Hello, my name is Jen Zoodsma. This is my second semester at GVSU. I transferred from Davenport University where my major was Accounting. Here at Grand Valley, my major is Psychology with concentration in special education. I love working with children. During the summer I am a camp counselor at The Humane Society and during the school year I am the freshmen volleyball coach at Lowell, which is also where I graduated from. I like to keep busy, but when I have free time I like to watch movies and go to concerts. I love all kinds of music and I am always up for any concert.

I have always had an interest in history, but I have never taken a World History class. So I hope that I can learn new things in this class and gain a larger interest in world history. I hope that this blog makes what we learn easier to understand as well as more fun to learn.

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Hello my name is Kristi Thompson and I am from Walled Lake, a small town on the east side of the state that is about 45 minutes northwest of Detroit. I graduated from Walled Lake Northern High School, one of the many walled lake high schools and I am currently a junior majoring in English with a minor in history. When I graduate I hope to become a middle school teacher, preferably teaching the sixth grade. I enjoy spending most of my free time hanging out with my friends. I also enjoy watching old classic movies, and as a true English major, I love to read.
I have always been interested in history, but British history has always been my focus because it always seemed to be the most interesting. I have never really had an interest in learning about world history and I have never taken any classes on the subject before so I am hoping to gain a better overall knowledge of world history. For the most part I hope that this class and this blog will allow me to broaden the scope of my general history interest and world history knowledge.

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My name is Eric Bassett and I am from Big Rapids, a little city about 45 minutes north of here. I'm a freshmen but already have 30 credits from doing dual-enrollment at FSU. I'm majoring in business and plan on minoring or double majoring in political science. After obtaining my degree here I plan going to law school. I like hanging out with friends, watching movies, listening to music and reading. In the fall I like hunting and fishing, all year round.

I have always found history class interesting but its not my favorite subject. I hope to learn many new things, as dorky as that sounds, I think knowledge is power. I hope that doing this blog will help me stop procrastinating so much. Also, I hope to improve my writing skills here.

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My name is Eric Piccard and I'm a junior at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI. I have always been in this area, growing up in Grand Rapids and graduating from Kenowa Hills High School. I am a math major for secondary education. As I have always had an interest in history, I decided to choose it for my required teachable minor. I enjoy spending much of my time with friends and family. I love being outside as well as watching movies if I have time beyond doing schoolwork.

In contibuting to this blog over the next several weeks, I hope to gain knowledge in a broad range of topics. Posting frequently will be a challnge, but I look forward to progressing in my writing ability. Overall, I have a desire to learn more about the past and more importantly, learn from it.

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Hello, my name is Casey Schwarze, I am from Clarkston Michigan, if you don't know where that is then it might help to know that it is the home town of DTE Energy Music Theater aka Pine Knob and it is close to the Palace of Auburn Hills. I am currently a senior, and I am hoping to graduate in April with a Bachelors of Science in Exercise Science with an Emphasis in Health Fitness Instruction. I am a group exercise instructor for Grand Valley Campus Recreation as well as a Fitness Technician for the Fitness Wellness Center.
I have plans to move to Colorado with my boyfriend when I graduate. I love being outdoors and in the sun. I have always been a math and science kind of person and history has always gone over my head, I am just not good at it, so I am hoping with this class and these posts that I will learn to look at history through different perspectives as well as center in on my own. I am also horrible at grammar so I am sorry for any errors that might be present in this post. I hope to sharpen my writing and grammar skills as well.