fourteen annotated bibliographies and provided feedback based on the information I learned in Dr. Lannon's