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Part 1, Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology "Every movement you make, and every new day that you live to see, is the result of a collection of systems working together to function properly."

anatomy act provided corpses from those that were executed

complementary of structure - basic idea that what a structure can do depends on its form

chemical > cellular > tissues > organs > organ systems > the body

the body is the highest level of organization, while chemical is the lowest level

homeostasis - the ability to maintain stable, internal conditions no matter what changes are occurring outside the body

everyone's ultimate cause of death is the extreme and irreversible loss of homeostasis

loss of homeostasis is the cause of most injuries

anatomical position - body is erect and facing forward, with arms at the sides and palms forward

standing upright

head and eyes directed straight ahead

upper limbs at the sides

upper limbs slightly away from the trunk

palms facing forward

thumbs pointing away from body

lower limbs parallel

feet flat on the ground and facing forward

the body's anatomy is split into different planes

sagittal (median) plane comes down vertically and divides a body or organ in left and right parts, plane parallel is called the parasagittal

coronal (frontal) plane splits everything vertically into front and back

transverse (horizontal) plane divides the body top and bottom

axial parts - everything in line with the center of the body, the head, neck, and trunk

appendicular parts - arms, legs, and appendages

anterior (ventral) - everything at the front of your body

posterior (dorsal) - everything at the back of your body

superior (cranial) - features towards the top of the body, like the head

inferior (caudal) - features towards the bottom of the body

structures toward the midline of your body are medial, and structures further away from the midline are lateral

proximal - areas closer towards the center of the trunk

Mike Dean - Director of Study Abroad

Located in Dragas 2006

Short term (Spring Break, Summer weeks), with ODU faculty member -often a culminating project, meets a few times on class

Affiliated programs: Dig a little deeper, Semester/Year

Exchange: Semester/Year, Pay on campus and a student abroad pays their campus, like a switch

Any FinAid can be used toward any study abroad.  Can increase your FinAid

Lots of scholarships, institutional and outside in addition to finaid

Credit: All programs are for credit

Janis will approve courses for Credit Overseas for advising, Dr Smith can advise us via email.

Can go to any region where classes are taught in English, even in non-English speaking countries.

Deadline for Semester Fall is February

Scholarships: A couple specifically for Study Abroad --Faculty recommendations!!! --They do a budget in their office with us including all necessities. --Exchange gets most of their stuff covered

Living with host families can be an excellent experience.

Jerri F. Dickseski - Vice President of Communications for Huntington Ingalls

BA in English MA in English 1st Job - Marketing Director (Non-Profit, Grad School Part-time) 2nd Job - Public Relations, Hampton General Hospital (Finished Grad School, took 6 years, Learned about M&A) 3rd Job - Writer, Newport News Shipbuilding (defense downturn, benefits of being a generalist)

Best Undergraduate Decision: Associate Editor, Mace & Crown --Added to her work portfolio, was able to demonstrate writing experience

Success is determined by how hard you work.  Directness with diplomacy

Planned: -Wanted to be a novelist -Figured out she was good at what she was doing and decided to keep doing it

Employer Priorities -Internships -Employment during college -Major -Volunteer Experience -Extracurricular

What she looks for in entry level candidates -Excellent writing -Demonstrated skill in writing -Ability to write on complex subjects -Flexibility -Passion -Fit -Love of Writing

Liberal Arts has just as much value as STEM-H

The Environment has Changed -Balance Passion with pragmatism (minor, double-major) -Think outside the box on how to use a degree -Get experience, build a portfolio -Network with student chapters.

Economics is a good double major with English

President Broderick - Selected 2008

Background in journalism, From Boston Thought he would be covering sports journalism The ability to communicate, write, express himself, helped him get to his current career path. There is something strategic about being an effective communicator. Things he was involved in as a student: resident assistant, school sports, student media.  Academically, if you had to do it again, would you major in the same thing? Probably not, probably would have majored in something more broad and a second major in languages. Advice he would give: Teaches one grad class every semester. Our institution puts us in position to partner with people because of the multicultural nature of a Uni campus.  If he was in a position to hire somebody: Represent yourself well in cover letter and resumes. Learn how to economize your language, Be able to think on your feet. You have to be able to be flexible and economize your language to do those things. Someone who is engaged.

Started 3 years working at newspapers -- ends up as ODU Pres. Big cities had papers in the morning and the afternoon, Brod wrote for the afternoon paper. Moved to public relations to help support his family, began teaching classes in pub. rel., then VP here, and then Pres. 

