Thursday, January 28, 2016

New Year, New Offices


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

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