Academics

By: Chloe Gamber, Head Academic Writer Hopefully most, if not all, students who are reading this have visited Career Services. If you have not, you need to do so as soon as possible! Both Director of Career Services Jennifer Pickerll and Assistant Director of Career Services Katie Schuetz are very passionate about helping every student. They both recommend that students not wait until junior year to get involved in career services for many reasons. First of all, around 80% of students change their major at least once. This occurrence is not necessarily bad if these students end up having a career they enjoy. But, getting guidance from Career Services about your interests and needs for your future career can help make this process easier. Katie explained how planning takes multiple step...

By: Chloe Gamber, Head Academic Writer This upcoming week is Academic Excellence day and there is a large variety of exciting events to go to! Academic Excellence day will have presentations from students, Honor Society inductions along with other special events such as music performances and art exhibits! The celebration will be held this Thursday, April 28, 2022.  Here is a video featuring some great clips of what you could attend: https://www.youtube.com/embed/-7Nan36NAf0?rel=0&autoplay=1 Photo taken from: Instagram account @mckaec “The Academic Excellence Celebration (AEC) is a day-long academic extravaganza. Student presenters will share their work publicly in one of three formats: posters, F2F (face to face) or virtual presentations and prerecorded (from gradu...

By: Chloe Gamber, Head Academic Writer Music is a subject that everyone at least has some personal connection to. Music spans throughout history and cultures for many uses such as for entertainment of different sorts. It is very well known that classical is a prominent source of music to help with focus when studying. But really, any form of music can help focus depending on the person.  According to desktime.com, studies have shown that music helps stimulate the brain. When asking Emily Croxton about how music helps her focus, she responded by saying, ”Believe it or not I tend to listen to very upbeat music when I’m writing papers. I honestly use the same music I work out to. Something about my work out playlist gets me very determined to get things done. When I study I tend ...

By: Chloe Gamber, Head Academics Writer Pictures taken/collected by Chloe Gamber and Nat Wilk, presentation screenshots by Mr. Lance Davidson and Ms. Brianna Schneider Ms. Brianna Schneider and Mr. Lance Davidson, taken by Chloe Gamber Have you considered looking into the military as a civilian? If not, here is some easily accessible information to get a brief understanding of what these jobs consist of. Not only did the speakers provide information about the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC), but there were also some tips about constructing a resume that anyone could benefit from. Ms. Brianna Schneider briefly explains, “They are in charge of transporting those in the military to the right place at the right time”. Ms. Schneider resides at the headquarte...