Life by PJ

No, this is not my picture. I probably would have died if I was this close. I figure I have to do crazy college kid shenanigans sometimes , so last night I went to a Ben Folds concert in Ann Arbor. Ben Folds is basically my spirit animal - and by this I mean I'm obsessed with his music - so when I saw that he was coming to U of M I knew I had to be there . Even though this meant leaving from Grand Valley at 4 p.m., driving straight to U of M, going to the concert, going to bed at 2 a.m. and then leaving for Grand Valley at 5 a.m. to make it on time for my 8 a.m. class, I did not care in the slightest! (I did care, however, in my 8 a.m. class when my eyes were so tired they couldn't read the board...) The concert was AMAZING. I definitely had a few religious experiences. We had awesome seats since it was a modest little theater. He played basically every single one of my favorite songs, from "Landed" to "Losing Lisa" to everything else in between. Even

Since the beginning of the school year, my frien d Amber and I have been doing research for a professor in the biology department here at Grand Valley. Our research involved exploring the effects of feather chewing lice in the return rate and morphology of Tree Swallows ( Tachycineta bicolor .) Basically, we organized thousands of lines of data collected since the year 1993 and ran statistical analysis on it. Today was the day we got to present our poster and findings at GVSU Student Scholars Day. It was a great experience to have to answer questions about our research and explain exactly what experiments and measurements we conducted. I definitely want to participate again next year and look forward to doing Tree Swallow research for part of my summer this year!

  Last Saturday was my sorority's formal. It was a great time and I loved having my boyfriend up here for the weekend. My favorite part would definitely have to be when my roommate/sister Chantel and I did our stroll because who doesn't love a good spontaneous choreographed danced number? My respect partner and I foot popping. Kate always has the coolest vintage dresses! I still love how my little and I picked out the same color dress without knowing it! One of my favorite alumnae =) Chantel and my beautiful big sister, Paige My handsome dance partner, Jeff ...and the aftermath.

SMDEP Program at Case Western After slaving away over an enormous online application- including two essays, acquiring two letters of recommendation, and mailing in my official college transcripts, I received the super exciting news that I had been accepted to the Summer Medical and Dental Education Program. This 6 week program happens from early June to late July and consists of an intensive look into the world of medical, (and in my case) dental school. After you finish your application, you choose 3 of the 12 program sites around the country to send it to. I decided to pick Case Western in Cleveland, Ohio, University of Louisville in Louisville, KY and University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.  When I was filling out the application, I considered my odds of being chosen as slim to none. I figured I would apply anyway because I would continually regret not doing it - and seeing how the program is only open to college freshmen and sophomores, I had to apply. So