The first person narrative is a powerful tool not only to give a person voice but also to present powerful social justice, environmental, or cultural messages to the audience. The story is a powerful testimony to creating positives out of negatives, to taking physical challenges and turning them into strengths, to serving one community in order to benefit the greater community.   Watch the video Man and Beast by Alan Rabinowitz being aware of how the presentation connects to Topics 1, 2, and 3 of Unit 7.

 Please address the following: 

• What literary elements did you find in this story (tone, setting, theme, etc.)  How did these impact your understanding of voice? 
• The video used multiple elements of storytelling.  Discuss one or more ‘tips’ from Topic 3 that you found represented in the video.
• What aspect of your own story would you like to give voice?  How might you connect that to the needs of your community (neighborhood, church/mosque/temple/community group, workplace, etc.)?
• In a separate paragraph tell us the story of how you became a part of the Herzing University community.  

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 5: Professional Development

In this week’s Discussion you were introduced to the concept of an academic portfolio to begin building your own brand. Portfolios have value that go beyond brand-building however. An academic and professional portfolio can also help you to build your own vision and mission and establish your development goals. In this regard, a portfolio becomes yet another tool in your toolbox as you build your success.

In this Assignment you will continue developing your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan by developing the fifth component: a portfolio for your academic and professional efforts.

To Prepare:

• Consider your goals for academic accomplishments while a student of the MSN program.

The Assignment:

• Using the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template in which you began to work on in Week 1, and have continued working on through this course, in Part 5, you will create a fully developed and accurate curriculum vitae (CV) based on your current education and professional background.
• Clearly identify and accurately state in detail your professional development goals.
• Clearly and accurately state in detail how to accurately and appropriately align one or more of your professional development goals with the University’s emphasis on social change.

Note: Add your work for this Assignment to the original document you began in the Week 1 Assignment, which was built off of the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.