You'll probably be doing a lot of bringing and taking this holiday season. But how do you know which action you are really performing? If you are moving something toward a person or a place, then you are bringing something. (Ex: I'm bringing gifts to my parent's house.) If you're moving something away from a person or place, then you are taking. (Ex: I'm taking our packages to be gift wrapped at the store.)
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Thursday, November 14, 2013
People in your neighborhood: Sarah Naranjo
Teaching and education is vital to Sarah Naranjo. She has been active in higher education and in K-12 education for years.
Sarah has a bachelor's degree in sociology and German from the U and a master's degree in teaching from St. Thomas. She speaks fluent German and has studied abroad in Germany multiple times.
Her previous jobs include spending a summer in Alaska with an organization called Youthworks and working in the College of Continuing Education for 4-5 years. Most recently, Sarah worked in North St. Paul as a middle and high school German teacher.
"I really enjoyed teaching middle and high school German," Sarah said. "But I knew that I always wanted to come back to the U."
Two years ago, Sarah began working in One Stop Student Services as a counselor. She currently works in the West Bank location. She counsels students about financial aid, registration, and billing. "I really like working with students," she said. "We see a lot of the same students on West Bank so we can get to know the them a little bit."
And, even though many other people don't like drama, Sarah says she doesn't mind hearing about other people's personal problems. "I like listening to people and helping them through their issues."
Beyond her daily work tasks, Sarah is on the Tuition Refund Appeal committee and a new member of the Financial Literacy Committee.
"I'm excited to be able to use some of my creativity and presentation skills with the Financial Literacy committee," she said. "I can help students understand financial impacts of their decisions and develop skills to gain future financial success."
Originally from Owatonna, Sarah currently lives in Minneapolis, about a mile and a half from West Bank so she can bike to work. She lives with her husband of four years, Francisco, and their 2 ½ year old son, Andrew. She is also currently expecting her second child due on November 11.
In her spare time, Sarah enjoys being active outdoors. She loves camping and taking walks or bike rides.
Sarah is also pretty artsy. She loves to sing and go salsa dancing. In fact, she met her husband salsa dancing at First Avenue. She also enjoys cooking and doing art and crafts projects with her son.
Fun fact about Sarah: her last name means "orange tree" in Spanish.
Singen Sarah
1. Sarah is a landlord. She owns a duplex with her brother that they used to live in but now rent out.
2. Her favorite movie is Shawshank Redemption.
3. She loves the show 24.
4. If Sarah could have a superpower, she'd want to be Supermom.
5. Favorite type of music is salsa music, especially Bachata.
6. Her mom's food is her favorite food.
7. Sarah is very afraid of flying.
8. The last book she read was Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child.
9. Her first concert was The Monkees.
10. She couldn't live without good, healthy food and companionship.
Sarah has a bachelor's degree in sociology and German from the U and a master's degree in teaching from St. Thomas. She speaks fluent German and has studied abroad in Germany multiple times.
Her previous jobs include spending a summer in Alaska with an organization called Youthworks and working in the College of Continuing Education for 4-5 years. Most recently, Sarah worked in North St. Paul as a middle and high school German teacher.
"I really enjoyed teaching middle and high school German," Sarah said. "But I knew that I always wanted to come back to the U."
Two years ago, Sarah began working in One Stop Student Services as a counselor. She currently works in the West Bank location. She counsels students about financial aid, registration, and billing. "I really like working with students," she said. "We see a lot of the same students on West Bank so we can get to know the them a little bit."
And, even though many other people don't like drama, Sarah says she doesn't mind hearing about other people's personal problems. "I like listening to people and helping them through their issues."
Beyond her daily work tasks, Sarah is on the Tuition Refund Appeal committee and a new member of the Financial Literacy Committee.
"I'm excited to be able to use some of my creativity and presentation skills with the Financial Literacy committee," she said. "I can help students understand financial impacts of their decisions and develop skills to gain future financial success."
Originally from Owatonna, Sarah currently lives in Minneapolis, about a mile and a half from West Bank so she can bike to work. She lives with her husband of four years, Francisco, and their 2 ½ year old son, Andrew. She is also currently expecting her second child due on November 11.
In her spare time, Sarah enjoys being active outdoors. She loves camping and taking walks or bike rides.
Sarah is also pretty artsy. She loves to sing and go salsa dancing. In fact, she met her husband salsa dancing at First Avenue. She also enjoys cooking and doing art and crafts projects with her son.
Fun fact about Sarah: her last name means "orange tree" in Spanish.
Singen Sarah
1. Sarah is a landlord. She owns a duplex with her brother that they used to live in but now rent out.
2. Her favorite movie is Shawshank Redemption.
3. She loves the show 24.
4. If Sarah could have a superpower, she'd want to be Supermom.
5. Favorite type of music is salsa music, especially Bachata.
6. Her mom's food is her favorite food.
7. Sarah is very afraid of flying.
8. The last book she read was Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child.
9. Her first concert was The Monkees.
10. She couldn't live without good, healthy food and companionship.
ASR represents at UMACRAO
ASR was well represented at UMACRAO (the Upper Midwest Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers) this October. Kess Knight and Mandee Nguyen presented to a packed house on the role of differing social media platforms in the registrar and admissions offices. They showed how various tools like Twitter, Pinterest, Reddit, and Facebook can be used strategically to build brand loyalty and engage audiences well beyond the traditional marketing and recruitment purposes. Amber Cellotti talked about the change management in the graduate education transformation process and shared some best practices for those who may undergo this process in the future. Ingrid Nuttall led a group of participants through the Individual Development Process where each attendee mapped out long and short-term goals and what it will take to achieve them. Tina Falkner (with Clare Dingley from the Morris campus) talked about the upgrade strategy and ways to minimize data entry mistakes and methods to help find them, and Tina also lead FERPA Jeopardy for a crowd of over 50 participants.
All Campus update
On November 11-12, about 60 people from all campuses gathered in Brainerd to lay the foundation for the next phase of the ESUP project. Participants reflected upon the challenges and successes of the IDP (Interactive Design and Prototyping) phase and discussed how best to move forward with creating business process guides and test plans (the next phase). The next phase will require some different approaches to maintain involvement from all campuses, as the process for creating these documents is different. Each of the student workstreams shared major changes that will be occurring to their business process or for their end-users as a result of the upgrade, so discussions about potential integrations can begin.
Give to the Max is today!
Give to the Max Day is the University's annual online giving initiative to support important causes. Today, you can select one (or two!) you care about most and provide a donation. You can choose among undergraduate scholarships, community and research, medicine and health, Gopher athletics, and more.
New Google feature
Google's on the move again. Within the next few weeks, they will release a new feature that will automatically update University Calendar events when changes are made in associated Google Groups. For more information, check out Google Group changes.
Since and because
This grammar rule is a little tricky. Since refers to time, whereas because refers to causation. For instance, "Since I stopped studying, I have not done well in school." Since refers to the time when the person stopped studying. Here's another example: "Because it was so hot, I had to drink lots of water during my run." Because refers to the heat, which caused the person to be thirsty and drink water.
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