Life during and after finals – Orange Beach, AL
Written by Stephanie on May 4 12 Hi there!
It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Also, I noticed that I told you to “contact me,” but you have no way of doing so! Well, every post, until they figure out how to include that information, I’m going to try to add it in. So here is my email address if you want to say “hi” or “I love your posts” or “I would rather you talk about…_____”.
It is: Stw0004@uah.edu .
So what have I been up to? So last I’ve posted, I was in processing myself through a new job. Well, on top of that, I’m now in a NEW-new job (meaning I jumped ship on my supposed new job for a different job). Also, my mother, who had not visited me in FOREVER (2 years), finally stopped by during the time I took off in between to take her to the beach, and for me to work paperwork, as well as the craziness in studying for finals.
Fast Forward: Well, happy to report, I’m enjoying the new job, my mom is back home, I’ve started Romanian class orientation, and I’m VERY VERY happy that I got a good grade in a great class that was EXTREMELY relevant to me this past term : MGT-631, Strategic Human Resource Management in a Technological Environment. Long title, eh? I’ll have to post more on that – I’ve interviewed the professor; I’ll provide a link to it next post.
Oh ! So look below at this cool picture I took and altered using Instagram:
This is a view from my hotel room while I was in the gulf shores area, Orange Beach to be exact. It was my first time being at the southern border; and I loved every minute of it! I love this state! If you ever get bored in Huntsville (which is pretty difficult to do, but perhaps possible if you’ve lived here all your life), you’re 2 hours away from Birmingham and Nashville, 4 hours away from Atlanta, and only 6-7 hours away from the beach! What more could you possibly want?
Spent a lot of time in the water, lazying around and napping by the beach, eating delicious seafood, and shopping it up. Saw some small sting rays, and some crabs, picked up seashells by the shore. Next time, I want to do the dolphin tours, shrimp harvesting, and some snorkeling. It was perfect.
If you haven’t ever been to those beautiful, white, sandy beaches, you should. I don’t even know why it took me this long to do so.
So Much Studying to Do and So Little Time!
Written by Brittani on Apr 18 12 With midterms, extracurricular activities, social life and anything life throws your way, finding time to study is hard. Here are a few tips for studying on a time crunch.
1. Flash Cards! They are much easier to carry than a notebook/book. Make them during class (as you take notes) or do them right after. You can study in the car, between classes, or while your waiting on a friend.
2. Make a Schedule! You can buy an agenda or create a time sheet on Excel. This helps to visualize the day and week ahead. Do an hour by hour sheet for each day of the week. Designate hours for 15 minute intervals for studying a certain subject. I have chemistry 9:05-10am then math 10:20-11:15, I designate that 20 minutes to studing math or chemistry.
3. Prioritize! Learning to prioritize in college is critical to your success. Sometimes you will have a test and a homework assignment due on the same day. If the test is going to be hard, then you spend more time studying then doing homework. If you are involved in extra-curriclular activities (which I strongly suggest you do!) some projects may be fun or have deadlines coming up, but no matter what, school comes first. I have to remind myself that I can’t do everything and my tests come before my project deadlines. Also remember that having a social life is important, but it’s ok to to tell your friends you have to study instead of hanging out.
What I Do When I Have Nothing Urgent To Do
Written by Ashley on Apr 14 12 This past week culminated with the end of what was the next step in my Ph.D. pursuance, the so-called Qualifying Exams (Quals). Passing the Quals requires writing a detailed research proposal, submitting this proposal to your Graduate Committee two weeks prior to the scheduled exam date, receiving and responding to written questions that were spawned from your Committee’s reading of your proposal and then finally presenting and subsequent questioning from friends, family, professors, and your Committee. All in all this process is quite stressful and requires a great amount of attention to complete well, so almost needless to say I felt as if I had no other life outside of my research this semester. But it was all worth it – I successfully passed my Quals and now I am ABD – all but Dissertation!!!!
With the relief of being finished with the Quals settling in shortly after noon on Friday, I realized that now I can have some fun – and oh boy did I have fun this past weekend! On Saturday, my family (who had come down to support my exam) and I took a short road trip to Lynchburg, Tennessee to eat at the renowned Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House and to tour Jack Daniel’s whiskey distillery. The combination of entertaining hosts and hostesses who bestowed all guests with typical good ole Southern hospitality, fascinating historical facts and delicious food was definitely a much-appreciated escape for both my mind and body.
