My Life At OSU Lima

" OSU vs. Michigan Week"

2008-11-17T14:58:00.005-05:00

Whooha its getting close to being the end of Fall quarter.. and you know what that means.. Ohio State takes on the Team up North….
This Week is “Michigan Week” all of the student organizations and clubs are decorating doors all across campus. The doors will be judged on Wed. I can’t wait to see how they all turn out.
Thursday night is Beat Michigan Family fun night where students can bring their families to campus to watch last year’s OSU vs. Michigan game, play corn hole, hillbilly golf, free throw contest, and a football toss. And.. don’t forget plenty of Great tailgating food to enjoy while on campus.
Along with all of the exciting events to attend on campus comes along with Lots of midterms, and papers to get done before finals in Dec. Lately is seems like the weeks are going by very quickly, and there’s no time to get all the studying in that needs to be done. Hopefully there are some extra credit points next week on what the score was of the game.. or something nice like that :) cant hurt to ask hu?

Week 3...and still going...

2008-10-07T16:36:00.007-04:00

Hey there,

So, I’m Happy to say that I made it to the end of the 10k classic.... It took me 60 minutes, and 28 seconds to run 6.2 miles.. I’m pretty proud of myself. :) The hardest part was the last mile running through town, they make the course go all through town turning onto different streets, never knowing where the end was….and all the people on the sidewalks clapping…although I liked people cheering me on, it also annoyed me…. It was distracting.. but overall it was a good run, and I was very surprised at how well I did. The only down fall was on Monday, My muscles were soo tight, I should of stretched out more.
Week 3 is just starting, Today the Student Senate held our "Meet the candidates" ............Presidential Representatives were there along with Thomas Mathew, Keithe Faber, Sam Crish and Steve Hoverman. Most of the representatives were Allen County, so it didn’t help me much, but I noticed several students taking their opportunity to meet with the candidates. Star 92.1 a local radio station was also there broadcasting live and taking interviews with Student Senate members.
Overall I think it was a great turn out, thanks to free food advertisement! Students hear the word free, and they’ll show up to just about anything :)
Now.. as far as school goes.. Classes are moving along, I have a Test on Wed, shouldn’t be to hard, Thursday I have a math quiz and a Psych paper due.. .. so I should probably get started on that.
As my mom would say… “Happy Harvest”…
Carrie

Week 2 of classes....

2008-10-02T16:40:00.004-04:00

So it’s the End of Week 2 Fall Quarter, and I’m starting to get a real feel for how this quarter will go. Monday and Wednesdays I just have one class, but after that I work until about 5 on The Communicator.
Tuesdays and Thursdays I’m on Campus from 11 until 7:30, working, and going to class, doing homework and somehow finding time to go to different club activities… so far I don’t feel too overwhelmed I’m just going to have to buckle down with my math like I did spring quarter and really work on the problems to make sure I understand what’s going on…. Ugh.. the life of a college student..
This Weekend is The Minster Oktoberfest, if I’m lucky I’ll be able to make it over for some of the festivities, otherwise I’ll be stuck at home working on papers, and doing homework. Sunday of Oktoberfest is the 10K classic, which is 6.2 miles… Let’s hope I can make it to the end. I think the farthest I’ve run is about 4 miles, so this might be a challenge. I ran cross country in high school, and also did sprints in track; I haven’t been running during the week since school started..so let’s just hope that doesn’t mean anything. My goal is to be under 1 hour and 10 minutes..
That’s all for now, I need to get back to homework.
Carrie

And so a new year begins....

