The Gift of Giving

Hoping that you all had a marvelous Holiday Break and wishing everyone a very Happy New Year! 2012 promises to be a great year and I am sure it will be filled with surprises and incredible opportunities for many. However, after all the holiday gifts have been opened and loved, and most of us are settling in back to work and/or school with new year resolutions in mind, I would like to take this opportunity to share with you the gift of giving. While many of us take the simple things in life for granted, many are in great need. World Vision Gifts has a variety of "gifts" you can purchase that could truly change the life of a child in need. Gifts as inexpensive as $5.00 for Water Purification Tables, or $15.00 for vitamins can be purchased at this website and a lovely card will be shipped in return. 

Happy 2012 Gators! 

A New Beginning

Our first semester in the program is done. It was an amazing learning experience for us four. I can definitely say we learned a lot about ourselves during the process as well. Online learning is challenging, but it can be done. It takes a lot of commitment and discipline. The one piece of advise I would like give to the new incoming students in the Spring term is to never allow lectures to accumulate. Since we are not constantly forced to attend lecture, I must admit I allowed my job and personal life to consume a lot of my time and left the remaining time to the lectures. I am specifically stating "lectures" because I did frequent the Sakai website to stay informed about assignments, but sometimes I procrastinated on dedicating time to watching the lectures. Until exam day arrives, and I found myself having to watch multiple lectures on one day. Some of my classmates confessed that this is something that also happened to them and they feel that they need to improve in. Overall, I had a great first four months, and I am looking forward to the next term!