March Madness

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!