Essaysa collection of first year experience & chancellor’s leadership corp Table of Contents Introduction A. Thea Zidonowitz Hoeft, Editor p. 7, 8 Division Chief for Undergraduate Academic Advising Coordinator for Personal Awareness Courses Section 1 A. Instructor Dobbins’ comments p. 9 B. Student Essays 1. Cassi Brown (section 10) p. 10 3. Katie Farmin (section 10) p. 11 4. Jazman Lynette Gulley (section 10) p. 12 5. Asia Mayall-Rae Hosey (section 10) p. 13 6. Madison Paige Logsdon (section 10) p. 14 7. Caique Salgado Luz (section 10) p. 15 8. Ashley Jean Wilbanks (section 10) p. 16 9. Shanavia D. Cole (section 11) p. 17 10. Marisa Cook (section 11) p. 17 11. Brittany Nicole Daniels (section 11) p. 18 12. Ernestine Dapremont (section 11) p. 18 13. Felicia Mukesh Kapoor (section 11) p. 19 14. Casey Dylan Gainous (section 11) p. 20 15. Stephanie McCleland (section 11) p. 21 16. Tanesha Monique Williams (section 11) p. 22 17. Brittney Nicole Brasuell (section 12) p. 23 18. Philip Anthony Broadway (section 12) p. 24 19. Aimee-Claire Glenn (section 12) p. 25 20. TaQuan Ivory (section 12) p. 26 21. Kerrie Johnson (section 12) p. 27 22. Cherie Mitchem (section 12) p. 28 23. Joseph Silvestre Paulino (section 12) p. 29 24. Tessla Vigil (section 12) p. 30 25. Damalia Weaver (section 12) p. 31 26. Brianna Frazier (section 13) p. 32 1 27. Gina Jackson (section 13) p. 33 28. Talyn Nicole Jones (section 13) p. 34 29. KatyJoe Moore (section 13) p. 35 30. Sarah Snyder (section 13) p. 36 31. Jordan Temple (section 13) p. 37 32. Nicholas Robert Thurber (section 13) p. 38 33. Eun Ha (section 14) p. 39 34. Tiffany Files (section 14) p. 40 35. Brandon Hill (section 14) p. 41 36. Morgan Jane Lawrence (section 14) p. 42 37. Ricardo Matamoros López (section 14) p. 43 38. Shawn McKenzie (section 14) p. 44 39. Jenna Irene Pierce (section 14) p. 45 40. Joanna Allison Whittaker (section 14) p. 46 Section 2 A. Instructor Frost’s comments p. 47 B. Student Essays - Section 2 p. 48 1. Austin Benson p. 49 2. Jon Bradford p. 50 3. Rachel Chatwood p. 51 4. Lakyn Faulkner p. 52 5. Jason Goza p. 53 6. Connor Jones p. 54 7. Matilda Lignell p. 55 8. Kaneshia Martin p. 56 9. Kelsey McCowen p. 57 10. Jhailan Rathey p. 58 11. Jose Romero p. 59 12. Sierra Shannon p. 60 13. Blake Wilson p. 61 C. Student Essays - Section 15 p. 62 1. Gelina Buslig p. 63 2. Victoria Douglas p. 64 3. Britney Hood p. 65 4. Samantha Mehran p. 66 5. Ben Phillips p. 67 6. Lyndsey Wheeler p. 68 7. Alexis Williams p. 69 2 Section 3 A. Co-Instructors Hampton’s and Steele’s comments p. 70 B. Student Essays 1. Lakan Young Agustin p. 71 2. Hannah Albert p. 72 3. Taylor Anderson p. 72 4. Jessica Ayliffe p. 73 5. Brandon Bagwell p. 73 6. John Barnes p. 74 7. Madison Bayne p. 75 8. Hunter Bell p. 75 9. Katelin Bell p. 76 10. Kevin Bell Jr. p. 76 11. Woody Bellairs p. 77 12. Alex Berry p. 77 13. Matt Bohannan p. 78 14. Latasha Briscoe p. 78 15. Autumn Brown p. 79 16. Dustin Brown p. 79 17. Zack Brown p. 80 18. Olivia Brumley p. 80 19. Emily Bruner p. 81 20. Tiffany Burkhalter p. 81 21. Grace Burr p. 82 22. Javari Burnett p. 82 23. Nicholas Butterfield p. 83 24. David Carrasquillo p. 83 25. Asa Carver p. 84 26. Lindsey Clark p. 84 27. Meagon Clark p. 85 28. Brenttia Clayton p. 86 29. Talethe Collins p. 87 30. Amanda Copeland p. 87 31. Cynthia Cox p. 88 32. Mariah Crites p. 88 33. Eric Cross p. 89 34. Brandon Crow p. 90 35. Erin Crutchfield p. 90 36. Jack Dahlstrom p. 91 37. Emily Danielsen p. 91 38. Justin Dardenne p. 92 39. Amber Davis p. 92 40. Daniel Davis p. 93 3 41. Caleb De La Paz p. 94 42. Jeremy Dedman p. 95 43. Ryan Donahue p. 95 44. Sarah Eid p. 96 45. Jacob Ellis p. 97 46. Korey Fells p. 98 47. Chanler Ferguson p. 98 48. Kailey Fogo p. 99 49. Kristina Frogoso p. 100 50. Hannah Fulmer p. 101 51. Natalia Gage p. 101 52. Martin Garcia p. 102 53. Jamie Gardner p. 102 54. Konley Gill p. 103 55. Roger Gillum p. 103 56. Morgan Gower p. 104 57. Corey Green p. 104 58. Caroline Groce p. 105 59. Carissa Groves p. 106 60. Kyle Grumbine p. 106 61. Sandra Guardado p. 107 62. Brenden Guffey p. 108 63. Maxwell Gullion p. 108 64. William Harbison p. 109 65. Dylan Harris p. 110 66. Matthew Head p. 111 67. Megan Heaton p. 112 68. Ericka Henson p. 113 69. Adela Hernandez p. 114 70. Callie Hernandez p. 115 71. Shelby Hicks p. 116 72. Jordan Hillis p. 116 73. Avion Hodges p. 117 74. Neil Hudson p. 118 75. Alexandra Hutchins p. 119 76. Natasha