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I returned to college to earn my degree later in life. As a non-traditional student, I worked full time, took care of my aging mother and took two classes a semester it took me 8 years to complete my degree from the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. I graduated May 2019 with a BA in Liberal Studies with a minor in World Religions with a 3.354 GPA. The Liberal Studies degree allowed me to take a variety of courses across the spectrum of Communication, Science, Arts, and Humanities. These course all helped me to think more critically as well as expanding my knowledge base. Here are a few of the skills I learned while pursuing my degree.
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RESEARCH: In several classes I had to do research to present either a paper or a speech. One of the papers I researched was on Wanda Jackson a female leader in the music industry and how she influenced the way women are treated in today's music industry.
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Communication: One of the most important skills to learn is good communication skill. I have included a paper I presented in Cross Cultural Communications which shows the need to understand how to facilitate communications with different cultures.
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SCIENCE: In my Global Environmental Challenges class I learned about the many ways to produce energy and how they impact our environment. I was particularly interested in how Shale Fracturing for Energy affects the ground water. See the research paper I did for this .
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Travel Studies: To complete my science laboratory requirement I took a geology class that traveled to the Upper Badlands and Yellowstone. During this trip I learned many things about the geology of the Badlands of South Dakota as well as the Yellowstone basin. I have included some pictures from that trip.
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MINOR: World Religions I became interested in the World Religions minor when I took a class called Asian Religious Thoughts. The course really peaked my interest in other religions. One of the religion courses I really enjoyed was the Religious Ethics course.
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Blackhawk Vocational School: After High School I went to Blackhawk Vocational School for a year and received a degree in Office Records Management.
