Liz's Voice

Hi, my name is Elizabeth Schieler, but nobody calls me that because I go by Liz. I am a sophmore majoring in Secondary Math Education which just means that I want to teach high school math when I graduate. I grew up in a small town called Gaylord, MI, but about five years ago my family moved to Tomah, WI. I chose Minnesota State University - Mankato because it not only had the majors I wanted at an "affordable" price, but it was a good size too, not too small but not too big either. Another thing that got me excited about Mankato was the dorm rooms. I toured lots of schools where the rooms were just barely big enough to turn around in, and when I came here, I found that I had more than enough room to feel comfortable. I have lived in the dorms for a little more than three semsters and I plan to stay there until I graduate. I have become active in our Residence Hall Association, RHA, as well as our National Residence Hall Honorary, NRHH. This has given me opportunities to attend leadership conferences, special events, meet new people, and overall have a great time. I definitely reccomend living in the residence halls even if it is just for a year so that you can experience just how great it is. Not to mention you are less than ten minutes away from all your classes so you can get those extra minutes of precious sleep.

I am also involved in Colleges Against Cancer, Math Club, Student Ambassadors, and Sigma Alpha Pi: National Society of Leadership and Success. However, I will tell you more about those activities as we go. This is officially my first blog, and that is because I am kind of technologically challenged, so bear with me through this experience. This week was amazing. My younger brother had his interview for the Presidential Scholarship on Thursday, and then today, Friday, he attended the Admitted Student Open House. This meant that he got to spend the night with me Thursday night and we had a lot of fun together. We got Little Ceaser's for dinner ($5 hot and ready large pizza is the best), and then we went to the movie that IMPACT was showing in Ostrander Auditorium in the CSU, Men Who Stare at Goats. I got to hang out with my mom on Thursday after she dropped him off, and before I had to go to class, and I will get to see my dad today at around 1 for about an hour before I have to go to class, and he has to take my brother home. I know this sounds corny, but once you get to college, you tend to value that time you get to spend with your family more than you did when you were living at home, because you only see them every so often. Admittedly though, by the time August comes around after being at home since early May I am ready to come back to school. Well, I know I threw a lot of introductory information at you, but I promise, as this blog continues, I will be sharing more about day-to-day life, and less about my background.

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Until next week,

Liz