Liberty

1.What did the Founding Fathers (including Paine, Jefferson, Madison, and other authors of our founding documents) mean by the terms “Liberty” and “Freedom?”

2. How did they define these terms?  What measures to protect liberty did they put into the Constitution?

3.Which “liberties” did they seek to protect, and which liberties did they fail to protect? And finally, whose liberties were protected in the original Constitution, and whose were not?

Intermittent fasting

After reading through the material on intermittent fasting this week, what is your view on its safety and efficacy? Would you recommended intermittent fasting to family, friends or clients as a health education professional?

If so, which type of fasting do you recommend and why? If not, what type of eating pattern would you recommend and why?

Note

You should be using credible sources in these posts and citing them within the post as well as including the full citation at the end.

frame and promote collaborative learning

Guidelines and Rubric for Online Discussion Boards

The purpose of the discussion board is to frame and promote collaborative learning.  Active and regular participation is not only important for me to see, but also important for you in learning the course content and in developing your thoughts and positions on various topics.

The three cardinal rules for Discussion Boards:

1. Please remember that the cultural of mutual respect that is part of this course extends into the virtual classroom environment.
2. Participation in these discussion boards is required.
3. Participation alone is not enough; a thoughtful and meaningful approach in your posts is required.  (Quality counts!)

 

 

The total of your participation in a single discussion board question (topic) will be graded on a ten point scale.

 

Here is the protocol for posting and contributing to an online discussion:

 

You are expected to participate on at least 2 different days.

You should begin at least one thread and provide at least two posts in response to other participants’ threads.

Posting should be a minimum of one short paragraph.  Word totals for each post should be in the 100-300 words range.  Whether you agree or disagree explain why with supporting evidence and concepts from the readings or a related experience.

Be organized in your thoughts and ideas.

Incorporate correlations with the assigned readings or topics.

Stay on topic.

Provide evidence of critical, college-level thinking and thoughtfulness in your responses or interactions.  Avoid summarizing.

Contribute to the learning community by being creative in your approaches to topics, being relevant in the presented viewpoints, and attempting to motivate the discussion.

Be aware of grammar and sentence mechanics.

Use proper etiquette.  Remember that being respectful is critical.

Discussion Rubric:

Participating is measured by posting on 2 different days.  You should make a minimum of 3 postings in total: one new thread and two thoughtful responses to different members.  Your participation will be graded on a ten point scale as follows.

A Discussion (9-10 points) – participated 3 times, minimum of 3 posts

A-level postings:

• Are made in a timely fashion, giving others an opportunity to respond.
• Are thoughtful and analyze the content or question asked.
• Make connections to the course content and/or other experiences.
• Extend discussions already taking place or pose new possibilities or opinions not previously voiced.
• Are from participants aware of the needs of the community, motivate group discussion, and present a creative approach to the topic.

*If these criteria are met but the 100 word count is not met, the score will drop one point.

B Discussion (8-9 points) – participated 2 times, minimum of 2 posts

B-level postings:

• Are made in a timely fashion, giving others an opportunity to respond.
• Are thoughtful and analyze the content or question asked.
• Make connections to the course content and/or other experiences, but connections are unclear, not firmly established or are not obvious.
• Contain novel ideas, connections, and/or real-world application but lack depth, detail and/or explanation.
• Are from participants who interact freely and occasionally attempt to motivate discussion.

*If these criteria are met but the 100-200 word count is not met, the score will drop one point.

C Discussion (5-8 points) – participated 2 time, minimum of 2 posts

C-level postings:

• Are usually, but not always, made in a timely fashion.
• Are generally accurate, but the information delivered is limited.
• Make vague or incomplete connections between class content and posting by other students.
• Summarize what other students have posted and contain few novel ideas.
• Show marginal effort to become involved with group.

*If these criteria are met but the 100-200 word count is not met, the score will drop two points.

 

D Discussion (1-4 points) – participated 1 time, minimum 1 posts

D level postings:

• Are not made in timely fashion, if at all.
• Are superficial, lacking in analysis or critique.
• Contribute few novel ideas, connections, or applications.
• May veer off topic.
• Show little effort to participate in learning community as it develops.

*If these criteria are met but the 100-200 word count is not met, the score will drop 1 point.

 

F Discussion (0 points). 

• Participant was rude or abusive to other course participants. In this case, the number and quality of other posts is irrelevant.

OR

• Participant failed to meet the basic criteria for the “D Discussion”.

Self-Reflection

a. Watch the following two interview videos.

Note

Write a two-page (max length is three pages) self reflection paper (double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt font size) for each interview. Find relevant concepts and theories (e.g strategic leadership, business strategy, human resource management, finance etc) from the textbook in this class and tie that to interview contents.

(1) Interview video of Mr. Ferraiuolo is available at youtube link below.

Jonathan Ferraiuolo is CEO of the Pacific Holding Corporation. He earned his undergrad and MBA degrees from EWU and is now a guest instructor at GU. Here is his linkedin page and youtube interview video of him.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-ferraiuolo-mba-8452951 (Links to an external site.)

(2) Interview video of Mr. Helmbrecht:

Mr. Helmbrecht is invited by Magdalena Kernie who took this course in Spring 2021 quarter. I am appreciative that Magdalena makes the efforts to make the invitation which will broaden managerial horizons and bring practitioner’s perspective to this class.

Mr. Helmbrecht has been serving in many business leadership roles including CEO at Lakeside Capital Group (Jan 2015- Dec 2018), EVP and CFO at Itron (2005-2014). Mr. Helmbrecht is a member of Board of Directors at Washington Trust Bank (Jan 2006-present).

You can find Mr. Helmbrecht leadership experiences and education at the following Linkedin page:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevehelmbrecht/

Download Steve Helmbrecht talk_former CFO at Itron.mp4