We May Need a Bigger Room

We may need to move to a bigger room next month. We had nearly 20 people show up to our first meeting of the Web Developer Club this semester. Just about everybody from last semester was there along with quite a few new people. I think the diversity of our members’ skills, experiences, and knowledge this year will allow for a very educational experience for everyone.

I was reelected for another year as the secretary of the Web Developer Club. As the secretary, it is my job to record meeting minutes.  I keep track of attendance at the meetings. I also like to send out an e-mail reminder to members two days before we meet each month. We elected a president, vice-president, treasurer, and a club representative during the meeting. A “club rep” is responsible for going to the Student Senate meetings and reporting to the senate what the club is doing. If we need additional funds, they fill out a form and request the funds during the senate meeting.

We had a lot of business-related things to discuss during the first meeting. We started off introducing ourselves, and the returning members shared stories about what the club has done in the past. There was some paperwork to fill out that we needed to send to the student life advisor so we are recognized as a campus club.

Get Organized: September Lunch ‘n Learn

What’s one thing just about everybody, especially college students, wishes they could be better at? It’s a skill useful in your work life as well as your personal life. If you’re good at it not only can it save you time, it can make your life easier.

The answer is, getting organized. Sometimes we need to figure out how to organize our things, and sometimes we need to figure out how to organize our time better. At September’s Lunch ‘n Learn we shared tips and discussed the struggles we face trying to organize things in our life. It seems like everybody wants to know how to be more organized.

I’ve tried to implement some organizational rules in a few rooms in my home to keep my things in order:

1. Objects must serve a purpose. It doesn’t necessarily need to be a functional thing. If it’s something very sentiment or beautiful, it has a purpose. If it’s something you don’t use and don’t like, don’t keep it.
2. Everything needs a designated place. It should go in a certain container, drawer, or cupboard. Label those areas if it helps.
3. The location of things needs to be logical. For example, I keep my hairbrush in the same spot in a drawer in my bathroom. I’ve used an overturned shoebox cover as a divider so my hairbrush is separated from everything else in the drawer. I don’t want to have to dig to find my brush, especially if I need to be somewhere at 8 a.m.

Four Assignments and a Wedding

Week in Review: A Reflection of September 10 – 16

This  gray wolf helps relieve stress

Last Wednesday I went to a Student Senate meeting at the West Bend campus. It was nice to see old as well as new faces. Adam, our student life advisor, gave us an overview of Student Government as well as gray wolf stress balls. We had nominations and elections for officer positions. We also discussed some upcoming events. There’s going to be a lot of things going on from now until the end of the semester!

I had a lot of things going on for homework as well. I had two integrated financial sheets to complete for accounting as well as starting a professional goal-setting project. For my Document Standards and Expectations class I had an editing assignment. In my Customer Service Essentials class I had to create a presentation about video sharing.

But, there wasn’t much time for homework this past weekend because my sister got married. I helped create the party favors that sit on the tables for dinner. They looked like little suits and wedding dresses with a ribbon tied around the waist. Those took a long time to make! So, come Monday and Tuesday, I spent the entire two days working on homework. I got everything done, but I sure did feel rushed.

How do you balance school life and family life?

The New Bubbler Story

Moraine Park Technical College’s West Bend campus had two new bubblers, also known to some as drinking fountains, installed this semester. Have you seen them yet? They’re pretty cool, and they helped me in my time of need, as you will see in the video.

Autumn at MPTC

Week in Review: A Reflection of September 3 – 9

It’s a little crazy to think three weeks of classes have already past. Where did the time go? For me, it has been so busy that the days are going by quickly. Autumn is my favorite season, so I hope it doesn’t go by too fast. Although, it seems we are still having mostly summer weather. Wisconsin likes to skip and rearrange seasons, I’ve noticed.

Mostly, I’ve been busy keeping up with my four classes. One class is accelerated. It’s an eight-week course that meets once per week for four hours. It is pretty intense, and I have more work to do in a shorter period of time, but I’ll be done in October. Then, I’ll have an extra night free.

I really enjoy October. I like seeing all the leaves change from green to bright red and orange. It’s a time for warm sweaters and Packer football. There are visits to the pumpkin farm for hayrides and hot apple cider and caramel apples covered in nuts. At school, we’re settled into our routine. We know what to expect when we go to class, and our new classmates are becoming our new friends.

What’s your favorite part of fall?

Technology is the Integrating Link

Week in Review: A Reflection of August 27 – September 2

In my accounting class we’re learning how financial statements are integrated. The net income (or net loss) on the income statement also appears on the statement of retained earnings. I’ve realized this week that my classes are also integrated. Concepts I’ve learned and topics we’ve discussed in my IT-Web Designer/Developer classes also appear in my Office Assistant classes.

Having finished quite a few of my web design classes, I’ve got a pretty solid foundation in web-related concepts. This semester I’m taking classes for my other program, which focus on business concepts. I can see now that the two programs are interrelated because web design companies are businesses and every business needs a website.

In my Customer Service Essentials class we talked about the role of technology in customer service. The Internet plays such an important part in customer service. A well designed website equals good customer service, because customers can find the information they need, such as hours of operation or answers to questions they have, easily. Businesses are using e-commerce, mobile apps, and online chat to assist customers.