Knowledge and Growth

Today was another "last" as a grad student. This next month will be full of them.

I have regularly attended the Northeast Ohio Housing Officers meetings/events since becoming a grad student. I enjoy the professional development and networking opportunities attending has given me and I love being able to be in a room full of people who have the same passion as I do: making a difference in the lives of our students.

When I reflect back on my time in grad school, as I have been doing much lately, the Professional Development Institute I attended last year as part of the NEOHO winter RA conference and business meeting stands out to me. It was in that moment that I began for earlier how I much I truly love working in student affairs. It inspired me to become more involved. I have since attended business meetings, conferences, and other professional developments to further my education within the field.

This program and my department have allowed me to grow so much more than I ever dreamed I could. It's been a long road, and sometimes a difficult one, as all changes we truly grow from are. But tips through opportunities like the one I had today where I got to be part of my school's delegation and got to speak on behalf of my school and my department that I realize exactly how far I've come since July 27th, 2011 when I moved into my apartment in Centennial Court F....and even how far I've grown since I moved into the apartment and building I'm in now.

I've always been a person who has striven to find knowledge. How appropriate that I have found a field that will constantly challenge me to learn and teach me new things about myself.