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I came to Western to major in Anthropology because of its dedicated faculty that helps every student succeed in college

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and their passion for helping us learn about the world and the people we share it with. 

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One of the classes I'm taking for anthropology is the language in culture class. 

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This class does a really good job at not only illustrating different cultures of the world,

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but identifying different languages that people speak as well. 

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The anthropology department promotes itself as being the humanistic of all the sciences. 

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I believe this truly shows in each and every professor as they care about each of us. 

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And I've learned a lot from both my advisor and my other professor. 

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Besides attending classes I've found the peer mentor program, which I've ben involved with for the last three years.

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I'm currently a peer mentor leader 

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and our program focuses on wellness education and interactive activities that help new students succeed in college. 

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My career goal is to be an archaeologist. 

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Through the anthropology department, I've been able to attend a field study in Idaho where we excavated an early paleo Indian site. 

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And utilized emerging technology that allowed us to analyze artifacts. 

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After all this, I feel very prepared to attend graduate school.

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I highly recommend Western because of the great community and campus culture here. 

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There are many opportunities to get involved and meet new students and staff that help you thrive in college. 

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Western Oregon University, where every student matters. 

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