What I have been up to lately!

Hi everyone! Sorry that it has been so long since the last post, this time of the semester is very busy with classes coming to a close. I am trying to get things for my final projects done before heading home for thanksgiving! I can’t wait to go home and spend some time with my family. I have not been home in about a month, so it will be nice to get some home cooked food!

On top of being busy with classes I have also been busy working in a special education room at one of the local high schools. I have been going to this classroom once a week all semester and this was the last week working there until January! I was really lucky to be able to spend all day with the students on Thursday. This was a special day because the kids got to leave their school and have “a day of fun!” Once a week the kids sell popcorn in their high school, they then save up their money throughout the trimester, and then at the end of their marking period they get to spend their money! So, we got to go to lunch at subway, and then to Wal-mart to pick out a prize for working so hard all semester. After Wal-mart we went to see High School Musical 3. The kids are OBSESSED with all things High School Musical and they know the words to all the songs! It was a good thing we were the only people in the theater because they sang along to all the songs! I have loved working with these kids every week and this day was such a good way to end our semester together.

So, that’s a little bit about what I have been up to lately! Hope you all enjoy your holidays!

Hey Everyone!

Sorry its been a while since a post has been put up! It has been crazy! Classes are quickly coming to a close and so that means all of our papers, assignments, projects, and tests are coming to a close as well! This means pretty long days for me, personally, on campus! At this point in the semester, I have learned by now that you pretty much just have to give yourself the goal of getting to Winter break and that wonderful month long break we have!

Along with school work, as a Senior in the exercise science program, I am helping plan Grand Valley's first indoor triathlon. It should be really cool. A group of seniors in my program are planning this for the end of next semester. We are required to have a fieldwork position to graduate. This planning of the triathlon will count as the fieldwork we need to graduate! This is the first one Grand Valley has ever had so I am really excited to be a part of it. I will be helping students train for the running portion of the race!

Hope everyone has a great holiday season and enjoys some time off of school!!

-Leslie

An Eventful Couple of Days!

This past Friday was Halloween as everyone knows. It seemed everyone on campus was in a very festive mood...or maybe it was just a massive sugar high! Every faculty member or office I stepped into that day had candy everywhere. Little kids from the on-campus day care center went from building to building and trick-or-treated. For being someone who personally, hates being scared and is not a big fan of Halloween, it was a fun day.

The election is today. Part of being on this campus is getting to experience and hear all sorts of viewpoints from different people with different beliefs. There have been different speeches and programs set up to inform students around campus about issues and proposals on the ballot and the different candidates that are running. It is an exciting time and it is really neat to be on a college campus with so many diverse views while this major event is going on in the country.

There is also a "Careerfest" today downtown. Grand Valley has over 100 employers come and set up booths at the downtown Devos Center in Grand Rapids and students in search of a job, co-op or internship are able to check it out! I am going down there today to try and find an internship in the corporate wellness field. It is required for my program that I must complete an internship so I can graduate this April. This career fair will also be beneficial for me so I can look at possible job opportunities for after graduation. I feel like it will also give me a chance to practice my professional socialization skills.

All in all its been pretty busy around GV! Only a few more weeks until Thanksgiving!

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