Hi All,
I am catching up on my blogging (2 posts on one night). Sorry! For some reason this semester I have always set aside time to blog every week but something always seems to come up. I enjoy taking the time to blog and share what is going on here at Rockhurst with all of you! I hope you enjoy reading it!
Anyway, today ends fall break for all of us here at Rockhurst. The dorms stay open over break but when I say it is pretty much dead over break it is dead. On Tuesday I took a flight back to Chicago for 36 hours. In that 36 hours I had a meeting about a project I am working on in Haiti and got two of my wisdom teeth pulled then headed back to Kansas City.
Fall break is a great time to just relax, catch up on a little sleep and oh get some homework done (or at least have hopes of getting homework done) Haha.
I cannot believe I register for classes tomorrow for the last time here at Rockhurst. It is my last semester. It should be a little bit of an easier semester for me. More to come next week on which classes I get into.
This week starts my next round of exams (2/3rds of the way through the semester). Hard to believe this semester has certainly been one of the more interesting and challenging semesters I have had here at school. More to come on that in another blog.
By the way a cool event: Dan Rather, a part of the Rockhurst leadership series was supposed to come and speak last week had to reschedule for next moth. Want more info? http://www.rockhurst.edu/news/article/leadership-council-brings-legendary-journalist-dan-rather/
"Rather will be this year’s Rockhurst University Leadership Series speaker, with the legendary journalist speaking at a luncheon scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, in the Basie Ballroom at the Downtown Marriott, 200 W. 12th St. in Kansas City, Mo. The luncheon had been postponed from an earlier date due to illness.
The title of the presentation is “Dan Rather: Leadership Principles From the World’s Most Powerful Leaders.”
Sunday, October 27, 2013
From last week
Silence... One of my favorite Pandora stations is the relaxation radio station. All around you always hear people talking it is nice to break it up with just some relaxing music for a change.
Hi All,
Hope everyone has had a good two weeks. First, I want to apologize for not getting this up last week. Last weekend I went on a campus ministry sponsored silent retreat. It was really nice to escape the routine and head out to the country for 24 hours in silence. The fall colors had just started to turn so it was picture perfect to say the least.
My birthday was last Friday so this retreat was in a way my birthday gift to myself. It was something I had never done before I figured what the heck give it a try. I was able to do some reflecting on what I am being called to do next year and reflect back on the past 4 years here at Rockhurst. When people say college flies bye they are not kidding.
The place we went to for the retreat was called Christ's peace out in Easton, Kansas. I have to admit as we were driving out there I have never before seen numbered streets get as high as they did out there. I think we got up to 212th street before we finally got there. The retreat center is on 60 plus acres and each of the 6 of us that went on the retreat had our own cabin. It felt like a scene out of a story book, a little private cabin out in the woods.
I really enjoy the variety of retreats that campus ministries puts on. This was my third different type of retreat that I have been on through campus ministries. Freshman year I went on both the "Frosh Get A Away" which a freshman retreat giving freshman a chance to hear from some upper classmen and meet fellow freshman. The other retreat I went on my freshman year was called Retreat on the Rock. It is a smaller in terms of group size retreat consisting of longer personal talks and small group time.
I personally encourage all those at Rockhurst to go on at least one retreat while they are here. Campus ministries subsidizes them to make them really affordable. :)
Here is a quote about silence:
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.”
--Blessed Mother Teresa
Hi All,
Hope everyone has had a good two weeks. First, I want to apologize for not getting this up last week. Last weekend I went on a campus ministry sponsored silent retreat. It was really nice to escape the routine and head out to the country for 24 hours in silence. The fall colors had just started to turn so it was picture perfect to say the least.
My birthday was last Friday so this retreat was in a way my birthday gift to myself. It was something I had never done before I figured what the heck give it a try. I was able to do some reflecting on what I am being called to do next year and reflect back on the past 4 years here at Rockhurst. When people say college flies bye they are not kidding.
The place we went to for the retreat was called Christ's peace out in Easton, Kansas. I have to admit as we were driving out there I have never before seen numbered streets get as high as they did out there. I think we got up to 212th street before we finally got there. The retreat center is on 60 plus acres and each of the 6 of us that went on the retreat had our own cabin. It felt like a scene out of a story book, a little private cabin out in the woods.
I really enjoy the variety of retreats that campus ministries puts on. This was my third different type of retreat that I have been on through campus ministries. Freshman year I went on both the "Frosh Get A Away" which a freshman retreat giving freshman a chance to hear from some upper classmen and meet fellow freshman. The other retreat I went on my freshman year was called Retreat on the Rock. It is a smaller in terms of group size retreat consisting of longer personal talks and small group time.
