Monday, August 19, 2019

WEEK 1: INTRODUCTIONS and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHS)

Read the entire UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS here.



Greetings, everyone!

Please introduce yourself by answering all FOUR questions below. My answers are in italics.



1. Your full name and any nicknames. 
My name is Rob Williams - Dr. Williams, Dr. W, Dr. Dub, Dr. Rob, W/Dub, Doc Rob.

2. Where you are from (town/city and state/province)
I hail from Mad River Valley, Vermont, by way of Pittsburgh, New York, Hawaii, Albuquerque, Boston, and points global.

3. Your academic major(s) and minor(s) and why you selected them, in 2 sentences.
I majored in U.S. environmental history, with a focus on communication/media studies, in college (Princeton University) and graduate school (The University of New Mexico). I am deeply interested in the relationship among our natural, human-built and communications environments, especially living in a Digital Age. I am currently working on a book entitled LIFE BY THE HORNS: THE YAK WAY - WHAT WE SAPIENS CAN LEARN FROM THIS SEXY BEAST.

4. Your professional ambitions.
I aspire to be the best professor I can possibly be by making my students as powerful as they wish to be, while playing music with the Phineas Gage Project, running Vermont Independent newspaper, serving up yak meat through a mobile BBQ food cart, and traveling with family, friends, and students as much as possible. Since 2005, I have advocated for Vermont to become its own Republic again, as it once was from 1777-1791. 

17 comments:

  1. 1)Cooper Young
    2)Franklin MA
    3)business administration with a minor in data analytics
    4)be employed out of school

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  2. 1. Your full name and any nicknames.
    Oliver Phelps


    2. Where you are from (town/city and state/province)
    Colchester, VT

    3. Your academic major(s) and minor(s) and why you selected them, in 2 sentences.
    Originally game art and animation, but first day of school freshman year switched to Graphic design because I knew it was something I would be very passionate about and want to follow through on.

    4. Your professional ambitions.
    To hopefully be able to pay off my debt and be able to offer design services to start up companies/products in need of branding/ any graphics.

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  3. 1. Noah Patterson-LaBaw

    2. From Rochester, Minnesota

    3. I’m a 3rd year Computer Science major, which I chose due to my enjoyment from playing around with computers my whole life.

    I also have a Math minor, which I chose as math has always been my favorite subject in school, and I’ve enjoyed every math class I have taken.

    4. After graduating, I really just want a job where I can pay off my loans, and live comfortably afterwards.

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  4. 1. James Frazer
    2. Centerville Ohio
    3. Networking and Cybersecurity because it is a feild that I naturally excel at. It has a promising job market as well.
    4. My goal is to make enough money to live a comfortable life with the people I care about.

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  5. 1) Tyler LaRose
    2) Albany, NY
    3) Cybersecurity major
    4) Aspire to become confident in the field of cybersecurity and to be employed out of school

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  6. 1. My name is Kelsey Desjardin
    2. I am from Colchester, Vermont and commute to Champlain
    3. I major in social work and minor in psychology and am currently a 3rd year student. I really want to be able to help, change, and advocate for individuals.
    4. I aspire to make a difference in the community around me wherever that is. I plan to go to grad school far enough away that I can't drive home.

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  7. 1. Brittany Sheeran

    2. Bristol, Vermont

    3. Major in marketing, minor in event management

    4. Options are still open at the moment. Have always thought about Realestate but leaning more towards social media with marketing.

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  8. 1. My name is Colleen Choma.
    2. I am from Stillwater, NJ.
    3. I am studying Creative Media in my Junior year. I learn best being working hands on; and being able to create in my own ways is encouraging.
    4. I aspire to help the world slow down and become more sustainable in some kind of way with art.

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  9. 1)Ryan Mullin
    2)I am from the town of Colonie in Albany, New York
    3)I am majoring in Networking and Cyber Security. I am very interested with trying to basically police the internet through setting up gates for people to get through. I am also just interested with how the internet is able to work in general with how large and expansive it is.
    4)I aspire to be the most well rounded person I can be as I head into my professional career of Cyber Security.

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  10. 1. Courtnee.
    2. Bristol, Vermont.
    3. I am studying social work. I want to help children and families. I am a junior transfer, this is my second semester at Champlain.
    4. I would like to work in DCF in family services.

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  11. 1. Courtney Grimes
    2. Brunswick, Maine
    3. I'm majoring in Computer and Digital Forensics with a minor in both Cybersecurity and Criminal Justice. I chose computer and digital forensics because I love computers and wanted to go in to a field that I could help people.
    4. I plan to go to grad school directly after Champlain and then hopefully work for the Navy or FBI or another government entity.

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  12. 1) My name is Trevor Amell, just call me Trevor or Trev, either works.

    2) I'm from Albany NY, more specifically the town of Colonie.

    3) I major in Computer Science and specialize in Software Engineering. I've loved messing around with computers since I was a little kid and love the feeling of finally finishing a program.

    4) At first I just want to get a job in the Software field and more specifically on the west coast but I'll honestly go anywhere.

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  13. 1. Cecilia Pohlar - call me Ceci or Cecilia
    2. Greencastle, Indiana
    3. I am studying digital forensics with a minor in international business. I am interested in law and how devices and social media affect our lives.
    4. I hope to work federally and do reconnaissance and counter terrorism eventually. I want to put the bad guys away.

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  14. 1)Ryan Corning

    2)Mansfield Ma

    3)I am a game programming major at Champlain since it lets me live out my passion of making games. I like to think of the process as a puzzle and the more you complete the more of the end you see

    4)My professional goals are to get into the game industry and to get the experience to one day to start my own game company

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  15. 1.Raghda Ahmad
    2.Originally from Baghdad, Iraq but living in Essex
    3.A senior majoring in psychology
    4.I aspire to be happy and successful in whatever I am doing after I graduate. I might go to graduate school for clinical psychology. I will take a year off to travel and then later on decide whether I should continue with my eduction.

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  16. My name is Sam Bonchek and I'm from Massachsetts (currently Needham). I am a Business Administration major with a minor in Finance. My professional ambitions include being on the business side of the automotive industry, in any way shape or form.

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