Happy New Year and New Semester everyone!
The department has successfully moved into our new offices
in Landrum. All the important people are
down on the 1st floor. I’m up
on the 2nd floor with my own office, sort of. Two other professors have to come through my
office to get to theirs, so I kind of work in their lobby area. Either way my office is very spacious, but
right next to the elevators and hangout area so there’s been some adjusting to
all the foot traffic.
This semester I’m taking PAD 602 Organizational Theory and
Behavior and PAD 621 Resource Acquisition.
I highly recommend taking 602 right after “Foundations” because a lot of
the theories and practices learned in that class will be very important in Org
Theory. I’m really looking forward to
621 because we’re aiding two local nonprofits with grant applications. We are doing a service learning project with
a new nonprofit called Scrap Nati.
Over the break I was able to work a few times at the
Aronoff. I experienced my first ballet
with the Cincinnati Ballet’s “The Nutcracker.”
It was a great show and had a lot more humor than I expected. I definitely recommend more people check out
the ballet. I also ushered for “Kinky
Boots.” It might have been the most fun
show I’ve worked yet. It was hilarious
with a lot of fun, memorable songs.
Upcoming I have the ballet’s version of “Cinderella” and a new musical “If/Then.”
I’ve had a few projects for the three weeks we’ve been
back. I’m still working on a database
for Dr. Misis about Kentucky law enforcement agencies and the social media
platforms they employ. I just finished
up some Excel work for Dr. Lambert and Dr. Mattson. They’re working on writing the paper so
hopefully they’ll be some news on that in the near future. I also helped organize the MPA Spring
Newsletter, so keep an eye out for that in the next few weeks.
As always, thanks for stopping by! By my next post I’ll have news about being
accepted officially to the Austria program and what all it will entail! J
