A few things

Friends(?)!

Hello!

I haven't been posting, but obviously that's because my classes haven't started yet. But it's also because, finally, people have arrived!! Yes, actual human beings. I know, it's amazing. So I've been pretty social. I mean like I went out on 3 weeknights last week (yikes), which was really difficult because being one year out of college makes a huge difference. Believe me.

So yeah it's been pretty fantastic having other people besides the other GA in my cohort/department. Which is a good thing, especially now, because the other GA who I've spent the past 2 months with is leaving. :( Sometimes life throws you curveballs out of nowhere, and unfortunately that seems to be the situation for her. I'm really upset that she has to leave because she's been, really, my only friend here for some time and now she has to go. She will still remain my friend of course, and hopefully she can return next year and be with us again! But for now, I wish her all the best and hope that everything works out.

Besides that, work has been great! I worked my first expo on Saturday (not unlike an open house, to my understanding), and it was great! I got to talk to about 1,000 people about our Study Abroad program with one of the student workers, so it was great to spend more time getting to know him. He's from Uzbekistan so he told me about that and about his experience in America so far. I love getting to know our international students because their experiences are all so different and you really learn a lot from them. Anyway, I have to work about 5-6 more of those with him as the year progresses, so it's going to be fun. The prospective students seem eager to go abroad, and that's a great sign. Especially since I'm hoping to play a role in expanding this program significantly. High hopes!

But basically I think that's all for my updates! Bis später, Leuts!

Look for these updates in my next post:
- IUP Day at Kennywood with fellow SAHE students and IUP alumni
- Unofficial ZTA Night in Indiana