I personally encourage all those at Rockhurst to go on at least one retreat while they are here. Campus ministries subsidizes them to make them really affordable. :)
Here is a quote about silence:
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.”
--Blessed Mother Teresa
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Sorry for the Delay... A break from the exams
Hi All,
Happy end of homecoming week to all those at Rockhurst. This past week has been homecoming week which ended last night with the homecoming dance. Since we do not have a football team here at Rockhurst we do the parade of the homecoming court at the Soccer game on Friday night.
This week also happened to be midterm week for a lot of us here at Rockhurst. As my short blog entry said on Thursday I finished my exams...for now.... It is nice to have one exam under my belt in every class! This past week I had my Corporate tax exam and my philosophy 3100 (Ethical Theory) exams. Both went amazingly well (at least from how I think I did on them). We shall see for sure when I get them back but it is always a good sign when you finish an exam and you feel good about it.
The week before last I had exams in Advanced Accounting, Business Law and Operations Management. Those all went decently. I am one of those impatient people that can hardly wait to get my grade back on my exam once I take it. I am not sure quite why but I hate the waiting. Haha.
Oh...exciting news Rockhurst just posed the course times for classes for next semester. The other evening I was starting to plan on which classes I would take. It is hard to believe I am registering for classes for the last time. The way it works at Rockhurst is your register by the number of credit hours you have taken thus far (ie so seniors register first). A perk about being in the honors program is that the students in their get to register a few days before they would normally get to thus helping them get into upper level classes before they fill up.
Also, on the bright side fall break is next week! Hope you all have a fantastic week. The weekend weather here has been great. I am off for a run. I will be blogging again soon!
Happy end of homecoming week to all those at Rockhurst. This past week has been homecoming week which ended last night with the homecoming dance. Since we do not have a football team here at Rockhurst we do the parade of the homecoming court at the Soccer game on Friday night.
This week also happened to be midterm week for a lot of us here at Rockhurst. As my short blog entry said on Thursday I finished my exams...for now.... It is nice to have one exam under my belt in every class! This past week I had my Corporate tax exam and my philosophy 3100 (Ethical Theory) exams. Both went amazingly well (at least from how I think I did on them). We shall see for sure when I get them back but it is always a good sign when you finish an exam and you feel good about it.
The week before last I had exams in Advanced Accounting, Business Law and Operations Management. Those all went decently. I am one of those impatient people that can hardly wait to get my grade back on my exam once I take it. I am not sure quite why but I hate the waiting. Haha.
Oh...exciting news Rockhurst just posed the course times for classes for next semester. The other evening I was starting to plan on which classes I would take. It is hard to believe I am registering for classes for the last time. The way it works at Rockhurst is your register by the number of credit hours you have taken thus far (ie so seniors register first). A perk about being in the honors program is that the students in their get to register a few days before they would normally get to thus helping them get into upper level classes before they fill up.
Also, on the bright side fall break is next week! Hope you all have a fantastic week. The weekend weather here has been great. I am off for a run. I will be blogging again soon!
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Done!
I just got back from a 6 mile run and finished my last midterm. Sorry I have fallen off of the blogging world a little bit! More to follow this weekend or sooner maybe!
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Longer Blog Coming Soon!
Hi All,
Sorry. It has been a very busy weekend and I have an exam tomorrow morning plus a take home exam due Thursday!! Plus lots of other work to do! I promise I will post a long blog as soon as I can!
It was a very busy weekend around Rockhurst with the Hopkins 5k and family and alumni weekend.
Check out the Rockhurst Facebook page for tons of pics from the weekend (hint there is at least one of me). Good luck finding it.
Sorry. It has been a very busy weekend and I have an exam tomorrow morning plus a take home exam due Thursday!! Plus lots of other work to do! I promise I will post a long blog as soon as I can!
It was a very busy weekend around Rockhurst with the Hopkins 5k and family and alumni weekend.
Check out the Rockhurst Facebook page for tons of pics from the weekend (hint there is at least one of me). Good luck finding it.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
The heart of the semester
Hi All,
Alright the honeymoon period of the beginning of senior year has officially ended!
