Schedule for DNAS Junior Seminar
Spring 2022
- Jan 14: Intro to the course; assign job search
- Jan 21: Tony Vorwald on naturalist careers; student presentations
- Jan 28: Zach Elias and Nathan Carter on med school and federal jobs
- Feb 4: Bre Popkin
- Feb 11: Sam Z Taylor on grad school.
- Feb 18: Ellen Carr on cover letters and resumes.
- Feb 25: Resume and cover letters due to Career Services, Tanner et al. on State jobs
- Mar 4: Spring Break!
- Mar 11: Eric Nie. This week and next, schedule a meeting with Career Services professional staff. One of you may be in charge of class time.
- Mar 18: Samantha Redmond on PA program. Also, see above.
- Mar 25th: Josh Chamberland
- Apr 1: Andrew Jones. This week and next, Mock Interviews.
- Apr 8: Codi Sharkey.
- Apr 15: Easter Break!
- Apr 22: MRRC conference; last week of class.
Student presentations
from the book Limitless by Jim Kwik
Seven slides: Title, Background, main idea, 3 main points, conclusion
(30 topics; one per student)
- Jan 21: Chapter 2 Why this matters now
- digital deluge (Gross, Emily)
- digital distraction (Wohlers, Joey)
- digital dementia and digital deduction (Salib, Pieer)
- Jan 28: Chapter 3 Your limitless brain
- brain structure (Adkins, Alexis)
- neuroplasticity (Nerad, Sara)
- enteric nervous system (Como, Bella)
- Feb 4: Chapter 4 How to read and remember this (and any) book
- Read and Remember—FASTER Method (2 people) (Hallahan, Allisen and Messino, Kate)
- Asking questions (Winders, Maryn)
- Feb 11: Limitless Mindset: Chapter 5 The spell of belief systems
- Multiple forms of genius (Tierney, Dillon)
- Reframing (Snowden, Max)
- Feb 18: Ellen Carr
- Feb 25: Chapter 6 The seven lies of learning
- Intelligence in fixed and We only use 10% of our brain (Horsfield, Hanna)
- Mistakes are failures and Knowledge is power (Moscoso, Sharon)
- Learning new things is very difficult and The criticism of others matters (Harris, Zaquerius)
- Genius is born (Gross, Aaron)
- Mar 4: Spring Break!
- Mar 11: Limitless Motivation: Chapter 7 Purpose and Chapter 8 Energy
- Start with Why? and SMART goals (Heidenreich, Dharma)
- Finding purpose and passion (Woods, Taylor)
- 10 recommendations for brain energy (Bullock, Luke)
- Mar 18: Chapter 9 Small simple steps and Chapter 10 Flow
- Habit loops (Emerick, Brenna)
- Establishing a morning routine (Perry, Morgan)
- Establishing flow (Lisanby, Becca)
- Mar 25th: Limitless Methods: Chapter 11 Focus and Chapter 12 Study
- Increase your focus (Gartner, Ryan)
- 7 study habits (2 people) (Link, Dylan and Winger, Natalie)
- Apr 1: Chapter 13 Memory and Chapter 14 Speed Reading
- Basics of memory (Mayberry, Grace)
- Kwik memory exercise (Dix, Jess)
- Ways to increase reading speed and retention (McIntyre, Brady)
- Apr 5, 10:00 a.m.--2:00 p.m.: College Career ad Internship Fair, Hotel Julien
- Apr 8: Chapter 15 Thinking and closing discussion
- 8 forms of intelligence (Scheuermann, Levi and Hardin, Derek)
- Ways to improve your thinking (Bidlingmaier, Jenna)
- Apr 15: Easter Break!
- Apr 22: MRRC conference; last week of class.