October Happenings!

Okay, so I've been a little busy... I cannot believe that it is already mid-November! Thanksgiving is coming around soon and before I know it I will be home. Here are some pictures of October:


Beautiful day at the pond near BIL Hill!

Sunset at BIL Hill


The fall colors in Missouri are so bright and beautiful!

My seniors!! 

After GP, which stands for Great Pumpkin, the Halloween tradition! The seniors threw us a Haunted House in the basement of one of the residence halls. It was so fun and my seniors had the best costumes. On Halloween we all went to a Haunted House that an organization throws to help buy Christmas presents for kids would wouldn't have them otherwise. They had a very scary and very well done haunted house that was in three stories of an old house. There were slides to go down the stories. It was so fun!! One of the best Halloweens yet.

My professors are already talking about finals preparations and I will be registering for the Spring semester very soon. I cant believe how quickly the semester has already gone by! But it has been a really great one, Im sure next semester will be too!!

Week 4 and 5: September 15-27

Has it really been a month already? It's funny how fast the time flies by when you are busy. What a crazy two weeks it had been! We've formally begun traditions and my classes are all in full swing. I survived all my first few tests and did quite well on them!

Here are some photo highlights for the past two weeks! 

Step sing! The seniors wear their jackets and sung to us freshmen.

My seniors, at step sing! 

Grandma sent me a care package!

My roommate and I with our passdown shelf, we just stole a bunch of passdowns! It's a game played throughout the year.

We got pranked!

Dotteycotttey tradition!

Week 3: September 7-13

I've just finished my third  week of classes and I'm getting into the rhythm of life at Cottey! I am really enjoying all of my classes and my schedule is nicely balanced. Living here is becoming normal and I catch myself calling Cottey 'home'. My suite mates are all wonderful, I've really enjoyed getting to know them better. 

Last Saturday, was one of the traditions here at Cottey 'meet the suites' where the freshmen from each suite go around and meet the seniors through different games. Afterwards as a suite we played 'Apples to Apples' for over two hours an it was such a blast! My roommate, who is fom France and had never played before that night, won the game with 11 green cards. 

The school week went by so quickly, it's hard to believe that it's already Friday! Thankfully I don't have any tests for two weeks, but I'm still goin to start studying this weekend. 

Tonight we had formal drawing, where each freshmen is drawn into one of Cotteys four societies, which are: Alphans, Delphians, Magnoperians, and Emersons. Each society holds activities throughout the year. I am in Emerson, because as a legacy I am placed where my mom was when she was at Cottey. 

Well it's been a good week, but Sunday is the official start of traditions, which I cannot wait for! I'm watching a movie with my suite tonight and lots of homework tomorrow! 

Waffle for dinner on Monday! 

Beautiful Cottey, so glad it's getting cooler here!! 

Formal drawing! 

Some of us Emersons!

Hannah and I. 

Week 2: August 30-September 6: First week of classes

What a busy week it has been so far! I can't believe I have only been here for less than two weeks, when in reality it feels like I have been at Cottey forever. 

I received my schedule for my first semester at Cottey last Monday, after a short meeting with my academic advisor. I showed him the classes that I wanted to take, because they all fulfilled a credit and  all the classes were open, I got to take all the classes I wanted to! I am taking 17 credits this semester, which is 7 classes one of which is a non-credit. My schedule is pretty balanced, with a lot of time to study! 

Monday-Wednesday-Friday: 

International Relations

College Writing 1

College Algebra

Spanish 101

Tuesday: 

Strategies for academic success 

Introduction to Political Science

Spanish 101

Aquacises-water aerobics

Thursday: 

Strategies for academic success

Introduction to Political Science

Aquacises 

After a full week of classes, I feel really good about my schedule and really enjoy my classes. My professors are all very unique, with different teaching styles and backgrounds, which makes for very interesting classes. One thing that I absolutely love about Cottey classes already, is the class size. The classes here are smaller than the ones in my high school. My largest class here has 25 students, with the smallest having 10 students. My professors are beginning to learn my name! 

