Hello 2011: I've Been Waiting for Your Arrival

It is January. It is cold outside. It is time for another hit at the textbooks for the spring 2011 semester at Clarion University!

I have really good feelings about this semester for a few reasons. First, this is the last semester of taking full-time graduate courses. Next semester I will be taking one graduate course and completing my portfolio, non-thesis graduation requirement. That's reassuring and gives me a sense of accomplishment. I will feel like a deer standing in headlights when it comes time to physically doing and completing a project, rather than the same routine of reading, writing and studying, which I've known for so long.

Secondly, this is the first semester of two where I will be president of Public Relations Student Society of America. I am very excited about this position! This opportunity will be a chance for me to enhance my leadership skills, network with public relations professionals and help undergraduate students. That is what I really want to do--benefit the undergrad communication majors at CU. I have several ideas that I am anxious to share with the executive board and the rest of the chapter. More than likely, I will be blogging about those ideas later this year.

Third, it is track and field season! It is time to get back to developing workouts, assisting with travel endeavors and helping Clarion Track & Field get ready for the Cook Forest Half-Marathon/5K...eventually. I created a professional team brochure which I am excited about to use for recruiting this year via Coach Bevevino.

This is the year when I will finally define myself and improve to the extent of showing greater signs of professionalism. No more student lifestyle. No more living on frozen dinners. haha. And...I might actually get back to running again, after nurturing my right knee's assumed torn meniscus.

I like to think of my life right now as Jordin Sparks' "One Step at a Time." "It's gonna happen when it's suppose to happen..And we find the reason why one step at a time."

Until the next January post...
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