Notes from Cheryl (10/26/2005)

Last week, Ohio State Lima hosted a college fair in the gymnasium. There were rows and rows of different colleges. Some of them I have never even heard of! As a student assistant, I helped out with the college fair. I blew up the balloons that you see in the picture and I also handed out a map that listed where each of the colleges' tables were located in the gym. I also made sure that the college representatives had water.

The college fair is very beneficial for high school students interested in going to college. I wish that I could have gone to this college fair when I was in high school. I could have talked to Ohio State, BGSU, Kent State, Bluffton, and many other colleges all in one night! And I could have picked up tons of information and even applications to these colleges. So make sure you don't miss next year's college fair!!

Updated Profile of CHERYL!!!

Name: Cheryl Kay Dircksen

(I am the one on the right in the photo)

BASIC INFORMATION:
Hometown: Minster, Ohio
Birthdate: April 6th, 1986
Age: 19
Year in College: Sophomore
Major: Family and Consumer Science Education
Clubs: Buckeye Agricultural Society, Buckeye Scholars. Also Leaders in Family and Consumer Science Education (LFSCE), which is a club on main campus.
Jobs: Student Assistant for the OSU LIMA ADMISSIONS OFFICE!!! And a teacher at the Little Explorers' Discovery Center in Anna, Ohio.

FAVORITES....
Sports: OSU Football, Softball, Ultimate Frisbee
Hang Out Place: The Shack in Botkins, Angelodome Sports and Entertainment Complex (ASEC) with the 25 x 25 foot bedsheet screen and projector for watching movies and Buckeye games!
Music: Mostly country, but I'll listen to about anything.
Restaurant: Taco Bell, Arby's, Locker Room Pizza, Texas Roadhouse

OHIO STATE LIMA FAVORITES:
Place to Study: Commons
Professor: Nimps and Ackerman
Class: Honors Geography 200, Honors History 152
Memories:
1. Playing frisbee in the courtyard during lunch.
2. The interesting conversations on the honors biology field trip to the Columbus Zoo on the SHORT BUS!
3. Walking straight into a "no parking" sign in the sidewalk in Gettysburg during the honors history field trip and falling down. That was shortly after Nimps reminded us that "we are representing OSU, so don't do anything stupid."
4. Getting "lost" in the woods at Little Round Top in Gettysburg.
5. Playing Ultimate Frisbee with my honors history class instead of sitting through a lecture. Even Nimps, our professor, played! But watch out...he's a fast little man. Did you know that he was a gymnast???

I would love to talk to any prospective OSU students, so just feel free to leave a comment on the blog!

HAVE A FAB-U-LOUS DAY!!!

Notes from Cheryl (10/19/2005)

Well, this past weekend Ohio State played Michigan State...and I went to the game! The Director of Admissions, Beth Keehn, had two extra tickets so she graciously offered them to me. I decided to bring my foreign exchange friend, Silke, to the game because it would be an amazing experience for her. (She's from Switzerland, so she doesn't understand the whole football passion that we have here in Ohio. Haha)
Saturday morning I picked up Silke and drove to the OSU Lima campus to meet up with everyone that I was going to the game with. They included Beth (the Director of Admissions), Temple (an admission counselor), John Synder (Dean of OSU Lima), and some area high school admission counselors. We arrived on campus at 8:30AM and received a personal tour of Enarson Hall, which is the home of the Student Vistor Center. After Enarson Hall, we went to the President's Club brunch at the Ohio Union. The Ohio State cheerleaders did some cheers for us, Gene Smith (the athletic director) was the guest speaker, and the OSU Women's Glee Club sang Ohio State songs to us. Oh ya! And the food was EXTREMELY DELICIOUS! After filling up our tummies, we headed to the game. And of course....by the end of the game, my thoat was feelin' a bit scratchy from all my hard cheerin', especially during the 4th quarter when we came back and won! After the game, Silke and I met up with my friend Louie and we went out to eat and enjoyed life on the main campus.

Notes from Cheryl (10/12/2005)

It's OSU HOMECOMING WEEK so it's time to show your BUCKEYE SPIRIT!
I'm planning on going down to the main campus this weekend to attend the OSU Homecoming Parade and pep rally Friday night. And then Saturday is of course our time to kick some Michigan State butt. To learn more about what's going on during homecoming week, go to http://homecoming.osu.edu/ .


Classes are going great. I have a sociology quiz and a chem quiz every week, but tomorrow I will have my first big sociology exam and then Friday I will have my big Chem test too. Monday's Chem lab was really neat. We were mixing solutions and stuff all on a computer generated program. Heck! The program wouldn't even let me screw up when I accidentally hit the wrong chemical. So I guess in the near future, there will be no excuse to blow up the chem lab unless you know how to blow up a computer. Haha.

Notes from Cheryl (10/11/2005)

Well, Saturday night was horrible! I was all pumped up for the Penn State game...and then we lost. There went our chances for the national championship. We were soo devastated by the loss that we had to stick in the National Championship DVD to cheer us up.

But anyway...it's OSU HOMECOMING WEEK...and we're gonna BEAT MICHIGAN STATE!!!

* The picture is Troy Smith diving into the end zone for a touchdown during the second quarter against Penn State.

Notes from Cody (10/3/05)

I'm so glad classes have finally started! I can finally write about something school related because I'm officially a Buckeye and it's more fun than I ever imagined.

I'm taking 16 credit hours of class and so far they are pretty interesting! Although I have 8:00 classes every day (M - F), I think my schedule is going to be challenging and interesting!

This quarter I am taking Math 075, Psychology 100, English Composition 110, USAS, and Choir. All of my classes seem to be interesting at this point and I think I'm going to do well. Over all, I'm pretty happy with my schedule although I'm not very proud of my math course. But, it'll only help in the long run!

I'm very pleased with OSU - Lima so far, I've met several interesting people and I know there are plenty more out there that I will cross paths with in the near future!

Anyways, it's time for some homework and studying!

Take it easy!
Cody

Notes from Cheryl (10/3/05)

Woo-hoo! I'm a sophomore now! Haha. Well, it looks like my summer vacation is over and its time to hit the books again. This autumn quarter I am taking Chemistry 101, Sociology 101, and Human Nutrition 313. Chem and Sociology are my GEC courses and Human Nutrition 313 is required for my major (Family and Consumer Sciences Education). This is what I think of my classes so far:

Chemistry 101 --Little nervous about this one. Chemistry definitely wasn't my "cup of tea" in high school. But Dr. Moseley does an excellent job explaining the math stuff by using a powerpoint presentation and then helping us work through problems in the chem book. The chem book also has the answers to the problems in the back of the book for the odd numbers. I just got my first chem quiz back and I got a 100%! Yah!

Sociology 101 --Very different. Never took this in high school. So far we are just covering the basic boring information like "what is sociology" and "what is culture", so I don't have an opinion on this course yet.

Human Nutrition 313 --I think it's going to be a pretty cool course. It might even be my favorite. It's about Food and Culture. Each week we will cover a culture (ex: Chinese, Japanese, Native American, Mexican, etc.) We will take notes on the culture and then a group brings in food from that culture and shares it with the class and does a little presentation. (hey! free lunch!) I will have to bring in some Native American cuisine sometime this quarter. We also have to evaluate an ethnic restaurant in the lima area. I've been assigned to a Chinese restuarant.