"I want to help counsel children who have experienced traumatic situations … and the behavioral science lectures only continued to motivate me more and to strengthen my love for the field."
Quick Facts
Program: B.A. in Behavioral Science
Graduation Year: 2017
Life at CBU
What is the best thing about the behavioral science major at CBU?
I believe that the best thing for me in the behavioral science major at CBU has to
be the biblical application to the field in many different areas. I love the way the
professors have been able to apply in every class the fundamentals of the field and
then give it a biblical perspective for us to question, contemplate and analyze through
our own eyes. It has definitely helped my critical thinking skills grow exponentially
in the short year that I have been attending CBU.
Describe one memory from your time at CBU that involves the behavioral science major
or events related to the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
A very distinct memory from the behavioral sciences at CBU has to be the guest lecture
series that I attended. The field I have set as my goal to achieve is to be able to
help counsel children who have experienced traumatic situations or who have been abandoned.
The most powerful lecture I heard that spoke to my heart has to be the last one given
at the end of the Spring 2016 semester by Phil Breitnbucher. It touched my heart as
he spoke about all the children that are part of neglected homes and lectures such
as this one only continue to motivate me more and have a stronger love for the field
I am thriving to be in.
If you’ve been involved in any form of service learning related to any of your behavioral
science classes, how did it impact you?
In my college career, I have participated in a lot of service learning activities,
since I have been at CBU the mindset to all those things changed. I used to participate
with the mindset of how I can benefit from it. When I began to do this after I transferred
I discovered I was looking at the wrong side of things and that I should have the
mind-set of how others may benefit and not myself.
Life after CBU
What has the behavioral science major done to help you prepare for your future goals?
The behavioral science major helped open my mind to the different possibilities to
finding solutions. I transferred from a community college to CBU and something I learned
to appreciate is the love people have for others at CBU. In the behavioral science
major it has opened my mind to the possibilities that love could have in helping me
to continue my career no matter how bad I might see it, the love I have for children
and helping them through tough times is what will push hard enough to finish what
God has started in my life.