Friday Fun

{Meet the PAIRs: Tori}

Name: Tori Settanni

Residence Hall: Campbell Hall

Major: Public Relations
Minor: Marketing

Hometown: Burlington, IL

High School: Burlington Central High School

Favorite place to study: 4th flood Rod Library


Favorite Dining Center Food: Chicken Enchilada Soup

{What can I do with an interest in: Science and Environment}

Possible Personal Characteristics: Using critical thinking and being analytical and inquisitive

Majors

• Geography: Students will focus on place and space on the earth. Topics that are covered can include: globalization, pollution and disease outbreaks. Using cutting edge technology geographers are also able to analyze maps and representations of land and people.
  
• Health Promotion: Promotes the health of the general public using a wide variety of methods in a wide variety of settings. This major can cover women’s health, global health, environmental health or health promotion and education.
• Physics: Students will focus on the mechanics of our world looking at theories and then applying them in real time. Students will become involved in critical thinking about how things function in our world.
• Earth Science: Students will focus on the natural occurrences that happen on this earth. This can include a wide variety from volcanism to flooding to solar eclipses.
• Biology: Students will focus on the study of living organisms. Biology can focus into a wide variety of careers from being in the health field to field biologists.
• Chemistry: Students will focus on the fundamental building blocks of life and how they work. Students will also focus on how these materials function in the natural world.
• Science-Teaching: A career in science teaching will allow you to combine your enjoyment of science with the rewards of helping others learn new ideas and skills in the many areas of the natural sciences.

Minors: Geography; Nanoscience; Earth Science; Biology; Chemistry; Leisure, Youth, and Human Services

Certificates: Cartography; Outdoor Recreation; Environmental Health

Career Possibilities: Biologist, Geologist, Science Teacher, Chemist, Pharmacist, Doctor, Veterinary Technician, Cartographer, City Planner, Agronomist, Endocrinologist

Friday Fun

{Career Fair}

Tomorrow is the day! The Career Fair is happening on-campus and as a freshman, you can attend! This is a chance for you to talk with some employers and learn about the variety of majors that they are hiring. 

What: Career Fair
When: February 19th 11 am- 3 pm
Where: McLeod Center

Stop by and learn more!

Tomorrow: Dine & Discuss: Navigating the Career Fair!

Six Ways to Manage your Messaging

Which would you go without for a week: your cell phone, your best friend, or good food? Chances are, it's not your phone! College students appear to spent almost nine hours per day on our phones. More than 80% of college students say that gadgets interfere with their learning, and one in four says it hurts their grades! 
 
1. Test Yourself: Think you can get away with texting while driving? Maybe you've been lucky. Check out the online texting-while-driving simulator by AT&T here.
 
2. Two set the Mood: Know where your phone is welcome-and where it isn't.

Activity	Where to put the phone	Make it easier
Driving	In the trunk	Ask for a stand-alone GPS as a gift, buy one used, or try Freecycle
Going to bed	Charge it in a different room	Dig out your old alarm clock
On a date	In the car	Suggest that your date do the same
On vacation	Leave it in the hotel	Use a digital or disposable camera
At the gym	In your locker	Use an MP3 player or iPod

    
 3. Use an app or #x: AT&T's DriveMode on Sprint's Drive First silence your phone and respond to messages. Or text #x to let friends know you're driving.

4. Reality Check: When you can measure something you can manage it. Use an app to track how much time you're spending on your phone.

5. Play a game: When eating or getting together with friends, put all of your phones on silent in the middle of the table. Whoever checks their phone first has to pay for dinner or clean the dishes.

6. Find your voice: Sometimes it is hard to remember the last time we picked up a phone to call anyone besides relatives or the pizza guy. Next time you want to make plans with a friend, try calling.

Adapted from Student Health 101: http://www.readsh101.com/uni.html



 

{Meet the PAIRs: Ashley Phelan}

Name: Ashley Phelan

Residence Hall: Lawther Hall

Major: Secondary Education: English with Dual Major in Middle Level Education

High School: LeMars

Favorite way to de-stress: Hanging out with my friends and watching movies such as Mean Girls, Norbit, and Pitch Perfect

Favorite Dining Center Food: Definitely Party Potatoes because who doesn't want a little party with their potatoes!

{What can I do with an interest in: Sports, Fitness & Recreation}

Personal Characteristics: Enjoy helping people, have passion for movement, enjoy planning and motivating

Majors

• Health Promotion: Students will aspire to educate communities in the skills needed to maintain personal health. Students who take on health education as a career become familiar with the intricacies of physical health and the challenges of motivating a community or society toward awareness of health issues
• Leisure, Youth, Human Services: LYHS allows students to move from theory to
  
  application. The focus areas are: Nonprofit Administration, Outdoor Recreation, Community Recreation Services, Therapeutic Recreation, and Tourism
• Movement& Exercise Science: Students will learn how to teach others to improve their overall health and well-being through physical exercise. An exercise science degree program can include the study of kinesiology, exercise physiology, and biomechanics
• Athletic Training: Students will learn how to recognize, prevent, and assist with physical rehabilitation when there is physical injury caused by physical activity
• PE Teaching: Students will work with multiple students, teaching them the principles of health, fitness, and well-being, which may entail nutrition, exercise, and relaxation techniques. Students will also be responsible for planning activities and for instructing students in physical activity.

Minors: Coaching, Health Promotion, and Leisure, Youth & Human Services

Certificates: Aquatics Specialization and Outdoor Recreation

Career Possibilities: Personal Trainer, Nutritionist, Health Educator, Therapeutic Recreation, Prevention Coordinator, PE Teacher, Physical Therapist, Exercise Coordinator, Biomechanics

How Smart is your Right Foot?

Try this...

1. While sitting at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.
2. Now, while doing this, draw the number '6' in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction.

You can't do it! It is impossible. Your brain is pre-programmed and it limits your ability to do this seemingly simple task. Try as you might, you can't outsmart your foot.

{Meet the Staff: Heather Asmus} Part Three!

Advice to Students: Your attitude is one thing YOU CAN control.  If you are stuck in a rut, change your perspective.  And, NEVER underestimate the power of a good night's sleep.

{Major Mondays: Psychology}

Psychology is the study of human behavior (normal and abnormal) and the cognitive, emotional, social, and biological processes related to that behavior. As a Psychology major at UNI you have the opportunity to explore the different aspects of psychology that interest you the most. The Psychology Department offers the opportunities to conduct research, be a part of some student organizations and possible serve as a Teaching Assistant or Research Assistant. You could major OR minor in Psychology. You could also get the Industrial and Organizational Psychology Certificate. Psychology is a very diverse field that fits a variety of career paths.

What do you do with a major in Psychology? Many Psychology majors will pursue Graduate school for a variety of areas like Mental Health Counseling, School Counseling, Social Psychology and many others. There are also routes that do not involve Graduate school. You could work in human resources for businesses, community health centers, correctional programs, non-profit organizations, youth or women's shelters, in family services and many others! If you have a particular area you are interested in you can easily combine Psychology with another major or minors. Some common pairings include Family Services, Sociology, Criminology, Business, Biology, and Political Science.

What classes might you take? You will take a core set of classes consisting of Intro to Psychology, Careers in Psychology, History & Systems of Psychology, Research Methods, and Psychological Statistics. You will also take a variety of Psych classes of your choosing from 5 subject areas: Biological, Social/Developmental, Applied, Abnormal/Individual Differences, and Cognition and Learning. Some of the classes you could take include Drugs and Individual Behavior, Social Psychology, Psychology and Law, Behavior Modification, Motivation and Emotion, and much more!

Check out the website here!