If your goal after graduation is finding employment, you will need a certain set of knowledge and skills in order to be successful in your job search. During this weekend residency, you will have the opportunity to learn:
The Career Planning portion of the course will be very hands-on with time for writing and mock interviews. If your goal is to apply for graduate school, applying to graduate schools can be a complicated and time consuming process. This course will cover topics such as school selection, application process, timeline, and typical requirements. In addition, students will learn what to expect during the course of a typical graduate program. This class also includes a hands-on personal statement writing workshop.
This course includes a brief summary of accounting processes - from transactions to financial statements to analysis. Students will also learn about the preparation of meaningful information to aid the end user. With this information, an Excel spreadsheet will be created, allowing the student to manipulate the data and answer various "what if" questions. Finally, we will use the information on the spreadsheets to do various types of financial statement analysis. This course will benefit any student who has to do budgeting and budget analysis as part of their job duties. Students must bring a laptop with Excel for this residency.
This course will examine the implications in our everyday lives of some of the recent developments in scientific research, primarily in the fields of medicine, cognitive neuroscience, and physiological psychology. The two main historical theories of ethics that have shaped moral decision making and ethical standards in western society will be analyzed first. This analysis will then serve as a basis to discuss recent findings from cognitive neuroscience and medicine. Specifically, how they are being used in civil and legal court cases, in setting social policy and law-making such as in the health insurance and medical industry, as well as for social support services for the economically disadvantaged, programs such as Head Start, will be discussed.
Through facilitated discussions and group activities, students will engage in a wide array of fire leadership and customer service topics. The participants will discuss the pitfalls of poor leadership and poor customer service as well. Chief Alan V. Brunacini, along with Chief Steven Bardwell and Chief Dennis L. Rubin will guide students through this course utilizing case studies and Chief Brunacini's two textbooks, The Anatomy and Physiology of Leadership (ISBN: 978-0974753454) and Essentials of Fire Department Customer Service (ISBN: 978-0879391270). Students are responsible for obtaining and bringing the books to the residency.
This course will present an overview of managing human behavior within organizations. Topics that will be covered include leadership styles and theories, perception, motivation, personality, communication, conflict styles and conflict management. Course methodology will include reading, discussion groups, self-assessments, group development and team building. This leadership course will examine the personal characteristics that make a good leader. In addition, students will discuss their own personality traits, strengths, and weaknesses to help determine how they can be better leaders.
Students will be required to read a book in preparation for this residency: Good to Great by Jim Collins. Students are responsible for obtaining and bringing the book to the residency. A laptop with internet capabilities is also required.
This residency is the lab component of Biology I. Students who take this residency will be able to do hands-on labs relating to the online lab work they completed in BIO 1030. This residency can be used for the psychology residency requirement.
Students will be required to purchase, read, and bring the following textbook to the residency:
Enger, E. D., & Ross, F. C. (2012). Laboratory manual: Concepts in biology (14th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 978-0077295257
Students wishing to stay through Tuesday afternoon can participate in a field trip to the area fossil beds and/or prairie lands in the area. Students wishing more information on this opportunity should contact Dr. Bartelt at barteltp@waldorf.edu.
This residency is the lab component of Chemistry I. Students who take this residency will be able to do hands-on labs relating to the online lab work they completed in CHM 1030. This residency is built around the concepts of forensic chemistry.
Are you interested in focusing on skills and strategies necessary in the field of Criminal Justice or Fire Science Administration to help improve career and promotion opportunities? If so, this course will focus on some of the following topics: Media Relations (How do I respond to the media in an emergency situation; Proactive media relations – getting ahead of the press); Our Actions (in our professional and personal capacity) and Community Relations; Public Speaking; Report Writing; Internal Affairs; Investigations; and Professional Development (to include: Interview skills; Resume writing tips; How do I get that Federal job – searching and navigating USAJOBS).
Financial institutions understand the value of money and use it to their advantage. With a little knowledge and understanding, families and small businesses can do the same. This accelerated three-day course is designed to provide you with the basics about interest (simple and compounding) and how this applies to our credit economy. Discuss personal financial strategies in a group setting and explore how to apply them to your personal situation and your career. This course will help you answer questions such as:
Setting up a business intelligence program takes more than just installing the technology. A successful BI program involves a set of concepts and methods designed to improve the business decision-making process by putting targeted information into the hands of those who need it most. This course will explore: