pre-spring break craze

Sorry it's been a little since my last post. Things always pick up just before spring break. Well we had a huge snow storm, followed by a week of the 50s, followed by an ice storm, followed by a snowstorm, followed by a thaw, followed by an ice, followed by a mini-thaw, followed by.... well they say we're supposed to get 6-8 inches tomorrow... that's weather for you. Coming from Michigan, in an area that consistently gets lake-effect snow, this is nothing new. It's always nice to go to bed thinking it will be 45-ish in the morning, and waking up to five inches of snow. Oh well! It could always be worse.
Last weekend we had another scholarship day. High school seniors interested in coming to Trine who qualify for the honors program and one of the many academic scholarships Trine offers come to campus on a Saturday. The scholarship day includes an interview, an essay on a topic assigned immediately before writing it, lunch, and a student panel. Honors students of all years and majors are chosen to answer questions from potential students and their parents. This year I was asked to be a part of the panel. It's always great to be able to give some of your real-world knowledge and advice to potential students. Even if they don't come to Trine, you hope that some of the advice you gave them will help out. We got questions anywhere from Greek involvement on campus to the food in the cafeteria to roommate issues, class schedules, and graduation outlook. It was encouraging to see so many parents interested in what their children's potential college life would be like.
One of my professors always says that students, especially seniors, never return from spring break. She's probably right. When we return from spring break, we're basically halfway done with the semester. In high school, the end of the school year is much closer to spring break than in college. This probably has something to do with it. Our brains are trained to prepare for summer post-spring break. Personally, I'm not going anywhere but back home for break. I get to work 40 hours, which will help pay some bills. I'm also attempting to save up some money for after I graduate and find a place of my own... but that's a little hard to do very often while I'm only working part time. We'll see how everything goes and how school post-spring break pans out.
~Til next time,
Sarah

Career Fair

Well it's been a pretty uneventful span of time around here. It gets that way sometimes as we settle in, full of tests and projects and presentations. Last Friday was Trine's career fair. It was ok. Career Services is still growing so we don't have as many businesses as some schools, but for a school our size we do really well. Per usual, a large majority of the employers were looking for engineering students. There were a few for marketing, a few for business, and a few for finance and accounting. However, that being said, Career Services identifies which majors (like mine) weren't represented, and since there were so many students who attended, they hope to get more businesses for a larger variety of majors in the coming years.
One of the great things about our career services is how much they want to help. I'm attending the career fair at Western Michigan University (where I'm from) next Thursday (since it got snowed out during out Snowpocolypse). Career services called to make sure it was ok if myself and some other students who are interested in working in that area attended. They also help with mock interviews, resume workshops, etc.

~Til next time,
Sarah

work work work

So we did end up getting a snow day yesterday. I literally did nothing all day. It was extremely boring and for the first time, I didn't really want a snow day. Oh well. The clean up crews around campus have done a wonderful job keeping the sidewalks clean. I posted some pictures on my flickr stream so you'll have to check those out.
Tomorrow is the career fair. While there are going to be a lot of companies looking for engineering students, there will be a handful looking for business and other majors. Hopefully as those who come get good interns and employees from Trine, more businesses will start to come to our career fair. I'm going to use it as a practice round for a really big career fair I'm attending at Western Michigan University in a few weeks. One great thing about Trine is that they work hard to make sure students have job opportunities no matter where they hope to live.

~Til next time
Sarah

SNOW!

We're supposed to get around 17 inches by tomorrow night... We'll have to wait and see. So far we've only gotten a couple inches and classes aren't cancelled. If we get a ton, I'll take some pictures. Where I'm from, we get pounded by lake effect snow all the time so snow really isn't that big of a deal. 17 inches is still a lot. Everyone seems to be freaking out. My friend called it a snowpocolypse.
~Til next time
Sarah