Hi everyone,

I hope you enjoyed yet another week of March. Man has it been full of crazy weather or what? Walking outside some mornings, I’d swear it was January or February....lets just hope for better days in April!

This week was yet another busy one for me. I have been taking a class up in Dubois for the past five weeks and this past Tuesday it ended. The class was a psychology class: Drugs and Human Behavior. I found the class very interesting and well taught. I took the class with a girl from Mount Aloysius as well and we drove up there every Tuesday for class. Everyone was extremely nice and it was a fun class to be a part of. The five weeks just flew by.

This week, though, was busy with graduation duties as well. I helped set up for the annual "Graduate Salute" on Monday. Graduate Salute is an event that has everything seniors need to take care of in one place. They have Financial Aid, Career Services, Alumni Relations and Health Services there just to name a few of the services available. The actual event was on Tuesday from 12-6. I helped with it on Tuesday as well. I also took care of a bunch of things that needed to be taken care of for graduation. The exciting part was picking up my cap and gown. It really hit me there that my time was running short here at Mount Aloysius. It’s both exciting and sad at the same time. I just would like to know where my past three years went. On Wednesday, I also participated in the first senior social. This consisted of some light refreshments and a movie to get seniors together to just sit back and have a good time.

Another week has come and gone. I don't know what I am going to do when I leave here and I don't write blogs anymore. It feels like I just started doing this and now it is almost over. Well enough complaining. Have an awesome week and until next time...cya later.

Posted by Corey Fehr at 11:35 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hi everyone:

I hope you all enjoyed another week. The weather has been very nice the past couple of days up here on Cresson Mountain. Yesterday, it was in the high 60s! I hope the temperatures just continue to rise each day and that we do not see any more snow.

This past week was a week of good news for me. First, I was informed that I will be speaking at graduation in May. Speaking at Commencement was something that I have wanted to do for some time now. There were a number of exceptional students who could have spoke in May, so I feel both lucky and honored to have the opportunity. I began my speech right away and look forward to finishing it this weekend. Second, I found out that I am eligible for Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society; it is a national honor society for college athletes. I was very excited at the news, as well as, proud of my academic accomplishments. It has been a great week for me in terms of a boost to finish strong in my last couple of weeks. Now, I just have to wait to hopefully hear some good news from some graduate schools on acceptance to their institution.

Well this is all for me this week. I hope you all enjoy the nice weather....I know I will. Have a great week and until next time...cya later.

Posted by Corey Fehr at 11:15 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hi everyone!

I hope you all enjoyed the past two weeks. They sure did fly by rather quickly. I had an amazing time in Jamaica over Spring Break. A group of 15 Mount Aloysius students, faculty and staff traveled to Mandeville, Jamaica to help at an all boys orphanage, St. John Bosco Boys’ Home. We arrived in Kingston Jamaica on Saturday, February 28th. We then went on a two-hour bus ride to the home. We were welcomed by two Sisters of Mercy, Sr. Susan, who has been at the home for over 30 years and Sr. Mimi, who has been there for over 16 years.

The home also houses a school, as well as, different trades for the boys to learn (butchering, catering and farming). The school holds grades pre-K to 5th, which is then followed by ADP (Adolescent Development Program). After the boys are finished with school, they then can go and learn one of the trades. We did a variety of different things at our stay at John Boscos. A few of the things I did were helping attend to the green house, teaching a third grade language class and also teaching physical education to different grades.

However, I had the best time in the play yard, playing with the boys, as did everyone else. We played soccer, basketball and a water bottle game that I taught them (you stand in a circle and throw a water bottle around, but you can only catch it with one hand or you are out). There were a lot of good kids there who just have had bad luck or have made bad decisions in life. A few of the boys that stood out to me and who I developed special bonds with were Fabion, Kamoni and Wayne.

Half of the MAC group was from the club ASL (American Sign Language). In addition to being at the home, they went and helped at an all Deaf school and also visited Deaf Village. The week down there just flew by. Before we all knew it, it was Friday and we had to start our long travel back home. It was difficult to leave the boys and the home. Some of us are going to write to the boys, so we can send them words of courage and optimism to do well in school. I am glad that Mount Aloysius College has this program available for their students. Service work has become a big part of my life and I owe a lot of that to the Mount. The service trip to Jamaica is just one way Mount Aloysius opens the eyes of its students and shows them the need to help others, not just around the United States, but around the world. St. John Boscos will hold a special place in my heart for the rest of my life.

Well, this is all for me this week. I hope you all enjoy the rest of your week....the weather is getting warmer! Until next time....cya later

Posted by Corey Fehr at 11:26 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)