How’s your summer been?
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great summer.
During the last four months, I have been extremely busy and occupied by summer school as well as normal work. This summer has been very challenging for me. Due to the fact that I was not able to go back to my home country Afghanistan, I had to stay on campus for the entire summer. Therefore, I did all I could to make the best out of my summer time.
I have been working on campus from morning to afternoon and taking summer classes in the evenings. This allowed me to earn income and cover my expenses, at the same time accelerate my graduation by acquiring 16 credit hours. Yeah, I know that sounds crazy, but I had six classes this summer along with work and gym. Although this has been a very busy “boring” summer, I am satisfied with my accomplishments.
The entire campus looks absolutely beautiful. As you may know this year is the 50th anniversary of Walsh University; hence, the maintenance crew including myself work very hard to prepare the campus for this big celebration. Whoever visited Walsh so far absolutely loved it. A special thanks to all the GROUDN CREW.
Even though school starts next week, I will not be taking classes except for one on Tuesday nights. I am going to Rome for my fall semester. I will depart Ohio on October 17th and return back to Cleveland on January 6th. I am extremely excited and happy to be part of Rome experience. Besides experiencing Italy while getting 12 credit hours, I will be able to travel and see some other parts of Europe. In addition, visiting my brother in Netherlands whom I have not seen for nearly 12 years makes this trip even more exciting. I will surely update you of my experiences from Europe!
Overall, I am happy school is starting next week. It is always good to see students “Friends” back on campus. “A campus with no student is like a garden with no flowers.” I would like to take this opportunity and welcome back all students on campus and wish you good luck as you are starting your school year this coming Monday.
Good luck!
Regards,
August 27th, 2009 at 9:57 am
All the returning students are in my thoughts and prayers as a new semester begins, especially those of you going to Rome! Hope it’s an amazing semester.