This is Janet from the pre-prepatory health clusters! This semester, I had the privilege of co-teaching two clusters (#25 and #27), and they were both filled with wonderful students taking Religion 150 and Chemistry 151 together. In fact, they just had a chemistry exam earlier today, so I hope they all did well! What was really amazing was that when Chris and I combined our clusters in outside activities, the students from the other clusters became really close friends and they actually spend time with each other studying and getting through the rigors of college together.
One of my favorite highlights from being a peer mentor was to watch the students get to know each other and form friendships. This first happened at the beach clean-up community service event that we held for our students on Labor Day. Even though it was a holiday for them, majority of the students gave up their free day to help clean Magic Island. Many of them found the typical rubbish, but one student found some chicken bones and a bag with a dead animal in it…o_O . Afterwards, to reward them for their hard work, we had a bbq so that the freshmen could get to know each other a bit. It was awesome because some of them went into the water and a whole bunch of them went hiking together after! Here are some pictures:
Chris and I had a really great time working with these students and we wish them the best of luck!
This is Liz here from Cluster #19 pre-business! I have a great cluster full of 11 students; 9 from Oahu, 1 from Kauai, and 1 from New Jersey! We are a pre-business cluster taking SP 251, ECON 131, and HIS 152. In our cluster there are many different ranges of ambition for the business world. During our career exploration presentations, the students had interest in jobs such as being an entrepreneur, lawyer, nurse, Human Resources director, and bodyboard shaping. Though some of them were shy in the first couple classes, they have seem to get along real well and become friends outside of class (I have seen them at lunch together! .
I am sad that our semester is almost over but we had a great 11 weeks together! I think an important aspect that I tried to incorporate in every class is icebreakers. Our class was at 9:30 AM so it was natural that some of them were tired for their first class. We had many different icebreakers but I think one of the most popular ones was ʻtelephone for the hearing impaired.ʻ Another item that seemed likeable was giving candy and sugar away! I was very proud of my cluster when they invited the Speech TA. We all met up at Paradise Palms for lunch and found out that there were 3 vegetarians in the group and should have gone to the sustainability courtyard! On a side note my favorite place to eat on campus is Da Spot
Well I hope that my cluster has learned some new tips and resources for being a college student! I know they will keep in touch with each other and I even have some of them on facebook Have a great Spring 2010!!!
Yo yo yo whats up everyone! This is Aaron Hubbard from Cluster number 17!
We from the 17 are a smaller group with only 5 students mixed with students who are local and from the mainland and from all different backgrounds. We’re a pre-business cluster but as the semester progressed some of us have learned that they are more interested in other fields like ICS. I was highly impressed by my groups initiative in wanting to meet with one of their professors who turned out to be Ms. Henriksen. We had a great lunch with her and I think we all learned a lot from her including myself.
Ha, I think the hardest part about this class is staying focused in that our group always has something interesting to talk about and we love to talk story. Its hard to tell who learned more this semester me or my students because these guys have taught me some pretty good lessons even if if they don’t know it. I am confident that everyone in my group will go on to have a successful college career as they have already demonstrated life skills and taking up responsibilities beyond their years. I am sad to see everyone going but know that I will still see them around and I rest assured knowing that they can do just fine on their own.
I will see them all again next weekend when we go snorkeling at Hanauma Bay! I’m really excited to go!
Other reminders THE ACE BASH IS TOMMOROW NOVEMBER 10th
The theme is CASINO NIGHT so it should be a blast! Hope to see all of you guys there!
This is peer mentor Aaron signing off. Over and out!
Hey Guys! This is Matt from the Awesome cluster #33 (pre-health). I hope everyone’s Halloween weekend was full of fun and exciting moments. I cant believe that it is November already and we only have ONE CAS110 class left! I guess time just flies by when you’re having fun. My last class with my Awesome cluster is tomorrow, and I just can’t believe that it came so fast!
Let me just tell you guys about our cluster. We have 11 students in our cluster and you can see them all in the picture with Prof. Kaiser at Yogurtland. Not all of them are pre-med, but they are going into a science related field. At first no one in the class wanted to talk, but now I have to get some of them from not talking too much. I could see how the class had grown over time and they just keep getting better and better. We seem to have an adventurous group here, cause for their extra curricular activity, they decided to go kayaking as a class. Sadly I wasn’t able to go, but from all the stories I’ve heard, they seemed to have a really good time.
