Faculty members and staff can have a big impact on people in their college careers. They teach us, help us when we need it, and let us know about new and cool opportunities.
I am a business-MIS major, but I have yet to take any MIS courses because I have to complete the pre-business program first. My MIS instructors are the people that I plan to get to know well because I will be having many classes with them, they are in my major area, there may be possibilities for research with them, and hopefully they will like me enough to write my letters of recommendation.
I'm taking pretty general classes right now, so I haven't got to know any of my professors, but I do have some pretty good mentors! *cough cough Shane and Heidi cough* [cookies on Wednesday, Heidi? :)] My business class mentor Jamison has been a good mentor too. He has been pretty cool and good with helping to get to know the business building and how the business program works.
Although I haven't got to know any of my professors yet, I plan to start when I get more into my major area. The mentors that I've had have been a really good, have helped a lot, and have given some great tips on what kind of things I should do.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
ClubFest
I went to Clubfest to check out all the various clubs that Iowa State has to offer because I wanted to get more involved and to join something that I am interested in. Surprisingly, I wasn't impressed with Clubfest at all. I know there are tons of different clubs and organizations, but it was hard for me to find one I was passionate about.
A friend of mine is in the nutrition club and told me I should check it out. I stopped at the weight lifting clubs booth just because I like to work out, but that didn't seem like it was worth joining to me.
After circling Clubfest 4 times and failing to find something I was really interested in, I decided to take up the offer of my friend and and stop by the nutrition club's booth. I signed up for the emails and talked with them about 'nutrition' for a bit and decided it's worth a shot.
I found out that the nutrition club does a lot of community service projects like Meals on Wheels and stuff like that, and I thought that was really good for me because I need to start getting involved in the community. It's only $5.00 to join and get snacks and the meetings, so it's really cheap (something I like a lot!) and the meetings are very casual and fun (so I've heard). I have tried to get to the meetings but they always seem to be on Mondays when I'm in class or working so it has been hard to actually get to go one.
I think this club is really good because I like to stay healthy and it will get me involved in the community. It will not only help me academically by getting involved but help me stay healthy and eat right for life.
A friend of mine is in the nutrition club and told me I should check it out. I stopped at the weight lifting clubs booth just because I like to work out, but that didn't seem like it was worth joining to me.
After circling Clubfest 4 times and failing to find something I was really interested in, I decided to take up the offer of my friend and and stop by the nutrition club's booth. I signed up for the emails and talked with them about 'nutrition' for a bit and decided it's worth a shot.
I found out that the nutrition club does a lot of community service projects like Meals on Wheels and stuff like that, and I thought that was really good for me because I need to start getting involved in the community. It's only $5.00 to join and get snacks and the meetings, so it's really cheap (something I like a lot!) and the meetings are very casual and fun (so I've heard). I have tried to get to the meetings but they always seem to be on Mondays when I'm in class or working so it has been hard to actually get to go one.
I think this club is really good because I like to stay healthy and it will get me involved in the community. It will not only help me academically by getting involved but help me stay healthy and eat right for life.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Hixson Assignment #1
All the practices, weight lifting, and early morning off-season practices lead up to your senior season of football. This is what you’ve dreamed of as a little kid and this is the last time you will ever play on your schools football field. This is when your hard work and dedication makes you the best you’re going to be.
The beginning of the season didn’t start off the way we wanted it to, but it was a good time to get better and learn from our mistakes. The mistakes we did make were small ones that could be fixed. As the season went on we learned from our mistakes and by the end of the season, we were playing our best football.
The last few games of the season I had played my best at running the ball, blocking, and getting my reads to tackle at linebacker. The team and I were playing well as we entered the post-season, and we felt confident in our abilities to move on. Even though we thought we were at our best, we still lost a tough, hard hitting game by one point in the final seconds. It was a tough game to deal with because we all knew that we should have won that game because we were the better team.
By playing sports in high school, I learned about hard work, dedication, and teamwork that will carry on through college. It doesn’t matter in the end if you won or lost but that you can truly say you did your best and gave it everything you had to give.
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