Kiarra摩尔
达拉斯,爸爸. 对于Kiarra摩尔来说，转学生可能出于各种原因想要来到澳门威尼斯人平台, 吸引她的是安静的校园环境和才华横溢的老师.
摩尔, 刑事司法 major from Rochester, 纽约, 今年是她在宾州州立大学威尔克斯-巴雷分校的最后一年，她刚从纽约的杰纳西社区学院转到这所学校开始大三的学习.
“I wanted somewhere quiet at a campus that isn’t too big. 我不想呆在家里，但也不想离家太远，”摩尔说. “I saw they had my major 和 Dr. 我是丽贝卡·萨维尔(刑事司法助理教授和项目协调员). She is a really good professor who has worked in the field for a long time. 我喜欢澳门威尼斯人平台有一个很棒的刑事司法项目，里面有很多学生.”
摩尔与她的导师萨弗合作，发现转学过程比她想象的要简单.
“Dr. Sarver was a really big help for scheduling my classes,” Moore said. “她专注于帮助我获得按时完成学位所需的知识. I really appreciated her for that.”
Sarver said, “Kiarra is a motivated 和 mature student. 她通过充分利用所有校园支持系统和服务，顺利过渡到澳门威尼斯人平台, including regular meetings with me as her adviser.”
Moore said she is happy she transferred, especially because she gets to be involved in many campus activities. She is a work-study student for the Student Activities Office, creating flyers to promote events 和 helping at those events, 和 the 学生事务 Office, assisting with paperwork 和 the campus food bank. She also won the Lion’s Pride Award at last year’s Leadership 和 体育运动 Awards Ceremony, 通过学生活动来表彰她的工作，这些活动有助于提高澳门威尼斯人平台的学生生活质量.
摩尔说:“这个校园和它带来的东西让我做得更多，参与得更多。. “This campus has been good to me. I have done a lot since I’ve been here 和 met some great people. 自从我来到这里，我得到了很多很棒的机会，我很感激.”
Leadership on display
摩尔是澳门威尼斯人平台黑人学生会的主席和创始人, a group that just launched this year 和 already has 17 active members.
“我想为黑人学生创造一个安全的空间，我真的想让他们感到受欢迎. 对他们来说，有一个能让他们感觉自己的空间很重要, be themselves 和 have fun with the activities we have within this club,”她说。.
学生服务和参与主任W和a Ochei监督摩尔的勤工俭学职位，并就她为黑人学生创办俱乐部的想法给了她一些建议.
“去年, Kiarra和我谈到有色人种学生需要能够一起交流，建立一个专门为他们服务的组织，专注于非洲裔美国人的文化方面, from food to music to dance to many other things,大平说. “我们还谈到了我们的校园社区向这样一个群体学习的重要性，也谈到了我们的学生是非洲裔美国人文化的一部分. 谈话结束后，她又来找我，说她想让这件事发生.”
摩尔向宾夕法尼亚州立大学黑兹尔顿分校新成立的黑人学生会主席寻求建议，了解他们是如何成立这个组织的, 他们是如何招募学生成为会员的?他们计划举办什么样的活动. 她为澳门威尼斯人平台的黑人学生会起草了章程，该俱乐部在本学期初的校园俱乐部博览会上展出.
“I’m so proud of Kiarra for taking the initiative. 创办这样一个组织需要花费大量的时间和精力。. “我相信黑人学生会将加强社区意识和归属感，让有色人种学生更多地感受到宾夕法尼亚州立大学威尔克斯-巴里分校和该地区的一部分.”
黑人学生会已经举行了第一次筹款活动，为俱乐部的运营筹集资金——在排球比赛中出售价格合理的零食和饮料——并将在整个排球和篮球赛季继续这样做. 该组织还计划为澳门威尼斯人平台的学生举办万圣节派对.
Balancing a busy schedule
作为一个忙碌的学生, employee 和 leader, Moore knows the importance of maintaining balance in all things.
她说:“我和我的导师讨论如何平衡我的学业和活动. “I focus on each one for a little bit at a time. I try to do my schoolwork ahead of time, usually about a week before it’s due to make sure everything is done. And I work on it between classes.”
When she is home in Rochester, she works at an organization called Lifetime Assistance, where she helps adults living with disabilities as a direct support person. After completing her bachelor’s degree at Penn State 时, 摩尔希望在法学院学习家庭法的同时，能找到一份与青少年打交道的缓刑官的工作.
“从我年轻的时候起，我就一直想帮助别人，做出改变，”她说. “Especially growing up where I’m from, I’ve seen a lot. 这让我想要帮助社会和刑事司法系统中的人.”
摩尔鼓励其他有兴趣转到澳门威尼斯人平台的学生考虑各种各样的选择 clubs, organizations 和 体育运动 available at the campus.
“这里有很多机会，人们也非常友好，”摩尔说. “When you get involved, you definitely see more of the campus. Penn State 时 is a great place to be, 尤其是如果你喜欢一个既美丽又安静的空间.”
Ochei赞扬了Moore对参与的兴趣，并表示这有助于她顺利转入澳门威尼斯人平台.
“她很高兴来到这里，喜欢参与其中，”大平说. “Kiarra有出色的组织能力、人际交往能力和倾听能力. She takes everything in while listening 和 processing. I think that is a great combination for a successful leader.”
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