Wilfrid Laurier University

First off, I would like to thank Wilfrid Laurier University for being considered a possible candidate for this award. I feel very honoured to be deemed as an ambitious individual. Ambitious people often are the ones who become very successful in both their personal and professional lives in addition to changing the world using their ideas, intelligence and perseverance. Even as a child, I wanted to make a difference in the world by improving the lives of others around me. This ideology motivated me to push myself to do better. In school, I strived to be an excellent student. For the last four years, I maintained honour roll as well as receiving subject proficiency in various courses. I finished my grade twelve year with a 95.7 percent average.…

Sales Forecast: The total sales numbers are based on multiple factors. The amount of sales was estimated by percentage of target market captured, the target market being the students at Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University, as well as outside subscribers. Sales were calculated in two separate circumstances, optimistically and pessimistically. For the pessimistic numbers, for the target market for year 1/year 2/ year 3 the percentage captured is 1%/2%/3%. For Optimistic these numbers are…

I need to engage with marginalized communities more. I have been extremely busy throughout my four years at Laurier, between school and work I often do no find much time for other activities. However, I recognize this needs to change as I more forward in my career to becoming a paralegal. I want to be able to apply my knowledge but also my experience with these groups of people. Being able to understand your clients on a personal level is an important feat. Unfortunately I have not been able to…

Amaryllis Jones is a Wilfrid Laurier Alumna who was one of the original executive members of Women in Leadership Laurier. Right after her graduation, she landed a position at Procter & Gamble with their marketing department and has since shifted over to working as a Senior Account Executive at Duracell Canada. She has always exemplified a Women in Leadership and has earned the honor of becoming Women in Leadership Laurier’s very first Spotlight Women of the Month. Amaryllis originally chose…

4. A major component of the W. Garfield Scholarship program is the ability to work closely with your peers on common social interests under the direction of a faculty mentor. Please provide a specific example of your participation in a group setting and what you viewed were the challenges and benefits to participating in this situation. During my first year of University I was given the opportunity to join Laurier Arts Scholars. Laurier Art Scholars is a community of high-achieving students…

In a discussion about the paradigms of public education, Ken Burns addresses the controversial topic of cultural education. Public education is experiencing a time of confusion in helping children develop cultural identity so the new generation can continue to play an important role in globalization. This confusion causes an immediate reaction: continue to do what has been done in the past--instruct children to work hard, do well, and earn a college degree, then they will get a job. Many…

I have observed many children who have dropped out of college because they were not ready for the freedom of being on their own. I remember my next door neighbor only let her son attend a local community college. The other children attended colleges and universities far away from home, but he went to school nearby. The reason behind that is because his mom wanted to make sure her child was prepared for college mentally. She didn’t want her son to drop out because of parties, and not keeping up…

With 86.75 percent of the U.S. population having some type of internet access, this statement is accurate. We do everything over the internet; from keeping in touch with love ones to completing our educational goals. In the last couple of years the number of students taking online classes has seen a steady increase. According to E. Allen and J. Seaman (2013) in 2013, 32 percent of college/university students were participating in one or more online courses. In an article “Revolution hits the…

The Desire for “More” Derives from School In every classroom, there are an abundance of different students that attend school for several reasons. Some of those reasons may be to graduate and venture to college, to play sports in college, to get a brighter education, or just to receive their diploma at the end of one’s twelve year-period of struggle and chaos. Each person has a goal that is different than another’s, but there are some students who struggle with the question of why to stay in…

Hardwork. Dedication. No reward One of these doesn’t seem to connect with the others. If you are a working hard and dedicated to what you do, shouldn’t you receive a reward. That thought goes through the heads of college athletes, everyday. They live this story, putting in hard work and time into playing for their school, yet they receive nothing. All these athletes play for the organization known as the National Collegiate Athletic Association or the NCAA for short. The NCAA is a…