Summer Assignments

• Something You Know A Lot About (SYKALA)

  During the retreat, you will be tasked with giving a presentation on something you know a lot about. You can present on anything, as long as it can be accomplished within the given rubric. Previous topics have been "How to make Rice Balls," "How to Write a Good Character," "Puppeteering," "Orca Whales," and many others. These presentations on Something You Know a Lot About are referred to as SYKALAs and you will need to prepare one before the retreat.

   

  Please note that you will need to turn in something at retreat check-in which demonstrates that you have already prepared your presentation, such as a hard copy outline of your presentation or PowerPoint slides.

   

  Here are some examples of past SYKALA Winners:

   

  • Mike
  • Kevin
  • Sarah
  • Taylor
  • Matthew
  • Josh
  • Nick

   

  The full rubric is located here: SYKALA Rubric

• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) & Strong Interest Inventory (SII) Instructions

  Career Assessment Instructions: 

  Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) & Strong Interest Inventory (SII)

   

   

  Before completing the assessments, register withCareer Services by accessing thewebsite at http://www.unf.edu/careerservices/.  Click Osprey CareerLink (under Quick Links) and complete the Personal & Demographic Information.

   

   

  Adhere to the following guidelines for completing the assessments:

  Do not omit more than 2 questions.

  Each assessment should only take approximately 20 - 30 minutes to complete.

  For both, don’t spend too much time on any one question.

  Try to complete each assessment in one sitting or note the user ID # to login at a later time.

   

   

  To access the assessments click or COPY AND PASTE the following link into your web browser. 

  https://login.cpp.com/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f%3fwa%3dwsignin1.0%26wtrealm%3dhttps%253a%252f%252fElevate.cpp.com%252f%26wctx%3drm%253d0%2526id%253dpassive%2526ru%253d%25252fRespondent%25252fReturningUser%25253ftokenId%25253d4a595136-44a4-48f1-8639-94a4d99c994e%26wct%3d2017-06-20T20%253a38%253a33Z&wa=wsignin1.0&wtrealm=https%3a%2f%2fElevate.cpp.com%2f&wctx=rm%3d0%26id%3dpassive%26ru%3d%252fRespondent%252fReturningUser%253ftokenId%253d4a595136-44a4-48f1-8639-94a4d99c994e&wct=2017-06-20T20%3a38%3a33Z

   

  Complete the Registration page and click Register.  You will then be routed to the Dashboard with the list of assessments selected for your group.

   

   

  Click Start for the MBTI.  Once complete, click Next and then Done to submit responses.

   

   

  You will be re-routed to the Dashboard to Click Start for the SII.

   

   

  Your results will be provided at the Retreat.  If you are absent that day, you must schedule an individual appointment to receive your results. 

   

   

  Both assessments should be completed by July 21st.

   

   

• Family History Research

  Summer Assignment: Please contact your family and find out whatever you can about your family history as far back as you can. Focus your research on your family’s immigration history, not the whole family history. The questions might include:

   

  • When did your family members immigrate?
  • Why did they immigrate?
  • How did they do it (ship passage, flights, with jobs in advance?
  • What was life like (jobs, family size, lifestyle, assets) before immigration in the home country?
  • Were there “push factors” which are circumstances in the home country that contributed a desire/need to leave?
  • What was life like after immigration (jobs, family size, lifestyle, assets)?
  • Were there “pull factors” or promises of better life in the U.S. that contributed a desire to immigrate?
  • Did your family move around in the US after that, and again, why?

  
  

  In October, you will submit a research paper trying to answer the question, “Why did my family immigrate to the US?”  You likely will have several ancestors to choose from, unless you, yourself are the immigrant.  Information should be drawn from two sources: oral histories from family members and textual evidence: history and/or documentary evidence. The documentary evidence will answer the when and how questions, and possibly some of the why questions, and the oral histories may be able to fill in the gaps.  I do not want you to write the paper now (there will be some workshops and discussions of expectations throughout the semester that I want you to hear before you actually begin to write), but for many, it will be easier to do the research now, as it asks you to contact family members and perhaps look at and maybe photograph or copy documents that might be hard to access during the busy semester away from home.