Jaffar p. 120 77. Erin Jameson p. 121 78. Ramisha Jeffery p. 122 79. Tucker Johnson p. 123 80. Preston Kearns p. 123 81. Charles Keenum p. 124 82. Jane Kim p. 125 83. Molly Kyle p. 126 84. Jordan Lee p. 126 85. Pua Lee p. 127 4 86. DeAunna Lewis p. 127 87. Lance Lippig p. 128 88. La’Kendra Mallett p. 129 89. Jordan McCarver p. 130 90. Taylor McClanahan p. 130 91. Elliot McDonald p. 131 92. Paul Mcintosh p. 131 93. Breanna Mcmorris p. 132 94. Jasmine Milton p. 133 95. Kadijah Mitchell p. 134 96. Hallie Moore p. 135 97. Caitlin Morrison p. 136 98. Rodneysia Musgraves p. 137 99. Trevor Nanney p. 138 100. Dillon Nash p. 139 101. Brianna Nicholas p. 140 102. Caity Nguyen p. 141 103. Ashley Norton p. 141 104. LaChansity O’Guinn p. 142 105. Carissa Olson p. 142 106. Emily Parker p. 143 107. Esmeralda Pena p. 144 108. Gabrielle Phifer p. 145 109. Keyosha Pigram p. 146 110. Charlie Pitman p. 147 111. Brianna Podgorski p. 148 112. Taylor Puckett p. 149 113. Mariano Ramirez p. 150 114. David Ray p. 151 115. Montana Richey p. 152 116. Amber Renfro p. 152 117. Takiyah Ridley p. 153 118. Zach Rotton p. 153 119. Autumn Rouse p. 154 120. Charles Rowland p. 155 121. Sharon Ruiz p. 155 122. Zachary Rutledge p. 156 123. Aundreya Sanders p. 156 124. Hanna Sazama p. 157 125. Jonathan Silen p. 157 126. Chelsea Simpkins p. 158 127. Gurjit Singh p. 158 128. Ashley Smith p. 159 5 129. Rachel Smith p. 159 130. Tiffany Smith p. 160 131. Stacy Snyder p. 161 132. Shelby Steinman p. 161 133. Jakyra Stewart p. 162 134. Hannah Stewmon p. 163 135. Kaitlyn Tate p. 164 136. Brittany Tenpenny p. 165 137. Sha’Neicqua Tidwell p. 166 138. Anthony Traylor p. 167 139. Alexa Treml p. 167 140. Taylor Washington p. 168 141. LaCresha Wesson p. 169 142. Ashley Wheeler p. 169 143. Kyle Wheeless p. 170 144. Joli Whiteseven p. 170 145. Andrew Wideman p. 171 146. Tevin Deshaun Wilborn p. 172 147. Hannah Williams p. 173 148. George Wilson p. 174 149. Raven Wison p. 174 150. William W. Wofford p. 175 151. Dylan Wood p. 176 152. Samuel Woody p. 176 153. Brittany Wright p. 177 154. Timothy Yu p. 177 6 First-Year Student Writing, service learning, & college success Introduction Written and verbal competency is central to University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s core curriculum. For all students to be engaged in learning the power of the written word, the concept of “writing across the curriculum” has been supported with a variety of attempts to achieve the concept through curriculum integration. Geared toward the aims of supporting and nurturing writing in first-year students, these essays are of the student’s reflections on their service learning or learning about strategies that assist with the critical transition to college, through a personal awareness course. This project supports institutional purpose in meeting the written competency core curriculum requirement through an academic discipline. It further demonstrates to first-year students the notion that writing is important and that UALR teaches and expects students to write throughout their academic careers. Description The ideation for this project began in the spring 2003 term when UALR eliminated the Written Proficiency of English Exam (WPE) graduation requirement, not to negate the importance of the core competency but to reassess writing within the disciplines. In the Personal Awareness courses, especially PEAW 1300 The First-Year Experience and PEAW 1124 Chancellor’s Leadership Corps, the opportunity exists to combine established elements of the curriculum in supporting the process of students learning to write. This would be enhanced and strengthened by producing a collection of the student’s written work. The collection would, from one perspective, demonstrate how much value is placed on a first-year student’s written work. The collection also has the potential to be used as an artifact in future student portfolios, demonstrating, individuals learning about the writing process. Objectives To support the discovery of the writing process in freshmen students. To connect freshmen students’ writing assignments to a service learning experience. To connect freshmen students’ writing assignments in the fall 2012 to the establshed learning objectives in PEAW 1300, the First-Year Experience course or PEAW 1124 the Chancellor’s Leadership Corps. To contribute to the assessment of the student’s service learning experience.