Student Success (529)
Cornerstone has been very beneficial to me throughout the year. I have come a long ways since last august in all different areas. I learned a lot about communicating messages with others, being successful in college, and learning how to interact with all different types of people. Through writing and speaking, I learned how to properly portray messages to people. The process I used to prepare for major writing projects and major speaking projects was very in depth. Through good tips from the professor, I was able to formulate some very good ideas and points. I also included views from different perspectives in my papers and speeches in order to strengthen my messages. My writing and speaking skills have improved drastically and I hope they still continue to improve in my future years. Cornerstone also helped me get very involved with activities happening at the University of Northern Iowa. I felt that being required to do six campus engagements each semester really helped me branch out and explore new areas of the university. Knowing me, I probably would not have attended any musical or theatre performances throughout the year. When having the requirement to attend both of the following, I learned that the university has a lot of talented students. Not only that, when attending these events I met a lot of people which broadened my horizons of communicating with others. Also throughout this class, I Iearned a lot about what it takes to be successful in college. Within every paper or speech that I did, I always got feedback of something that I could improve on. This was very helpful to me because it shows me that I always can better myself and I always can improve on something. I also felt that peer reviewing was very helpful. It allowed me to get some outside feedback before we had to turn in the final paper. On top of strengthening my writing and speaking skills and being successful in college, I also learned a lot about what it takes to communicate and interact well with all different types of people. These communication skills were built upon the group project. I felt that the group project helped me become more efficient with communicating with others and stating my opinions openly. At the beginning of the year I did not know what to expect of college. Cornerstone has helped me feel more comfortable at the university by allowing me to meet many people and create many connections. For the rest of my college career, I hope that I can continue to strengthen my writing and speaking skills even more then the foundation that I was given from this class. I also hope that I can interact with people even better than I do now. I’ve become much better with interacting with people, but networking and teamwork are also very important traits that will help me be successful in my future career. Cornerstone has taught me more things than I ever imagined I would learn and I will utilize these things I learned for the rest of my life. Cornerstone has put me on the right track to becoming a successful individual someday.