Being a second-year CODES student has impacted my thoughts and perspectives of things. I’ve started to engage outside my culture and have learned new aspects within it. Being a CODES student also helps me succeed in my major, applied communications. Being able to communicate with the garden members and giving out my perspective really helps me engage with my major. Working with the garden faculty can help me prepare for my future. This is my last semester with Dr. Hildebrandt as my research professor. I would like to thank her for all she has done for CODES and, especially for each individual. She knew how to break down every assignment so we could all understand it. She is by far one of the most beneficial professors I have had.

1st Goal (30%)

Oral Communication- Being able to communicate in a presentable way.

The first three pictures are from earlier this semester and the last picture is from recently.

2nd Goal (20%)

Problem solving- Implements solutions to address multiple contextual factors.

This Screenshot shows the implementation plan my group would like to present to the gardens.

These two screenshots from reflection 4 show the progress our group has made with the input the garden members have given us and what else we need to work on.

3rd goal (20%)

Ethical Reasoning- Recognizing ethical issues in the gardens and trying to resolve them.

These screenshots are from reflection 1 talking about what ideas we can bring to the garden to better it’s perspective of indigenous knowledge.

Reflection 4 also plays a role in this goal of recognizing some issues we still have with our plan.

This screenshot shows the implementation plan we will bring to the gardens.

4th goal (10%)

Information Literacy- Defines the scope of research questions effectively and selects information cogently to address them.

The implementation plan also falls under this category because our group decided to go through the notes we received from our idea and formed a complete plan to conduct at the gardens.

These are notes we took from when Ashley gave us a tour of the native garden and what plants we should use.

5th goal (20%)

Collaboration- Facilitates collaborators’ contributions by building upon their contributions.

This goal plays a role in giving feedback to the gardens on certain activities, or signages they have posted up and what we think can benefit from it.

This also plays a role in collaborating with Ashley and giving us input.

This screenshot is from our implementation presentation, which shows my collaboration.