Now, not wanting to let go of my glorious stress free weekend just yet, I also took an even shorter trip to a local strawberry farm Monday evening with a good friend of mine. I do not believe that there is any negative aspect to going berry pickin’ with a friend – the slow-paced atmosphere of a farm, wonderful soft breezes, low setting sun, delicious aromas, full bucket of bright red ripe strawberries – the gleeful tangible results of your efforts. Pure bliss. I cannot wait to take a few moments out of my, now busy again, schedule to return to the local strawberry patch!
UAH Study Abroad – Romania 2012
Written by Stephanie on Apr 11 12 I’ve been very busy trying to wrap up a group project for my class, and I recently acquired a new job, so I’m processing out of my current one. Wrap that up with cool adult things like trying to get your taxes in on time (*sarcasm*) and you’ve got my life right now!
Sometimes, it feels like a headless chicken running across a busy highway.
And when life throws me lemons, I throw them back! Hahaha, just kidding you guys (I’m still not used to this “ya’ll” thing the natives have around here, and I’ve been in this state over 2 years already!). Actually, when life does throw me those lemons, I like to think of my favorite things. And break out into song, Julie Andrews style! Just kidding again!
On a serious note, on busy/crazy/hectic days, I daydream about my next adventure. And my next adventure, is Romania. And why Romania, would you ask?
It’s because it is a study abroad option for Business majors in Undergraduate and Graduate studies here at University of Alabama Huntsville. It’s two weeks in June at the Romanian-American University, fulfills 6 credits, teaches International Business topics (with Romania as the core topic), and is a great opportunity and learning experience. Pair that up with a love of traveling/adventuring + me = AWESOME.
Have more questions about it? Feel free to ask me!
Here are the course numbers offered for those of you signing up for summer classes: Graduate: MGT 570/650 , Undergraduate: MGT 450/470/490 (information obtained from: http://www.uah.edu/cgi-bin/schedule.pl?file=sum2012a.html&segment=MGT).
The BIG Event
Written by Salome on Apr 9 12 Last Saturday, I had to get up early. Now no one likes getting up at 6:45am on a Saturday morning unless, well they offer you a deal you cannot refuse. So that’s what SGA (Student Government Association) did last Saturday when they offered us a breakfast, a T-shirt and a lunch on top of a great volunteering opportunity! I have been very busy with classes and work but really, I remembered how much fun last year’s event was so I had to force myself to wake up as I knew I’d be glad later.
The Big Event is a community service event organized by SGA and 2012 we celebrated the second annual event with double the numbers from the first year. I got there still sleepy eyed at 7:30am to chow down on some biscuit with juice; I don’t quite like big, meaty breakfast (hope I haven’t offended anyone!). I had received an e-mail stating that I’d be volunteering at NASA this year. Last year, I helped paint at Downtown Rescue Mission and really felt like I had helped in a small way so I was looking forward to volunteering this year. All 240 students had a place assigned and we all got bussed over to and from the location.
I ended up pressure washing the concrete grounds at NASA, not the most glamorous task but it was fairly fun operating the pressure washer. First time for everything! Back on campus we had lunch with friends, the day was beautiful so the Saturday morning had ended more productively than usual.
The newest Charger Nation blogger – Stephanie Warnes
Written by Stephanie on Mar 26 12 Today’s a day of new beginnings. A new blog, and a new way to express myself. By the way, let me introduce myself…
I’m Stephanie Warnes.
Currently, that entails me – the University of Alabama Huntsville MBA (part-time, but previously full-time) student, American, Female, and living and breathing in Huntsville. There’s an entire list of items I could divulge into concerning my history, but I’ll save that for another post for another day.A nibble into my current schedule of life in a week: Mid-20 year old doing 40 hours of full-time work, nights of ceramics class, household operations manager and chef/maid/laundromat/financial analyst/janitor, devoted wife, 3 hours of class a week + 4 hrs of associated homework, video game player, Glee show watcher, music-lover and music-maker [violin]. And now to add, Charger Nation Blogger!  <3 That’s my snippet for today. If I find a way to cram more hours in a day, I’ll make sure I’ll share. But cheers, to a new blog start! And cheers to you, reader!
