We all have been at Drury for almost an entire month now and it still seems like we have been here just a week. I still have boxes of stuff that need to be opened and suits to hang up and it is apparently now the end of September. Between the time commitments of school, being a student athlete, and having to keep adding and dropping classes, we as a group still have found time to get to the clinic and tour the facility and find out just how they operate and also with what other agencies they partner with in order to better serve the community.
A minor challenge that has been noted, is getting our group HIPPA certified and learning how to take blood pressure and also gather a accurate patient history. We have asked around and now have found a willing doctor to help us with that aspect of the project and for that we are much relieved because without knowing how to do the basics of clinic work, we will be rather unable to make the desired impact.
I'm currently a junior here studying in Exercise Sport and Physiology/GLST with a minor in Biology. I am part of the Drury Track and Field team as a sprinter. I plan on going on to get my Phd in Physical Therapy after I graduate here. I choose Summit for many reasons. I watched my brother as he was a part of a community in Sunderland last year and saw how fast and easy it was for him to connect and make friends through this experience so I was really interested in getting involved in a community like that this year. I also realized I could continue to develop stronger leadership skills outside of my sport though Summit and am excited about what I will take from it this year, especially after reading the first few chapters in the Student Leadership Challenge. I'm also excited about the development of my resume/cover letter being that I have not had one prior to the Summit experience and I'm very much in need of one. I hope I will walk away from this with a desire to lead which will aid me in my future career. I also know I will develop many friends from this which I believe will last a lifetime.
Paul Hays
Being a missionary doctor has always been my dream. The excitement of traveling and helping people from different countries was something that drove me to become a doctor. A doctor however needs a lot more than medical knowledge to be effective in the field. They need to be a good leader. I chose summit for many reasons. First of all it wasn't too far from Sunderland, which is where I lived last year and that was a convenient place on campus as opposed to "across the street." Also free laundry, who could pass that up? However the most important reason I joined summit was the accountability it had on me to be a leader. I see leadership as an important value to have. Leaders give people a vision and without a vision "people perish" and if I can't be a leader among my own peers how do I expect to be a leader among people who might not even speak the same language. So I am excited to learn more about leadership this year through summit.
Jon George
I have never been sure what exactly I want to do with my life after school. There is an entire list of things that I like to do and it seems that most of them line up with being able to help those in real need. I will be the first to tell you that I have a rough exterior, but that all changes when I can see others in need. Being able to get involved with the Kitchen Free Clinic will serve as a direct line to those in the most need in a field that I believe could hold my future profession. If I apply myself wholeheartedly to this, I hope to gain a better understanding of how we help those in need here in Springfield as well as come to terms with how many people are in situations that they had no control over, all while developing my skills as a leader and becoming bore community minded as an individual..
Ben Rogers
I joined Summit Park for a variety of reasons, one was the opportunity to help out those in need at the Kitchen Clinic. I also wanted to be apart of a learning community similar to what I experienced in the Outdoors and the Environment LLC in Sunderland Hall. Of course, I also liked the idea of living in one of the nicest apartments on Drury's campus. That, and free laundry and a kitchen made it all the more convincing. My goal for this year is to further improve my leadership and volunteering skills to become a more successful person, both as a student, and as a future employee. I hope that I can use these service and volunteer skills as a future Architect in a way that can benefit the community and mission fields I work in.
Jon Hays
