Choices, choices and more choices

Hello everyone!

As I'm sure most of you know, Tuesday starts registration for classes for the Winter semester! One of the lovely perks of being an Honors student is that you get to pick your classes before the rest but it's also a time of many decisions! Which Honors classes are you taking? Are you on track with your gen ed's? Is this the right major/minor combination for you? The questions go on and on.

Obviously there's numerous factors that go into choosing classes (like what sections are available), but I always find myself having the dilemma of which days I'd rather be on campus. Being a commuter means that you have to schedule everything in a very particular way to fit it all in. The past two semesters I had classes Monday and Wednesday, but now for the fellowship I am also on campus Tuesdays.

Is it just me or is there a lot more people on campus on Tuesday?! It seems so much harder to park, and I get here around 9! If you come around 11, like I did when I had that terrible but stereotypical "I'm late" moment, it seemed my only options were a pay lot or way behind the student center! What do you think?

After that I realized that I was glad to have classes MW, even though Monday is usually the most hated day of the week. (right?)

 Of course that means that all the classes I needed this upcoming semester landed on TH! So for the first time ever, I'm taking a 8:00 a.m class to, hopefully, beat the rush to campus! Does this mean that I'll have to leave my house at 5:00 when the roads are really bad? Gosh I hope not...but we do live in Michigan so only time will tell. It's definitely going to be different not having a bunch of classes back to back but it's good to get out of your comfort zone and make some change!

What days do you prefer classes on? Why? Comment below :)

P.S If you're on campus Wednesdays, keep an eye out for the Mockingjay tickets so you can see the early showing next month with the Honors College!

P.S.S We are going to be sending our RSVP survey for the Commuter Series soon!

Email me with any questions and please get the discussion going here! And here's a little something for Tuesday:

Best,

Kaylee

Rain rain go away!

Hello everyone!

So as many of you may know, last week was our first kickoff event! Unfortunately, the rain decided to crash the party! Personally, I'd rather drive in snow than rain! However, the event still was super successful!

Thank you so much to everyone who braved the rain for some delicious donuts and cider from Wiard's! I really think that everyone had a lot of common and so conversation flowed smoothly! We really hope to see more of you at our next event: "Commuter Series" that will start sometime probably early next month!

Feel free to stop in Starkweather and add your pin to our map of where you commute from! Tell your friends! We want the map to fill up with pins so we can recognize our great and unique students!

Remember, the success of this program depends on you! As always, email me with any questions/comments (kbrow107@emich.edu)!
 

Kaylee


What did you like most about the event? Comment below! :)

Quote of the week: "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door" - Milton Berle

Fall into the Commuter Program

Hello!

Our first event is less than a week away!

The event will take place on Tuesday, October 14th from 4-6  p.m and the location will be room 247 in McKenny Hall! This is where we will enjoy our cider and donuts from Wiard's apple orchard and see a presentation. This presentation will include information about upcoming events, allow everyone to get to know each other and will hopefully answer any questions you may have! We will also be doing a craft to show off our pride of being commuters for the Honors College!

If you haven't, please fill out this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J7M27C2

Please fill it out even if you cannot attend that way we know why and can plan better in the future!
 We are super excited about this event and hope you are!

What are you most excited about for this program?! Comment below! :)

Thanks so much and feel free to email me with any questions or concerns,

Kaylee

Welcome!

Hello all!

My name is Kaylee Brown, and I am a student fellow at the Honors College. This is also my second year of commuting to EMU.  My position as a student fellow is to address the needs and concerns of honors commuter students to help them feel more a part of this community and give more avenues to get involved. This fall, the Honors College is launching a new Commuter Program that will entail events and activities to help increase involvement of commuter students. The success of this new program is in part based on your help and the feedback that you give us. I will do my best to represent the commuter population within the Honors College by providing opportunities that best fit your needs.

What’s the blog for?! I’m glad you asked! This is one of the many ways we hope to stay in touch as well as to hear your thoughts and ideas! This is a very new concept and in the initial survey we sent out, several of you suggested that this would be a great way to chat with fellow students and find information. With the varying schedules, it’s sometimes hard to have consistent communication, but we are hoping with this blog you can participate at your leisure.

This is my first time using a blog so bear with me, I hope to share things on this blog like traffic updates, construction, best places to park, etc. As well as to vent and discuss being a commuter and hopefully open a thread for non-traditional students. The main point of this is to network and let you know when our events are and what you can do to get involved!

Any suggestions or ideas are much appreciated so feel free to email me at kbrow107@emich.edu
Be sure to watch your email as we are currently planning the upcoming events!

Kaylee