I also graduated undergrad with a Leadership Certificate, and I had to pass seven courses and 50 community services hours to do so. I officially finished my Leadership Certification during my junior year, but I wrote a lot of New York Times essays about current issues and how they correlate with the studies and theories we learned throughout the course of that time.
One of the best things about obtaining a liberal arts degree is that I had to opportunity to have such a wide range of writing possibilities (for English, communication, science, and Leadership courses), that now I feel that my writing skills have grown immensely.
The first essay, "Science on his Own Terms," (New York Times Article 1), is from a Leadership 103 course in Spring 2014 that talks about a geologist named Gene Shinn who wrote an autobiography, Bootstrap Geologist, and I associate it with behavioral leadership.
The second essay, "The World of Mars," (NY Times Paper 2), is also from a Leadership 103 course in Spring 2014, where I talk about John Wesley Powell who I argue is a successful leader because he sparked investigation within the world of geology in regards to the environment on Mars.
The third essay, "Mystery of the Missing Women in Science" (NY Times 3), is also from a Leadership 103 course in Spring 2014, where I talk about women in science and how it relates to women in Leadership.
The fourth essay, "A Ghost Town, Going Green" (NY Times Paper 1), is from a Leadership 201 course in Fall 2014, which talks about Gerald Freeman, a geologist, who renovates a desolate town - Nipton, California, and how that relates back to Leadership.
The fifth essay, "Science Fiction Writers Take a Rosier View," (NY Times Paper 2) is also from a Leadership 201 course in Fall 2014, where I talk about science fiction writers and how that relates to exemplary leadership by challenging the process of dark writing, enabling action by building a model that inspires others to write positively and encourage different thinking about technology in order to create and envision a better future.Â
The sixth essay, "Writing Alone, Together" (NY Times 3) is also from a Leadership 201 course in Fall 2014, where I talk about Bonnie Tsui, a member of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto, who explains that working with a group of other writers can cause anxiety and self-consciousness. Writing in a community is more productive because a group of writers who can organize everyone's work creates a self-managed environment and promotes shared leadership. I relate this back to leadership.
The seventh essay, "China's Crime-Free Crime Films," (NY Times Paper One) is from a Leadership 203 course in Spring 2015, where I talk about Nury Vittachi, a journalist/novel writer in Hong Kong, who displays the reactive culture within China perfectly through describing the impossible screenplay writing and film development process.
The eighth essay, "Wheat People versus Rice People," (NY Times Paper Two) is also from a Leadership 203 course in Spring 2015, where I compare Western and Eastern cultures, and how it relates to Leadership.
The ninth essay, "Obama Hands Venezuelan Leader a Cause to Stir Support" (NY Times Paper Three) is also from a Leadership 203 course in Spring 2015, where I explain Latin American Leadership through President Nicolas Maduro, who exemplifies Natural Order, collectivism, referent power, a bold leadership style, and distinctions of morality.
The tenth essay, "University of California Adopts Statement Condemning Anti-Semitism" (HG NY Times Paper 1) from an Introduction to Human Geography course in Spring 2016 (a Leadership elective course), where I talk about anti-Semitism at the University of California and relate it back to anti-Semitism within The Myth of the Muslim Tide.
The eleventh essay, "Macedonian Police Use Tear Gas to Stop Migrants at Border" (HG NY Times Paper 2) is also from an Introduction to Human Geography course in Spring 2016, where I talk about an event where the Macedonian police forces shot tear gas and rubber bullets at a camp of 12,000 refugees who were throwing rocks and trying to reopen the "barbed-wire-topped-border fence" in the Greek town of Idomeni, and how this relates back to The Myth of the Muslim Tide.
The twelfth essay, "Organizational Communication and The EXCEL Workshop" is from an Organizational Communications course in Fall of 2016, where I talk about specific concepts from the course and how they related to the Leadership program's EXCEL Workshop.