To the East Carolina University Graduate Admission Board‚ Five years ago I had my life figured out- I was going to be a high school math educator. After arriving at Radford University‚ I found my knack for American Sign Language‚ and I changed my major to Interdisciplinary Studies: Special Education with a concentration in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Curriculum. I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to experience four diverse educational settings during my student-teaching rotations. I worked
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me developed a strong passion towards promoting health in others. All of this lead towards my involvement in sports organizations for kids‚ my many volunteer experiences‚ and the jobs I’ve had in the medical field. Through sports‚ I had my first personal experience addressing a
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“Quack! Quack!” she exclaimed. “Yes it is bath time!” I replied as I gave my patient her nightly bath at my very first job as a nursing assistant for disabled adults. I remember initially being so excited to learn new procedures‚ medications and diseases. However‚ what I ultimately valued most during this experience was forming trusting‚ ongoing relationships with my patients (and learning that “Quack” meant bath!). The inimitable bond formed caring for these individuals motivated me to seek out
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lines expressing ferret proteins using a retroviral delivery system. Using this system‚ I generated a cell line expressing the ferret CD4 protein which is being used as an immunizing agent to produce monoclonal antibodies in mice. I received an Undergraduate Research and Creativity Grant to study probiotic interactions with human-derived colon cells on cholesterol assimilation and metabolism under the guidance of Dr. Peg Maher‚ a biologist at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. In this work‚ colon
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I have spent much of my life in two entirely different worlds. Born and raised in America‚ I spent many of my summers visiting my grandmother in Cheonan‚ South Korea. During the long summer visits‚ I attended art academy‚ Taekwondo classes‚ and Korean language school. I met and befriended many people as I immersed myself in the city and its culture. Despite the differences between us‚ my friends and I were unified by one commonality – we were all academically invested. We constantly worried about
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As an introduction of sorts‚ let me say this: I’m currently an undergraduate student at Miami University‚ majoring in Theatre and Creative Writing‚ minoring in French‚ and reveling in a relatively recently discovered passion for dramaturgy. I hope to be able to join the Goodman Theatre this summer as an intern with literary management and dramaturgy or with casting. Where can you go wrong with a theatre like the Goodman? Working with a company that’s well established and doing such varied
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From the beginning of my undergraduate education‚ I have had an interest in working with young children. I want to help them through the relevant issues they face today such as cyberbullying and growing up in a social media world. I desire to be a school counselor. I believe that I have the experience‚ personality and drive to mentor and help guide young students. I began college as an elementary education major‚ I had a passion for teaching‚ and completed 100+ hours of volunteering. I shadowed
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I am interested in teaching psychology because implicit in the fields of psychology is the quest to understand why. I have spent the last 15 years studying this area and building upon a foundation that began with a childhood experience. As an undergraduate I studied psychology‚ criminal justice and applied behavior analysis‚ I am drawn to the
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Fr. Pedro Arrupe meant that developing a willingness to put others before one’s self for the greater glory of God‚ AMDG‚ is the most important role of education. AMDG‚ a common Jesuit saying‚ – defined as “Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam”‚ or rather‚ “all for the greater glory of God” – is a particular acronym taught in Jesuit education to remind scholars that everything they learn‚ think‚ and act does not have an impact on just individuals but it also plays a role in a much larger picture. Having the opportunity
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into the emergency room regardless of whether it’s chest pain or toe nail pain. When I see fear in the eyes of others it gives me the adrenaline to work as hard as I can in order to find the answers to calm their fears. During the summers of my undergraduate year when I was volunteering at my local emergency department as a liaison.I felt so helpless as I could not answer the questions that were asked by those patients who were concerned about the pain that they were experiencing. I could see the fear
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