Finals
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100

How can you find the Final Schedule for your classes?

1) Go to CI's webpage

2) Type in "Finals Schedule" into the search bar.

100

When are Professor Lefevre's office hours, AND where is her office located? (2 part)

Tuesdays/Thursdays 12:30 to 1:15 (or by
arrangement) in office at Madera Hall Room # 1368.

100

What tribe does the land CI is built on belong to?

The Chumash Tribe

100

Who experiences imposter syndrome?

Everyone. 

100

Who played Jack Torrence in "The Shining"? 

("All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.")

Jack Nicholson

200

If we were to meet during finals week, what time and day would we meet?

If your class normally meets T/TH 10:00 AM. We would meet Thursday, December 8 8:00-10:00 AM. 

200

When is the Nonprofit Research Paper for this class due?

The Nonprofit Research Paper is due Tuesday, November 29, 2022

200

True or false: Critical Issues only affect third-world countries.

False. Critical Issues affect ALL countries.

200

Name at least two of the mission pillars at Channel Islands.

1) Community Engagement

2) Integrative Studies

3) International Affairs

4) Multicultural Engagement

200

How many teeth does an American opossum have?

The American opossum has 50 teeth! (That's more than a fully grown wolf or bear.)

300

True or false: For finals, Classes that met ONCE a week may have different meeting times than TWICE a week during Final Exams Week.

True. 

300

Name at least one pillar of service learning.

Meets a community need now!
No task too small or unimportant.
Attitude is everything.
Humility in service.

300

What is a "nonprofit organization"?

"A nonprofit organization is a group organized for purposes other than generating profit, and in which no part of the organization's income is distributed to its members, directors, or officers."

- Non-profit organizations | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute (cornell.edu)

300

Name one of the two note taking strategies we discussed.

1) The Cornell System 

2) The Mind Mapping System 

300
True or False: R.L. Stine, author of the "Goosebumps" and "Fear Street" book series, never learned how to type on the computer.

True. R.L. Stine is quoted saying: "I just never learned to type correctly, so I adjusted. Yeah, I type mostly with my index fingers too."

400

True or false: We have a final for this class.

False.

400

What does Service Learning provide/ teach? (Rough Definition)

"Service-Learning provides a compelling reason to
learn, teaches the skills of civic participation and
develops an ethic of service and civic responsibility."

400

What makes for a good thesis statement for an essay? (Name at least one thing.)

A good thesis statement:

  • Takes on a subject upon which reasonable people could disagree
  • Deals with a subject that can be adequately treated given the nature of the assignment
  • Expresses one main idea
  • Asserts your conclusions about a subject
400

What mechanisms leads to effective innovation? (Marshmallow Challenge.) 

The lesson in the marshmallow challenge is that we need to identify the assumptions in our project - the real customer needs, the cost of the product, and the duration of the service - and test them early and often. (Keeping the goal in mind and not focusing solely on the end result.)

400

Where on campus can you receive free tutoring and help with your assignments? (2 answers)

The LRC and Multi-Writing Literacy Center in Broome Library.

500

True or false: DIGs have a final as well.

False. You do NOT have a final for our DIGs, but we will have an End of the Semester Reflection.

500

What are 4 types of service learning?

1) Direct service: Directly affects people,
animals, or physical space
2) Indirect Service: Might take the form of
fundraising or collections. Not present with
the people or things the organization helps.
3) Advocacy: Speaking up for or against an
issues or creating a solution.
4) Research: Involves finding new information
that informs or creates action.

500

Define, "Reciprocity ".

"Reciprocity is the recognition, respect, and valuing
of the knowledge, perspective, and resources that
each partner contributes to the collaboration."

500

As I was going to Saint Ives, I met a man with 7 wives. Each wife has 7 sacks, each sack had 7 cats, each cat had 7 kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives. How many were going to Saint Ives? (Dragonology riddle)

1. As "I" was going to Saint Ives.

500

When was Channel Islands University Founded?

CI was founded in 2002.