Back at it...

Hope everyone had a festive holiday season!

This week is Grand Valley's first week back after the long winter break! I have 12 credits this semester which is not a whole lot but it includes my fieldwork course. I am required to do a fieldwork position for my degree so I will be organizing Grand Valley's first indoor triathlon along with some other people from my program to fulfill this requirement. It will keep me busy... I know that for sure!

This semester marks the last one I will have as an undergraduate. Its pretty surreal. This semester is also really important in determining what I will do after graduation. I applied to GVSU's Occupational Therapy program earlier this year and will be finding out if I got in this semester. A good portion of my friends are also graduating at the end of this semester so it is a bittersweet thing. I don't know who will or will not be staying in the area or what everyone will be doing!

I am pretty much just trying to soak in and enjoy these next few months and keep my eyes on the cap and gown!

-Leslie

Hello!

Hey! My name is Eric, and I am a fifth year senior here at Grand Valley State University. My undergraduate program is nearly complete with all my classes finished. I majored in Biology and minored in Chemistry both with an emphasis in Secondary Education, thus the fifth year of teacher assisting and now student teaching. I'm originally from Muskegon, MI, right next to the lake about 40 minutes west of Grand Valley. While attending GVSU, I have had the opportunity to take part in a number of campus clubs and organizations, as well as, to work for Grand Valley Admissions for my fourth academic year. Getting highly involved is something that has allowed me to branch out and experience an all-around view of university life inside, as well as, outside of the classroom. It also helps in allowing one to meet people and build friendships he or she would not necessarily get to just through classes.

If you have any questions or comments, we would love to hear from you! With the winter semester now in full swing, we will be posting regularly to let you know what we are doing, fun things happening on campus, and to answer any questions you might have.

Enjoy checking out the rest of the website, and thank you for your interest in Grand Valley State University!

All the best,
Eric

Finals are OVER!

Finals are over! Time for celebration at GVSU... and a nice long break. This week was our last week before we get a break for about a month. Honestly, I love college so much because you get finals out of the way BEFORE you go on break so you can just relax and have fun during the holidays.

Holiday time at GV is pretty cool. Of course, it gets really really really snowy and they always have holiday tunes ringing from the clock tower that is in the middle of our campus. Its pretty cool.

Over the break, I plan on working up in admissions for a while, catching up on some reading (FOR FUN!), and hanging out with my family and friends. I have to use this time to gear up for next semester too considering it is the last one before I graduate! Wow, its weird just writing that. It has not hit me yet that I will be in cap and gown soon graduating from college. It sounds cliche but, it goes by so fast.

Anyway, hope everyone is staying safe and warm in this winter season!

-Leslie

Finals Time at GVSU!

Hello everyone! This week is finals week at grand valley so everyone is a little bit overwhelmed. I am pretty lucky, I only have three finals this week and they are spread out over three days, so I can get a lot of studying in.
The nice thing about finals week on campus is a lot places are open 24 hours. Starting the week before finals the library is open 24 hours, and they have free food and coffee in there so, it is a great place to study. It is not uncommon to see people carrying blankets and pillows into the library so they can catch some sleep during study breaks!
Many of the computer labs on campus are open 24 hours as well, that has helped me out a lot as I have been finishing up some projects this week. Because I am a senior, I have gone through finals week before and I have found that stressing out over exams does not help me. So, I have been studying hard but also enjoying watching Grey’s Anatomy with my roommate during my study breaks. The last week of school is always interesting because you find yourself working so hard, and then after your last exam it is all over, and you get to relax. I will be heading home at the end of this week which I am very excited about. Going home over Thanksgiving reminded me how much I enjoy my mom’s cooking!
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!!!
Jen

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!

Keep questions coming!