I have really enjoyed my required work out twice a week at the pool and have met a lot of people who are in different majors. Ohio University has other courses for students to take such as horseback riding, golf, bowling and many more. Below is a list of all the Physical Education Activity classes offered at Ohio University.

Chuck and Marilyn Stuckey, the couple that donated much of the money to build the ARC were present at the meeting. I really enjoyed telling them how their donation has made an impact on my experience here at Ohio University and that the only complaint among students is that the ARC is so popular it is sometimes difficult to find a table.

It was a great trip and wonderful experience spending the weekend getting to know the board of visitors. To find out more about who is on the board of visitors click on the link below.

After the concert was over, we waited outside, in the rain for almost two hours to get a glimpse of the singer/songwriter. It was well worth the wait! My friends and I were able to get some pictures with his drummer, and we were actually able to get a few close pictures of Mike!

My friends and I had such a great time at the concert that I regret not taking advantage of past concerts and events that have been held here such as Josh Turner and The Second City, which is similar to Saturday Night Live.

The University Program Council also host sibs, moms and dads weekend events as well. All of which have fun activities to bring your family members to and they always have free food. I love when they have free cotton candy, popcorn and crafts. Most of the events that the University Program Council offers are free (except for concerts) and all students are welcome and encouraged to enjoy the activities. At the UPC website (http://ohioupc.com/upcoming_events), you can see past events, and the upcoming events for the 2011-2012 school year.

I was involved with two main projects and I really enjoyed working on both of them. The first project I was involved with was a classified study that I am unable to discuss, but for the majority of the summer I worked on removing the luffing capabilities of the gypsum radial stacker out in the landfill. For this project, I had to work with other engineers in different parts of the company, such as the Structural group and the Electrical Systems and Equipment group. I&C was needed for this project in order to take out all of the vertical controls in the logic. In order for me to do this, I had to first understand how the logic works with the luffing and then I had to remove portions of the logic without interfering with the other controls of this machine. I was unable to see the full completion of this project, but was glad I was able to finish my portion. I really enjoyed working with my team and learned that I like the I&C group more than I thought I would.

When I attend the farmers market, I always enjoy trying the samples of baked goods and salsa. A man, who regularly attends the market on Saturdays, sells different kinds of salsa, some of which are made with raspberries, mangos and strawberries. I think every student could find something that they would enjoy at the farmers market and supporting a local business is a great way to give back to the community that quickly becomes your home away from home.

My mother has attended Mom’s weekend since I was a freshman, and her and I started off the weekend at Boyd Hall’s Bahama Bring-Your-Mama Bash. This event took place in Boyd dining hall and had various activities to partake in such as bingo, Dance Dance Revolution, Wii games, decorating picture frames, free food and chances to win prizes.

Although Mom’s weekend may be one of the more popular family weekends at OU, other family weekends include Sib’s weekend, Dad’s weekend and Parent’s weekend. To find out more about Family weekends and activities planned visit http://www.ohio.edu/parents/familyweekends

For the project we were given a sound clip that could be played on MATLAB. The clip was a four second dialog from one of the characters in Monty Python, but there was also a train whistle and another high pitch tone over top of the man speaking. Our assignment was to create a filter on MATLAB that would eliminate the unwanted sounds and leave the audio of the man speaking. This project was challenging, but also interesting since it is different than any other project we have been assigned this quarter.

With the variety of tools and programs the Russ College of Engineering provides to its students it allows for professor to create projects and homework assignment that are unique and often times more interesting than solving a problem out of a book.

As a student studying Electrical Engineering, it is great to find so much that is related to what I am studying. I have mostly been focusing on articles that relate to power and alternative fuels, but I have also enjoyed reading about the new gadgets and technologies, and the new electric cars. I have truly enjoyed reading the New York Times for the past six weeks, and I think it is important for everyone to be aware of what is currently going on in the world.

I have just recently become involved with IEEE and have found it to be beneficial to my experience as a college student. We had our first meeting of Winter Quarter yesterday and had a variety of topics and new ideas for the coming quarter. During the meeting new officers were assigned to Fundraising, Marketing and Recruiting, and General Body Meeting planners. The group discussed new ideas for fundraising such as selling T-shirts and walking tacos during the week in the Academic Research Center. There was also discussion on which speakers we would like to invite to Ohio University to speak about topics such as Self Management, Starting a Business, Ethics and Career Development.

Professional Societies are great to be a part of especially as a student. Being a member can help you within your career and on a personal level as an engineer. Joining a professional society connects you to engineers locally and around the world. I am glad I have decided to become more involved in IEEE and I think all students can benefit from joining a professional society.

For the past two years that I have been at Ohio University, my costumes for Halloween have been fairly ordinary and lacking creativity. For my first Athens Halloween I was Daphne from Scooby Doo and my sophomore year I was a Barbie doll. This year I was determined to have a unique costume that people would enjoy. With a lot of thought and some research, I decided to purchase 1,180 glow stick bracelets off Amazon.com to show off on the streets of Athens on Halloween.

With black pants and a black top, the neon colors of the hundreds of glow sticks covering me head to toe were hard to miss. After assembling my costume, I had roughly 600 bracelets left over, so I carried around containers of the extra glow sticks and passed them out to people I talked with uptown. It was great seeing people so excited to have a free glow stick bracelet that by the end of the night I ended up giving away over half of my costume!

I am glad to say that this year’s Halloween costume was a success and what made it even better was it was interactive with others. This year’s costume will be difficult to top, but I am hoping I’ll be able to come up with something just as, or even more creative for next year’s Halloween.