Orientation and Moving In

Hey all! I have not officially started classes yet, but I have been back in Portland for three days now. Why would I be on a quiet college campus when classes do not start for six more days? Well, I am an Orientation Assistant so I had to be back on campus Sunday to start training on Monday. Tomorrow is my last day of training and then Orientation is from Thursday to Sunday. These past few days of training have been informative, but overwhelming as there is a lot of information being thrown at us. On the bright side, we get done at 3 pm tomorrow and I have the rest of the day to do whatever I want. During Orientation I will be helping incoming freshman and their families in several ways: co-leading a home base group (20-40 students who share a class together), helping students move into their rooms, checking students in at Orientation headquarters, and ushering families into the stadium (Chiles Center) for Convocation.

Anyways, I am absolutely in love with my new dorm! Fields/Schoendfelt are the newest dorms on campus. Fields is the female wing, and Schoendfelt (or Padre, as Fr. Schoendfelt was a priest) is the male wing. Even though our living quarters are separate, we share common areas such as the entrance area, basement, lounges, and study rooms. What makes my dorm experience amazing is that I am in a suite! Kristen (my roommate) and I are in a huge room and the two of us share a bathroom with two other girls in a connecting room.

Our side of the bathroom

View outside my window

My desk and my smaller closet (I have a bigger one when near the entrance)

Me on my bed

More later, and enjoy reading!