With finals week rapidly approaching this 3 week project aims to focus on the exam week from three angles. First week will be focusing on students from three different departments and how to they study, second week will be looking at professors from different departments and what do they have to say in relation to the topic whereas the third week will find out how students from different departments that are about to graduate deal with the exam period.
For the first week I have filmed three students from different departments- safety management, music, biology and biochemistry, talking how each one of them prepares for exams and what kind of exams their departments have. The videos include Jake Malenko, 28, safety management, Jack Crellin, 22, double major in biology and biochemistry, and Sean Garee, 26, music major.
Each one of the students had a different opinion on the topic due to the differences in their majors but it seems like all of them have to deal with certain amount of pressure. Crellin, deals with a lot of pressure as he is a double major and has eight exams coming up. He had found a way to deal with it by having someone from his major studying with him because this way they can give each other different perspective and discuss more ideas.
In Garee’s department they have juries in front of whom they have to perform individually. It is a lot of pressure for him because music majors usually perform in groups (orchestra), so when they have to be examined by the jury they have to perform by themselves which could be stressful. He deals with it by embracing the fact that he loves what he is doing and that he is doing it for the audience therefore if he is nervous the audience will sense it and wouldn’t like the performance.
For Malenko there isn’t much of a pressure because in his view safety management is not too challenging, it is more of a matter of memorizing thus he sees the exams as not being too hard.
Overall finals week causes pressure due to the importance of the exams and getting your GPA up but you shouldn’t over stress and remember to stay hydrated and take short breaks during the studying time.
Originally, Sarah wanted to play string base when she was in third grade, but there were only two in the whole Hanover Public School district and they were all already taken. She was encouraged by her parents to play violin as it was more a more versatile instrument. Sarah started playing violin when she was seven years old and continues to this day. Her music instructor back in high school was the conductor for the Hanover Symphony Orchestra, who eventually recruited her for his orchestra when she was only 12. Sarah remembers it as a “weird” time because there were mainly old people playing in the orchestra and they gave her the impression that she is not welcomed there because of her young age.
She left after one season because the people in the orchestra were belittled her. After that Sarah became the concert mistress of the orchestra in Hanover High School and the president of the orchestra in the school. She was also involved with string quartet and played in the district honors orchestra for two years. Other music involvements included playing steel drums for seven years and taking guitar lessons for four years which led to being part of a band called “Psychedelic Bath Tub” which was mainly rock and alternative music. Aside from music, Sarah was also involved in several other sports. She ran track, played a goal keeper for the field hockey team and was the captain of each of these teams for two years. The team played in the National Field Hockey Festival in Arizona. She also played in door hockey and was the boys’ basketball student athletic trainer which meant helping the guys if they had any injuries.
During high school Sarah was the person that you are likely to see almost everywhere because as she was involved in a high number extracurricular activities. Things like being the class secretary, student council corresponding secretary, and chairman for most of the committees they had were just some of the things she was responsible for. Sarah was also the one to construct and held workshops at both of their districts and state conferences. Other of her activities included being the head of the spirit committee, winning home coming queen, winter formal queen and prom queen which led to her been voted most spirited and most athletic person of the high school.
“That was all achieved with hard work and lots of late nights in the school,” she said, “It doesn’t feel like I am pushing myself because I love everything I am doing.” According to her, she spent more time in this school than some of the faculties. It all paid off at the end because she won nine scholarships and she can’t remember exactly how many awards she has but as she puts it “I won a bunch of medals, plaques and certificates.”
There were lots of opportunities in her high school so she took advantage of all of them. When Sarah came to SRU she got herself involved with the orchestra, became building. B house council treasurer, ARHS member. Next year she is going to be the vice president of programming for ARHS and the secretary of French Club.
Her view on why she joins so many things is that she has lots of free time during the day, so she is just one of those people who like to have something going on all the time. She sees it as a great way to meet new people and create connections.
Prior the lecture there were technical difficulties in the assigned lecture theatre therefore the seminar had to be moved into a different room but this didn’t ruin the mood of the audience and they approached the room enthusiastic to learn more about sustainability.
Collins started by identifying the term sustainability according to the chemists. He stressed the importance of sustainability for the future and how currently we are not doing “the job” properly. “There is no negotiation with Mother Nature,” Collins said.
Collins introduced the compass that he made to deal with natural gas. According to him technology impacts this compass in two ways- they are either physically or chemically degrading of the ecosphere or they are not or they are toxic or eco toxic with respect to the ecosphere or they are not.
After his presentation Collins was happy to answer the questions that the audience had.
Overall it was a good lecture full with lots of information regarding sustainability and encouraging actions towards it.
Originally, Sarah wanted to play string base when she was in third grade, but there were only two in the whole Hanover Public School district and they were all already taken. She was encouraged by her parents to play violin as it was more a more versatile instrument. Sarah started playing violin when she was seven years old and continues to this day. Her music instructor back in high school was the conductor for the Hanover Symphony Orchestra, who eventually recruited her for his orchestra when she was only 12. Sarah remembers it as a “weird” time because there were mainly old people playing in the orchestra and they gave her the impression that she is not welcomed there because of her young age. 
Other music involvements included playing steel drums for seven years and taking guitar lessons for four years which led to being part of a band called “Psychedelic Bath Tub” which was mainly rock and alternative music. Aside from music, Sarah was also involved in several other sports. She ran track, played a goal keeper for the field hockey team and was the captain of each of these teams for two years. The team played in the National Field Hockey Festival in Arizona. She also played in door hockey and was the boys’ basketball student athletic trainer which meant helping the guys if they had any injuries. 
