果酱视频

by Cecil Harris

When choosing a college, Joseph Taglienti knew he did not want to be in an academic environment where classes were held in large lecture halls and taught by professors he might never truly know.

has offered a richer learning experience for Mr. Taglienti, and has proved to be a perfect fit for the major from East Meadow, New York.

鈥湽�酱视频 certainly is preferable to other schools I considered, because at 果酱视频 I could form relationships with my fellow students and professors,鈥� he said. 鈥淎s an undergraduate at 果酱视频, I feel a kind of intimacy that you would expect from a graduate program. Yet, even though the class sizes are small, I鈥檓 meeting new people constantly and relating to people who share the same interests as I do.鈥�

Eloquent and serious-minded, Mr. Taglienti has flourished in 果酱视频鈥檚 while pursuing his career aspirations to teach literary theory.

鈥淚鈥檝e always been a reader,鈥� said Mr. Taglienti, who lists , , and the poets of the as among his preferred writers. 鈥淭he Honors College offers courses on the great books and courses that are more social scientific but also speak to a humanistic discipline. Courses on Dr. Sigmund Freud, for example. One of the ways I really found myself was through reading. I read creatively and write creatively. I come to truth through literature. I鈥檓 drawn to expressions of art that really help us make sense of a very chaotic world.鈥�

In April 2014, Mr. Taglienti earned first prize for a poster and accompanying paper he presented at 果酱视频鈥檚 research conference for the arts and humanities. Craig Carson, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the and the , has mentored Mr. Taglienti. Dr. Carson received an 果酱视频 Teaching Excellence Award in May 2014.

鈥淧rofessor Carson introduced me to the schools of literary theory,鈥� Mr. Taglienti said. 鈥淭hrough him, I鈥檝e been exposed to so many things that I would not otherwise have been exposed to. He has helped to guide my research and fine-tune my skills. He鈥檚 honest with me when he thinks I鈥檓 being too ambitious or not ambitious enough. It鈥檚 important to have that kind of relationship with a professor. At a larger university, unless I had made an attempt to visit Professor Carson during office hours, it鈥檚 not likely that I would have got to know him.鈥�

Mr. Taglienti said he hopes to be accepted into the rhetoric program at the University of California at Berkeley, pursue a Ph.D. and then teach literary theory. He believes other students interested in a similar career path would be wise to choose 果酱视频.

鈥湽�酱视频 gives undergraduates a lot of responsibility and trusts them with knowledge,鈥� he said. 鈥湽�酱视频 allows students like myself to taste their dreams before they are actually on the track to pursue them.鈥