Monday, April 29, 2013

Our DST video turned out awesome!  I can't wait to see how much the freshman students like it in the fall!  I know that we have a great example to show them (:  Thanks to Megan for all her hard work editing the video last minute and Cole and Kat for being team leaders, as well as for everyone else who helped.

The peer mentor panel that we had in class on Wednesday turned out to be very helpful.  They had a lot of good information to share with us, and it sounds like we are going to have a really rewarding experience.  The question I asked was about what you do when you have a student that is leaning towards going home and discontinuing their college education.  The answers I got from them were ones that I was expecting, but I really do hope that I don't have to deal with this situation because it is one that you can't help as much with as you'd really like to.  It would never be a good thing to see one of your students decide to discontinue their schooling, or to be in a place where they feel they are uncomfortable and is not for them.  As I'm sure we all do, we hope that each and every student enjoys the college atmosphere and succeeds to their full potential.

We had a fun time at Allie's house yesterday!  I really liked spending time with you all, and was also fun to hear about the retreat and what activities we get to do!  This one is very similar to the retreat I participated in when I was a freshman and i had a lot of fun, so I am really looking forward to it.  Not so much eating the donuts off the string though (:

Hope you all have a good week, and also hoping to get those purple shirts!  If not, Kat and I will make a new "purple" squad!

5 comments:

  1. I agree that the peer mentor panel was very helpful! I look forward to the retreat as well. We have a very competitive group of leaders and that will make it all the more fun!!

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  2. Being a 2010 Hixson, it'll be a whole new experience for me with this year's Hixson Scholar Retreat! I went to the Omaha Zoo my freshman year, and I'm pretty sure all we had was a scavenger hunt; not the inter-section competition that you 2011 Hixsons had! Should be a very exciting time!

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  3. I liked the peer mentor panel as well. The retreat should be so much fun. I am excited to run the holy buckets game. The retreat at Allie's house was awesome.

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  4. If you do ever have a student who wants to drop out/transfer, you can always come to Allie or me for help! Some students already have their mind made up and do end up leaving, but other times its just a freak out moment and we can get them to stay :)

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  5. Purple... I'll try to keep that in mind! :)

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