New Apartments on Campus

I can officially announce that I’m going to be a Community Manager at the New Housing Apartment Complex on 10th street starting in the fall. The complex is yet to be named so I’ll call it Union Street housing for now. With 7 buildings spread from building A on 10th street to building G on 7th street. The complex is the first time a new residential housing build in 40 years.

The concept of on-campus apartments is extremely new. We’re a 8 member staff and have already started working on the logistics of how we’ll function next year. Being a part of the inaugural staff is not only an honor but it’s also very exciting! I had the opportunity to take a tour of a sample apartment last week and absolutely loved it. It’s going to be challenging to be on call for all 7 buildings at once as opposed to 5 RAs on duty for 2 buildings. My position bestows upon me the responsibility of making sure the building keeps rolling all year long, every day, all night. Our team of 6 other students and 1 professional staff member is simply amazing. I can already tell I’ll love working with them. We all have very different backgrounds. Some of them are from Indiana, some out of state and International! We’re all pursuing a range of majors. So we’re definatelly bringing in lots of diversity!

Next year is going to be exciting. I can already see myself running from one building to another responding to calls. But I can also see myself working out in our own gym and have hot soup from our own c-store on a cold winter night. I’m glad I’ve stuck with RPS all these years and I’m hoping next year with them is going to bring a completely new experience my way!

7 Weeks In!

I just got done with my mid-terms today and I realized that 7 weeks of this semester are already over. It's March and I feel like January was only yesterday. Time flies and it's awfully scary to see it go by so quickly. The last couple of weeks have been extremely interesting and tiresome. I officially concluded that I preferred last fall semester doing I-Core. Pre-Icore classes are fun, demanding, challenging, but they have a stint of hope in them, that makes getting desired grades possible.

As I sit in my classes post I-core, they are fun, demanding, challenging, with little hope to achieve desired goals without sipping dropping all other life activities. The classes themselves are not impossible, but combining both Accounting and Finance ones with 18credits is a nightmare. Which would also conclude why I haven't been updating my blog as often. So what keeps me going?? Spring Break 2010 and Little 500. Spring break is a week away and Little 500 is approaching fast! These two events are always the highlight of my spring semesters at IU!

Here's what I have done these past 7 weeks:
1. Got First-Aid and CPR certified through the Office of Risk Management at IU!
2. Was officially appointed as the Community Manager at the new housing on Union Street.It's a step up from my RA responsibilities and I get to live in a sweet apartment.
3. Went ice-skating and fell countless times. Woke up the next morning with a soar back. But it was worth it.
4. Started working on IUDM 2010 with some amazing committee members on the team. We've started fund-raising so if you want to help me reach my goal visit: http://www.helpmakemiracles.org/participant/nikhilnanda
5. Met my adviser and vented about my classes [Actually this is still on my to-do list]

There's always so much going on at IU! I'll be sure to write while on Spring Break!