2008-09-25T15:26:00.003-04:00

Hey fellow bloggers, and OSU students..
(I have to admit I kind of forgot about this whole blogging thing… woops.. lol) anyway…..
I hope everyone’s summer went well,
As for me....summer went by quite slow this year. For the past couple of years at least while I was in High school I always had some kind of summer trip...Chile, Argentina, and Germany just to name a few…(..And These trips were not family ones might I add.. they were High School Club trips, and Student Exchange Programs)..I wanted to keep my tradition going but I found myself in a different situation this time....
Summer Classes!!!!!. Ugh... It was definitely a good idea and I’m glad I got some classes out of the way; however I don’t think there will be another summer of me reading a book because I have to. My summer classes consisted of Accounting 211 and Classics 222.. they weren’t bad, it’s just Its SUMMER.. and I’d rather be swimming or riding roller coasters at Cedar Point than sitting in class from 1-3 every day…by the way I never made it to Cedar Point this year..
I did have occasional weekends of fun though, Let’s see..…..in the beginning there were several Graduation Parties.. And of course those are always fun :).. My cousin got married...I went to The Maria Stein Country Fest for the first time..In which I ran the 5k (it was on my birthday)... I also made my yearly attendance to Country Concert :)-always the highlight of my summer. If you know nothing of Country Concert go to.. http://www.countryconcert.com Learn about it and GO!! I look forward to it every year. Some of this year’s performers were Kenny Chesney, Blackhawk, Kelli Pickler, Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum, Heidi Newfield, and Josh Turner just to name a few.. . After Country Concert I did a couple more 5ks in our area... stayed all week at the Auglaize Co. Fair (my sister still shows..so I stayed to help her take care of the cows, and steers).. and once summer classes were done I basically helped out on the farm, worked all of the Orientations and laid out by the pool whenever I had a chance. I’d say that sums up my summer pretty well..

Well the first two days of autumn classes have gone by and so far the homework hasn’t hit me hard yet. The only problem that I’ve incurred was a room scheduling problem, which also meant that my class got out early. Two classes scheduled in the same room just don’t work; especially when one is Communications and the other Social Psychology.
Some news…..I’ll be working on the Communicator which is OSU Lima and Rhodes State “news paper”. So far so good.. I’d have to say the best part about it is having an office to go to and relax, and work on homework whenever id like instead of trying to find a quite place on campus to do so.
One more class and I’m done for the day! Yey.. and not to mention Greys Anatomy is back on tonight.. Season Premier. Woot woot. Tomorrow I have to work.. and then I’m off to Columbus for the weekend GO BUCKEYES!!!!
Take care everyone … let’s hope I remember to blog next week, and not 3 months down the road..

Classes....

2008-05-01T19:12:00.001-04:00

Hey Everyone,
Spring quarter has been going by fast, and I have been pretty busy with school, and all the work that goes along with it. As far as my personal life, or lack there of, there’s not too much going on, other than I’m attempting to train myself for a marathon. When that would be I don’t know, it just sounds good, and I love running, so far I’ve been running 1-3 miles a day whenever I have the time.
Other than that, most of my time is consumed with the Farm and school work,….especially CS&E 200. My professor for this class is Nicoleta Roman. The class itself is very time consuming and hard, unless you’re some kind of computer expert and love using excel, and all of that stuff. But other than all of the labs, homework, and exercises it’s not so bad. Dr. Roman does a great job at teaching the material, and working with us in class on different exercises to make sure we get it.
Next is my Math 131 class, the very first day my professor, Dr. Abdalkhani, started the class with a joke. And ever since then, I don’t think he there has been a class where he hasn’t made us laugh at one thing or another. Lol. He is very down to earth and a lot of fun. He constantly tells us that there is a grounded website for OSU Lima students and that if we don’t do our “homefun”, (homework) or do well in class we will be grounded for the weekend. The class has also started to collect quarters in order to raise money for a pizza party at the end of the quarter. We collect money for things such as, being late to class, missing class, not catching a mistake on the board (in which the entire class hands in a quarter to our secretary), and if Dr. Abdalkhani, makes a mistake and we catch it he has to pay a quarter. So far as of week 6, we have over $20 raised for our Pizza Party. :)
The class itself is a bit of a struggle if you’re not a math wiz. Me=NOT. Math has never been a strong subject, but I manage to get through it. I think I’ve been hit with the stupid stick this quarter though, the math just isn’t clicking, and as much as a try it just wont stick.
Another class I’m taking is Psychology 100 with Dr. Carroll. The fun thing about this class is that I’m taking it with my older sister. I always thought it would be cool when I was younger to be in the same school as my sister, and now taking a class together is quite funny. The class is typically a power point presentation, and you read the book at home.
Lastly is Web 101 with Professor Irina Boyadzhiev….Dr. Boyadzhiev was my math professor for the past two quarters, and when she said she would be teaching a web class I thought it might be interesting, and perhaps benefiting. When listing skills on a resume in today’s world, having the skills of working with web pages could be your selling price. The class itself has been interesting working with web pages, and seeing what’s behind the page, and how it works. It defiantly opens your eyes at how crucial technology is.
Well that’s about all for now, hopefully ill blog next week if I remember.
Oh and YEY for Grays’ Anatomy being back on :)!!

