Couldn’t have said it better.

I couldn’t have said this any better. Absolutely true and well-spoken by Jamie – a great friend of mine, fellow Hokie Ambassador tour guide, and Hokie – and unfortunately quite ignorant on behalf of the girl.      Ut Prosim. 

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The Cadets standing guard at the Pylons at War Memorial Chapel, in the heart of Virginia Tech’s campus in Blacksburg, Va.

 

 

 

Virginia 21 musings.

Some blogs I’ve written for Virginia21. Check them out!

Graduate School, or no Graduate School?

Graduate School’s No Joke:
How Grad School is different from your Undergrad

Not only am I excited to share my experiences and thoughts with others who are making a similar transition, but I’m also really interested to see how my thoughts will change in the coming weeks, months, and 2 years that I’ll be spending in this program.
To learn more about my graduate program, check out Virginia Tech’s Higher Education program website.

Hokies never sleep: Boyer & Obama

One of the cooler things to try and happen lately – Virginia Tech’s largest class is trying to get President Obama to Virginia Tech to discuss politics with one of the nation’s largest courses – World Regions.  This is a geography class focused on world politics at Tech, and it’s a course that I’ve sat in on no less than 10 times, even though I’ve never actually been enrolled in it.

The professor, John Boyer, continues to grow a legend and reputation that precedes him. I took his Geography of Wine course in the spring of 2012, and had a great time getting to know him, and his T.A. who is a good friend of mine, Katie. The geography department’s graduate program is where many of my friends are doing their program, and I got to spend a lot of time getting to know what makes this guy so unique, and really appreciating his sense of humor. Definitely excited to give a TED talk alongside him this November.

At the Convention last week (yes, I know, I still need to blog about it), I got a chance to show Vice President Biden the video, and asked him to ask President Obama to view it, also.  It’s been getting a lot of buzz in my local social media circles, I’m interested to see if it’ll really be able to jump off soon. Check it out!

Actively Caring in my cohort.

As I’ve observed class the last few days, I’ve been really touched by the number of Actively Caring bracelets floating around my cohort. From Frankie giving me his scrap piece of paper when I had none, to him giving Reggie a Strengths Quest code when Reggie was the only one that hadn’t done it, to Kelsey recording an entire week’s-worth of lectures for me when I took an opportunity to go network at the Democratic National Convention and missed three weeks worth of classes.

On the first day of class, that was my first announcement – a little blurb about this movement, how the bracelets got started, and how I wanted to keep the spirit alive in our cohort as we all began to acclimate and get to know each other.

I’m really gonna have to get this hashtag trending in my own life – #ilovemycohort.