Even though the time has come where we wont be having any more CAS 110 classes anymore, hopefully cluster #33 will stay in contact and be good friends. If anyone else wants to join us, we’re having a cluster outing at leaping lizards, which if you guys do not know what it is, its pretty much a huge bouncy playground for adults and kids.
I hope everyone enjoys the rest of the semester and stays stress free.You guys should watch this funny vid <http://www.pp2g.tv/va3t4YHM_.aspx>
Cluster 33 chilling with Professor Kaiser at Yogurtland
Hey everyone! I am Awesome Serina Pasion and my cluster is#40. We are a COP cluster meaning we are one of the College Opportunities Program cluster. Students from COP can sign up for my kinda cluster. Anyways, my cluster is Awesome because we have a lot of fun in class. We do icebreakers before every lesson starts to pump our blood. A different student every week picks what the ice breaker will be. I feel that I have good relationships with my students because we write letters to each other every week. The letters can be about anything they feel like talking about; academics, family, friends, relationships, something funny, a story, ANYTHING! This has helped me get to know my students much better, vice versa for them. Although my students may sometimes give me a headache, I still love helping them out in any way I can. I believe they all have potential to become whatever they want to be. They make me smile. Another person who really brightens up my day is my niece. Check out the video and she if she can brighten up yours as well!
Posted are videos of our career skits. Since our cluster is a pre-nursing class all of the skits pertain to nursing scenarios. Students were broken up into three groups and were told to create a skit that pertains to the nursing career. Props were given to spice things up just a bit
Group 1: Their skit was based on a mother bringing her children to get their flu shots from a pediatric nurse. Check it out at… http://s619.photobucket.com/albums/tt279/ace_cluster22/?action=view¤t=PA060125.flv
Group 2: Do you love watching CSI? Well this group showed us what its like to be a forensic nurse. Check it out at… http://s619.photobucket.com/albums/tt279/ace_cluster22/?action=view¤t=PA060126.flv
Group 3: Everyone starts of life from the same place, the womb! Here’s a video of a cute baby being delivered by a mid-wife. Warning if you are not comfortable with pain and screaming please do not watch this video. haha. Check it out at… http://s619.photobucket.com/albums/tt279/ace_cluster22/?action=view¤t=PA060127.flv
We hope everyone has enjoyed our classic career skits I apologize for not having the best quality videos.
Ivan here from the life-sciences cluster 31! This group has a busy schedule with their cluster courses (BIOL 171 w/ lab, CHEM 161 2 w/lab) along with their own tough classes and busy lives. Our group is composed of students from all over the place. We have undergraduates coming from places like Kauai, Big Island and California making it a great chance to meet new people. Many are interested in becoming our future doctors, optometrists, marine biologist, and pharmacists. All very awesome.
The dynamics in cluster 31 is great and perhaps one of things that got the wheels rolling was our memorable ice-breakers. I think we all remember “what our least favorite chore was…” – If you’re curious, ask around . I still have a vivid image of a headless chicken in my memory. We found out from our “6 degrees of separation” ice-breaker that we actually have a lot in common. From another ice-breaker, I realized that I draw pretty badly on people’s back; what I thought was a nice house turned out to feel more like a sunrise with beaming rays to others. I am a biology major – not an art major!
The big thing with our cluster so far was perhaps our outing to a wahine volleyball game which happened to land on Dave Shoji’s 1000th win! Unfortunately, not everyone could make it but we were all there in spirit! With play by play narration from Kao and some weird kid that heckled the players…. it was a pretty memorable night. I think we all know our fight song a little better so we can sing loud and proud the next time it comes up .
Too bad that ACE has only a few classes left. I always look forward to kicking off Fridays in the dungeon with all of us and that same monotonous playlist of mines. Luckily, we have our in-class DJ’s Matt & JP playing some tunes to give us something new to listen to.
I see great qualities in our class from people taking the initiative to form study groups, utilizing help sessions as well as everyone making friends with each other. I know these valuable skills will extend past fall semester and be an integral part of everyone’s success in college.
Below are pictures of cluster 31 as well as YouTube clips of some choice songs!
Welcome to Clusterrr 23!! It is I, Shantal aka “ShAn”, peer mentor of this fab-u-lous team! I have 14 wonderful freshmen who share an interest in pre-nursing (just like me!) So here’s the hullabaloo of our cluster ohana. Together they are taking Physiology 141 with the lab, FAMR 230 (Dr. Caulfield is awesome!) and MATH 100. About 80% of my students reside on Oahu, and I was even lucky enough to have 2 students that are also from my home of Kauai-represent! Oh and did I mention that I have two twin girls from Las Angeles? Yup I do, and it’s so funny as to how we figured them two apart; it was the mole! You see, one girl has one on her nose so we gave her the nickname “Moley”.
