MLK Day

As many of you may know, today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This is in remembrance of the life and legacy of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. At Northwood, we like to honor any special day, such as today with a small ceremony. Today I had the honor of announcing our speaker for our small MLK day ceremony. The speaker was Tenetia Carpenter, a Northwood alumna.

Tenetia spoke on three main points that really impacted me as to how I need to go about things. She of course related this back to the life of MLK. The one point that really stuck out to me was that we just need to get out in the world and "do." This is simply taking action on things that you want to see happen. If you just sit around and follow the crowd, things that you want to see changed aren't going to change. This was what happened with Dr. King. He wanted a change in the world so he did just that and spoke out for justice and equality.

So many times in life we get wrapped up in just going along with the crowd and being a follower and we do not realize that we can do so much more than that. We need to really take example from Dr. King not only how he fought for justice but that he actually tried for something he believed in!

Provost Dr. Fegan and our speaker Tenetia Carpenter

-Christen

Guess who's back?!

Sister-less Traveling Pants,

Flight  - UA 1120

6:58 am

YYC-IAH

Well 3000 feet in the air and coming to you live from the first class Cabin! ( it pays to know people ;) ) Sitting here enjoying my free coffee and delicious breakfast I cannot wait to get out of the cold weather! It was – 18 and snowing when I left Calgary! So you can imagine that I was glad to get out of there. The captain told us it will be +18 in Houston.. That is quite the opposite.  Well I shall check in from the next Flight! I have 2 hours to kill when I arrive in Houston. 

Calgary this morning -18!

  Flight CO 4978

ETD: 2:58

Actual: 3: 20

IAH – DFW

Well we finally took off on possibly on the smallest commercial plane ever. After stumbling to my seat dropping a dirty Kleenex on some poor women, not having my carry on fit in the overhead and had to have it checked under the plane, I finally got in my seat. We were informed we were waiting for a maintenance man and his tools to be transported to Dallas after an order was sent from headquarters. After about 30 minutes the pilot got up went outside and told us we were leaving because headquarters decided it was taking to long! What a waste! At least the flight was short!  Christen will be waiting for me at the gate! I hope she doesn’t leave due to the delay! :s

Houston! A wee bit warmer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ahh Dallas Home sweet Home.. Kind of.

Dorm 21 G

8:00 pm

Cedar Hill

Well I am finally in my room!  A long day! Classes and Golf tomorrow, It is so nice to see everyone. The gang is all here, I have gotten all my stuff organized for tomorrow and hopefully it all goes smoothly. I will let you know how classes go!

See you all later!

-NiK

Greetings from up North!

Hello I never thought this day would come but I am heading back to campus on Sunday! I am mostly excited to start up the golf season again and see my friends. The Best part of the break is seeing all of your friends back home and your family. The worst part is not being able to see all the friends from school. You gain so much from those friends here at school, you are with them all the time and not seeing them for a month is really hard. The weather here has dropped :( It is in the negative degrees now. I am doing some temporary office jobs for the last three business days I am home. I should have known now that I take the bus downtown the weather would drop!! I feel like this break has gone by so slow, except this last week is going by too fast! I still need to pack and get some last minute shopping in!



Winter Finally here! First snow I have seen since last Christmas!



Of Course!! First day taking the bus Downtown!!

I will say I am  Excited to get back and start up the semester! I hope everone had a great Christmas, well relaxed and well Deserved! I hope to see you all on Campus soon!

-NiK!

Bonjour from Canada....

Hello Everyone! I am sorry it has taken me so long to write back, it has been a busy time here in Canada! Surprisingly warm weather too! Normally it is below 0 degrees Celsius (32 F) however it is + 15 Degrees!! (60 F) that is really warm. So much for ice skating and tobogganing. It has not been a total waste though, I have made it too the outdoor range for some practice time. However it has been incredibly windy! There are grass fires due to the warm dry weather and windy conditions. I hope everyone enjoyed there Christmas, I have had a chance to see most of my family its a nice break. However I will be happy to get back to campus seeing as there is not a whole lot to do up here.
Since I have been home I have been able to Catch up with some of my friends.

My Friend Shannon and I made a trip to IKEA... One small Car and Big Purchase later...

I caught up with my old roommate Sarah. We lived in China together.

 

 

 

Some of my oldest and dearest Friends Jessica and Tera.

 

Canada takes home the Bronze.

 OH! I almost forgot, this year the World Juniors championship which is a Boxing day - New year Tradition was held in my home town. After a loss to the Russians in the semi finals Canada redeemed themselves to take home the Bronze. Nothing like a little hockey on your holiday.

Its nice to be home to spend some time away from school, I will be glad to see everyone and start up the semester! Hope you all had a wonderful break, A Merry Christmas and a Happy New year! Talk to you soon!!

-NiK

Au revoir Etats-Unis!

Well Friends Its official the next time we speak I shall be back in Canada... I decided as a little treat about my first semester I will show you some of the friends I have met and some fun I have had! This is a chance to see what activities and opportunities there are!

I wish all you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year! I hope to talk to you before then but I have a long Trip ahead of me so I hope to speak soon!

-NiK

ITS OVER!

Hello Faithful readers!

Sorry I have not been posting in a while as It has been a crazy month! Its funny how everything just seems to happen all at once! I am going to tell you about the Leadership Retreat I went on at the beginning of the month just to catch you up. We traveled south to Bastrop, TX where we were invited to a ranch and got to mingle with some cattle :). It was a great trip! We learned about team work, working with different personalities, had an opportunity to understand ourselves better, and participated in team building activities. This was definitely a great opportunity that we had and I encourage all of you to take advantage of any and all opportunities you can! When we arrived, we were greeted with some lunch and went straight into our workshops. The ranch was decorated with Christmas all around so it was a beautiful country scene. Great to get away and get to know some fellow classmates. We got a tour of the ranch, received really good business advice and lessons, and just some good southern hospitality once again. There was nothing but 500 acres of land and wide open spaces

Alyssa and I on the fence at the ranch.

 This is a picture of how wide open and nice out it was. There were a lot of cows grazing through the grass!

Daryl Caught a fish while we were fishing in one of the 5 ponds on the ranch.

I caught a fish but it was so small I'm not going to show you. haha!

Pedro befriending a cow.

These are just a couple photos of what we did in our free time. It was a great weekend. I learned alot about myself and other personalities. I learned how people need to learn to work together and what kind of leader I am. I also set new goals and had a chance to review what I have done the last couple of weeks. It was a really great opportunity.

I will check in with you all soon!

-NiK

Tis the Season

Happy December 1st everyone!

Its that time of year when everyone gets ready to go home for the holidays. Finals are coming up as soon as next week. It is a busy time for staff and students. Personally, I cannot wait to go home for my much anticipated month off! The leaves have fallen off the trees, and the cold is moving in...well for the Texans.. I am from Canada, the weather is just a brisk autumn afternoon to me. :)

My favorite thing about Northwood is the trees! It feels like an oasis in the desert, a nice get away from the hustle and bustle of the city!

As Finals approach, that is meaning for only one thing! A little holiday Cheer, on Tuesday the students were treated to a little comedy and cocoa.. It was a really great event. There is always stuff to do on campus. The Campus Activities Board (CAB) really keeps everyone entertained.
My fellow dorm mates and I decided to spread the Christmas spirit with some decorations we found in the hall closet.

Brittani and a couple others did a great job making our dorm look really inviting :)

My Cool Stocking that our Awesome RA made for us! It says Merry Christmas in Chinese!!! I wish you all a Happy Holiday as you get ready for this final Break!

Talk to you soon!!!!

- NiK