Well early March was pretty similar to late February, cold
and snowy. We missed a few more days of
school in the week leading up to Spring Break, meaning my break was a few extra
days longer. Coming back that Monday
March 16 was a little weird after almost two full weeks off. I did not want to believe it. Now we just have to power through these next
couple weeks and we’re home free for summer time.
Sorry to
make you guys jealous, but I had a pretty great Spring Break. I went to good ole Sin City, Las Vegas.
Although I didn’t come back a big winner, but I didn’t come back a big loser
either, so it didn’t get the best of me luckily. I stayed at the MGM Grand so I was right
there on the strip. I got to see an
aquarium inside a hotel, Hoover Dam, and lots of famous movie characters (there
are a surprising amount of Zach Galifianakis from “The Hangover” impersonators,
baby and tiger and all). It was nice to
get away from school, work, and everything else and enjoy my break.
I also just
started volunteering at the Aronoff Center, so that’s pretty exciting. I’ll be at the information desk/guest
services a few hours a month, so if you ever have any questions about what’s going
on there, hit me up and I might know the answer. Hopefully I’ll be able to become an usher
later in the year, but right now I’m pretty happy to be helping in any way I
can. Everyone I’ve met there is super
nice and I encourage others to volunteer there if you want to see how an
arts-related nonprofit operates.
Here at NKU
we’re still working on updating our website.
I’m working on the Alumni page, so if you know any alumni who have great
things to say about the program, send them my way. Dr. Lambert and I are still finishing up for
our conference next month, so I’ll be sure to share that whole experience in
April’s blog post.
Speaking of Dr. Lambert, his
Research Methods class has become a great tool for performing an actual
survey. Most of the class is working on
a telephone survey for Colerain Township about their various services. We’re going through all the steps of a survey
such as creating/editing a questionnaire, choosing a sample, and then actually
calling everyone. It should be extremely
useful if any of us decide to perform a survey for our Capstone project.
Mr. Elmer’s Budgeting class has
also started heating up. We recently
performed a mock budget meeting where each student was given a position within
a fake city and we all had to work together to get our various departments
enough funding while also keeping the city under budget. It was pretty fun, and there were a lot of
heated debates between us various department heads and the city council. I’ve really enjoyed his teaching methods, and
I recommend all of you take him if/when he teaches it again!
Well March has actually been a lot
busier than I thought. Next month should
be full of news with the conference, final projects/tests on the horizon, and
other odds and ends I’ll come across throughout the month. Again, thanks for stopping by!
