Wait….capstone is over?!

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This Monday we had our last official capstone class, and it just hit me how fast this year went by. SAGE is tomorrow, our final thesis is due Monday, and then we are DONE! We all have put some long hours in this semester, and especially over the last week. Everyone has been working so hard, I am looking forward to graduation,

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Last weekend Dorothy, Dr. Steele, and I presented our marine debris and microplastics research at the Southern California Academy of Sciences meeting. It was my first oral presentation at a conference and I was very nervous but it went well! IMG_6926

Reflections of the Project

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This project gave me a ton of experience. I learned more about the island every time I visited. I learned a vast amount about island bio-geography and ecology. I also had tons of fun hiking through rough terrain and making new friends at the research station. This semester was the most fun I have had at CI.

Editing

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Most students have been working diligently at editing and typing the final copy of the thesis paper. I am also prepping for the SAGE symposium. I have resumes and business cards prepared for people interested. I am very excited for my first symposium, it should be an interesting experience.

Presentation at Southern California Academy of Sciences

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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.  IMG_9280

Eureka!

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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.

My Wonderful Journey

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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.

Welcome, Incoming CI Students!

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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

Nadador Special Edition Turbo

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Special Edition Turbo Sriracha and peanuts flavor
Special Edition
Turbo
Sriracha and peanuts flavor

Nadador, Big Hunger Big Bar for the swimmer in you.

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Big Hunger, Big Car For the Swimmer in you
Big Hunger, Big Car
For the Swimmer in you

New Media Page!

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A new media page has been created which features photos and videos from my research on Santa Cruz Island. Check out the link below!

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