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P.O.W.E.R. at Work: Where Are They Now?
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Normaris Gonzalez was first interviewed for the print version of your text, P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life. Where is she now? How has she managed to succeed at her studies? Have her goals changed since undergraduate school? Listen to her respond to the questions below.
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When we profiled you for the Speaking of Success feature in the text P.O.W.E.R. Learning, you had completed undergraduate school at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and were enrolled in a graduate program in counseling psychology at the State University of New York at Albany. Can you tell us where you are in that program? Are you almost finished? How many courses do you have left to take?
 Click here for response What other academic activities do you need to accomplish before you graduate?-Exams, dissertation, internship, etc.?
Click here for response What is your ultimate goal? What do you plan to do after graduation?
Click here for response As you progress in your studies, do you find that you are more or less motivated to complete your work than you were in undergraduate school? Why do you think that is so?
Click here for response As you know, the text, and now the Web site on which your success is profiled, is focused on student success in school, and ultimately in the working world. Can you give students any tips or hints on how you have managed to be so successful in your studies? Specifically:
Are you always as prepared as you want to be before you begin a task- a paper, a test, a project? How do you develop the habit of being prepared? What specific things do you do to organize yourself before you write a paper? Or start a project?
Click here for response Are you better able to focus on your work now that you are in graduate school? If yes, why do you think that is so- or if no- why not?- Too many distractions? Work harder? Deadlines more difficult?
Click here for response Are you satisfied with your decision to prepare for a career in counseling psychology?
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From your perspective, what is the best advice for studying and working you can give students just starting their college careers?
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