Reviews

During the seminar, I enjoyed becoming more confident in my public speaking skills! -Adam

I loved how interactive we were with each other. -Kangela

Because of the "participatory leadership style that the instructor use I was able to freely interact with other people in the class which was a great opportunity! -Michael

I would highly recommend anyone who wants to build on their "Leadership" and communication skills to take this class! -Deshaun 

Even though I was nervous the excited that I received from other students motivated me! -Karen

What I enjoyed most about the class is the people. Even though we all came from different backgrounds and cultures everyone understanding what the instructor was saying and our different backgrounds enabled us to connect with each other! -Elizabeth 

The participatory leadership and teaching style that you use encouraged us to get to know each other on a personal level. -Jessica

I enjoyed the structure in which we gave our speeches. It was very relative to our growth and progress in just eight weeks! -Arlessia 

I enjoyed the social aspects of the class! -Angie

“I enjoyed hearing the different ways that everyone presented their speeches. I also like the overall format of the class it was well put together for comprehension and learning. -Thomas 

“I enjoyed the following”
-My classmates’ enthusiasm and participation in every speech delivered.
-The diversity of accents.
-The ability to express myself through subjects that I am passionate about.
“I enjoyed listening to everyone's speech in addition to getting to know everyone as well. This is one of my favorite classes!
“I enjoyed hearing other’s speeches and the various interests that they had.”
“I enjoyed being able to be comfortable in front of people whom I didn’t know before this class. In addition to gaining fellow (lifetime) student friends ! -Santose

“The instructor; Rita Wise was very thorough and knowledgeable about the subject!”
}the class was great because I learned many things. In addition, during the eight weeks I greatly improved my expression, pronunciation, writing and ability to deal with anxiety during public speaking. I am proud of myself because now I feel so confident. I enjoyed every class, every speech . Both the instructor and my classmates motivated me to improve in each of my presentations. Overall, this was a class that helped me to grow professionally and personally, and I am very happy that I took this class.” -Joshua

“I enjoyed hearing my classmate’s speeches in addition to sharing ideas!” -Daniel 

“What I enjoyed most is that everyone in the class slowly opted out of their comfort zone while continuously improving in their presentation skills.” -Joseph

“ I enjoyed giving speeches, class discussion; ability to overcome the fear to speak in front of my peers.” -Wilma

“ I enjoyed listening to the various speech topics for each speech and the overall class participation. Thank you, Professor Wise.” -Nita 

“Literally I enjoyed everything! (My classmates; speeches; the instructor’s leadership style; and also, the ability to express my opinions.” -Carlena

“What I enjoyed most is the ability to come out of my shell. This class has allowed me to prove to myself that I can do anything that I set my mind to do. I am proud to feel that I now have a voice to accomplish anything in this world!” -Bernard

“I enjoyed the instructor; classmates and assignments very much!”
“In addition to all that I learned about communication, the class was fun and helped me to improve in my skills.”
“I initially assumed that the class would be difficult – but the overall implementation of the class allowed me to learn so much about communication.”  -Sophia 

“I enjoyed the game that we played; Team Ivy and Team Tech competing for the most correct answers!”
“Not only did I enjoy presenting; but I also enjoyed writing the speech. The structure of the outline helped make my speech come alive. And the research that I did enable me to gain so much credibility on my subject.” -Clark 

“What I enjoyed about this class was the student’s and instructor’s participation during class discussion.” -Phyllis 

“It was great communicating - during the class with students and instructor.” -Alexia

“ I enjoyed how the class was designed for class participation and led to excessive learning.” -Henry

“I enjoyed the ability to hear other student’s perspectives!”
“I appreciated the ability to get out of my comfort zone while presenting topics that I was truly interested in helped motivated my learning and confidence in speaking.” -Roscoe