I have barely been here for two weeks, and I can already say that I absolutely love Cottey! I feel at home here, it's a really magical place. My one complaint, which is completey unchangeable is the weather in Missouri. It was so hot and humid the first week I felt constantly sticky, but thankfully the past few days have been cooler. However I have earned a greater appreciation for air conditioning! 

The sunsets here are beautiful! 

Monday was an absolutely gorgeous day, the sky was so blue. 

Downtown Nevada, town hall. 

Well I need to be getting to bed, I have class at 8:25 tomorrow! I can't wait to be getting some snail mail here, I finally learned to open my mailbox (they turn left to right to left-backwards to normal locks!). 

Orientation: Week 1 Aug 23-30 2013

   I'm at Cottey!! I finally arrived on campus around 5pm on Friday, August 23 after two plane rides and an almost three hour bus ride from Kansas City. The flights were alright, the first from Portland to Denver which was around 3 hours and then from Denver to Kansas City around 70 minutes. I was exhausted when I arrived in Kansas City, then I waited for my bags to come off the carousel. Then I walked to the end of Terminal to find; new students (only 13 of us), staff from Cottey, Orientation leaders, and PEO's from Missouri chapters. The PEO's brought us snacks and drinks, which was so wonderful and made me feel so welcome! We then headed onto the shuttle bus and off to Cottey!

   Friday evening was all moving in for me. I had shipped a large box that had a lot of necessities for my new room as well as a large suitcase and a small suitcase to unpack. I also ordered a fan, closet doubler, and shelving that needed to be assembled. A friend from Portland who also attends Cottey, helped me move in which I really appreciated. We had an ice cream social and meeting with our orientation groups. I got to meet some of the other freshmen in PEO hall as well as Orientation leaders.

  Saturday started with a presidential welcome from Dr. Judy Rogers who told us more about the college and what wonderful programs are offered. The faculty were also introduced by the department heads, afterwards we were able to meet with the faculty to introduce ourselves. After lunch I went to Walmart to buy some of the things that I need for my room.

Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday were filled with activities and craziness on campus. The returning seniors arrived at campus on Sunday, which included a lot of screaming and hugging. We received information about using the technology at Cottey and received our campus Internet log on. 

Monday night was the 130th convocation for Cottey, where all new students signed the Cottey book. 

My new room! 

PEO Hall, my new home! 

Ready for convocation! 

Us freshman and our pass down shelf. 

First day of college!! 

Academic Planning

  In less than two short weeks I will be flying off to Missouri, attending orientation, moving into my dorm room, and starting fall classes. I cannot wait to live at Cottey for the next two years and have a new adventure filled with new friends and great memories. Looking through the course catalog for the fall semester, I started planning out what classes I wanted to take. There are so many different and fascinating classes that I can take, I love that I have so much freedom to choose what classes I will take. 

   On Friday, I received an academic planning and class schedule from Cottey along with instructions on how to make your tentative schedule form, that you bring completed to meet with your advisor during orientation. I spent a good portion of my night looking through the requirements for an associates in arts degree as well as the general education requirements to graduate from Cottey.      Certain classes fulfill specific requirements while others can fulfill multiple, however only one class can fulfill one requirement. Scheduling is somewhat complicated, but I caught on fairly quickly and once I understood how it works, it was very easy to make my tentative schedule. I built it around one class that is only offered one time the whole semester; international relations, which is a class that I have been looking forward to taking for a long time. I plan on majoring in international relations and business, which makes international relations necessary to take upper level courses. With the schedule I made, I will be taking 16 credit hours my first semester, that is if I get to take all the classes I want to. Naturally I have back-ups in case the classes I wanted are full. 

I am really excited to get to Cottey in a few weeks, start classes, and meet new friends. This will be an incredible year, I can't wait for it to begin!