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My name is Aurelio Arroyo and I am a 19 year old sophomore from Gridley, California. I plan to major in Broadcast Journalism, and become a Sports Broadcaster hopefully for ESPN. I am a huge college football fan and just generally love sports and music. I am currently working on the “AZ High School P.A.R.E.N.T.” program with Obed and Angela, which focuses on getting the parents of high school freshman up to date on all the information that they need to know about high school and everything associated with it. It is basically a handbook and we like to refer to it as a “Hitchhiker‘s Guide to High School”.
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Mitchell Bartholomew
My name is Mitchell Bartholomew and I am from Glendale, Arizona. I am a senior majoring in Psychology with interest in the field of Clinical Psychology where I plan to attend graduate school to obtain a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology. As a Rodel Community Scholar I have collaborated with Dr. Hickman and Jennifer Mathwig on a high school dropout trajectory study that compared high school graduates and dropouts across many variables in hopes of shedding some light on the diverse factors contributing to student dropout. Currently, I am working on an attentional bias study which will examine the physiological attentional biases or shift of high school students toward school related words. We theorize that dropout students will exhibit a stronger attentional bias or shift toward school related words, as these words are more threatening/stress-inducing to dropouts than graduates.
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Lori Burnette
My name is Loni Burnette My name is Loni Burnette and I am upstate New York. I moved to Arizona and graduated from Cactus High School. Currently, I am a Junior and I am majoring in Political Science. I am leaning toward a career in international relations. Last yeah my group worked at Apollo High School in an effort to increase the college matriculation rate among their senior class. Currently, I am working on an attentional bias study with Dr hickman and Mitchell Bartholomew in which will examine the physiological attentional biases or shift of high school students toward school related words. We theorize that dropout students will exhibit a stronger attentional bias or shift toward school related words, as these words are more threatening/stress-inducing to dropouts than graduates.
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Andrew Buttrey
My name is Andrew Buttrey and I am from Eagar, Arizona. I am a freshman attending ASU-West majoring in Communications. As a Rodel Scholar, I am currently working on the Arizona High School Town Hall project. The goals of Arizona High School Town Hall are to being students from around the state to identify and solve educational related concerns students encounter. In addition, we provide information on enrollment, scholarships, financial aid, and allow students to experience dorm life on a college campus. We will share our results with the Governor of Arizona, the Legislators of Arizona, and various political, education, and community leaders.
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Chambray Davies
My name is Chambray Davies and I am a sophomore at Arizona State University West Campus majoring in Global Business. Next I plan to attend The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in order to one-day achieve my career ambition to work as a buyer for Ralph Lauren. I am fortunate to be one of the Rodel Community Scholars. The Rodel Program has illustrated the ideal meaning of civic leadership and reminded me that we have the power to change the world! I am excited to be working on two projects, Arizona High School Town Hall and Path4Teens.
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Obed Franco
My name is Obed Franco I am 18 years old. I am currently a senior at Maryvale High School and will graduate in May of this year. I am an athlete who plays basketball, football, baseball, and I am also a member of National Honor Society. I have been involved in many community service activities including being a camp counselor for a week, helping paint graffiti filled walls, and preparing meals which were donated to the homeless. I plan to major in Life Sciences due to my interest in the medical field. I hope to continue my education in medical school.
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Erika Grammer
My name is Erika Grammer Hello, my name is Erika Grammer and I am a freshman here at ASU west. I am an Elemenatry Education major and my goal is to someday teach first grade at my elementary, Desert Horizon. I graduated from Tolleson Union High School where i was involved in theatre, "Starving Artists" writing club, and National Honor Society. Some hobbies of mine include oil painting, reading and photography.
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Sammy Hurtado
My name is Sammy Hurtado I am 18 years old and I live in Douglas, Arizona. I am a student at Douglas High School and I am Vice-President of the DECA club. I plan to attend ASU-West full time in the fall of 2007 to work with the Rodel Program. I plan to major in business and aspire to one day own my own business. I currently play baseball and work at a retail store. Im excited to be a Rodel Scholar.
