Tuesday, October 5th, marked the last day of our lectures in freshman seminar. I honestly did not know that that would be our last lecture in class. Not to sound a little unreal but that is how that moment seemed to me when we were told that that would be our last lecture. I felt like I had learned so much just from the 5 previous speakers and I know there is so much left to be learned. But any who, Dr. Williams spoke to us about research and methodology and then circled around and kind of put closure to all of the lectures. She discussed the 6 basic components of research which we can apply to all research we do throughout undergrad. The components were statement of the problem, current research being done, methodology, framework, development of thesis, and conclusions. I have used these same tactics in doing research before so being refreshed on them and knowing that they are a recipe for success helped me know that I am on the right track. When she went into discussing how all of the lectures were set up to lead up to the next, I began to recall how almost all of the speakers did incorporate something from the previous week even if it was unintentional. She then described what it means to be present, which was also a point Dr. Carr pointed out. She spoke about vision, memory, and awareness which makes us be present. Then she related memory and awareness to the lectures and how they have allowed us to have a vision as well as live out their (seminar speakers) visions by doing our weekly blogs. All of this is just possible because we are present.
Richelle Jenkins
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