Issue link: http://ncumarketing.uberflip.com/i/1351675
A MOMENT IN TIME— MY EXPERIENCE AT NCU Louis Eke Student Contributions 5 Scientific advancements are diligently being studied to assist people with provisional measures for vital health and additional methods for improving well-being. It is a promising time to study the behavioral sciences, because clinicians in the field of mental health are in high-demand. NCU provides an opportunity to participate in collective healing and progress through the acquisition of knowledge from beautifully structured degree programs in various educational genres. Literary luminaries of every generation encapsulate the essence and meaning of life by invoking the human purpose. These founts of knowledge explain human experiences, not in grand descriptions, but individual aspirational sentiments. For me, "purpose" is the singular paradigm that undergirds my life. And in it, I find these words most compelling: "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience." - Eleanor Roosevelt In finding one's purpose, we see the reason to pursue the meaning of "summum bonum" : in pursuit of the greatest good. "Purpose," however, gains momentum and value when met with opportunities. My purpose and life aspirations to become someone beyond my station gained critical mass when Northcentral University allowed me to enroll in an online doctoral program. Reflecting on it now makes me tear up. Given the highly structured curriculum, the learning platform, and the seasoned empathetic slate of professors, the stage was set for my success. All I needed was to bring my commitment, dedication, and passion to the process. Then, and now, the experience I have gained at NCU is as rich as I conceived of it and more. Much like H.D Longfellow "In the Ladder of Saint Augustine," I imagine the long and sometimes arduous journey of scholarship as reflected in the words of the poem: …We have not winged, we cannot soar, But we have feet to scale and climb; by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time. The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore. With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, we may discern — unseen before —a path to higher destinies. Beyond the confines of a doctoral pursuit, I look to the bright horizon as the Lord grants me strength. I plan on completing MSc in Neuroscience at King's College London – another long-distance learning platform. While I toil to attain the heights of knowledge, dreams of contribution to the body of human knowledge loom. Since I began my journey at NCU, I have authored a book titled "Yeshua Is His Name"—a theological work of belief and essence. I have also founded a Church ministry where I serve as the pastor. Thank you, NCU, for nurturing my wings to soar. The Psychology Bulletin