Hello, everyone..I'm very much happily alive! The last couple weeks at Swarthmore have gone by in a whirlwind. ...or more like a fast-moving hurricane. haha. I've just been doing 50 million things...a couple thoughts and then pictures! So our Global Education Week for the Village Education Project turned out really well. We hosted a Black-tie Charity Auction at the end of the week as our culminating fundraiser, and it was a huge success! Our Directors of Development did an amazing job with really involving the whole Swat campus including students, faculty, and staff. On another happy note, I am now officially an Honors Poly Sci major with a Public Policy minor! Very exciting but I've gotta say that I've really been questioning whether or not I want to do honors. I know I do because I LOVE (really, I love it) the Honors program at Swat but it's going to be a lot of work. ...but it will be very rewarding and amazing, I know it will be. haha, so anyway, I'll probably stick with it but it just always happens after I decide to take on a difficult, challenging venture that I start to question whether I really want to do it. On another happy note, I've figured out my summer plans and will be interning in DC and rooming with three Swatties! I am ridiculously excited for this! I've been planning this out in my head...cooking dinner at night with other students, sitting under a tree on weekends reading with a pile of strawberries and cold, iced water beside me, going to the free Kennedy Center concerts, running along the reflecting pool, etc etc. I'm now about to go into hibernation for the next two weeks since I have a ridiculous number of papers due but I'll be ok, I hope!

Here are some nice pics..

swat students & staff at the Black-tie Charity Auction!


the nice pottery that was auctioned, donated by Swarthmore Professor Heren and student, Levi Mahan


the on-campus Village Ed Project group!