Heading out to the University of Arizona this weekend I had anticipations/expectations to be sworn in as the National Associate of Finance for NACURH, Inc. Little did I know that I would be putting together a bid for National Chair.
We arrived on Wednesday and were informed that the National Chair position was vacant. Eager for [...]
Filed under: Friends, Travel on June 16th, 2009 | Comments Off
I am sitting at the airport right now waiting for my flight to leave to Charlotte. I am on my way for an on-campus interview at Eastern Kentucky University with the possibility of becoming a Residence Life Coordinator for the upcoming year. I received a call last Thursday while I was at the Hilton interning, [...]
Filed under: Resident Assistant, Travel on April 13th, 2009 | Comments Off
I arrived in Washington, DC yesterday afternoon for the ACPA conference. We are staying at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center. I woke up bright and early this morning to ensure I was refreshed and well prepared for my first interview with EKU.
For those who didn’t know. I am attending this placement exchange in [...]
Filed under: Resident Assistant, Travel on March 28th, 2009 | Comments Off
Waking up at 6:30am this morning for some reason was very easy. Ever since I got to Cancun, I have woken up really early. It could be because I have an ocean front room and noise of the waves crashing up against the shore starts early in the morning. The smell of the fresh ocean [...]
Filed under: Friends, Travel on March 3rd, 2009 | Comments Off
While regular hotels and resorts are struggling with rate and occupancy, Vacation Ownership Resorts are surviving and doing amazingly well. We are staying at Royal Resorts in Cancun Mexico. They own six vacation ownership properties within Cancun and each of them is between 95-100% occupancy for this week. The exchange rate here is $1 to [...]
Filed under: Friends, Travel on March 2nd, 2009 | Comments Off
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 [...]
Filed under: Friends, Travel on February 28th, 2009 | Comments Off
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, [...]
Filed under: Travel on February 13th, 2009 | Comments Off
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 [...]
Filed under: Travel on February 6th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: Friends, Resident Assistant, Travel on February 1st, 2009 | Comments Off
