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Psychology faculty, Gloria Howell and Dr. Tammy Zacchilli recently presented at the Department of Defense Worldwide Education Symposium in Las Vegas. This is the most-attended conference focused on military education with over 2,600 attendees from the military, civilian and contract personnel, and officials from over 250 colleges, universities, as well as educational organizations and industries that support higher education. (more…)
Dr. Laura Ault
Asst. Chair of Social Science
Assoc. Professor of Psychology
Gainesville Center
Educational Experiences Study—Students, we need your help.
Saint Leo University’s Psychology faculty are interested in student’s perceptions of their college education.
Are you current student enrolled in Saint Leo University? If so, please take a few moments to complete this brief online survey.
Academic Excellence Day is a day set aside for the celebration of student achievement. The university community joins together to highlight and acclaim students’ accomplishments and academic excellence. The day concludes with an award recognition ceremony held on the main campus.
To all the 2012 graduating mothers and to the mothers supporting their graduating spouses, sons and daughters, Happy Mother’s Day from the Saint Leo University Psychology Faculty.
Aixa Marcial ’12 (Univ. Campus)
What was your experience as a psychology major at Saint Leo University?
I had a wonderful experience as a psychology major. The classes were intellectually challenging and fun! The teachers are always available for help and open to talk about anything. I really learned a lot about myself and from others.
What would you say about your Senior Seminar (PSY 499) class?
Senior Seminar was a challenging, yet intellectually stimulating class. It prepares you to think about everything possible in the past, the present, and in the future.
What would your advice be to the freshmen, sophomore and junior?
Some words I leave behind are to take advantage of every opportunity the psychology department has to offer. If not, you will miss out on the full experience of being a psychology major. Take the time to talk with your professors because they WANT to help you. Use the classroom as your playground to utilize your skills, which include writing, speaking, thinking and dressing professionally.
Yvette Taylor
Senior, University Campus
Hello,
My name is Yvette Taylor and I am a student at Saint Leo University. I am a divorced parent, raising three of my four daughters and a Desert Storm veteran. At the age of 20 I left college and joined the US Air Force. Fifteen years and four daughters later, I decided to return to college. How could I tell my daughters that they had to go to college when I was not willing to finish it myself? I was taught in the Air Force that you do not ask anyone to do anything that you are not willing to do.
In the summer of 2006, I returned to college part-time while working a full-time job. In 2008, I was laid off my job of eleven years, and decided to go back to college full-time. I graduated with honors from Pasco-Hernando Community College in December of 2009. I remember praying that I would get into Saint Leo because of the prestigious reputation that the school has and I thought that it would look better on my resume’ than some of the other colleges in the area. The excitement I felt when I got my acceptance letter cannot be put into words. I bought a shirt for every member of my family; I wanted the world to know that I am student at Saint Leo University. Everyday that I walk the campus is like a dream for me.
This semester has been very hard for me because I have class until 6:10pm on Tuesdays. This class really disrupts my family’s schedule because my youngest daughter has to be picked up by 3pm and my twin daughters have basketball practice every day until 5pm. Along with these problems I am taking a class that is requires a lot of extra outside work in Dr. Farris’ class. So I have had to bring my daughters to seminars so that I could earn extra credit in the class.
For the most part my daughters have been very supportive of me. One day I came home complaining about the work load of this class, my oldest twin look at me and said
Mom if you had finished school when you were suppose to then you wouldn’t have this problem.
I wanted to be mad at her, but she was right, so the mother in me took over. My reply to her was “your right, so when you go to college remember how my going back to college later disrupted your life. Do what you are supposed to do while you are there.”
My daughters are what really keep me going. If I want them to get a college degree, then I need to set the example. It is so funny to me that even on my worst day at school I have not ever considered quitting. And as hard as this class is for me, I haven’t ever considered not going to Grad school. On the days when I feel discouraged, I look around at the campus and appreciate being a Saint Leo student, and tell myself,
Anything worth having is worth working hard for! Thank you Saint Leo!
Graduation 2009 PHCC Yvette, daughters & nephew.
Have a positive Saint Leo story to tell? Email shannon.farris@saintleo.edu for details.
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