Some of the highlights of the semester so far was the learning while you learn lesson. My cluster really enjoy moving out and about and with the lesson plan I was doing, it was basically all games=super fun! There was this memory game where one person does a move then the next person mimics it and adds on. Well, after a while that game ended up to a huge dance off with the class! I even joined in but got served by one of the students. Darn, if only I had a video recorder; it was hilarious! And as people might know, I enjoy baking yummy goodies and we were fortunate enough to have a birthday (the twins) to fall on a Monday which is the day we meet for CAS 110. I baked my chocolate mud cake and I was so glad it was a hit. (We couldn’t cake them though because we were in the room). We also decided to do our community service menu item as a cluster by joining Team Sunshine for the Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. It was a great turnout and when many of my students did their reflection, they responded that they were happy to be making a difference even though they claimed they weren’t in the best of shape. But they’re so young!
As far as future plans, I have so many things I wish we could do! After reading over their Star Profiles, I noticed nearly of my students love Chinese and sushi! Genki anyone? Many of the students also dream of traveling to Europe. If only traveling across the world was cheap! That would be so awesome though to travel as a cluster! Ok, now back to reality Shan. I also want to have a potluck get- together and just go around the class to reflect upon the semester and you can’t go wrong with food!
I can say without a doubt I enjoy meeting with my cluster helping them out in any way I can while talking story at the same time. It makes me kind of sad that I will only have 3 more classes with them as a peer mentor, but it makes me so happy to see all of us, especially my students, become an ACE ohana and closer as a class. We LOVE Bananas!!! Now that’s wussup!
So here’s some pictures from the Megan & Tessa’s (da twins) Birthday and the Breast Cancer Walk!
Extra bonus! I love Wong Fu Productions and this video is so cute I had to throw it in the mix! It’s a remake of Jason Mraz “I’m Yours”. Just open and enjoy!
Hey guys this is Micah from Ace Cluster number 6 pre-law. Anyway this week/weekend I’ve been a bit out of it, probably from this stomach flu thing I got, hence why my blog is a little late and the fact that my computer has been a bit on the fritz. Anyway cluster 6 has been super fun even throughout my hectic 19 credit week, plus being a section leader in marching band , and is also one of the few classes i happen to look forward to. I’m learning so many different ways to cope with certain personalities and how to deal with random problems that arise. However me and my partner had a nice surprise visit from Lei last week and it was actually really fun, unfortunately I got so nervous from her being there I totally forgot she was sitting a few seats away from me and forgot to add her into our activities, so lei if you’re reading this I’m SO sorry once again. This past week was exploring majors and careers, and so we played the game that the team that made the lesson plan. It was really funny because in this weeks class I was the only male since the one other guy didn’t come. Anyway we got to one of the last sheets of paper and the girl who started naming three descriptions of the dream job written on the paper said, “well.. I guess this girl.. she likes sanrio things.. She likes pink.. and she wants to design things.” and the rest of the class finally made the conclusion that this person wanted to be a hello kitty designer. It was pretty funny cause when she realized that all the other girls in the class had been called on she looked up and looked at me in the eyes and said.. wait.. you’re the only one that hasn’t been called on. Everyone started to laugh cause for our cass 110 class i decided to be unrealistic, and the out come was what I hoped for. The students in my class seem to be getting along very well, plus they are all pretty stoked to getting to meet with their professor out side of class for some yogurt land.
Now Lemme give you guys some clips from Youtube to pass the time.
This is Young C. from cluster #32. Lets start off by saying that I am stressed as a mofo this semester; taking 19 credits, doing volunteer work, paying rent/bills, and studying. I have decided to take a year off from school after I graduate and travel!! Anyways, this freshman cluster is awesome. I had some expectations of delinquents this semester, but was very dissapointed. You guys are as trill as can be. With a little guidance from your peers, I’m sure you will make your dreams come true. And remember, college is what YOU make of it, no one else can impact your life. Keep a tight network of friends and school can be much more enjoyable then you would have ever imagined. But honestly speaking, I am 100% willing to help anyone of you guys out if you ever need anything, just call me up.
What was really amazing was that when Chris and I combined our clusters in outside activities, the students from the other clusters became really close friends and they actually spend time with each other studying and getting through the rigors of college together.
