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January 27, 2010

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Fall term’s Student Presentation day kicked off with a presentation by SP 151 students in the form of a TV news broadcast covering Halloween, sports, and other items of interest. American literature students read and explained poems they had encountered in the course of the term. PSY 100 students were divided into four groups, each presenting a different Learning Theory. Among the topics covered were Classical Conditioning, Pavlov’s experiments, fear of public speaking, John B. Watson and his influence on modern advertising, B. F. Skinner and the idea of reinforcement, and Albert Bandura and his classic Bobo doll experiment. They were followed by Humanities 100 students who presented four important leaders in the struggle for Peace and Freedom: Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Desmond Tutu, and Nelson Mandela.

Next, the ten students who took the Service Learning class (IS 192) this term spoke about their experiences volunteering. Whether they worked at the Humane Society cleaning cat cages and playing with the cats, assisted at the Contemporary Museum, participated in environmental clean ups, helped serve meals to the homeless, helped with after school programs, or worked as teacher's assistants, they testified to how they had broadened their experience and learned things they would not have learned in a classroom.

The final presentation, “You Cannot Not Communicate,” was offered by the students of COM 201. They shared with the audience what they had learned about the importance of tone of voice and facial expressions in communication. They explained the difference between High and Low Context communication, compared the courtship styles of humans and animals, and explained Interpersonal communication. There was also an entertaining introduction to communication in the subculture of gaming. Last was a look at the power of advertising to influence consumers, with a look specifically at cigarette advertisements.

Nice job, everybody!

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