Continuing the theme of professionalizing history majors,
this week presented the university’s different programs that can benefit
history majors. Over the last few classes, Dr. Murphree has focused on
presenting different campus resources that could aid history majors.
Experiential and Service-Learning offered Handshake to present internships and improve
resumes for the students. Students seem hesitant to use these resources as they
can be very broad in their intended audience. As stated last week, internships
for history majors are repetitive and lack any new internships especially with
the COVID situation plaguing the job market. Knowing these resources can aid in
the professionalizing of a history major, yet it is up to the student to
determine its usefulness. The only way of finding out is to participate in
these programs to judge them.
On Tuesday, a guest speaker discussed the Knights of
Distinction program which is offered under the Division of Student Learning and
Academic Success. This program offered students a path to reach their goals,
engaging in experiences, and articulate how these experiences aid in their future
careers at UCF. The program focuses on improving the student by offering them
internships, participation in campus events, and other community-based events.
The program, upon completion, would see the student improve themselves and have
a formal designation on their transcripts that they were a part of it.
These opportunities are useful, and I appreciate Dr.
Murphree offering them, yet I still voice some concern regarding their
specification for history majors. The presentation lacked any direct discussion
for history majors, and I am likely to believe that it is, again, intended for
a broader audience with different majors. It would be useful to include
examples of history students’ participation. For internships, I encourage using
Dr. French’s multiple students who have participated in internships and see
what they were doing to provide examples. With that said, knowing these
opportunities can be efficient and know what is available at the student’s
disposal is invaluable.
I am voicing my concerns about students’ COVID-19
submissions to the collection as I have not received any emails regarding it. I
plan on inquiring more about the process as I understood that transcribing was
becoming an issue. It is the end of October and I cannot help but feel that
November will be a busy month for the students. I will be making sure that the
students are having an easy time with it.
Conducting a class in the COVID pandemic notably saw a
student email Dr. Murphree about their potential of having the virus. This
student was very prudent to email ahead of time to inform the professor about
their condition. I am grateful that the student was taking the upmost care to
not infect any other students and would be getting tested. While they have not shown
symptoms, it exemplifies the cautiousness that students have when they
experience minor cold or flu symptoms. Overall, this week exemplifies the
professionalism that students are continuously learning about, whether that be
understanding campus’ resources to enhance their major or professionally
emailing a professor about their sickness.
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