Welcome to March! It has been nearly two weeks since I was here last, so I am clearly not living up to my once-a-day promise, but this semester has become busy. No excuses, though, I'm going to try to be better about it. (After all, at least one person reads this - Hi Nicole!)
My internship is amazing. Michelle did me a huge service by recommending that I do this - I have completely fallen in love with the Student Affairs Department, and can't wait to get even more involved as the semester continues. Today I went to a Management Meeting, which meant that I sat in on an hour long conversation between the eight sections of the Student Affairs department. It was a really great experience, and even though I didn't really say anything, I would love to keep going back. I'm not sure if they will let me, but I think I'm going ask. I didn't understand some of the acronyms or things that they were talking about, but there was something really cool about the meeting.
Wednesday I go to Prairie High School with Nelson, who is one of our admissions counselors, and I'm really excited. I haven't been to a high school visit since I attended one while I was in high school, so it's going to be really interesting to see the other side of that. I'll also start getting in to more events and more involved with the KnowHow2Go Program that Admissions is doing, which is a recruitment program that is targeted at low-income and first-generation college students, but we're waiting on more responses from Middle and High Schools for that one.
This Saturday, I leave for a five day Service Trip in northern Washington. We start in Puyallup and make our way all the way to Everett working on farms and orchards and ending at a food bank. It's going to be some hard labor, but I'm excited; it should be pretty fun, actually. My friend Brandi and I get to drive up together on Saturday, and I love driving, so that will be great. I wanted to do a service trip for Spring Break, and was looking at New Orleans for a while, but this one is free and local, so I think it is going to be even better.
Things are starting to look up, though this semester took a turn for the the worse for a while. I think it'll end on a good note, though, so I'm definitely looking forward to that.
