Where in the world is... "Admissions Nicole?"

I'm a slide show nerd... plus a website you should check out!

Since my last post, I've done weeks "on the road" for daily high school visits.  One week I visited the suburbs of western Cook County and the following week I was in the greater Madison area.  I also had a SUPER-busy fair at College of Lake County in IL.  The CLC ICE fair is for all high school students in Lake County, IL.  I was glad Mary Beuscher (our Pre-health Advisor) and Trudy Biehn, (Business Advisor), came along to assist and meet with students interested in their areas of study.  All night we had a crowd at our table.  Trudy had no voice at the end of the night.  I cannot thank them enough for coming along - we were swamped with students and it was great!

There have been some nights over the last couple weeks that I had "off," (as in no evening college fairs). On nights like these when staying in a hotel, one can only watch so much election coverage and reality shows.  So I decided to figure out a creative way to put some UW-P pictures to music to present at recruiting events.  I found a free program called Picasa and became addicted.  I'm now "a slide show nerd."  Here's one of them (turn up your volume - I used one of my favorite songs whose lyrics fit with many of the pictures):

More slide shows can be seen on my YouTube Channel at: http://www.youtube.com/user/AdmissionsNicole

In other news...

Even though he's a White Sox fan, I wanted to give a plug to Counselor Joe Tullo at Mundelein High School in Mundelein, IL.  I had a great visit again at Mundelein and Joe always makes time to chat with me to learn about what's new at UW-P (and he always manages to have a joke or some cartoon to tease me about my beloved Cubbies!).   Joe and his staff have one of the best high school college/career web pages that I've ever seen!  He has some great resources on it - that are of use to all students.  Check it out at: http://www.mundeleinmustangs.com/CollegeAndCareerResourceCenter/index.html

PS: We're in the midst of UW-P's Experience Days!  Have you signed up to attend one of them?  Check out the who, what, where and when of Experience Days at:  http://www.uwp.edu/admissions/eventsa.cfm

See you on the road,

~ Nicole

Campus Ambassadors Survive The Realm of Terror...

...and I don't mean final exams!

Our Campus Ambassadors are student leaders who are picked to represent UW-Parkside at official campus and community events.  They also serve the University by guiding weekly tours for our visiting students and their families.  They do all this for the love of UW-P, so throughout the year we try to find fun and unique ways to thank them for their hard work.  With Halloween coming up we thought it would be fun to offer a trip off-campus to a haunted house with a few fun extras.  This past Friday night we went to Kristof's Entertainment Center in Round Lake Beach, IL where they feature The Realm of Terror haunted house. 

The haunted house was amazing.  It seemed like took forever, the actors were great and we all felt like we were in a horror movie.  It was scary and it had its funny moments as well.  At one point, we were hopelessly lost in a fog filled maze.  We thought we found the exit and started cheering, but then a 7-foot tall slasher-movie character  (Jason from Friday the 13th) blocked our path.  He shook his head "No" and we looked to find ourselves trapped at the beginning.  We had no idea how we got there but it was funny!  We went back in and finally found our way out (another 20 minutes later). 

Besides the haunted haunted house, there were go-karts, mini-golf, glow-bowling and a redemption arcade.  We all did a round of go-karts and some did the mini-golf.  After a couple hours of it all the Ambassadors chomped down on some pizzas and soda.  We screamed a lot and it was a great way to kick off the Halloween season plus a fun way to thank them for all the hard work they do for us!  Check out the album for more pictures, titled "Halloween Fun!" (to the left). (Note to Campus Ambassador Kaytee: I'm sorry you didn't make it into any of the pictures but you were hiding behind us the entire time! LOL!)

PS - I'll be at College of Lake County this Tuesday Oct. 14th from 10a.m.-1p.m. so come see me outside the library in the atrium!  I'll also be at the District 211 fair this Thursday night from 7-9p.m. at Schaumburg High School and then I'll also be visiting the High Schools in Districts 211 and 214 this week (and you know who you are)... so you have no excuse - come out and see me!

See you on the road,

~ Nicole