Hello everyone, my name is Alysah. I am an east coaster, born and raised in southern New Jersey where I currently live. This is my first year as an ecampus transfer student and my first time back in college since graduating from community college in 2018. After three years of working different horticulture jobs, I decided to finish my undergrad through the OSU online Horticulture program. My love for horticulture started in high school where I got my first exposure to botanical gardens like Longwood Gardens. My goal after getting my bachelors degree in Horticulture is to land a position working in a botanical garden as a gardener or as a greenhouse grower. I also am highly interested in starting my own business, and contributing to plant conservation of native species. Some of my hobbies include reading, gardening, and growing as well as collecting house plants. In my free time, I enjoy going to different parks and gardens, thrift shopping, listening to podcasts, going to live concerts/entertainment, and playing video games. An interesting fact about myself is that I am a first generation American on my mothers side. My grandmother, grandfather, and their children came to America in the 1960s after my mom and her brothers were born. One thing I found interesting in this week's reading was learning how those that are stigmatized have a hard time forming and experiencing relation needs we get from communicating such as immigrants. This semester I would like to learn how to better communicate with stigmatized groups of people as well as learn how we can help them not let stigmatization affect how they communicate.
My primary forms of online communication include instagram , facebook, and snapchat. Most of my social media use is to chat/communicate with friends and family members, see updates they might be sharing, and to post about my garden. I also turn to social media for food recipes,gardening tips, to learn about new plants, and to look for job opportunities. This is my first time taking a communications class and I'm glad I get to take one that actually applies heavily to my life since I have been using social media for years. Two goals for this term are to one, do well in my courses, and two to learn a new study method that works for me that is different from traditional note taking and flashcards. If anyone has a method leave it in the discussion board comments. Also everyone wish me luck in my online chem course! Also I have a plant blog on Instagram @hortflort where I share garden posts of my garden, a few gardens I planted and designed, and as well as my house plants.
