Hope your holidays were fantastic! Well here at Notre Dame I am back in the swing of things with classes and softball practice. I am carrying a 17 credit semester while playing on the Gator softball team. I have been very busy thus far with assignments, classes, and 7 am practice monday-friday and evening practices. I do apologize that I didn't blog last week but I am getting my timing down with everything here so I should be back on track from now on.
Yesterday was special day for Maryland Independent Colleges and community colleges in Annapolis, MD. Yesterday a group of Notre Dame students ventured to Annapolis to take part in Maryland Higher Education Day. Here is a picture of us lovely Notre Dame students wearing our blue and white scarves! We had two nursing students, an education student, a psychology student, and two second year Pharmacy students go for Notre Dame! Look for the scarves and you will see us!!!!
Throughout the day yesterday we had the opportunity to talk with Delegates and Senators from our students home districts and also the legislators from the area the university is located. Our point of attending this special day yesterday was to ask our legislators to give MICUA (Maryland Independent College and University Association) $11 million total to dispense to 4 colleges this year. The capitol budget helps fund many operations that happen on this campus.
Notre Dame asked for $4 million to assist the college in building a new building on campus. For nursing and education majors this will be our building. The nursing wing will be built first and will have classrooms for the students and simulation labs to act like we are in a hospital setting to practice. The building is going to cost about $22.6 million dollars total. But good news is that the building will be up and running by the time my class are Juniors and in need of the building. Also I had to opportunity to thank the legislators yesterday for their support of the university and helping distribute financial aid. If I didn't receive the financial aid that I did, I would not be sitting in the Foreign Language Lab right now with my roomie Laura.
But on a lighter note, classes are going well. I haven't really been able to go home since I am busy with classes and softball practice. But I love my classes and I love my team. Tonight the girls are going to one of our captains off campus apartments to have a "team dinner" which should be good bonding time for us. But ladies you should definitely come and see one of the Gator Softball 2012 games and support me :).
DON'T FORGET TO FILE YOUR FASFA LADIES!!! I have filed mine, have you filed yours???? Congrats to all our lovely accepted students for the Class of 2016! This is an exciting time for you ladies so live it up!
Well ladies it is FRIDAY which means we have a nice weekend break! Hope you all have a lovely weekend and I will talk to you ladies again next week :)))!!!
-Colleen
