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Like a garden, you'll reap what you sow

The Senior Sequence gives you an opportunity to dedicate serious time and effort to an original research project. But like a garden, you'll only reap what you sow. So, give it your best effort. You can accomplish a great deal and actually help make the world a better place in the process. Along these lines, one USP student caught the eye of Chancelor Dynes. He cited her "lessons in research methodology" as part of his 2002 Graduation Commencement speech.

2002 COMMENCEMENT SPEECH EXCERPTS
Chancellor Robert Dynes, John Muir College Commencement:

The final year of college is always a memorable one. But yours has been like no other. The tragedy that occurred as you were heading back to school in September has changed the world you are going to inherit. You will face challenges we never anticipated. We've watched you closely this school year, and we know you are ready. You have shown a strong sense of community. You have embraced diversity because you grew up with it. You are full of hope. You have faith in humanity. And you will not tolerate hate. So this year, I would like to depart from the usual Commencement tradition of quoting somebody old back in history. Instead, I'd like to share words from one of your own Muir graduates. Her name is Elan Drucker, and she's sitting down there somewhere - there she is, over there - and she was one of 40 undergraduates who presented papers at the 2002 UCSD Urban Studies and Planning Research Exposition. Along with her research findings, Elan presented a list of what she called "lessons in research methodology." I think you could also think of these as "lessons in life." And I quote:

Dynes_Drucker Image 1. Be open to new information.
2. Don't cling to your initial grand ideas out of pride.
3. Be willing to grow over obstacles.
4. Pick a subject for which you feel genuine passion.
5. Ease stress by working consistently. I'd like to add to that: Ease stress by working out consistently.
6. Address all contacts with respect.
7. (although you think you've probably turned in the last assignment, it ain't true): Turn in assignments with pride and confidence.

http://www-chancellor.ucsd.edu/jmcc.html

Story archived as a pdf file.

Chancellor Dynes and Elan Drucker, a 2002 Muir College grad whose "lessons in research methodology" were cited by the Chancellor in his undergraduate commencement speeches. (picture copied from: http://www-chancellor.ucsd.edu/commence.html

UNIVERSITY POLICY ON INTEGRITY IN RESEARCH
http://www.ucop.edu/raohome/cgmemos/90-01S1.html

The University of California's Policy on Integrity in Research aims to encourage and maintain the highest ethical standards in research. The policy reaffirms the University's commitment to integrity in research: "Integrity in research includes not just the avoidance of wrongdoing, but also the rigor, carefulness, and accountability that are hallmarks of good scholarship. All persons engaged in research at the University are responsible for adhering to the highest standards of intellectual honesty and integrity in research." Please uphold these standards. Be especially careful not to plagiarize. Plagiarism is defined in the Merriam-Webster's dictionary as follows: "to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source; intransitive senses : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source."

For information on Ethics / Integrity of Scholarship,
click here.