Farmingdale State College is a well-regarded school on Long Island, New York. However, like there would be with most colleges, there are underlying issues with it. The current state of online teaching is one of the most important issues, in my opinion. When applying for classes at Farmingdale, students are shown a variety of options […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Does Asynchronous Learning at Farmingdale Make the Grade?Students prepare “Job Documents Portfolios” and conduct “Mock Interviews” in Professor Jeaniffere Vila’s EGL310 Technical Writing course. Many students report back to Professor Vila that their success securing jobs in the “real world” is due, in part, to the lessons learned and skills acquired from this project.
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Mock Interviews Lead to Real-World SuccessSeasonal Depression (Seasonal Affective Disorder) Seasonal Depression, also called Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), is a type of depression. It’s triggered by the change of seasons and most commonly begins in late Fall. Symptoms include feelings of sadness, lack of energy, loss of interest in usual activities, oversleeping and weight gain. Treatments include light therapy, talk […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on SAD for A SeasonThe COVID-19 Pandemic has raged on for the better part of two years, changing the way we think and act as a society as we grapple with the crisis. An air of caution now hangs around us as the world heals, with public health mandates continuing to loosen after waves and waves of the virus. […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Omicron’s Infectivity: A Deep Dive into the Enduring Dangers of COVID-19The Long Island Herald Community Newspapers organization is looking for interns to work with the Herald editorial staff on briefs, articles and other reporting projects. Interns can also work with Herald editors and reporters when they cover news conferences and meetings. Interns will get the experience of working in a newsroom and doing the work […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Long Island Herald Community Newspapers InternshipEsther Joy Sherry has created a survey based on her research on the relationship between Environmental Stability and Social Media. Esther is an Interaction Design, IXD, student at Farmingdale State College and having this survey completed will help her answer her senior project question, “How can we use Web 3 to create social systems to […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Review & Complete the Environmental Stability and Social Media Survey!Hello! My name is River Harrison, and I am here to spread the word about all the clubs you didn’t know we have at Farmingdale State College! I pride myself on being an active member of my FSC community, so I want to share these connections with you, my dear reader! Did you know we […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on “You Were in A Show!” A Spotlight on FSC’s Backstage Theatre CompanyThe Pandemic changed the world in more ways than we thought was possible. It affected everyone differently, and made most people recognize the things that they took for granted. The experience of learning in a classroom environment was never something I thought I’d miss until it was temporarily taken away from me and education was […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on How Covid Shifted My PerspectiveThe HBO original series “Euphoria,” like its namesake, reaches impeccable highs when it hits on the claustrophobia of being young in high school, but truly soars when it faces the uncomfortable realities of addiction. Never has a scene felt so painfully realized than in episode 5’s “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird.” Interventions have been done […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on “Gorgeous Claustrophobia”: A Review of Euphoria Season 2Humanity will face one of the greatest future crises we will ever endure. The Extinction of Soil. As the world population rapidly increases, the demands for food naturally increase as well. The high demand for food has influenced unsustainable agricultural practices from around the world that are ripping the soil and planting crops without giving […]
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