Trading the Books for the Shovel

Week in Review: A Reflection of January 28 – February 3

Shoveling is an unexpected and unwelcomed responsibility during the winter (and sometimes fall and spring) months. But, it’s something that you’ve got to do if you live in Wisconsin, so I put down the books this past week for a little while and picked up a shovel. I can’t wait for spring.

Thursday was the first West Bend Student Senate meeting of the semester. We needed to elect a new vice president since the seat was open. One of my friends, who is also in the Web Developer Club, was nominated and elected for the position. Congratulations, Jane! During the meeting we talked about Relay for Life, which is in August. We may be getting a MPTC team together for the cause. Later this month two Student Senate members are going the Wisconsin Student Government (WSG) legislative seminar in Madison. They will be meeting with legislators to address the concerns of Wisconsin technical colleges. What an amazing opportunity!

Week in Review: A Reflection of December 4 – December 11

What a busy, busy week it has been! There was the holiday celebration event, which included two BINGO events and a casino, a Lunch ‘n’ Learn, and final projects to work on for my classes at Moraine Park Technical College.

The cafeteria and computer labs were popular places for group projects and study groups this past week. It is definitely nearing the end of the semester. Which reminds me; book buyback starts this Thursday. I’ve got a few books l would like to sell back to the bookstore, but I highly recommend keeping books you know you’ll use in the future. I will not be selling my Photoshop or JavaScript book back. They were good books I know I might need to use for reference in the future.

Sometimes when I go down the hallway past the library at the West Bend campus, there will be something set up at the tables. This past week there was a fundraiser for Relay for Life http://www.relayforlife.org/. Students and staff could purchase tickets to enter drawings to win gift baskets filled with things like movies, iTunes gift cards, candy, and cookbooks. I was one of the first to put my raffle tickets into the bucket.

After completing my self-paced Microsoft Access class, I was able to focus on my final project for Graphics for the Web class that was due on Monday. It required a lot of research and a lot of time spent using Photoshop to create a logo.

Now, the last thing I need to focus on is the last assignments for Beginning Photoshop. That will be due on Monday, and then I’m all done for the fall semester of 2011!