A Profile of a Fascinating Women

For the next article assignment I have to write a profile article and I find it tricky because I have to make people interested in a person I find interesting. I think the trick maybe to choose someone that is already very interesting.  I had an idea to do a profile on one of my professors, Dr. Stephanie Zarus. The first reason she is fascinating to me because she started an innovative pharmaceutical business. Prof. Flanagan said she doesn’t know Dr. Zarus well but from what she has heard Dr. Zarus has wealth of knowledge, and that Mayes College is fortunate to have her.

The Worry-Free Richa gets Serious with Gross Anatomy

Richa Shah, third year physical therapy student from Marlboro, New jersey sits down to discuss her way of life and vision for success. From vacationing in the Riviera Maya, Mexico to stomping the grounds of the Palace Versailles, Richa enjoys her life by staying worry-free. However, as Richa approaches her fourth year of physical therapy worry-free concedes to anxiety at the thought of taking gross anatomy class. This is the hardest class of the program that she must pass. From experience with her father suffering from arthritis she knows she wants to help people “Get back to their way of life”.

The Interview

In Thursday's lecture the topic was interviewing. We learned the do's and the don'ts to effectively conducting an interview with a potential news source. Some interesting points brought up were to be prepared. At the interview make adequate time and bring something to record the information you get. You don’t have to have a recorder but it helps with being able to quote someone exactly, otherwise have a pen and paper to write. Don’t be afraid to ask questions in the interview. Just in case you missed a point speak up and ask your source to repeat. In my product management class I had to interview my client about their organization and I found that my notes are golden!

Idea Storm

I thought blogging would be easy to do, but it’s really hard to keep a blog academic.  When I saw blog on the syllabus I figured it’d be quick and painless. This week’s two 100-word posts have been a feat to conquer! It could be my idea of academic writing, it bores me to death. Superficially academic writing and reading to me is a bore but once I get going it’s not so bad. For example, my ideas for the first article I thought would be arduous. The research to find a topic and have supporting evidence seems very boring. It turns out that once my idea cloud start rolling in the brainstorm begins, and that is the exciting part.

Irene Came But Lee Conquered

Who would have thought we could sleep through so much rain. Residents see as they make their way out of their homes that Tropical Storm Lee took care of what Irene did not. Flood water from Tropical Storm Lee blocks the progress of many commuters this morning. The "Crater" in Clark Park of Southwest Philadelphia has went from a dry basin to a pond. Last week hurricane Irene moved through the east coast causing so much damage to low areas and places near streams and rivers and power outages but Southwest Philadelphia sustained minimal flooding or damage. Southwest Philadelphia locals raved that there was too much "hype" about the damage of Hurricane Irene. Hopefully after Tropical Storm Lee locals will appreciate disaster warnings and properly prepare in the time of disaster.

Allow me to introduce myself...

My name is Miriam Faulknor (Pronounced, Meer-E-um Fall-k-nur). I learned from this week’s lesson that your name is your own, pronounced the way you intend to be identified. I knew that I wasn’t just imagining it, but allowing people to mispronounce your name is just like referring to you as someone else. Your name is a brand and it is unique just like yourself. There is loyalty to a name, reputation in a name and of course identity to distinguish you from others. There is a story behind it no matter how simple or elaborate the story is. This is your story and it is who you are just like your name is who you are.

Miriam Takes Journalism

So I love this lady! Hi! My name is Miriam and I needed a humanities class to graduate, so I looked up my favorite professor on campus and took her journalism class and I love her! LOL! I use a lot of exclamations ;)