Reality has set in. You know the period when you just have to keep up on your reading and all the beginning of the year festivities are going on. My first exams of the semester is this coming week. This is when it really matters (it has mattered all along but you know what I mean). It is the time in the semester when 20% or more of your grade in a course can be determined in the course of an hour long exam. A lot of my courses this semester are set up where we have 3 exams per semester. It is hard to believe that already about a third of the semester or a sixth of my senior year has passed.
This week I have a business law exam and possibly an Intro into operations management exam (our professor said he would tell us Monday if the exam is going to be Wednesday or if he is going to push it back a week). Both of these classes are part of the core that every business student in the Helzberg school of management has to take. I really appreciate the business school core in addition to the school core. The business school core has made sure that we are well rounded and knowledgeable at least on a basic level in all the various aspects of business from organizational communication to accounting to business law.
On Thursday I stopped in to say goodbye to one of my former business school teachers who had taught me micro computer operations and marketing. He has been teaching here for countless years and has certainly impacted countless number of students.
Here are a few quotes for the week.
"Do what you can with what you have where you are" -Theodore Roosevelt
"Never frown because you never know who might be falling in love with your smile" Justine Milton
P.S. One final note I have this awesome application on my phone called motivational quotes. It has countless quotes and changes them every so often. It certainly offers some good food for thought.
Alright the honeymoon period of the beginning of senior year has officially ended!
Reality has set in. You know the period when you just have to keep up on your reading and all the beginning of the year festivities are going on. My first exams of the semester is this coming week. This is when it really matters (it has mattered all along but you know what I mean). It is the time in the semester when 20% or more of your grade in a course can be determined in the course of an hour long exam. A lot of my courses this semester are set up where we have 3 exams per semester. It is hard to believe that already about a third of the semester or a sixth of my senior year has passed.
This week I have a business law exam and possibly an Intro into operations management exam (our professor said he would tell us Monday if the exam is going to be Wednesday or if he is going to push it back a week). Both of these classes are part of the core that every business student in the Helzberg school of management has to take. I really appreciate the business school core in addition to the school core. The business school core has made sure that we are well rounded and knowledgeable at least on a basic level in all the various aspects of business from organizational communication to accounting to business law.
On Thursday I stopped in to say goodbye to one of my former business school teachers who had taught me micro computer operations and marketing. He has been teaching here for countless years and has certainly impacted countless number of students.
Here are a few quotes for the week.
"Do what you can with what you have where you are" -Theodore Roosevelt
"Never frown because you never know who might be falling in love with your smile" Justine Milton
P.S. One final note I have this awesome application on my phone called motivational quotes. It has countless quotes and changes them every so often. It certainly offers some good food for thought.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Iggy Week
Hi All,
As you might recall from my blog entry last weekend, I
mentioned that this past week is Ignatian Heritage week. It was a week packed
full of events. It started off with Fr. Bill, Director of the Jesuit Residence
here at Rockhurst giving the homily at the student mass last Sunday. For the
gospel they read out of the Saint John's bible that was commissioned by the
Benedictine monks of the Abbey of Saint John in Collegeville, Minn. The
Director of the project came to speak on Wednesday night as part of the
Ignatian Heritage week events. The Director came into his position before the
idea was brought to Saint John’s to do this bible, it just kindof fell into his
lap. Tim Ternes the Director of the program was a great speaker, he filled
Mabee theater with students, faculty, alumni and community members for his talk.
I have to say it is amazing to see this reproduction of it
up close. There are 7 volumes of it that make up the whole bible. It is the
first time in nearly 500 years that there has been a hand written bible. This
is the heritage edition of the bible. There are only 299 reproductions of it.
“Saint John's Abbey and University commissioned The Saint
John's Bible to ignite the spiritual imagination of all peoples throughout the
world,” Ternes said. “Their goal was to commission a work of art that illuminated
the Word of God for a new millennium, in a way that is relevant to the 21st
century.” To read more click here: http://www.rockhurst.edu/news/article/saint-johns-bible-coming-rockhurst/
The artwork in the Saint John's bible is simply amazing how
it is contemporary and relevant to this century. There is actually a photo of
the twin towers weaved into the prodigal son artwork in the bible.
On Tuesday, we had our annual mass of the Holy Spirit asking
the God to send the holy spirit’s blessing upon the university this year. This
is a tradition that is done by every Jesuit school. Afterwards we had a Renaissance
themed lunch. It was a very nice mass and the lunch was very yummy.
Other than that my classes and my internship are keeping me
busy.
Hope you have a great week!
Below is a picture of the bible.
Quote for the week: "Our greatest battles are that with our own minds" -Jameson Frank
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