Diana Moranchel-Vazquez

In today's workshop session, I learned how to address an email to a professor or your boss at work. I also learned how to create an electronic signature in Outlook, so it saves automatically when you send emails. Along with, always include a subject line in the email and make sure to state clearly what you're asking or what the question is. Include how to dress business casual for interviews or important meetings.

In today's mini session, I learned the importance of planning and how planning your courses ahead of time helps you see when you're going to graduate. As well as seeing how many classes you may need to take in order to reach your graduation goal. It's also important to contact your advisor in the program you're in to help plan out your course load, and they can help you out and answer questions.

In today's mini session, I learned the difference between burnout and stress. As well as how to identify the signs of each and what to do in order to help yourself get back positively. And that it's important to also ask for help, such as looking into counseling services. Also I got to learn about the counseling services that PGCC offers and how it's free to students and how to schedule a session with one of the staff in the mental health center.

In today's mini session, I found it very informative to understand how certificates work, for example, people can get certificates if they need to take certain courses for a job or to show proof that they have certain knowledge or strategies. It also helped me understand that for students with AAT degrees, it is a little easier to transfer credits into a 4-year university compared to other students in a healthcare program here at PGCC.

In the STRIVE workshop, I got to learn about the importance of time management and how we should be applying it, especially as college students, in our everyday lives. I got to learn from the guest speaker, Mrs. Coleman. She gave us advice on how to use a chart to help us organize the hours we put into school, work, and other family essentials. As well as how focus, discipline, and time management are all very important and how they work alongside one another.

In this SGA town hall meeting, I learned what to do and who to contact if we have to miss school because of a religious holiday. As well as news regarding Malboro Hall and students taking classes there. Along with reminding us about the Student Code of Conduct and what to do if we don't feel safe on campus.

In this Fall 2026 transfer fair I got to talk to schools I'm considering transferring too. Such as Bowie, UMD, and Trinity Washington University. I also got to learn about Washington Adventist University and the education program they have there. It was a great way to get information regarding deadlines and learn more about what the school offers.

In today’s Launch orientation I helped out with check in, guiding students, and also serving snacks and beverages. I enjoyed being able to meet new promise scholars and also help guide the group to Lanham Hall. It was great being able to answer questions that new promise scholars had about the program and being able to also help out with the promise program as a volunteer.

In today's refresh meeting, I got to review the requirements needed to maintain the scholarship, such as our service hours needing to be completed at PGCC. They can be events sponsored by PGCC or done with a club if we want to help out. Also, we need to attend mini sessions and the end-of-semester meeting as well. This meeting was a great way to refresh my mind on the expectations and requirements that need to be fulfilled to maintain good standing with the promise program.

In todays end of the year semester meeting, there was a review of the requirements that are needed to maintain good standing in the Promise Scholarship. As well as when we will receive an email letting the students in promise know our current standing in the scholarship program, along with the coordinators telling us when the deadline for fall registration is. And also for those students who are graduating this spring or this upcoming fall semester, are exempt from having the full-time student credits.