TGIF!

Today marks the final day in what may just have been the longest week ever! This weekend I'm heading up north with my parents to our cottage and I can't wait! A weekend of golfing, fishing, laying by the lake, and just relaxing...that's the good stuff :)

Until then, I've got some classes I should get to!
~Jess

It's a great day to be alive!

The weather outside is absolutely beautiful! The grass is all greened out from the rain and the sun is shining like nobody's business!

Yesterday was a busy day! During dinner last night the Student Activities Fair was going on, so I got to look around at all the clubs and what they are planning for the year as well as take my turn sitting at the Equestrian Club booth telling interested students what we're all about. It looks like this year is going to be packed with exciting events!

After dinner I headed over to church and led my first Youth Group time. It was awesome! The kids were great and the snacks weren't too shabby, either! :) When I got home I just did some homework and spent some quality time with the roomie! By 11:00 I was ready for bed!

I'm off to lunch now!
~Jess

Let the Games begin!

Wow! It's been awhile!

Summer was amazing, but I'm so excited to be back at Ripon! We started on August 22nd this year, so we're already in the swing of things! Actually, I was on the Orientation Committee this year, which meant I moved in even earlier to help get the first year students settled in and adjusted to college life.

Last year was awesome for me, and I have high hopes for this year, too! I'm living with Christy Looker, another intern and a very good friend of mine. I'm also a part of a living group which means all of my friends and I get to live in rooms right next to each other and give something back to the campus through events sponsored by our group. Ours is called "Think Pink" and it's meant to promote awareness for women's health issues like fitness and mental well-being as well as support research for breast cancer. And speaking of living conditions, the new campus apartments just got finished this summer and are open to upperclass students for the first time this fall. They are AMAZING! We're talking air conditioning, kitchen, living room, bathroom, 4 bedrooms (one for each resident) and all the other ammenities of apartment living while still maintaining a residential campus and being super handy to classes. They're awesome.

In other news, I've had some exciting new developments in my own life. I was asked to be the Director of Christian Education for one of Ripon's local churches and I happily accepted! I'm so excited to get started! I'm also a Mentor for the Collaborative Learning Center as well as maintaining my place here as an Admissions Office Intern. I wouldn't give up this job for anything! Then there are classes and extra curriculars, too...let's just say I'll certainly stay busy!

Speaking of classes, I should probably get going to mine!

~Jess

PS- The picture I included was from last weekend at the Tuba Dan concert. Every weekend during the summer there is free a concert downtown, and we caught the last one of the season this year. It was so much fun to watch Tuba Dan (who is a local legend, I may add) AND there was free Culvers custard for everyone who came :) Mmmm! I love Ripon!