Liberal Arts, the Brain, and My Capstone Experience
One of the biggest reasons I chose Concordia College was the fact that it is a liberal arts college. Contrary to my stepdad’s belief that a liberal arts college...
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Putting a Cap on my College Education
For my last blog of the semester I am supposed to look back on my capstone experience. In some ways it seems wrong that the “cap” to my college career comes in ...
A Reflection on my Capstone Experience
Throughout my three and a half years at Concordia College, one aspect I have really enjoyed is the liberal learning that students are required to experience. Be...
Capstone Culmination
As I look back on my capstone in chemistry experience, I am glad that I was able to take part in this class. Capstone courses are meant to tie several discipli...
Colors of the Rainbow – A Look at Autism
Autism is more common today than ever before. According to the Autism Science Foundation, prevalence of autism was reported as 1 in 10,000. During the ninetie...
More Than Just Social Drinking?
Culture plays a role in the use of alcohol. Alcohol serves as a social lubricant, as it has across different cultures and time periods. Although alcohol appea...
Capstone? What's a capstone?
At the start of the semester, other than knowing I had to take a capstone course in order to get my degree, I had absolutely no idea what I was getting myself i...
Is the complex world we live in a possible cause of the rising cases of autism?
Our final neurochemistry topic of the semester focused on the developmental disorder known as autism. Autism is a very interesting topic because its cause can ...
Liberal learning at its finest: Concordia College Neurochemistry
In a typical class for a core requirement at Concordia College there is usually a new perspective, a new skill, a new set of knowledge, or even a new language i...
Animal models used to study alcoholism: What can we learn?
In many different areas of science, animal models are used to begin understanding of diseases and behaviors analogous to humans. This animal model concept has a...