So, this is week eight, which is the beginning of the craziness and hectic end of the quarter. This where I stop communicating with everyone and go into hiding to work on final projects and study for exams.

Week eight also holds Morris Women's first event, which is a panel discussion on "Mentoring and the Importance of Mentors" on April 11, 2012, in room 622, Chicago Campus at 5:30PM to 6:30PM. Several faculty have agreed to speak about their experience on mentoring. Faculty include Stefanie Caldwell, Dean of Career Management; Bob Marshall, Senior Vice President, McDonald's Restaurants LLC and Professor at RMU; Jonathan Eisler, Project Manager, HR Solutions; and Jacob Elster, Owner/Founder of Crop to Cup and Professor at RMU. The panel discussion will be moderated by Jennifer Muryn Kaminski, Associate Dean and Management Professor at RMU. For more information or to R.S.V.P. e-mail morriswomen@robertmorris.edu.

I am really looking forward to the panel discussion and at the same time I am nervous and hope this goes well. Morris Women put a lot of work into this event and all the details, an event requires. But it is amazing to see something you work hard on come to light. The Eagle Newspaper is full of stories of students working on helping and making a difference at RMU. I hope to continue to read about all the wonderful things RMU students are doing for their community.

Hope to see you at the event on Wednesday!

Cheers!

This weekend was a busy weekend in Chicago. We had the celebration of Cinco de Mayo, the anniversary of the Polish Constitution. The moon was also closer to the earth resulting in a "Super Moon", (which if you looked out Saturday night, it looked like the usual size, so I’m not sure what was so super about that). Also this weekend, The Anti Cruelty Society hosted their annual 5k walk fundraiser called "Bark in the Park". The fundraiser provides monies to keep The Anti Cruelty Society in operation, which provides shelter and low cost treatments for all types of animals. My family and I walked with our doggies (Acee-boy and a friend’s dog Ozzie) along Montrose Harbor for 3 miles (5k). Despite the weather being dreary and a bit cold, there was a huge turnout of participants. I enjoyed participating in this walk because you can see all the different breeds of dogs. The dogs range from huge Great Danes to small Chihuahuas strolling along with their owners and curious about their other four legged participants. At the end of the walk both dogs and owners can rejuvenate with snacks and water.  Vendors of various pet services have booths that offer free items and sample treats for your pets. You could also have your pet’s nails manicured by the Pet Smart. It was a fun day to spend time with your pets and family members to raise money for a good cause.