Take Two

Today was the Student Organizations Fair on Greene St., which was pretty crowded. It was hard to see everything, and I know I missed some after talking to people later saying 'I wish there was *blank*' only to find out that they were there! Oh well, I found enough things to be satisfied.

Of all of the clubs, I knew going in that I was going to join the tennis club as a recreational player (maybe I will look into competitive in the future, but for now I want to make things easy on myself). Later tonight I will be going to the informational meeting, where I will pay the $35-ish fee to be a member for the semester. As for the other things, I was pretty glad to see they had both Relay for Life and Habitat for Humanity, both of which I signed up for and, once I get the email, hope to partake in. I also learned about this student-run online editorial (at least that it how it sounded) called Zeitgeist (time-ghost auf Deutsch!), which I think could be interesting and I might look into. Finally, there was some sort of business club that I came across. Not too sure how interested I am in this, but it is a possibility--especially if I were to add international business or something of the like as a double major.

Supposedly there is a German Club on campus, but I went on their "website", and they didn't seem to be super active. I looked for them down at the fair, but their display was nowhere to be found (perhaps there wasn't one?). Anyway, so instead of starting an organization, I would love to find out about that one and figure out what they really do, and if they are as inactive as I perceive them to be, I would hope to make them have a bigger impact on campus! My heritage is really important to me, and I would love that to be represented by what I am involved in on campus.

Also, as a side note, I love Leigh-Ann's idea of a Coloring Club, and I would definitely love to either help her get that started or at least join once it was created. It just seems like it would be such a relaxing and easy-going club...

Since I know this blog doesn't have to focus on the prompts, I am going to take this time to ramble about study abroad. Just thinking about it today made me really excited for the Study Abroad Fair on the 10th at the Russell House as well as for my own future potential to take part in such an awesome experience! When it came to looking for a college/university to attend, I made sure that wherever I went had a good study abroad program with plenty of options to choose from (though, honestly, I would go anywhere they sent me).

As a German major I am pretty much obligated to go to Germany to study abroad, and that is totally fine with me, seeing as I am in love with that country and have already been there for extended lengths of time, making me feel confident that I would feel comfortable to live there for a year. Since one can't study at Bamberg until they are a junior, I am very much interested in the summer programs run through the school. My German professor mentioned the Wittenberg Program, which would be about 5 weeks over the summer. I already asked for information regarding this. Also Capstone is going back to ECUADOR and also to JORDAN, both of which are places I would do almost anything to see. I can't think of any other time I would be able to go those places, so they are a definite consideration for me for one of the two Maymesters I spend as a Capstone Scholar.

I don't know what other summer programs are offered, and I suppose I will find that out on the tenth; however, I am also considering doing study abroad somewhere I have never been before--Australia/New Zealand in particular. (I would say South America, but I do not speak Spanish or Portuguese. =[[) Austria and the UK/Ireland are also really amazing options. I have done research already, and I look forward to doing more in the future.

Well, now, I know that this post was not particularly entertaining, but sometimes I really just love to ramble...

UNTIL NEXT TIME!

Holland