October

Well this month turned out to be much busier than expected.  Lots of good news to report luckily!

I'll start off with the announcement that I adopted a kitten!  Her name is Autumn and she's the cutest thing ever.  You know I wasn't busy enough with classes and work that I thought I would add a pet into the equation.  She's way too active at night right now, but she's also a big goofball so it balances out.  (PS thats not my cat at the bottom.)

School was pretty crazy for a few weeks there.  I had a final grant proposal due, an 8 page profile, and a midterm all within a week of each other.  Luckily I came out alive and with decent grades.  Now the end of the semester is creeping up with more final papers and all their stress. 

The MPA program had quite a few developments during October.  On the 22nd we had our annual fall reception.  There was a good turnout for guest speaker Bonnie Meyer who spoke about LGBTQ issues at NKU and within the state of Kentucky.  She gave a great talk and I really think everyone there enjoyed it.  We also just found out this week that MPA students are able to go on a study abroad to Bregenz, Austria in Summer 2016!!!! I am extremely excited about this oppurtunity (and so should every other student), and I really hope to be able to go!  For information contact Jeff Zimmerman at zimmermanj3@nku.edu or look at the program's website http://www.kiis.org/go/BregenzPO.php. 

At the Aronoff I was able to usher for the musical "Pippin."  It was quite a show and hard to describe.  It was a mix of musical theater and cirque du soleil type stunts, a very unique combo. Up next is "White Christmas" based off the Bing Crosby movie, so I hope to see some of you there!

I'll be back at the end of next month to let you know all about the happenings in November.  As always thanks for reading!

Oh and Happy Halloween!

"September"

Pinch, punch first of the month!

Soooo I forgot September only has 30 days so I’m posting this a day later than I should have, so there will be two posts for October.  At least it’s time now for fall and Halloween stuff.  Also, my birthday is Oct. 11^th so I’ll be celebrating that too :D.

September was a crazy busy month.  I trained for ushering at the Aronoff, and then worked a show on my own.  I did get to see Motown the Musical though three times in one week, so that was pretty fun.  I went to Indianapolis for a weekend.  I had relatives from France come in for a day.  I had lots of classes and class assignments.  I also tried to maintain a social life.  My monthly calendar was very full to say the least. 

October is looking to be a little easier despite having Midterms and a paper due next week.  Fall break will be the 12^th and 13^th so I will definitely be making the most of that.  The MPA program will be hosting their annual fall reception on Thursday Oct. 22th, so I look forward to seeing some of you there!

The MPA program is also going through a bit of a rebranding phase along with the university.  We’re updating our advertising materials to look more modern and in line with other NKU branding. 

Missy, Dr. Olberding and I are also going to start doing the Norse Fitness Classes during the week to break up the day and get healthy.  Missy and I did TRX today (the first time for each of us) and it kicked our butts.  I also embarrassed myself with the equipment multiple times, c’est la vie. Hopefully the more we do the classes, the easier they’ll get. 

So October should be a pretty fun month overall.  As always, thanks again for reading!