“Sunny with a High of 75″!

*This was certainly the weather on July 10th 2009. That day happen to be MVNU orientation, round 2. How exciting it was!! I was privileged enough to be able to attend this orientation. I had so much fun. I felt like I was leaving home to go home. There are soooooo many great people on campus. This time, I got to really meet the staff and people that work behind the scenes of  campus life. I got to meet some really cool people from SGA, which I hope a lot of our freshman class become interested in.

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*There were so many things that I liked about orientation. It’s hard to narrow it down. I was really excited to finally meet a portion of my classmates. I mean, Facebook is convenient but seeing and interacting with people you’re going to see everyday was great. I met tons of people, which of course is making me excited to meet the rest of my class. And surprisingly orientation  didn’t have many  awkward moments. When you’re first meeting a group of people who you barely know on Facebook, awkward moments are guaranteed. But I really didn’t feel like there were many of those. I think the staff did a wonderful job of keeping the students engaged and learning new things about each other. For example, one person had us divide the room with girls on one side and guys on the other. He would ask a series of questions and we would stand if it applied to us. “Have you played a sport in high school?” And then whoever did would stand. We all got to look around and see who we immediately had something in common with. It was one of the great ways the ice stayed broken.

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*Eventually, we broke up into our groups according to our majors. I was in the Theology and Philosophy group. I got to meet one of the professors. It was so cool. After meeting them, I told myself I needed to stop watching  Hollywood infested ideas of  a  philosophy class is  because I was certainly mislead. I was expecting a bland, slow, confusing experience. But I was beyond wrong. I haven’t been more excited about taking on my classes. And I think the professors make the experience lifelong. You can really develop a relationship with them and I felt like no question was a stupid question. On a funny note, one of my professors actually told me he had a Facebook. I thought that was pretty funny. The last thing I expected would be for my philosophy professor to have a Facebook. It was very cool. I also got my schedule and found out  who I’m rooming with.

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*One highlight of orientation that I completely enjoyed was when some of the upperclassmen and RA’s were discussing the social life of MVNU. I thought it was so creative and FUNNY! I was laughing like a goofball the whole time. They did sort of like a mini-skit of two roommates just meeting each other and how they would mesh with campus life. So they showed us a series of movie clips. They did a MTV Cribs spoof. MVNU was the crib and they walked around showing it off. My favorite clip, and I still laugh when I think of it, was the Questions and Answers clip. They had two freshmen asking important questions and a guy answering them. The guy who was answering the questions was soooo funny. His voice was what  made me laugh. Then they did a True Life spoof, “I Have a Bad Roommate.” The ideas were just so creative. I really enjoyed that part of orientation. I couldn’t believe the ideas they were coming up with. They were really good and informative too.

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*So overall I had a blast at MVNU! Another funny thing that people tease me about is not knowing my way around campus, even though I’ve been so many times. My argument is that all the buildings look slightly the same. I insisted that my homework for the next six weeks is to learn campus like the back of my hand, which I will. I think I get so excited that I’m there, that I forget to actually look around and learn things. =) Orientation really did continue fueling my flame of passion for the University. I can wait to dig in. And I want to say to all of my freshmen classmates, Let’s make Class of 2013 have such an impact, that following classes have to live up to we’ve done!!!
Until next time…Faith, Love, and Happiness

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