This is the beginning of my Fall 2025 Semester here at SIUE. This semester I am pretty confident in my abilities to stay on top of things now that I’ve had a year of experience working with my professor. I can’t wait to demonstrate my research and collaboration abilities. Below you will find the goal I plan to achieve this semester and the steps I will take to get there.

This semester I will be earnestly striving for an A grade in this class. Here is the here are the methods I am planning to use to reach this goal along with the artifacts I will use to satisfy their requirements.

1a.) Demonstrates ability and commitment to collaboratively work across and within community contexts and structures. (20%).

  • Email inserts
  • Data reports from individual project on Engaging Young adults with Water Conservation and Resource Management (1 on 1 Focus Groups)
  • Final Project Preparation Slides

12c.) Works independently toward goals by contributing and meeting deadlines. (20%).

  • Reflection Assignments (x4)

5a.)  Defines the scope of research questions effectively and selects information cogently to address them. (30%).

  • Ex: Data Collection “Codes and Themes Report” (1 paragraph for each research question) (x6)

1b.) Connects and extends knowledge from academic study to civic engagement. (15%).

Process Description Assignment Sections and how I carried it out into civic engagement. (x3)

10c.) Uses quantitative information to support arguments and draw logical conclusions. (15%).

  • Final Content Assignment Draft

Mid Semester Update

Now that I have reached the middle of this semester, I can happily say that for the most part I am satisfied with the progress I have made in completing my goals for this semester. Some things that I need to improve on is having a stronger work ethic when it comes to turning things in on time. For the most part I have been doing well in this area, but this is still something that I can improve on.

However, I have been successful in keeping up with my project this semester which has been a big part of the total amount of my workload this semester. I have been enjoying the process of interviewing young-adult SIUE students and learning about their experiences related to water knowledge and conservation methods.

End of Semester Update

As the semester closes, I can say that I am proud of the progress I have made during this Fall semester. I have successfully achieved the goals I aimed to complete as far as submitting most of my assignments on time as well as sticking to the content I planned to create at the beginning of the year. Now that I have given my final presentation for this semester, I feel more confident in my abilities to provide something valuable to my team and to my partners at Heartlands Conservancy.

I will miss my professor Adriana Martinez, she was the most understanding and empathetic person I have ever had as a teacher, I’m sure all of my friends can say the same. With her guidance as my professor, I feel confident for the challenges that lie ahead as I go on to pursue bigger projects with different instructors.