Career Fair and Toga Tuesday.

In the 3rd week of FSSP, I attended the Career's fair. I was unable to get the speaker's name because I was a bit late to this discussion or she didn't mention it at all. The career's fair was basically the same material covered during the time we went to the Counseling and Career building for that meeting about the different resources available for career, internships, and major options. Some of the site's that she introduced were GauchoLink, which I momentarily forget about until she began explaining about the benefits of it. She also gave out a Career Manuel that contained different options for careers, examples for resume's and other information. She did mention that we can always go to the Counseling and Career building if we ever need help on career options or mock internships/interviews.

I really did enjoy this meeting cause it actually really did help me realize the upcoming events that I will most likely come across on. For example internships, interviews, declaring of a major and my career option(s). I'm really grateful to have been part FSSP. It really did introduce a lot of new things that I was unaware of and it made my transition to UCSB much easier.

In addition, I also attended toga Tuesday. I didn't wear a toga cause I was to lazy to make one and I didn't one to take the sheets out of my bed hah. I went with a few of my friends and we just began socializing for a little while and got some of the food that they were offering. Unfortunately I didn't stay that long because I had a massive amount of homework that night. Nonetheless, it was great taking a small break from doing homework. Which I highly recommend to prevent major stress.

EOP Visit Week 6

On Monday of week 6 of FSSP, I decided to visit EOP to talk to them about my major, classes, and my career of choice. The representative that I was speaking was named Jorge and he helped with what type of classes I needed to take for fall to satisfy my requirements before graduation. He said that I was on track and that FSSP will help me get ahead in the courses that I need to take. Furthermore, I asked him about what major I should declare myself in order to satisfy my career of choice. Initially I wanted to major in molecular biology so I can fulfill my career of becoming a medical researcher. The first question he asked me was that what type of research I was looking into. I told him that there really isn't anything specific I want to work with. I told him that I would like to experiment on different diseases, for example, to find cures for them. As a result, he decided to use the search engine on the UCSB campus site and look for the different links that would help me determine my major when the time comes. While spending some time on the site, I was surprised about the different links that the website gave us.

Furthermore, he mentioned a different major that I've never heard of. Its known as Molecular Engineering and it's new major that UCSB opened. I will be looking more into that major and hopefully I'll have on in mind by the time Junio year comes.

Firesight Chats Week 5

On week 5 for FSSP, I visited the Fire Sight Chat meeting to receive credit for INT 95. After signing my name for the entrance, we were told that the speaker was unable to visit because she was sick, therefore Dr. Galluci decided to speak for her instead. With all do respect, it was extremely hard to hear him speak while I was attending the meeting. I was standing all the way in the back of the formal lounge and I had a lot of trouble hearing him while he was speaking. The only things I do recall him saying was that he attended UCLA and he majored in history. He's also been teaching in UCSB for about 12 years I believe and he's been coordinating FSSP for 8 years already.

The only time I actually heard him was when he was asking about the summer program. He was asking us if there needed to be any changes to make the program better or if it was fine as it was. Personally, I thought they program was well organized and the staff at the residence hall is great. Unfortunately I was unable to attend a lot of the activities due to the large amount of homework that I was given. Nonetheless, being part of FSSP was a great experience.

INT 95 Week 5 Blog

During INT 95 discussion, we discussed about any plans in regards to studying abroad in the upcoming years. Up to this point, I am still not sure if I want to take advantage of the opportunity. I would first like to see if I have enough money to travel abroad and I still need to do some research on some countries that I would enjoy visiting. A few people during discussion did say that they were interested in studying abroad but I don't remember where exactly they plan on traveling to.

After discussing our plans on studying abroad, my class and I went to South Hall to the EAP meeting. The meeting was actually very informative. I learned a lot about the advantages one can get from studying abroad. You can actually take an entire or entire year at the location of your interest and still get the units required for your major and graduation. Also, another thing you might consider is that you can actually study abroad during the summer. After Mayra, I believe that was her name, was done speaking, I decided to walk around the room and look at the different flyers they had. I decided to take flyers that contained information about sudy abroad program in Italy, Spain, Japan, and China.

Overall taking INT95 did help me became familiar with the different resources that our campus has to offer. I am positive that I will take advantage of a lot those resources. As of now I am starting to become accustomed to this new atmosphere. It is surely a complete transition from my high school experience back home. I am really hoping that a lot of you guys have a successful college and that all your goals and dreams will come true. Best of luck to each and everyone of you guys.

Dr Lubach's Presentation and Library Visit.

Friday of last week, my class and I went to a library meeting. The name of the presenter was Sally Weimer. She began by giving us to flyers that contained information on library location and research strategies. I felt as if this meeting was addition to the presentation of the librarian who presented on the 3rd week class of INT 95. Sally Weimer did talk about how the library is a big resource that will help us in our forthcoming years. She walked us through a website and showed us the different links that we can access in order to find specific sources such as articles, books, etc. She also showed how to access other links that will help us find sources that we can't find here on campus. The specific link to find sources outside our campus is through UC-elinks and we can also use EBSCO to search for online articles. The main website for library research for any kind of sources is www.library.ucsb.edu.


On Tuesday of last week, Dr. Lubach gave a presentation for the INT 95 4th week lecture. He began talking about how college students can be successful throughout their college career. He also mentioned that job interviews require to make a declaration to the interviewer, which I believe is great advice that we can refer to and ask questions about when applying for a job. He began explaining how college students can think critically. On the slide that he was presenting with, he presented a pyramid that contain a step by step order on how to think critically. The sequence was evaluation, analysis, application, comprehension, and knowledge. On the side of his wisdom, he was actually very hysterical and I actually enjoyed listening to his lecture. The ending of his lecture was made me look forward to the academic year. He concluded by stating that we as student's should trust the faculty. He advised to change this place for our benefit and for the benefit of the community. He recommended on expanding our academic and taking risks while we're here. And most importantly, enjoy and accept this place.