On Monday November 27, individuals gathered together to attend the Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) induction ceremony. AKD is the International Sociology National Honor Society where members have shown excellence in the field of Sociology. In this ceremony, four students from the University of Tampa were inducted and congratulated on their hard work. To influence attendees who were not yet inducted into AKD and to inspire those who were just inducted, a professor at UT, Brittany Harder, gave a speech that lasted for approximately 45 minutes. She started out speaking about how she first got involved with Sociology. She was an Economics major who found herself taking a Sociology course where she regularly participated in discussions and ended up catching the eye of a student in the class. …show more content…
This was the start of her love for Sociology. She decided to double major in both Economics and Sociology, dedicate time to improving the world outside of school, and apply to Graduate school. She spoke about how hard she worked to achieve the goals she had set for herself and how she searched for help from professors and other staff members at the university. The second half of her speech served the purpose of motivating others. She spoke about how each of us could contribute to making a difference in the world, and how important it is to have conversations with individuals who may have different views than you rather than just arguing with them or telling them they are wrong. The speech was concluded by Dr. Harder explaining that even though Sociology can be discouraging at times, it can also be incredibly
Maria was a senior in high school. Her plans after high school was to go to lone star college to do 2 years of basics, then transfer to Sam Houston University. Maria was excited to graduate high school because she was going to be to be the first child of her family to get a high school diploma but also be the first one of her family to go to college. Maria had big dreams.
The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation presents “Tradition of Leadership® — Education to Enfranchisement and Enfranchisement to Employment,” a century of women’s history from 1870 to 1970. This journey through women’s history begins with women in higher education in the late 19th century and carries us through 1970 as women continued to make their mark in the workplace. Exhibit curator Edith Petersilia Mayo, curator emerita, is known for her work on the “From Parlor to Politics” exhibition and her reinterpretation of the “First Ladies” exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. Exhibit designer and Columbus College of Art and Design graduate Doug Distel brings Mayo’s scripts to life with his bold designs and
Not only that but she reminds the audience of how she did not volunteer for this speech, she was chosen by them (the audience) to hear about what is wrong with the American Press. She also explains what she believes the journalism should be
In Barbara Bush’s speech at the Wellesley college commencement in 1990. I believe that her main ideas are to remind the students that success is not defined by social expectations by unique personal goals when listening to her speech! I also feel that she is warning us on labeling others that we don’t know much about, that when she starts to talk about Alice Walker the famous writer of (The Color Purple) Bush also used demographic, the audiences gender age, and cultured, psychographic analysis which focuses on their beliefs values and life experiences and situational analysis, which also focuses on the setting and mood of the audience. Now with her examples she uses a story by Robert Fulghum about a young pastor finding himself in charge of
The essence of the speech relies on Chisholm’s fundamental ability and her own personal
In your lifetime you can experience, watch, and even help with a ceremony. Ceremonies are formal occurrences for religious and public occasions; usually to focus on one specific thing. There 's basically a ceremony for about everything. Ranging from a Christian baptism to an AVID induction ceremony. There 's a huge difference in experiencing, watching, and helping in a ceremony.
My increased desire to become an Alpha Man has been driven by my lifelong history and encounters with many of my past educators that are Alphas. I grew up in a typical underrepresented environment that had a big impact on my everyday life, from drugs, gangs, and a lack of ambition. Somehow that changed when I went to school, there where men in my schools that looked the same as the ones in my community, but the way they dressed and carried themselves was different. I later learned they were men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
I wanted join Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. sense my sophomore year of college. I want to have the brotherhood to help me grow intellectually, socially and intellectually. All these things I want and support I have seen in various moment through my experience with the brother of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity,
Within the text, Sotomayor explains how she has worked hard to get into prestigious schools, and how she has gotten to this point in her career despite having to face adversity. Sotomayor declares, “My father a factory worker with a third grade education, passed away when I was nine years old. On her own, my mother raised my brother and me” (21). By explaining the Sotomayor had lost her father at such a young age , yet was still able to make it into prestigious schools such as Princeton and Yale, the audience will feel empathy towards Sotomayor since she lost her father at such a young age, yet was still able to pass over such adversity. Within the speech, Sotomayor is able to utilize the audience’s empathy in order to persuade them that she is an optimal candidate for next supreme court justice, Sotomayor also uses an optimistic tone when convincing the senate judiciary committee that she is the best candidate for supreme court
People remember this has a great speech because what she represents in this speech is hope, gratefulness, and guidance. Also the rhetorical devices she uses makes the speech that much more personal. Her use of an apostrophe or using an imaginary person was a great addition to the speech. She stats “ where after all do universal human rights begin? In a small places, close to home, so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world of the individual person; the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends”(adoption).
Clinton attempts to use propaganda, empathy, and logic to present her point, that women to her audience, and succeeds at it. Overall, the speech is balanced in its argument style and use of rhetoric, such as the factors mentioned above. At this point, Clinton was not a New York senator yet, but only First Lady, yet she used her position to go to conferences, such as this conference, and speak out for women’s rights, as they are the same as human
Good morning, I welcome you all here today to the 2015 Science National Honor Society Induction Ceremony. I am honored to been asked to speak and to celebrate this wonderful occasion. I would like to congratulate to the students for being honored today for your achievements in leadership, community service, scholarship, character and your enthusiasm on science which are shown through hardwork and dedication that each of you has displayed. I would also like to congratulate to the parents and families for showing unconditional support, motivation, encouragement and love on these remarkable young people which is why they are here today and continue this way in order to lead them to the path of success. In addition, I would like to congratulate
Her speech is a motivational speech for the graduates but as well a form of occasion speech because it has experience, comfort, empathy, and humor. She gives encouraging words to make them proud of their achievements. The target audience is the graduates, their families, and the teachers. Her tone in the speech
Then by appealing to pathos, she reminds the world of the horrendous events that occur every day as a result of the inability of girls to speak up for themselves. Finally, she ties in a sense of hope through a shift in tense, as to present that together, everyone can aid in the success of the program in the end. Overall, Michelle Obama’s speech unites the world in supporting the cause for not only a woman’s right to education but also the right to speak up against those who shame them for being a part of the female