Tim's Online Journal

It's beginning to look a lot like...

17 Nov 2009 14:33 EST

Am I allowed to say that? It's not thanksgiving yet but the mood is beginning to set in. Final projects are kicking into gear, exams are beginning to look eminent, the leaves are gone, and the cool air is becoming a part of our everyday lives. For a while, November was looking like we wouldn't be seeing winter anytime soon. 65-70 degree temperatures...

The final year of school is the fastest!

21 Oct 2009 12:38 EST

This school year is a quarter of the way over already. Year after year I'm constantly amazed at how quickly time seems to fly. Its true what they say, time does fly when you're having fun. Indeed, there's plenty of fun to be had here at GC. I think many times, people don't think of schooling as fun, but college definitely is. It's not just...

Starting my semester off with Coffee

22 Sep 2009 16:29 EST

If only I would have known how much I'd enjoy this class/opportunity, I would have tried to get involved MUCH earlier on. This semester, one of the classes I'm taking is Java Junction Management. Specifically, I am the Marketing Manager of our on Campus Coffee Shop. It's a job, but I get credit for it instead of cash. So far though, it hasn't felt ...

Learning outside of the classroom

16 Sep 2009 14:17 EST

Hello Senior Year!

15 Aug 2009 09:31 EST

Welcome back to school everyone! Well, not everyone is back yet. Some of us still have a week of summer work left (like me) and the final students don't move in for two weeks. Those education majors who are student teaching this semester have already moved in, and some athletes are trickling back onto campus for their preseason practices and games. ...

May Term has come and gone.

15 May 2009 11:34 EST

We've started packing up and moving out. Wrapping up another year of classes and learning here at GC. What a year it has been. This summer will be a great relief from classes, but still full of hard work. I'm returning to my desk in the Public Relations office, and continuing to do some work for MCUSA up through convention this year. ...

Taking steps towards my future.

19 Apr 2009 11:29 EST

What a busy month it has been since we last chatted! I'm sitting here relaxing and anticipating the work I have left to do during finals week. Today I have a barbecue (despite the rain) and an SST reunion to go to. It's hard to believe that I have been back from Peru for a whole semester already. The transition from Winter into spring is kicking ...

Planning for the future.

11 Mar 2009 00:09 EST

I've started to plan my senior year out now. It's just another reminder at how fast college flies by! I'm beginning to get more and more confident in the skills and knowledge that I've obtained here at Goshen, and am looking forward to stepping into the "real world" before I know it. A lot of my requirements for graduation are mere digits away from...

I almost forgot!

19 Feb 2009 19:31 EST

There are some other pretty awesome things happening this semester! First of all, I'm living with an awesome group of guys who know how to keep life fun and fresh. We're living in the student apartments in apartment 411 (Pronounced, "The four one one"). Grant, my roommate from last year, along with Steve, Allen, and Ben all lived on the same floor ...

Another thought intensive semester!

19 Feb 2009 18:55 EST

Its hard to believe that we are already half way through this semester! Midterms are in full swing this week, and I am thankful that break is a mere day away. My friend Clayton and I are going to Phoenix to visit another friend. It's 81 degrees in Phoenix and I can't wait to get some warmth even though we've had some pretty "mild" weather the last ...

Finding time to breathe in the busiest (and seemingly coldest) semester yet!

27 Jan 2009 21:26 EST

This semester is proving to be a pretty unique one for me. I arranged my schedule to hold all of my classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and then my Tuesdays and Thursdays are used to intern with Mennonite Mission Network in Elkhart for my major. Not only am I keeping busy with classes, but I'm also finding time to stay involved with...

Back in the states on break.

17 Dec 2008 19:00 EST

It's hard to believe its been about two weeks since being back from Peru. What a great experience it shaped up to be. My service time went superbly and I was quite sad to leave all my kids behind at the school I worked at. On my last day on service, the school through a going away party for us. It was filled with dancing, snacks, more dancing, loud...

Halfway Through Service!

8 Nov 2008 15:31 EST

Hey everyone! ItÂ´s hard to believe that IÂ´ll be back in the land of Goshen in just over three weeks! WOW this time is flying. WeÂ´re currently smack dab in the middle of our time on service. IÂ´m serving in a greenhouse project that is near Cuzco. The food in the greenhouses goes to feed the kids in a school in the project, and the parents...

An update from Peru!

9 Oct 2008 18:53 EST

Hey everyone! Hopefully your fall is in full swing and your looking forward to whatever is ahead of you in your daily schedules. I certainly am excited for in less than a week our SST group is heading out to Cuzco for our mid-point field trip before the second half of our time on SST begins. What does that mean? Two, very exciting things. Number...

