I can't believe it's February...weren't we just on break?!

BUMegan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:52:00 GMT

My life has been so crazy as of late....I'd be surprised if anyone actually read this thing anymore!!!

January FLEW by. I think that's all I can say, because it truly was a blur of reading files and making decisions, attending events for admitted students and meeting with families who have been admitted. Time has completely gotten away from me, so hopefully February slows down...at least a little. ;)

We had another admission deadline, this time on January 15th. Those admission decisions were mailed last Friday, so if you haven't heard yet, you should soon. Good luck to all those who applied EA2. I'm sure you all are thinking time is flying as well...as we are already getting into thoughts of prom, graduation and the like. It's been fun to be so busy, and to see SO many students excited about attending Butler. We hosted events for admitted students where they could come to campus for basketball games and tailgating, and we had AWESOME turnout. It's always fun for us admission counselors to get to meet students we haven't yet, or parents, families and siblings who might not have made the trip to Indy before. All three games we hosted events for, we won. I loved it! I was so glad that the students and families who got to go were treated to great games. I can only hope the basketball team keeps up their good work! They just announced a bracketbuster against Davidson towards the end of the month, so if you can, tune in to cheer the dawgs on!! The other couple of events we hosted were in Chicago, similar to the event we did in St. Louis. Both had great turnouts, and I love visiting with my students, even IF the weather is cold and miserable and snowy! I hope the students that attended these events had a good time, and got their questions answered. If you didn't, please let me know. :)

The other set of events we hosted (told you, we've been BUSY!) were for admitted Pharmacy students. They had the opportunity to come to campus, meet current faculty, staff and students AND get a better understanding of how our program works. I think they went really well, as we are hosting another towards the end of this month.

For those of you who have been admitted but haven't been to campus-please check out our visit website at http://go.butler.edu/visit and you'll see the different opportunities to choose from!

Life for me has been quiet, except for getting sick and trying to nurse this cold away. I was VERY sad, as I missed Brad's going away lunch. For those of you who don't know, Brad Ward, our AMAZING technology/communications/blog boss/amazing guy all-around, left Butler at the end of January to pursue other career options. I know that I will miss him a lot-he was a great co-worker and someone I could always go to for a good book to read, or the latest info about a number of social media outlets. He is SUCH a strong presence within our profession, especially in regards to social networking/media/communications/marketing. He will DEFINTELY be missed in our office. Brad, if you read this-I'm so sad I missed your lunch on Monday. I FULLY expect to see you soon. Make it happen, ok?! ;) I know you all will miss him on this site too...so now just come to me, a VERY distant second, if you need anything. :)

Keep it coming with questions and everything else! STAY WARM!!!+

and so starts a crazy month....

BUMegan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:18:00 GMT

2009 started SO much better than 2008, and for that, I am VERY glad. I am not a fan of New Years eve, as I think people make a really big deal about it, and everything is WAYYYY overpriced. Kinda like this other holiday in February that I'm also not fond of...HA! Anyway, I hung out with a friend who also doesn't like to celebrate and the best part of the night was that we missed the ball drop. We were talking about something, and realized three minutes after the fact that it was 2009. I loved it!! :)

Work started back for me last Monday, but I actually made the trip to St. Louis instead. We had an event for all admitted students at the Renaissance Hotel by the airport and it went SO AMAZINGLY WELL. Everyone seemed really excited about Butler and asked a ton of great questions. I was VERY excited, because I'm from St. Louis and I really want to see it succeed as a strong recruiting area for Butler. Thankfully no one seemed to REALLY mind the heat....being that the room we were in felt like a sauna. I know I was red-cheeked and I was trying REALLY hard not to think about how hot it was. They had turned on the heat and must have turned it to like 80. crazy. Other than that, everything went amazingly well and I was very happy!

We had our next event for admitted students on the 8th, this time at a basketball game here on campus. Again, the event went really well AND we beat Wright State! We have two more events like that coming up, on the 22nd and the 24th. I hope anyone who can go, will make the trip down to campus. Both of the upcoming games should be pretty good...soo....

Butler (as I'm sure many of you read in other blogs) had it's recruitment last weekend. I was very excited to go back to my house and help the current members out with recruitment and the last evening, which is usually when alumni can help. I had a blast, and the girls that are in the house now are amazing! They were very excited about their new members, which made me happy for them. I LOVE getting to go and help them-being in a sorority was one of my best experiences here, and I'm glad I can give back:)

So far these past couple of weeks have been crazy. We have another application deadline today, the 15th, and I've been making a lot of phone calls to students. It's also the start of planning spring travel, which seems crazy to think about when the weather is as crazy as it is, at -1 degrees!!!! Hopefully everyone is staying warm, wherever you are!!

Well that's all...back to reading files. If anyone has questions, please let me know! :)

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I can't believe it's February...weren't we just on break?!

and so starts a crazy month....