OSU Receptions..

2008-03-28T15:47:00.004-04:00

Throughout the year, OSU Lima holds several Open Houses on Fridays, and takes campus visits all through the week. In the spring, we tend to mix it up. The past two days (Wednesday, and Thursday) we have traveled to Cincinnati, and Dayton, both receptions in which I put together.
The receptions are informational meetings for admitted students. The students learn about what OSU Lima has to offer, listen to some of our professors’ talk, and get a chance to meet with our financial aid counselors.

I was unable to attend the Cincinnati reception, but I did however get a chance to go to Dayton. OSU Lima over the years has seen a number increase in students from outside the area. Mostly because, Main campus has been deferring more and more students each year; making it harder for hopeful high school seniors attempting to get in. Luckily there’s OSU Lima.

A lot of students seem to be upset when they have to settle for "second best", but I have noticed that more often than not, students seem to be happy, and make the best of Lima. The smaller class sizes and one on one attention from professors, I believe make it easier for incoming freshman to transfer to college course work.

Spring Quarter Begins......

2008-03-26T09:07:00.007-04:00

Hey guys,
Spring Quarter started Monday :), yey for being closer to summer.. Soon you will be seeing some new additions to my blog. One of my classes for spring quarter is Web 101, and one of the assignments is to blog, and have some fun with this site... We are learning several techniques, and options that go along with blogging. So far so good :)..
I am also taking CS&E 200, Business Math 131, and Psychology 100. The first week of school seems to go pretty smoothly, several of my classes we got out early. For example, Psychology, I think I was in class for oh about 15 mins, and we were done. Kinda nice, but unfortunately that meant hanging around campus for another 4 hours until math started.
Most students seem to be intimidated by their professors on the first day, but I have noticed that they are all very friendly here on the OSU Lima campus. For example my Math professor Dr. Abdalkhani, when he first walked in the class I could tell everyone was somewhat intimidated, mostly because some of us struggled in our previous math class. But throughout the time being there he would make jokes, and walk around the room checking our calculators to make sure we were all understanding what to do. I have yet to be in a classroom where the professors don’t talk and interact with the students, and surprisingly, there’s not a class that I don’t enjoy.

Networking

2008-03-20T13:42:00.002-04:00

Hey guys,
Sorry it’s been so long since my last blog. Spring Break hasn’t been much of a “break” for me, helping my dad on the farm has consumed most of my time. There have been a couple things that I have done in the past week or so that I’ll touch on. Here we goo.
Last Thursday night I went to my first FFA Banquet, (Future Farmers of America). Both of my sisters have been involved in FFA throughout their high school careers, along with my dad. I however knew it wasn’t my “cup of tea”. My thought was always, I learn farming at home so why take a class at school. I have always known that I didn’t want to take the agricultural side of business, so I skipped the process of FFA in high school and took more academic classes.
Anyway, Thursday night as I said was my first FFA banquet. I never attended my older sisters’ banquets, and now my younger sister is a junior in high school and I have finally gone to one. My younger sister was running for an officer position, so I went along with my family. No surprise…..as she got Vice President.
At the FFA banquet there is always a guest speaker. This time it was Heather Hetterick, who if any of you are farmers know that she is the broadcaster of the ABN. She attends a lot of county fairs talking to kids, and reporting on livestock. Thursday she talked about the guiding principles in her life: where she came from, where she’s going and who got her there. Heather said, “As far as where I came from, nothing makes me prouder than saying I came from a hog farm in Botkins, Ohio.”
Since she was a little girl Heather always wanted to be a broadcaster for the ABN. So she decided the best way to get there would be to graduate from The Ohio State University. Smart choice if you ask me.
Heather recalled writing down her career goals of serving on the Ohio Pork Producers Council and being a broadcaster. She accomplished both goals along with several other accomplishments along the way, including graduating among the top 10 students in her class at The Ohio State University in the field of food agriculture and environmental sciences and serving on the Shelby County Farm Bureau. Hetterick said her final guiding principle is recognizing the people who helped her to become who she is today.
To me, I think that is one of the most important factors in becoming who you are. Recognizing those around you who have helped you along your life’s journey is pretty important. Whether it is a teacher, counselor, family friend, family member, just anyone; those who have pushed you the extra mile deserve the credit. We sometimes take for granted those people who see the “light in our eyes”, and push us to achieve our own goals.
Now, in light of that, here is the next experience……