SST in Peru

22 Sep 2008 18:07 EST

[www.goshen.edu...] -- Hey friends and GC family. I'm currently sitting in a "Cabina de internet" in Miraflores, Lima, Peru. It has been quite the experience so far and its hard to believe that we're quickly approaching being a quarter of the way through my time here already! I arrived in Peru on Sept. 4th and the next day met my host family: Mother...

Returning to Campus and Leaving again

4 Sep 2008 00:28 EST

Hello everyone... I've taken quite a bit of time to update, so heres the latest on what's going on with me: I worked all summer in the Public Relations office here at the college on everything from small parts of the Elkhart County 4-H fair, to up and coming new parts of our GC website. (you may have seen small changes already). What...

But May Term just started...

10 May 2008 13:47 EST

We have somewhere around 12ish days left of the 07-08 school year. Some of my friends from high school have now returned to Goshen, and others have started their summer programs, be it work, or continued studies. It's hard to imagine what this summer will be like right now, but I'm sure it will go fast. One of my friends mentioned that...

May Term

2 May 2008 16:33 EST

May Term has just started and its already the weekend. Today didn't feel like the end of the week already, partially because we've only had 2 full days of classes this week. I'm in a new and possibly one time class called DVD Authoring. When I tell my friends what I'm taking, they usually say something like "What is that?!" I also had...

Endings are always new beginnings.

22 Apr 2008 11:06 EST

Well, we've officially hit the first full day of finals. I've got my Spanish exam in about 2 hours, a transforming conflict and violence exam tomorrow morning, and one final project to finish up. The stress of crunch time is mounting and students are flooding the library and sometimes taking up permanent residence in some of the cubicles...

End of Semester Madness

8 Apr 2008 15:47 EST

Spring is here! It was almost seventy on Sunday. The day before was even nicer. Everyone was outside just relaxing, some studying, some jamming to some music. The end of the semester always brings lots to do. But, since it's been so long since people have seen sunshine, everyone tends to head outside to get their fair share of vitamin...

Projects, Presentations, and Papers.

24 Mar 2008 15:39 EST

This week is crazy! Easter weekend was a breath of fresh air. Thursday night, several of us were quite bewildered at the thought of having no school the next day, so we spent some time relaxing and hanging out. On Friday, I was quite relaxed. I slept in quite late, and then went out with a friend to do a photo shoot. Later that night...

March.

13 Mar 2008 00:04 EST

It was 45 degrees outside today. I wore a lighter jacket. Tomorrow might be warmer Summer is beginning to come into perspective. Plans are starting to be made. Plans for next school year are also in the mix. That means peru is drawing closer and this year's end is coming nearer. Last weekend a lot of you all (perspective students) ...

Spring BREAK!

3 Mar 2008 21:31 EST

Exactly want I needed. Break could not have been better. I was with people I enjoyed, we stayed with a friend's wonderful grandmother who made us wonderful food, and of course, we had wonderful amounts of sun. My car of five guys drove down to Sarasota, Fl on Saturday the 22nd and got there on Sunday around 4 in the afternoon. As soon...

Primavera!

20 Feb 2008 13:20 EST

Spring comes and goes every day it seems like. Since the last time I wrote, we had one day where it was a nice 55 degrees outside. My roommate and I opened our windows for an hour and let the warmth and the sun shine in. It was great. Then, God sent the floods and it poured. Later that night it was back down to freezing again and now there...

A fun weekend of music.

12 Feb 2008 23:27 EST

This last weekend was a great example of one of the reasons I came to Goshen College. Since being built, the music center has helped a music program flourish immensely at GC. Not only is the campus and its facilities a great incubator for such success, but the Mennonite musical routes of many who go here also engulfs the campus on a regular...

Ahhhhh February

6 Feb 2008 12:35 EST

Such a bittersweet month. There's certainly still a lot going on. On the one hand, we're certainly far enough in to our semester that we everyone has regained the stresses of studying. Tests are ensuing and projects are in full swing. And boy is the weather as crazy as ever. For the past several days we've had thunderstorms and snow storms, and then...

Where has the time gone?

28 Jan 2008 13:03 EST

Wow, about three weeks into school already this forth semester of my college career. So much has happened and I've been keeping quite busy. It's hard to find time for everything. Time management seems to be the plague of the college student, and it doesn't seem to get any easier the farther along we get. On January 18th and 19th the ...

First week back from break!

14 Jan 2008 16:42 EST

Christmas break was a great experience for me. I found much needed rest and relaxation away from the business of school and all that I'm involved with. For those of you who don't know me, I'm a second year Communications Major focusing in multimedia. Currently I'm living in the Yoder Dorm and am a Resident assistant for the first floor. ...