It's MARCH! (a 3/1 update)

Hey reader!

Personal update: Semester is still hard; upcoming midterms are stressful. But the peak of my stressfulness right now is registration. Trying to tetris all the classes that I NEED plus the extra classes that I just really really WANT into perfect little non-overlapping blocks for the next two semesters is starting to feel extremely overwhelming and almost impossible. I have a couple of drafts that I'm hoping will work... but wow: registration has never punched me this hard before. Also, spring break is almost here, which is terrific! I think we all need a break.

Volunteer update: I'm about to launch the campaign! I had some fun this weekend drafting a little google form for the volunteer application. It was an interesting process, because it started as a very basic and simple thing that evolved into what I think is a more complete glimpse into their personalities! See, my job is not only to wrangle some volunteers, but to cast them appropriately. I feel like what I ended up with is a reasonably brief form that can give me a nice sample of what my applicants' interests, skills, and personalities are like. In our departmental meeting this week, we also talked numbers on the volunteers the Operations department will need, which was a very helpful process to be a part of. On the docket: I definitely have some emails to send to the ACE leaders and the 201 teachers. Might also consider putting together some social media things over spring break to attract interest.

I guess I can't really do programming updates anymore, but as a general Visions commentary, it's starting to feel kind of more imminent than it used to. I think that we'll all really start to feel it after spring break.

That's all for now. Happy March!

Ashley