A couple days ago I received a call from Lesley Fry, who I work for. She told me that Beth Keehn (who is our Admissions Director) wanted to know if I’d like to join her and a friend for lunch. First, I should probably back up to why she would want to have lunch with me.
One of the first events that incoming freshman can join in is “campn on the quad”. It’s a socializing event a couple days before the fall quarter starts. During the dinner meal of the event I was in line behind Beth. I had previously known that Beth worked for Bath and Body Works before coming to OSU Lima, so I was asking her different things about the company. Beth could tell that I was very interested and said she would introduce me to Lisa, one of her friends when the opportunity came.
Sooooo… here is where I can finish with my story.
Little did I know that after emailing Beth that I’d love to join her and Lisa for lunch that I would be volunteered to do one little thing….. To go on WLIO Lima’s noon edition with Holly Geaman Koza. Personally I’m not one that likes to get up in front of people to talk. But when given the opportunity I know that I can’t pass it by. So I swallowed my nerves and went on the show.
Lisa talked with Holly about the OSU Lima and Rhodes State annual Career Day, and the importance of making connections to the work world as you go through school, the high value placed on an Ohio State degree in the corporate world, and the quality of Ohio State grads.
I briefly talked about my personal experience interning, the opportunities that arise when you attend the top public University in Ohio, and how OSU has helped me financially through the RUDD scholarship.

After the show I think I was in a daze. It was one of those moments in your life when you think OMG…. did I really just do that?? I think what really got me was that when I’m home for lunch I sometimes turn on the TV and watch the noon edition. To be on the show was kind of unique.
The three of us, Beth, Lisa and myself, finished the afternoon going out to lunch. Lisa talked a lot about her job experiences working for Longaberger, and The Limited Co.
All in all it was a fantastic learning experience. Networking…. You will here that word a lot in college. I never gave it a thought but you get places by knowing people. By getting involved you put yourself out there and people recognize that.

a little about me.......

2008-03-12T22:46:00.000-04:00

Hey guys, so everyone else likes to talk about how stressful finals are, and blah blah blah, and all I have to say about that is…….. IM DONE! :) haha

Anyways, while I’m on here I figured I could tell you a little about me. I’m a small town girl, I graduated with class around 250 students, some of you may say that’s HUGE, or you could think that’s nothing. To me it’s somewhat of a small town. One of those towns where you know everyone, and everyone knows you, who your parents are, siblings, all that.
While in high school I was very active. I played basketball, ran track and cross-country. I was on student senate for 3 years, vice president my junior year. I was a member of National Honors Society, Spanish Club, and soo many other school activities that I cant think of at the moment. Now that was all my school life… heres the shocker!
I’m a dairy farmer!! Born and raised on a dairy farm, my family milks over 50 registered Brown Swiss cows, and we have about 100 heifers. It’s a lot of work living on a farm but I can’t imagine my childhood being any other way. My summers growing up were filled with unloading straw, goofing off in the barns with my two sisters, getting in trouble, pushing each other down in the piles, riding 4-wheelers with the neighbor boys, and showing the cows at county and state fairs.
Being a farm kid wasn’t the only thing we grew up to know. My mom made sure of that. My sisters and I were involved in anything from dance, piano, cheerleading, tumbling, to baton twirling. However through all of that we always made our time for the work that had to be done at home.
Time management, and responsibility was a major part of my life, and it still is in college. Since I still live at home while going to school, I still work on the farm. Every morning I wake up to do the milking with my dad at 5 AM. There’s some morning that I’m exhausted when I walk to the barn, those are usually the morning after a night class that’s ended with a good television show. I won’t lie, it sucks waking up that early, but its what pays the bills around my house.
Alright, I could keep going on, but ill save it for later.