The library in UAH
Written by Hong on Mar 22 12 Salmon Library is the first place I reached since my arrival to UAH, I think many of you must spend lots of time in it.
But have you ever wondered or even noticed what that piece of rusty metal and white stones is in front of Salmon Library?
Without the reminder of Mr.Paul Hays who is a new friend I met in the library , I would never pay more than two minutes attention to this strange sculpture.
According to the metal plate in front of it, it is a geode. So what is a geode? According to Wikipedia, a geode is essentially a spherical mass of mineral matter that was deposited syngenetically within a rock formation. It also bears the name of Harold “Skip” van Houten.You will never find him on Google if you input “van Houten”, but search for Harold “Skip” van Houten you will find many his art works, and the name of this one in front of the library is “6-Geode” .
At any rate, it adds nothing to the perspective of a library or books. It just seems out of place at its present location because there is no symbolism or anything connected to books, which one might expect in front of a library. Perhaps someone will tell me the connection of the library with rusted metal and white stones.
Your Hobby is What? – Photography
Written by Ashley on Mar 17 12 This will hopefully become a serialized blog, so if photography is not necessarily one of your main hobbies or if you have other hobbies that you hope to pursue while taking classes at UAHuntsville, then do not worry! Keep your eyes open for your personal flavor of “Your Hobby is What?”.
One of my favorite pastimes that really helps me remove myself from the stresses of college is photography. I am mostly interested in the world of macro photography and landscapes, so for me the world is really my artistic palette. Luckily Huntsville and the surrounding area provide me for ample inspiration for my photography – from the Botanical Gardens to Monte Sano State Park to local caves to right here on campus.
If by chance you are hoping to hone in your talents and learn from fellow photographers, you are in luck! UAHuntsville offers several courses in Photography. Southerland’s Photo located in South Huntsville also offers professional photography classes. A few local photographers also offer weekend or week-long photo workshops. A local organization of photographers, the North Alabama Photographers Guild, meets monthly at a local pizza shop and organizes group photo outings through their group page on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/groups/napg/).
No matter my level of experience or my current preference of photographic subjects at any given time, Huntsville and the surrounding areas have always provided me with enough artistic stimulation to keep me motivated and thrilled behind my camera!
Classes I Enjoy!
Written by Brittani on Mar 13 12 I am taking 13 credit hours at UAH. They are General Chemistry I, Chem. Lab, Pre-Cal w/ Trig., Priciples of Aeronautics and Astronautics (PAA), and Private Pilot Ground School.
I am really liking Private Pilot Ground school because I’m learning about airplanes from someone who has been flying a long time. After this class I want to get a private pilot’s liscense (and maybe a commercial liscence). So If I want to go to the beach for the weekend, I just drive over to the airport and I’m at the beach in about an hour!
I really like PAA! The materials I’m learing in this class are the basis for the rest of my career. The only down side is the class is at 8am.  We have a project where we are grouped into “Squadrons”! We have to build a small rubber band powered airplane out of recycled materials. I am having so much fun doing this because I get to work with my best friend and learn about making airplanes!
Chemistry is great too. I think I’m going to get a minor in it. I like learning about how elements interact to make materials I use everyday. Chemistry lab is a little boring, but hopefully it will pick up.
I really like my classes at UAH. The teachers are great and most of the students really care about learning and doing hands on activities.
Hope you enjoy this Chem Joke! 
How Spring 2012 has been for me
Written by Jonathan on Mar 11 12 Because I’ve gotten a great deal of my required classes out of the way early, I am now tackling general electives and two of my upper level courses. I have to say I’m quite enjoying myself.
I am not math inclined, so my physics course is a moderate headache from time to time but, my senior capstone internship, my course on gender and sexuality in British drama, and my course on interpersonal communication are all utterly enjoyable on their own.
Since I have a small tendency to try to do too many things at once, things get a bit hectic every now again. Then again, I’m starting to notice that I feel much better when the majority of my tasks are measured by things I feel are worthwhile.
Overall, I think just about everything I’m doing this semester is the perfect precursor to my final undergraduate semester in the fall. . .if I don’t die of exhaustion beforehand.
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