Back to School

This summer has been one of the most productive yet challenging summers I have had in my college career. I learned a lot along the way, and the majority of them were great challenges that pushed me beyond my limit. Growing up, my Dad’s original career was teaching. If you have a parent that taught or is a teacher you can probably relate to my experiences. My dad always wanted us to keep busy, he always wanted us to read books. My mom and brothers loved to read books but I preferred math (Really? Yeah I know, lol). I always wanted to calculate something or do something arithmetical. Every semester of my college career so far has had a math class in it, but now I’ve taken all my required math classes and I kind of miss it.

Back to my summer: I learned this summer to love reading more. I read books that would challenge me and bring the best out of me. I read books like Hill Harper’s Letter to Young Sister, Audacity of Hope by President Obama, Outliers and The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. I learned so much from these books and I’m looking forward to applying them in my daily life come September 4.

As the summer vacation comes to an end, departments in school are becoming busier, like the Admissions Office, Student Life, Housing & Residential Life, Financial Aid, the bookstore, and Academic Advising. There is so much excitement that the halls of campus are going to be noisy again, not the quiet halls they have been all summer long. Everyone is looking forward to seeing new faces, meeting different people from all over with different cultures and backgrounds. I’m getting excited just talking about it.

Some tips I have for incoming students is to get to the bookstore, Financial Aid, and Registrar’s Office on time because once school begins those lines become long and frustrating. Don’t wait until the last minute. I’ll upload pictures later on in the week to show you how long those lines can be. I stopped by Student Life earlier this week to speak to the director Jesse Hurse, to ask how preparation for students and the Welcome Back Picnic was coming along. “Great,” he said. He was looking forward to students coming back to campus, organizations hosting events, and the exciting things that students coming back have to look forward to.

Hope to catch up with you guys again soon. Till then.

T out.