Hello World!
My name is Daisey Yu. I'm an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan, pursuing a Public Health Major and a Writing Minor. This is my portfolio of my writing journey since starting the Sweetland Minor in Writing program. I'll be sharing my class final projects!
Click on the link icon to read some of my work with The Michigan Daily!
My Projects
Fall 2021 - Writing 220
Shelley Manis
This class is the beginning of my writing minor journey at University of Michigan. I learned about different genres of writing and the incorporation of multimedia. For the final portfolio, I changed the genre of my High School Newspaper AP Stat Report into a How-To-Guide for new and upcoming high school newspaper clubs!
Click on the button below to see the beginning of my journey!
Winter 2022 - English 225
Ryan McCarty
I've always considered argumentative writing as my strong suit, and English 225 was the perfect class to develop it even further. We're often told that narratives aren't good ways to support an argument, but I learned how impactful they can be when used correctly. In this class, I learned how to argue and use evidence properly. I developed my own research study and found answers to my question but also raised new ones.
Click below to check out the end to my sophomore writing journey!
Fall 2022 - Writing 400
Jimmy Brancho
I was especially excited to take Writing 400 because I LOVE scientific writing. I feel that, as an aspiring physician, I need to have excellent communication skills. I really challenged myself in this class to write about nurse burnout and why it's such an important topic in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
I'm waiting for this essay to be published soon (AHHHH), so please wait patiently for the final project material!
Fall 2023 - English 325
Fritz Swanson
English 325 is called the "Art of the Essay." We learned so much through reading about other's narratives. We took apart phenomenal essays to examine the components that make an essay strong. We learned about storytelling.
Hopefully my essays were able to convey a similar vibe as the ones that we read in class. In my first essay I explore friendships through one night that I went out with friends to Live. I contrast this amazing experience with one acquaintanceship that had a not so great ending. I also wrote an essay about my childhood and growing up with limb differences and how that has shaped me as a person and my career choices.
Winter 2024 - Writing 420
Raymond McDaniel
For my Capstone Course, I struggled to pick a topic that was meaningful to me but also not boring. While I scrolled through the collection of portfolios by other MiWs before me, I saw my peers explore a wide variety of topics. They were able to connect horror movies and pop culture to what was meaningful to them about these subjects. I thought that maybe it was a good opportunity for me to try something silly.
You can see through most of my prior writing projects that they are all academic with little room for experimentation and personality. I actually struggle a lot with writing more fun and fictional papers because I'm someone who doesn't have strong opinions. This capstone project is about K-pop, a music genre that I've been listening to since I was in high school. I want to challenge myself to explore my irks about the industry and incorporate my voice into my writing.
Take a dive below into my personal investments in K-pop!