Summer Reading-
NOTE: All assignments are to be in Times New Roman 12 point font and double spaced.
Three Cups of Tea
by Greg Mortensen
Who Moved My Cheese
by Spencer Johnson
To get ahead in T101, you may write a one page summary of how reading Who Moved My Cheese relates to your coming to college, and another one page summary of how you could see applying the concepts in this book to any company. This means 2 separate one page summaries would need to be written. One page is the minimum and maximum amount allowed. Place your name on the top left side of the paper.
These two assignments will be collected near to the beginning of the semester (due dates will be on your course syllabus).
Assignments -
Personal Information ( Submit as an email attachment.)
Compile the following information into a 1-page Word document; either .doc or docx. At the top of the word document, justified on the left margin, put your last name, followed by a comma, and then the rest of your legal name. Under that, put the name you wish to be called. Do this in all caps and bold.
Under your name, insert a picture of you that is no larger than 2 or 3 inches long. This picture can be of you just hanging out. Please don’t feel like you need to send your high school senior portrait. As long as we can see you, that's all that matters. If there are other people in the picture, make sure we know which one is you. Feel free to use the wrap text function in word to move your answer up beside your picture.
Below your picture, answer the following questions. The answers may be bulleted lists, and complete sentences are not required.
Use the question in red to begin your answer for each section.
- Who are the members of your family "unit"? List the names including the last name of the members of the "family" unit you just left to come to school here. Include the people with whom you were living and their relationship to you. Also include other individuals who are a major part of your "family" unit but may not live with you such as grandparents, a parent who does not live with you, etc. Just provide their name including last names and kin or relationship such as step brother, etc. If you are married, please include the name of your spouse and any children.
- Things I Do. Provide a list of things you can do and start with those you are best at and/or enjoy most. Include on this list anything you'd like such as riding horses, carving wood figures, playing classical guitar, whatever!! But remember to prioritize with those you do best and/or enjoy most at the top. Be sure to indicate beside the activities at the top, say the first 4 or 5 at least, whether you are good at it, just enjoy it and not really good at it, or both!! Actually put numbers beside these on your list.
- What is important to me and why? Take a few minutes and just write down all the kinds of activities in which you have been involved both in and out of school ex. 4-H, church, sports, Scouts, band, art competitions, photography, volunteer work, etc etc etc….as this list could be endless. Then make a list of 5 of these that are most significant to you and something that you experienced in these 5 activities. These statements should be brief…no more than 2 sentences or so for each of the meaningful activities.
- A Good Friend Would Say - One of your good friends is going to tell us why we should be glad you are in our T 101 class. List 5-7 things s/he would tell us in order of importance.
- Memorable Event - Describe an event that has taken place in your life and had a major impact. Tell us why.
- Why did you choose the College of Textiles? Be completely honest.
- What do you hope to get out of T 101?
- Parent Email Addresses - We send a newsletter to parents and anyone you think would like to know what is happening in the college. This is general information and is certainly not about you personally. We need current and correct email addresses and please tell us the name of the person that goes with the email.
Personal Planner -
One of the required books for T101 is a Day Minder or Week at a Glance personal planner. These are for sale at stores like Office Max or Staples. You can see one at www.ataglance.com.
Contact Philip Dail or Liz Moran with any questions.
Email is strongly encouraged and preferred.
philip_dail@ncsu.edu
Director of Advising and Admissions
Phone: 919-515-1177
liz_moran@ncsu.edu
Academic Advisor
Phone: 919-515-0030