Back to School, Back to School
Well, I’m FINALLY back in Harrisonburg after the most amazing summer ever. I loved loved loved my internship at Northern Virginia Magazine and enjoyed spending time with my wonderful family too. Over the summer I turned 21, attended a Washington Nationals game and went to the beach a few times. One of the highlights was definitely going on my first cruise — the Carnival Imagination to Key West and Cozumel. They were absolutely gorgeous locations, perfect weather and I was with fun friends! While we were there we toured the two ports, went parasailing in Key West and snorkeling, rock climbing, repelling and zip-lining through Cozumel. I highly recommend going on a cruise – endless food and fun.. what more could you want?
I had my first day of classes yesterday and I’m looking forward to this semester. In my New Media Journalism course we’re going to use blogs, Twitter and LinkedIn so that should we fun to learn how to take advantage of everything the sites have to offer. I also went to a Shakespeare class (should be interesting performing one of his plays..) and a general English class too.
This semester JMU is focusing on a few projects. One of the major ones is sustainability (we even have flags that say sustainability on them!) Before checking out the CISAT’s website for sustainability, I was unaware of its entire scope. The site explains that sustainability “promotes human well-being and quality of life” through the environment, conservation and reasonable financial costs. The most empowering piece of information on the website I found on the website states that “sustainability is not a state that is ever finally achieved, but is always a goal to be worked toward.” I think that this plan is perfect for JMU — we are strong group of students and faculty who work hard, always strive to reach goals and want to make a positive impact on society.