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My name is Amanda Johnson, I am currently a senior at ASU West working towards a degree in Secondary Education English. Following graudation I plan on teaching high school English in the Phoenix area and pursuing a master's degree in English Literature. I have a passion for literature, especially British literature. I enjoy reading, spending time with my family and traveling. I am currently working on a group project called Parent University- working to educate parents on secondary education.
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My name is Sarah Johnson, My name is Sarah Johnson and I am a freshman at Arizona State University. I am currently working to achieve a Life Science major to become an optometrist. I plan to intern in an optometry office during my junior and senior years to give me experience in the field I desire to work in. What first interested me in the Rodel Community Scholars program was its core purpose in helping the community. I first became involved in this program when I volunteered during my senior year in high school. At that time I was able to help assist in raising scholarship funds for Tolleson High School. Now I am working on a project with Bryce Reynoso that involves increasing the enrollment rate of Westview High School students to ASU-West. There are many students that have the potential to exceed in a university environment but choose to enroll in community colleges because the dramatic change between a high school atmosphere and a university is too intimidating. With several promotional activities that are geared to present a university education in a positive light, we hope to alter the overall student perception on four-year colleges.
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My name is Heather Lange, originally from Worcester, Massachusetts, I am from Phoenix, Arizona. I am a junior in the College of Teacher Education and Leadership at ASU-West and plan on becoming a high school English teacher. I was born in Phoenix but grew up near Worcester, Massachusetts before coming back to Arizona for my senior year in high school. I love ballet, playing field hockey, cooking, and reading classic literature. I am a newlywed and reside in Peoria with my husband and our puppy, Champ. Currently, I am working on a group project to imporve the college-bound rate at Apollo High School in Glendale, Arizona.
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Melissa Lundell
My name is Melissa Lundell, originally from Casa Grande, Arizona, I am from Phoenix, Arizona. I graduated from Cortez High School and Phoenix College, and I am currently attending Arizona State University at the West Campus. I am majoring in secondary education with an emphasis in History. With my degree, I plan to teach high school history or pursue graduate school. As a Rodel Scholar, I am working on a project to socially integrate gifted sixth grade students with their regular education peers. Our goal is to increase the social and personal-emotional adjustment to school for the sixth grade gifted students and raise the academic adjustment of sixth grade regular students.
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Jennifer Mathwig
My name is Jennifer Mathwig and I am from Cave Creek, Arizona. I am senior majoring in Psychology who has interested in the field of educational/developmental psychology and plan to attend graduate school to obtain my Masters degree in secondary education and my Masters degree in counseling psychology. Currently, I am working with Dr. Hickman and Mitchell Bartholomew on a high school dropout trajectory study that compares high school graduates and dropouts over many variables in every grade K-8, in hopes of shedding some light on the diverse factors contributing to student dropout.
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Marcae Matthews
My name is Marcae Matthews and I am from Eager, Arizona. I am a freshman attending ASU-West majoring in Elementary Education. My plans are to become a 2nd grade teacher. In addition, I want to coach high school basketball. I am involved with the Rodel Community Scholars and tutor at both Maryvale and Carl Hayden high schools. In addition, I also work on a group project with Maryvale high school trying to raise attendance rates. I love ASU-West and being involved with Rodel.
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Christina Mersch
My name is Christina Mersch and I am from San Diego, California. I am a junior majoring in Business at Arizona State University at the West Campus. I plan to attend graduate school in order to enter the corporate market with Starbucks in the field of Business and Marketing. As a Rodel Scholar, I am currently working on the Arizona High School Town Hall Project. The goal of Arizona High School Town Hall is to bring students from around the state to identify and solve educational related concerns. In addition, we provide information on college enrollment, scholarships and financial aid as well as allow students to experience dorm life on a college campus. We plan to share our results with the Arizona’s Governor, legislators, and other political, education and community leaders.
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Brittany Montanye
My name is Brittany MontanyeI am 18 years old and I live in Glendale, Arizona. I will graduate from Apollo high school in May and attend ASU West in the fall of 2007 as a full time student. I look forward with great anticipation to be involved in the Rodel Community Scholars Program. I cannot wait to incorporate my ideas and my thirst to make a difference into the program. In addition, I will be majoring in Psychology in prospects to reach the Doctorate level and with that, I will write a book someday.
