Ellis Library

With the help of Vince and his connections with the school we were given a tour of the huge library on campus, Ellis Library. At first we just went into a conference room and our two tour guides gave us a presentation on what the library had to offer. It was really cool to know that we could shoot a text asking a question to the people working at the question desk instead of having to come into the library all the time. Then they gave us a yellow sheet of paper that told us what each floor of the library had to offer such as different study rooms we could sign out when we need to study for tests as a class.
It was also really interesting on the tour when she brought us into a room that seemed like a "secret room" that had shelves and shelves of books with small cubicles on the outer edges of the room. These cubicles are only for graduate students that need to lock themselves into these rooms in order to study for a big exam or just have a lot of homework they need to get done. It did seem creepy at first because on one side there were no windows and it had doors just like they had in jail cells but it also was really interesting to see that the library had these rooms to offer in order to help students get their studying's done. I didn't realize how big the library was until we had the tour yesterday and I can say it was very helpful to me and very informative.

speakers

On Sept 14th, three different speakers from VOX, KOMU and a teacher from the convergence school came into our class and talked to us about the different possibilities these programs have to offer. I wasn't really interested in magazines but when he started talking to us about the different things we would be able to do in VOX it seemed like another interesting aspect of journalism to maybe consider. It was really cool when he talked about how the his students were working on an app to put on the i-pad, which made it seem like this was legit and it extended out into the real world. However when the speaker from KOMU started talking to us about what she did and what the students she works with do, I listened very intently because she was describing what I wanted to later in life.
It was really funny when she said to not say that "we would like to be on tv" when we go into KOMU because I'm sure that's what everybody is thinking when they walk in there but only some of them actually say it out loud. But when she was talking about how students were able to go out into St. Louis and go out into the different places to interview people and get the full story, I got really excited because this is what I want to do. She was also talking about how kids are able to get internships after they graduate from this school and after they work at KOMU because of how much they learn from the people at KOMU and how much experience we are able to have because of the different tasks we are put in charge of, which is obviously a very good opportunity for anybody's future. I for sure want to check this out next year when I know for sure broadcast journalism is the major I really want to involved in.

Tour around the Student Center

On September 7th, instead of having our normal FIG class in the geological science building, Vince decided to change it up and give us the opportunity to take a tour of the Student Center. The Student Center building is located in Lowry Mall, right across from the Ellis Library and right next to Mcdonalds, which seems very convenient at most times. The Student Center is a very useful place for all students in school because of the different tools it provides for us and the people in the center who are willing to help us with anything academic. Melissa, the full time front desk person at the center, gave us the tour, which lasted for about 20 minutes, of the first floor and basement and the different services we could use if we ever needed help with classes.

The first floor is divided up into the different subjects the tutors teach, which include Science, Math, English and most of the foreign languages Mizzou has to offer. Then she told us how there were writing tutors who could help us edit our papers before we hand them in and people downstairs who could help us make cover pages and resumes and help us prepare for our first big interview by going through a mock trial. Along with these tutors, she also told us about an opportunity called "Jump Start", which is a volunteer program students could sign up for to help teach young children from pre-k to 2nd grade, who go to elementary schools in Columbia. The tour was very helpful and gave me a better understanding of what the Student Center actually was and what it could help me with, throughout my years here in Mizzou.