{"id":221,"date":"2013-04-19T13:28:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T13:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uca.edu\/residential\/?p=221"},"modified":"2013-04-19T13:28:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T13:28:45","slug":"laney-stem-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uca.edu\/residential\/2013\/04\/19\/laney-stem-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Laney – STEM (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve already my first post, then you know that I have nothing but good things to say about the Residential Colleges at UCA, especially STEM. But if I\u2019m the only one that thinks that, then they definitely wouldn\u2019t be worth looking into. Fortunately, this is not the case. Residential Colleges have a good reputation around UCA. If you take the time to fill out the application and write the essay to get in, then you obviously care or are at least interested in the program, and people know that. So, as soon as you step foot in the building, you are immediately<\/i> set apart from the people on campus who simply choose to stay in a traditional dorm.<\/p>\n

\"Laney3\"<\/a>Every year STEM sells a new t-shirt to incoming freshmen and current UCA faculty. Generally there is some sort of quirky design on the back, so plenty of students buy it and then they\u2019re good for wearing to STEM sponsored outreach activities or just for fun. However, you wouldn\u2019t imagine how many faculty members buy these shirts. I was filling t-shirt orders last fall and there are faculty members that buy t-shirts for their whole family. I mean, there was a toddler sized STEM t-shirt. Toddler. Sized. If that doesn\u2019t say something about what the faculty here thinks about STEM, then I don\u2019t know what does.<\/p>\n

But in case that doesn\u2019t convince you, I can go on. There are plenty of examples of how Residential Colleges have a positive reputation. And this only leads to more and more benefits that are only<\/i> associated with living in a Residential College.<\/p>\n

It is not uncommon to walk into class and see that your professor is wearing the very STEM t-shirt that you saw in your closet this morning. And then, if you decide to wear your STEM t-shirt to one of these science or math classes, your professors notice<\/i>. You\u2019ll be sitting there before class starts or during a lab and they\u2019ll ask you about the program and maybe talk to you about the class or about cool opportunities that are coming up in the department. It\u2019s surprising at first, but then it keeps happening and you start to get used to it.<\/p>\n

Getting to know your professors and feeling more comfortable around them has plenty of perks. They know about pretty much everything that goes on in their department. So, you can learn about clubs that you might be interested in and the cool projects and field trips that they are doing. You can talk to your professors about their educational background and get their advice because they\u2019ve been in the same place that you are now. And one of the more important perks, at least as a pure science or math major, is that you can learn about the research going on in your department and if you\u2019re lucky (like me), then your professor might outright ask you to join their research team.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a high school student reading this, then I\u2019m sure this whole research bit isn\u2019t what\u2019s on your mind at all. But UCA puts a pretty big focus on research, and a lot of the degrees in the science and math fields require you to have done research while here. So, if you\u2019re going to have to do it anyway, being in STEM and getting to know your professors gives you opportunities for learning about research and makes starting research much easier. And you\u2019ll be extremely<\/i> grateful for that opportunity later. Trust me.<\/p>\n

So, living in a Residential College and then purchasing the program\u2019s t-shirt automatically makes it easier for you to get to know your professors. Then, you feel less intimidated and you\u2019re more likely to ask for help and that in turn makes you more likely to succeed in your classes. And again, Residential Colleges successfully set you up to succeed in your academic endeavors.<\/p>\n

But why<\/i> is this possible? Because Residential Colleges have a pretty good reputation around this campus. And if all of your future professors believe in it, then why shouldn\u2019t you too?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve already my first post, then you know that I have nothing but good things to say about the Residential Colleges at UCA, especially STEM. But if I\u2019m the only one that thinks that, then they definitely wouldn\u2019t be worth looking into. Fortunately, this is not the case. Residential Colleges have a good reputation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[33,9,7,22,27,16,28,34,21,20,17,35,13,14,15,11,8,12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uca.edu\/residential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uca.edu\/residential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uca.edu\/residential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uca.edu\/residential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uca.edu\/residential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uca.edu\/residential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uca.edu\/residential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions\/267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uca.edu\/residential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uca.edu\/residential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uca.edu\/residential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}