Relaxation in Spring Break

Relaxation is hard to come by in college. Don’t let that make you think that college is stressful. Being involved in Student Government, Resident Assistant, and everything else I do makes the college life exciting, thrilling, and unpredictable. Nevertheless, I am glad to be in Cancun right now on Spring Break.
I landed this morning at [...]

Multicultural Day

Getting up for a 6am flight this morning was a huge struggle. I stayed up 24 on Tuesday night because my flight leaving Nashville from NACA was at 5:35am. As soon as I returned to campus I went to the annual tradition, Multicultural Day. When I had booked my flight for NACA in January I [...]

Meeting Someone You Have Never Seen Before at the Nashville Airport

Like you may know, I’m in Nashville until Wednesday for the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) convention. As one of seven graduate interns, I have been emailing the others to coordinate travel and how we were going to get from the Nashville Airport to the Gaylord Palms Hotel. Since the last email, Sarah, Beth, [...]

Interning with National Association for Promotion of Campus Activities (NACA)

Being a graduate intern for the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) has been the most memorable and enjoyable experience. Tonight we had the opportunity to go out to dinner at Rain Forest Cafe with our Graduate Intern Coordinator, Chris Gill, and the six other graduate interns. Besides have an amazing coconut shrimp dinner, we [...]

Off to Guatemala

This is the semester of travel and exploration. I am at the airport now with Armando about to leave to go to Guatemala until Monday. I am really looking forward to it. Armando came to visit me Freshman year in Massachusetts and this will be my first time going to Guatemala. It is his brother’s [...]

A New Internship

For anyone who is studying Hospitality Management I believe that it is crucial that you participate in as many internships or work experience within the industry as possible. I had the opportunity to begin working in the industry when I was thirteen years old. I started at a private country club in MA as a [...]

SGA Kicks off Spring Semester

I am really pumped and excited for this upcoming semester. Our e-board meeting was very successful this evening. After last weeks general assembly meeting going so successful, I am really looking forward to our accomplishments this upcoming semester. We had over 70 students attend our meeting. The enthusiasm and high level of involvement throughout the [...]

Birmingham: More than I expected…

Did you know that Birmingham is an urban city? Did you know that its not a field where cows eat hay? Maybe I am the only one who thought Birmingham Alabama was a country town. I definitely found out that it is much more. I was at the ALURH conference this weekend. It is a [...]