Today we’d tried to get out to Portland and see some sights. Despite a late start, we were able to hit the World Forestry Center (which was a total disappointment) and the Rose Garden (although the roses weren’t in bloom) and the Pearl neighborhood (which was cool).
We had lunch/dinner at Jake’s Famous Crawfish. It was a great pub with excellent happy hour deals that started at 3pm.
Had a great day yesterday. The weather has been unseasonably warm this week with temps in the 80’s – 90’s.
Jake’s graduation was this morning. We went to the Phi Beta Kappa brunch. Typical of Ferrante’s, we were a late and they had to set up a table for us. It was a decent spread complete with a couple of bottles of Champaign at each table. We had fun eating and drinking Mimosas.
Not a ton of photos from the day. We let Judith take most as we were pretty camera active yesterday. There are a few though.
Here’s a Flickr link to with our photos from our day trip to Silver Falls State Park. It was an incredible day in which we saw 10 waterfalls. It was pretty warm (in the 80’s) and we jumped in a couple of times during the 4 mile hike.
Today is Jake’s graduation. He was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and there’s an induction breakfast before the graduation ceremony. We’re not sure yet what the rest of the day will look like.
Here’s the full video. Photos to come later this a.m.
D.W. has a great series, and after going through my Google Reader, I remembered that it was here that I found the New Media Douchebag YouTube clip.
I also found the Down-With-The-Kids Man extremely relevant.
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Now playing: Dwight Yoakam – I Was There
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It seems to me that if your motto is “We’ll pick you up” then you should do it.
I was recently in Dulles on a business trip. As I waited for the Enterprise shuttle, I watched 4 Budget shuttles, 3 National/Alamo shuttles, and 2 Dollar shuttles pick up passengers. A man and a woman asked me if I had seen the Enterprise shuttle. They were worried that they had missed it. I assured them that they hadn’t, and said that their motto should be, “we’ll pick you up, but grab a seat because it’ll be a while.”
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Now playing: Béla Fleck & The Flecktones – Big Country
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We had a huge open house this Saturday. It was perfect weather, 75 and sunny. I was nominated to spend the morning that day as Mike the Knight, our mascot. Here’s a behind the scenes glimpse. As you can tell, my coworkers enjoyed it.
I’m starting to recruit students to be a part of a new division of our Founder’s Society (our student ambassador program). Members will blog, spend some time on Facebook, and participate in our Virtual Open Houses. Below is an overview of what the team will do and their responsibilities:
The Make Up
The Founders Society e-Team is a crack group of technology savvy Founders Society Members. Just as tour guides introduce potential students to our campus and campus life, the e-Team will do the same – in cyber space.
The group will be made up of eight individuals, plus at least one study abroad blogger. With the exception of the Study Abroad blogger, e-Team members are expected to fulfill the responsibilities listed below.
Responsibilities:
Blogging
e-Team members are required to write a blog post weekly and are encouraged to do more. A happy blog is a frequently updated blog. More updates give a reader a reason to check back regularly. They don’t to be epic posts either. Long posts get dull quickly, but a couple of hundred words every few days will result in people reading the blog more often. If you can tie them in to SMC that’s great, but non SMC posts are great as well. The most important thing is the frequency of the posts. The more posts the better. Have fun with it!
YouTube
e-Team will from time to time post videos to YouTube and imbed them in their blogs. These videos will provide another glimpse into the life of a Saint Michael’s College student. This is a great outlet for your creativity. Again, have fun with it and be creative!
Facebook, KnightSpace, etc.
e-Team members will monitor the Office of Admission page, any class pages, and KnightSpace. Their presence isn’t meant to be an overseer or a authority figure, rather to provide factual information when necessary and correct any misinformation posted to these sites.
Virtual Open Houses
e-Team members are required to be present and participate in all VOH’s that may occur throughout the year. These are two hour chat sessions with accepted students. They provide an opportunity for accepted students to ask questions and interact with current students without having to travel to campus.
Compensation:
e-Team members will be compensated in a similar fashion to Campus Tour Guides. Each significant blog posting will be compensated at the same pay rate as a campus tour. There is no limit to the amount of posts an e-Teamer may publish. As posting in a blog should take less time than an hour long tour of campus, e-Team members will also be expected to spend a variable amount of time (depending on the time of year) on the Social Networking outlets.
If you’re interested in applying, send me a brief 200 word or so essay explaining some things that you’re involved in on campus. Attach it in a Word doc and email is to amillikin@smcvt.edu. If you already have a blog, send me a link!
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Now playing: Grateful Dead – Dire Wolf
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