Social Justice Speaker Series

       For the Social Justice Series on November 17th, we had attended a speech held by former member of San Mateo County Board of Supervisors: Rose Jacobs Gibson. She had served and put a lot of effort into serving the San Mateo County. Rose Jacobs Gibson hard worked hard to insure that any injustices would be promptly corrected for the community sake. This relates directly to NDNU's Hallmark 4: ''We commit ourselves to community service''. Although her tenure of 14 years of serving the community is over on paper, she is still find and working for the San Mateo County still. Her moving speech had revealed a lot to all of us listening to her. We had understood the qualities that primarily make her: leadership and passion. She is a leader in her community looking for reform in aspects that are not of justice, and she carries a lot of passion, showing a lot of love to those struggling. Which is why I can relate to her, I feel as though I am a leader and passionate. I am a leader by example, my actions speak louder than my words for change. I do not just say words, I try to act upon it by any means. I also am very passionate, I show my care and love for the community by trying to serve those who are underprivileged. I found her speech very captivating, from her story to her work in the community. I also found her to be a person of so much wisdom and knowledge that I felt as though I had to ask a question. My question pertained to the reluctancy of voters in 2016's election. She had given me her background and ideas on why, and through her lens I soon understood why. All in all, Rose Jacobs Gibson has been a major key in social justice, and community service in the San Mateo County. 

Freshman Research Conference

               Freshman Research Conference

I had learned many major keys at NDNU’s Freshman Research Conference, especially from our project socially, and academically. Ironically, we had learned about Collaborative/Co-operative learning via the process of ‘’Co-operative’’ learning. Working together in sub-groups of our class, we had learned various aspects of this dynamic. As a team and moreover a class, we started grasping the concepts of application, and data of Collaborative/Co-operative learning.

When It came down to the other presentations from the other classes in our pod, I feel like I did not learn as much. But this was due to one main factor: stress of our own presentation as a whole. I feel as though I was way too concerned on the organization, content, and speaking of our own project to be attentive to others. Even after our presentation, I spent time in reflection on our presentation. So I cannot give a clear examination of how the other presenters were and their presentation. But I did hear many terms fly around, and repetitively when they were being presented. Even though I did not do any investigating or looking into, the word ‘Altruism’ and ‘Happiness’ were used extensively. Overall, the conference in a general sense, taught me a lot about teamwork and the concept of Collaborative/Co-operative learning in many ways.