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Ify Nwambuonwo
My name is Ify Nwambuonwo, orginally from Nigeria, I am from Phoenix, Arizona. I am a Psychology major at Arizona State University at the West Campus. When I graduate, I intend on pursuing a career as a counselor or therapist. In the Rodel Program, . I am currently involved in the Rodel Junior Community Scholars project at Saguaro Elementary School. This project emulates the Rodel program at a sixth grade level. I look forward to seeing the results.
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Jose Osuna
My name is Jose Osuna, I am 17 years old and live in Douglas, Arizona. I am a full time student at Douglas High School and will graduate in May. I plan to attend ASU-West in the fall of 2007. I will major in Architecture. I aspire to become an architect. I am looking forward to working with Dr. Hickman and the Rodel Community Scholars Program.
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My name is Tyler Raeder and I am from Glendale, Arizona. Currently, I am attending Arizona State University at the West campus as a History major. I graduated from Sunrise Mountain High School in 2003. This is my second year in the Rodel Community Scholars program. I am excited to be a Rodel Scholar and have the pleasure of assisting in creating The Rodel Community Scholars website.
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My name is Amina Guillory-Ray and I am from Houston, Texas. I am a senior, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Pre-Law. I am interested in a career of human rights. As a Rodel Community Scholar under the leadership of Dr. Hickman, I have collaborated with my group in working on a website that will list financial aid and scholarships for universities, colleges, and private education in Arizona. It is a one stop website that will contain scholarship requirements, deadlines, applications etc.
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My name is Bryan Reynoso and I am 18 years old and a freshman at Arizona State University’s West Campus. I am majoring in Secondary Education – English and am planning on taking on a Spanish minor in the years to come. It is my goal to become a high school English teacher with an option in ESL education. Currently I am working with Sarah Johnson on the Westview High School Project. We are attempting to get the seniors there to attend the West Campus to ensure their college success.
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My name is Manuel Santellano I am a senior at Maryvale High School and will graduate this May. I am the youngest of two children and the first to attend a 4-year university at ASU West. I intend to major in Nursing and eventually continue my studies to possibly become a Pediatrician. I would also like to minor in Psychology and Sociology to try and gain an understanding of the roles of the human mind and society in the decisions we make. I am, unfortunately at a crossroads between finding how to pay for my education since my parents are unwilling to assist me in paying for my education.
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My name is Josh Snyder and I am from Glendale, Arizona, having graduated from Apollo High School in 2007. As a freshman at ASU-West majoring in psychology and taking part in the Rodel Community Scholars, I am currently working with Apollo High School in an effort to increase the number of students there that are going on to higher education. When I graduate I hope to work as a clinical psychologist.
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My name is Jessica Tocora I was born and raised in Glendale, Arizona. I will be a senior at ASU in the fall of 2008. I am currently a full-time student at ASU at the west campus, and I am currently working on receiving my bachelors in Global Business with an emphasis on finance and Spanish. I have an aspiration to become a successful Hispanic business woman, by assisting minority groups, in shortfall areas such as, education, finance, business and immigration. I look forward to fall 2008, given that this will be my first year participating in the Rodel Community Scholar Program. I trust that this upcoming experience will enhance my college career, by developing and improving my leadership skills, as well as, increasing my involvement within the community.
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My name is O'Shea Tometi and I was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. My parents were born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, and I have two other siblings. I am majoring in Marketing and getting a minor in Ethnic Studies. This is my first Semester in the Rodel Community Scholars program and my project is to relate graduation rates and family incomes.
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My name is Angela Walsh and I am new to Rodel for the 2007-2008 school year. I will be working on the AZ High School P.A.R.E.N.T. Project this year with Obed and Aurelio, essentially creating a "hitchhikers' guide" for parents of students entering high school. When there is a rare occurrence of free time, I enjoy dancing (especially in ASU West's No Sweat Dance Club), bowling, and working out! I am a sophomore at ASU West and am currently a Life Sciences major, hoping to eventually pursue a career in Pharmacy or some other kind of Health Sciences profession. I am also a student at the Barrett Honors College and enjoy participating in Honors-related activities.
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