Did they have brains or knowledge? Don't make me laugh!

So, I've been working with Michael Cronk in the Career Development Center on my resume and we've made some great alterations to it. The whole objective of my visit was to get some advice on a summer internship and hopefully get some of that much needed networking to find a position for the summer. Last summer and the summer before I was in an engineering co-op at Rolls-Royce in Indianapolis, but since I decided to change my major from the Physics/Pre-Engineering route to Computer Science and Spanish I couldn't really stick around there for the coming summer. Not to mention it's hard to be so far away from all of my friends and my boyfriend for the whole summer. Anyway, I'm excited to try out something new in the Computer Science field and stay in Lexington for the summer. Now that I've fixed my resume, the next step is to meet with Susan Rayer, the Director of the CDC, to find the perfect position for me this summer. Let's cross our fingers for something good!

My Friends Aaron and William from my Rolls-Royce Co-Op

I'm sure some of you are thinking that I'm being a little over achieving with the co-op and internship talk, but I'll tell you my co-op experience helped me realize that something I thought I was sure I would love to do, wasn't exactly the right thing for me. So, this is me telling you to get out there in the field you think you'd like to be in and do the work that the people are doing. You can go through your whole college career loving all the classes you take for your desired career, but you could get into the work-force and find out that you don't really want to be an engineer and really wish you would have taken more communication classes so you could be doing Journalism. Transy tries their hardest to make sure this doesn't happen by requiring classes from all sorts of disciplines but you may be surprised once you're out there in the workforce. So, this is me, Abby, your friendly Transy Admissions Blogger telling you to get out there as soon as you can! (I started second semester of Senior year.) It's not something you have to wait around for.

Respect my Authority!

Ok, here is is folks, the Friday before Spring Break I found out that I got a position on the RA staff! I even know where I'll be! Next year I will be the RA for the Front Hall on Fourth Floor of Forrer Residence Hall. Guess what? That's a first-year hall, so if any of you lady readers decide that Transy is the place for you, there's a possibilty of me being your RA! Cool, right? I'm not sure if I've talked about the set up in Forrer before but I'll give it a go.

Areal Photo Courtesy of Google Maps, Enhanced by Yours Truly.

Forrer isn't really a stand alone building, it's connected to the Campus Center and the Cafeteria. In the picture above: Forrer is the area outlined in red, the Caf is outlined in Green, the Campus Center is in Orange. Our pool is inside of the campus center and that's outlined in blue. But we're talking about Forrer. Forrer is four (4) stories of residential housing + a floor with a reception desk, mailboxes, our campus DPS (Department of Public Saftey) office, all of the Sorority Chapter Rooms, and a computer lab.

Each residential floor is separated into 3 different "halls" -Front (Purple), Back (Blue), and Side (Yellow). The first and second floor house all of the sororities, two on the first floor: Side and Back (there is no First-Front because of the front lobby) and two on the second floor: front and back; the third hall (side) is an "unaffiliated" or Indy (Independent). The Third and Fourth floors are reserved for First-Year girls. Third back is also used for upperclassmen overflow, there's a funny story about room selection last year and me getting the crappiest number to sign up for a room and almost having to live up there, ok so it's not that funny...

So I hope that's not too confusing, but if it is, feel free to send me and email or post a comment.

Boys- Your housing is much more simple, all Clay Hall is First years, except for the fourth floor where some Indy upperclassmen men live. Davis Hall houses all four Fraternities and some Indy upperclassmen as well.

That's all I have for you right now, but check back later!

It's a beautiful day!

Yes indeed, it almost looks like spring is actually here folks! Put away the parka and the ear muffs and you should probably pull out the rain boots, but not today. Today is BEAUTIFUL!

Last week was Spring Break, I, unfortunately, didn't go anywhere exciting but home. Indianapolis was pretty gloomy the whole week but a couple of days were decently warm and I stayed busy helping my dad out at his office and helping my high school with their musical. I was much more interested in helping my high school because they're doing the same musical I did my sophomore year, Cinderella! I was a step-sister and my older sister was Cinderella, it was a great time.

That's me in the middle, Calliope

Anyway, we're all back on campus now trying to get out minds back into the swing of things, I'm sure you know exactly how that feels, and we're all enjoying this beautiful weather. I know I mentioned earlier some of my favorite nice weather hang out in Back Circle, but I thought I might give you all some more of my favorites around campus because:

1. The steps of MFA (Mitchell Fine Arts Building)
   This is the perfect late afternoon study spot the steps are shaded by the best trees but if you venture out into the sun the stone steps provide a perfect amount of coolness on a warm afternoon.
   
   
2. Haupt Plaza
   Right in the middle of the academic side of campus, Haupt Plaza is equipped with benches and the view of everyone walking to class. It's perfect for people watching or a long lunch with something greasy from the Raf (The Rafskeller) or sitting after class with a group of friends.
   
   
3. The Lawn outside of BSC (Brown Science Center) and Hazelrigg
   This is my favorite spot for classes outside, probably because my Calculus I and II professor, Dr. Stufflebeam, treated us to class here a few times complete with white board and everything needed for a good lecture, well maybe the attention wasn't quite all there. :)

Now, all I really want to do is go lay out in the sun, but alas I'm at work for another hour. I have rehearsal for "Kimberly Akimbo" tonight; we only have six more rehersals before opening night! If any of you live in Lexington and want to come see a Transy Theatre Production, our performances are next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday March 26-28 at 7 pm in Little Theater.

Until next time!