Last Saturday I was able to present my undergraduate project at SCAS at USC. It was exciting and nerve racking. I got to hear a lot of very interesting presentations on marine pollution and other interesting research. 
I decided to go out to my sites this weekend one last time just for the heck of it. To my utter delight I finally saw a small school of unarmored threespine stickleback! They were in a large pond at White Rock Lake Campground which is part of the Soledad Canyon site. I counted 25 of them. I also collected some mystery fish from the Santa Clara: Bouquet site (with a fishing license of course) and I identified them as convict cichlids (pictured above). After some research I discovered these fish are horribly good at reproducing and consuming anything they can. There were over a thousand of them and they seemed to be thriving. It would be impossible to colonize a UTS population in this site with these fish present. They were most likely introduced by a person who bought them at a fish store then dumped them at the site when they no longer wanted them.
WE FINALLY MADE IT!! Cohort 2016 
First and fore most I would like to thank Dr. Jensen, Jaime, and all of our nursing faculty that has taught us all that we know and have created a group of amazing patient advocates. Because of them we are going into the healthcare field and making a great difference and impact in many patients lives. Below is a link to a blog post from John Hopkins that perfectly describes the importance of the work we do after graduation. It sums up all that we hope to be and desire to be, and I am so excited to fulfill that goal.
https://international.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2012/10/15/why-i-cant-say-enough-about-the-importance-of-nursing/
I have learned so much throughout this amazingly crazy journey. I have found a passion that I am lucky to call my career. Looking back at all the struggles we have all went through during the program, I cant help but see them as the stepping stones that have pushed us to become the well prepared nurses we will become after graduation. Nursing school also solidified my love for caring for children which I am very excited to move forward with. I plan to work my way up into the neonatal intensive care unit and eventually go back to school to receive my NP with an emphasis in neonatology.
Once you enroll at CI, one of the important decisions you have to make is how to complete your first year writing requirement. Although you are required as a CSU student to take the English Placement Test, that test score has no bearing on the path you choose. Rather, we ask you to assess your own readiness for college level writing and research and decide for yourself whether to take our six-unit Stretch Composition sequence (English 102 and English 103) or or our three-unit accelerated course (ENGL 105). We call our program Directed Self Placement, or DSP for short.
Please explore this site, be sure to read our DSP Handbook, and use the form on this site to submit any questions you might have. See you soon!
Dr. Stacey Anderson, Composition Director, CI English Program
A new media page has been created which features photos and videos from my research on Santa Cruz Island. Check out the link below!
The last few weeks have consisted of me perfecting my SAGE poster that will be presented at the 8th annual SAGE conference next Saturday and my senior thesis. With the poster done all of my work has been aimed at finishing and improving my paper. I look forward to presenting my data and research to my peers at the SAGE conference. Below is a picture of the final poster.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been busy going through multiple drafts of my poster which I will be presenting at SAGE Student Research Conference on Saturday, May, 14th. I finished up my last revisions to the poster this past week, and the past few days have been devoted to writing my thesis paper. I’m happy with the overall progress made thus far and feel confident about its final submission at the end of the coming week. Back to writing!
My capstone paper has been coming together the past couple weeks and now only have a couple more puzzle pieces to go!
I now have my introduction, methods, and results complete. I am currently working on my discussion and conclusion. I am hoping to have a rough draft completed by the end of the day today so I can go home to enjoy mothers day with my mom.
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