Carrie

Choir

2008-03-07T19:46:00.001-05:00

For the past two quarters I have been a member of the Ohio State University Chorus here on the Lima campus. While in high school I was in choir my freshman year, but after that I didn’t seem to have the time with sports, and other school activities. There were also many classes that I wanted to take that I just didn’t seem to have the time. Since starting college I have had the opportunity to once again sing with a choir.
While signing up for classes at my freshman orientation I decided to join the OSU Lima choir. I had always liked singing in the choir, and I figured it would also be a great way to meet new people. One of the great things about joining the choir was that there were several familiar faces that I knew from my high school. Most of them were students that graduated before me, and two were from my very own graduating class.
It wasn’t too long before I was starting to make new friends, and then joined the OSU Lima Music Club.
The Choir practices from 12:30-1:30, Tuesdays through Thursdays, and at the end of each quarter we give one performance. Last night we had our winter performance, there were a couple of errors, but we all laughed it off in the end.
After the performance most of us went to Apple Bees. We learned from the previous experience fall quarter to call ahead of time. Last quarter our very own Nelly ended up serving us because Apple Bees was so “swarmed”. So this time we called ahead, they even had a section blocked off for us, with red balloons all over reading OSU Lima Choir. It made the evening that much more special.
Carrie

Opportunities

2008-03-05T11:30:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone, (I know it’s been awhile.)

So yesterday, I had quite the experience. First I’ll fill you in on some details…….
One of my current classes for winter quarter (that is going to be over in ohh a few days YEY!) is Business Administration 201? With Donna Lamb (who is also our very own Career Advisor here at Lima). Anyway, in the class we learn about what employers are looking for in resumes, how to be interviewed, what to look for in jobs, things like that.
In the class one of our assignments is a group project. Everyone in the class paired up with 3-4 people, and picked a company to research. My group consisted of 3 boys, and myself. Lucky me hu? Anyways, we chose General Dynamics. All I knew was that it’s also called “Lima Army tank plant”.
At the beginning of the project I was thinking, okay this should be simple, all I have to do is…..Look the company up, call a few numbers, ask some questions and be done. So I searched online “Lima army tank plant”, got a website, printed out the contact numbers..and divided the work amongst the members. (Little did I know that there would be more to it than that)
A couple weeks went by and I still had not heard from the few voice mails that I had left. So in class when it came time for a group update I told Donna, that we were having a difficult time reaching the contact personals. Donna said that she would see what she could do and she would get back with me.
Being a student at OSU Lima, our classes are very small, and you get to know your professors very well. I can’t tell you how often Donna would email me about my project to see what else she could do to help. She really wanted to make sure we had a good experience. It took a couple more weeks to finally reach someone, but Donna did, and she also set up an appointment for my group to take a tour, and visit the plant manager.
So, yesterday after class, my group members and myself drove over to General Dynamics that was guess what?.. On Buckeye Road.. how cool.. anyways we had to check in, go through the guard shack, and finally got to meet the managers, and talk with them in their offices. After the hour-long presentation, and our question answering session we asked if we could have a packet. The nice lady at the receptionist desk put together a few folders for us that included pictures of the strykers, and other combat motor vehicles that General Dynamics build.
Having the chance to physically go to this operation, and talk with the plant managers will make my presentation that much better. Seeing with my own eyes helps me understand what these people actually do day to day. Its no longer and image of what I think, its now what I know.
Without the help of Donna Lamb, we would not of had this opportunity to visit the operation. I can’t speak for other colleges because I have only gone to Lima, but the professors here at Lima, really care about their students and want to see them achieve, and have the best experience.

Newbe

2008-02-26T15:39:00.000-05:00

Hey all.
Hope you are staying warm in this weather! Currently its snowing, and the roads are pretty bad but we are still at school. Hopefully I make it home okay.
Im not really sure what to say, (Im new to the whole bloggin thing). Pretty soon I will be scheduling for spring classes. Im pretty excited, and ready for a new schedule. Unfortunatly I have to schedule night classes, because my Business Math is only offered at night. BOO. But it will do.
Well thats all for now.
Peace:)
Carrie