I've been in university since 2000. Finally in 2008, after two college transfers, too many housing relocations to remember, two children, one husband, and several jobs later I can finally say I'm done. I finished my last undergraduate class at 1:30.
It's been such a unique journey. I have never and will never be a typical student. Not even in my last moments has the oddity ceased.
It goes without saying that after working for two years in the Dean's office at the College of Business and Economics, the last few weeks have been especially interesting for me. Granted, I left my position before this explosion of events, but few students, staff, or faculty have had the experience I have had working just outside the Dean's door for two years. It has made reflecting on my work for the college very interesting and even somewhat emotional. When I finish my portfolio I will not only complete my undergraduate coursework but I'll also take the final step in putting my job behind me. The PWE capstone has forced me (not uncomfortably for the most part) to keep my past job in my immediate present. The media has certainly also kept my position in my immediate present. Its been hard to escape thoughts of B&E in the last few weeks. At this moment it's hard to imagine how I will feel on Tuesday when all is said and done for me.
I will say, however, that I am proud of my work. I know the PWE instilled skills in me I did not possess (or at least nurture and use) previously. Those skills are reflected in my work and, I hope, speak for its quality.
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Wow, I'm sure that working at the B&E Dean's office has been more than crazy these past couple weeks. However, this situation will, hopefully, have given you the know-how to deal with a crisis situation you may have to deal with at a job in the future (here's hoping that you won't have to deal with anything of this magnitude in future anyway...) Congrats on graduation! It is a huge accomplishment to be able to get through it while raising a family!
How did you get your pages on the website? The linked pages of letters and such? I am having trouble figuring this out.
emily,
I'm using dreamweaver so I'll try to explain in regard to that application.
Okay, lets use my Correspondence section as the example. I created the main correspondence page by creating a correspondence.html page in dreamweaver. Then I created an alternate page for every piece of correspondence I wanted to show. So right after I created the correspondence.html page I created several other pages called boaletter.html, donoationrequestletter.html, stewartsocietyletter.html, and so forth. One for every piece of correpondence I wanted to link to. Then on the main correspondence page I made links to those other pages I just created. Then to actually put the image on the page I created (say for instance the boaletter.html page) I opened the page in dreamweaver, went to "insert" on the top bar, then "image," found the image I wanted and selected it.
That may sound really confusing. If its easier to call me or meet with me I'm happy to try and help! I'll be in the lab at white hall finishing my own most of the day! and my number is 304-266-8355. I should finish mine up soon and then I'll have plenty of time to help!
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