Biggest Challenge: A University is like a city, a large organization, but also trying to help people get their education. *Tuition and Fee cost. Time to degree. How do you provide more access, with lower cost, and make it all work. 

What could young alums do to help the university? You can't put all hopes on one advocate, and must speak to our political leaders as constituents. Must decide what we want to invest in, if education isn't involved, we won't get.

Most Presidents in Universities who do well must have positive relationships with as many officials as possible, on either side of the aisle. You can't afford to take any official for granted. Must get a close relationship with those in power regardless of position and ideologies because you never who is going to gain power. 

Put more than $1 mill into public safety on campus. New campus master plan: Build another 2k beds on campus, 36% would live on campus if they could. Living on campus=higher grad rate, participation rate. Gets students living nearby.

Umm...?

350- intense study of grammar, not as a moral issue but pure grammar.

Cross cultural, language and gender, dialects

What is linguistics? The systematic study of language. Linguists - Someone who treats language as an object of study. Concerned with all aspects of form (sounds, words, sentences), meaning and use (varies across and within communities). Forensic linguistics as a new field - Compares writing and speech patterns.

Other creatures with language: dolphins, whales, dogs (body language), bees (bee dance). Is it built in? Kind of. Not a specific language, but the need to communicate and understand communication from others

Relationships between language and culture. Linguistic relativity - How much does the structure of the language you speech conceptualize your speech. 

How do languages and dialects differ from one another? Dialects may cause changes in opinion. 

Dr. Goldblum (?) and Dr. Bostic

Dr Goldblum: Study abroad in Israel

Dr. Bostic - Teacher Prep Program BBA is Finance Long road between starting off in college and deciding to become a teacher. Switched to teaching in College in order to train better teachers Teacher Salaries: 2008 Average: $50,511 They incentivize staying by raises that are progressive by year. Virginia ranks 30th in average salaries If you want to be a public school teacher, you don't have to be one forever. Other jobs are willing to to hire former teachers to communicate  If you don't like kids, don't be a teacher. Each child is a ball of potential that needs to be nurtured.

Reasons to be a teacher: Rewarding Helping Others - He took all the failing 9th grade students and nurtured their potential Provides Important Experience Our government operates with the understanding that an educated citizenry is necessary for a democracy to operate. - In order to participate in democracy, we need to be able to effectively communicate and understand communication We create the "educated citizenry."

Testing: Wagers that in 5 years, the SOLs will be no more. 35 SOL Tests  Money wasted by paying Pearson to make the tests

What are we learning? Reading/analyzing texts Techniques for Understanding Writing clear, concise prose Effective rhetorical strategies Persuasive strategies Effective Communication in general Many courses use various forms of media.

Outside the classroom? Become a part of campus organizations, social organizations.  Do you have a "maintenance" job? Jobs that maintain you while in school Hobbies/Instruments? They can have an impact on our future work Have you developed skills in a volunteer job? Whatever they are, they can be useful in the job market. What are you "hiding?" Things we do well that we don't think of as a useful skill.

What do you know that you didn't learn in college? Volunteer work? Career changer? Multilingual?  Do a skills inventory to identify all of these additional and possibly transferable skills. Might consider including skills we don't want to use but have.

Where can you use those skills? Where can you not?  Can you use them everywhere? Who doesn't need effective communicators? -group skills by categories.  -Most organizations need English majors that might need the skills we have We must be able to articulate what we can do as English majors to potential employers.

Before writing a resume: Inventory of all you know how to do. Get rid of things you don't like to do unless you think it is going to get your foot in the door. Consider the things you tend to overlook, the things we "hide"

Take an inventory of how we work.  What kind of boss do you like? What motivates your best performance? Has a supervisor or co-worker complimented you in writing in a way that you can use to your advantage? Don't hesitate to include documentation when a teacher does this.

Resume Writing: Attend seminars or watch on line seminars from the CMC Have a friend review your resume to see what could be included Get input from employed friends Keep in mind that you are the author and subject. Be prepared to demonstrate, use what is most useful, and be firm in saying who you are.

What to do before graduating: Get experience Read job ads online and in the paper, Keep track of things you like, See what skills you need for them that you do not have. Try an internship or volunteer experience Attend a job fair before you need to. Do an informational interview

Alice Jones — Career Center

Asked: What is it you want to do with your degree in English?

The career center can help us establish what we will do with our degrees once we are out of college.

You want to see who is at the fair. Just because the job isn't listed under "English" does not mean there is nothing available for us as careers.

Check out the website to what the CMC has to offer. The CMC helps tie your major and career together, offers resources and programs