Working on Campus

This is the third year that I've had an "on-campus" job at Northwood. As a recommendation to incoming freshman, I would encourage you to work while you go to school. And if you're going to work, there's no better place to do it than on-campus. The jobs are convenient and very flexible with school and other events.

As a freshman, it's a good way to start meeting other people, and it always helps to have a little "extra" cash on hand. There are a lot of different jobs you can do on-campus as well. You can work in the athletic center, as a professor's assistant, in admissions, IT, or any of the other departments on campus.

On-campus jobs are also a great way to take on some responsibility and learn some extra management skills. So check out your available on-campus jobs! It'll be worth it.

Chris

Thursday Night

Thursday Night,
My favorite day of the week. Why? Because after class I have time to just hang out and forget about school. I get to go to the gym, without thinking of going to my next class. The only thing that I have on my plate today is having the time of my life hanging out with my true friends at Church Reloaded, which is an on campus church. I found them this year and they have really changed the way I view life. Church Reloaded gave me an opportunity to go with one of my good friends, Jake, down to East St. Louis on a short term mission trip. After service, a group of us always go out to Buffalo Wild Wings and "kick it old school". O-YEA 50-cent WINGS!!!!!
Well I have to get going take care and God Bless,
Mark Thompson

Busy, Busy Spring!

Hey Guys! It's Katherine again. A lot has happened since my last post. I went on Spring Break with the softball team here at NU and we had gorgeous weather for our 12 games in Orlando, Florida. Our first GLIAC Conference game is tomorrow at Grand Valley. We play at Wayne State on Saturday and we are home against Saginaw Valley on Sunday. So, this is a very big week for us and we are pumped.
Softball keeps me pretty busy, but obviously I have to go to class too! I have some good ones this term. I am in a Creativity class with Professor Hughes. It is a challenging class, where we are encouraged to think with the right side of our brains, which is so contrary to how most of us reason. Professor Hughes wants us to develop new ways of solving problems. We are training to look at the problems as opportunities for improvements and discern through creative thinking, what the best way to solve them is. I believe that it will be a very insightful and helpful class.
Hopefully when I write next, I can share about our wins on the softball field!

Why not...

Why not...

Surprise your friend with their favorite ice cream

Say hello to a stranger

Pick up that gross McDonald's bag laying on the ground

Try to make 10 people smile

Play Frisbee in the park

Wear a hat even if you don't love how you look

Walk to your favorite restaurant

Call your grandparents just to say hello

Sleep til 12 if you have nothing to do

Volunteer in the local area

Get a library card and take out a good book

Use the money from not buying the book and get Starbucks

Eat a 1/2 gallon of ice cream and feel GOOD after

Leave your cell phone at home for the day

Call a long lost friend

Apologize even if you think the other person should first

Forgive

Live life to the fullest

Why not?

People in life will always ask you the question why and I like to respond with why not. Don't walk around caring about what others think of the decisions you make or saying I will do that later. Make the best of every moment so you know your time has been used effectively.

At Northwood University students are encouraged to get involved in as many clubs as possible, establish friendships with students, faculty and staff, and to live life to the fullest! You will never be left thinking why didn't I do that!

Spring is coming!

It was so beautiful out the last few days! I actually did my homework outside on Sunday. And of course it’s getting cold again. Don’t you love Michigan weather? Well, tonight is the second Stafford Dinner meeting. I got selected as the co-chair of service. I feel so important, haha. Right now we’re trying to pick the theme for next year’s dinner. It’s a toss up between a few different ones. I’m pushing for an old time Broadway/New York theme.
There is a luncheon in the Hach Center on Monday and being an HRM student, I am excused from all my classes that day to work it. I am on the valet staff again. I like the interaction I get with the guests while they wait for their car to be brought to them and when they drop their car off. I’ve had many interesting conversations in that parking lot!
I’m taking a food lab this term which is a basic cooking class. This week I learned how to Julianne and dice vegetables and potatoes. I have never worked in a kitchen and I am not a very good cook so I can’t wait to start learning how to really cook a nice meal so I can show off my skills when I go back home.
At the end of April I get to stay at Shanty Creek Resort for free because I’m working an event there. We get to use their whole facility for free. I will be working with an amazing chef in the kitchen and I can’t wait! I love how Northwood has so many connections and that they get you out there in the field you are studying right away so you gain experience. I’m so glad I made the choice of coming here.

Talk to you soon!
Willa Booth

Spring is here!

Hey guys,

It's Hanna again. A lot has happened since my last post. Winter term is over and spring term is here. My schedule is awesome. My earliest classes are at 10 and 12. I'm taking some pretty cool classes too. My creative writing class is my favorite. I also really enjoy my copywriting class. As an advertising major, this class is especially cool because we get to design ads and come up with slogans.

Although I love being up at school, I also cannot wait until the summer. I have applied for a few interships with advertising agency and I am currently finishing up an application for an intership doing brand marketing for the Palace.

I am also pretty excited for next year. I am moving out of the dorms and into a house with three other girls. The house is two miles from campus. I can't wait.

Thanks for reading!

Hanna Langston

Can't get enough of FACEBOOK

My personal experience with facebook is addicting. When I first set up an account with facebook, I was checking my page at least 12 times a day. It wasn’t that I had a lot of messages from friends, which I did have a few here and there, but I just wanted to be nosey and in other people’s business. Facebook is a great networking tool. I can keep in touch with all my high school friends as well as my college friends. I find a lot of my friends enjoying life and spending time with those they really care about. One of my personal favorites is the relationship status. Usually I like to hear about other people’s love stories because I believe that there is someone out there for everybody. People even come up with interesting quotes which sometimes lifts me up when I know that someone else is going through the same thing as me. I also like receiving the events notice. It’s good to know that when you don’t have anything planned on the weekend there are a few of your buddies throwing a get together or want you to come support an organization that their involved in.
It’s entertaining to see the pictures that your friends post on line. But it can be costly because pictures can speak a thousand words. A lot of employers go online and look into these types of search engines. Some of the photos and language posted on facebook is not worth risking a career over. There are also crazy people on line, such as stalkers and hackers waiting to make your life miserable. But I guess that’s why there is a blocker where you can block certain people and also make your page private.
Although, when you find good friends that care about you, you should hold on to them. Situations happen in life where you can loose contact with people. So the other best way to keep in touch with old flings, friends, co-workers, and family, besides cell phones, is through myspace or facebook or any other means of cyber communication. But be cautious and aware of what you say and post on line.

Ericka Benton
Northwood University Student
March 11, 2009