Making Impact on this little campus.

In no particular order:

[1]
I stole something from a site that Chitwood posted a week or two ago. On the chalkboard in Erskine hall I wrote:





I came back about 30 minutes later and what do you know:






Although it may seem small, we sometimes forget to evaluate what we feel and why. I know I'm too busy to even stop to consider if I'm busy with things that are making me happy. It felt good to kind of create an opportunity for someone else to let themselves and others know what they are feeling and why.




[2]
I printed out about 20 of these and posted them all over campus.






I guess with both of these I'll never truly know how much of an impact I could have made the other people's days...but I do think that both of these were unexpected and may have caused others to take some kind of change of direction in thought. It was funny, because I was scared to do both of these. That is so dumb, I was scared to be caught by someone doing something different. I even walked past the chalkboard a couple of times because I knew that this was something that hadn't been done here before, and I was a little timid in fear of getting in trouble. I guess from this exercise the biggest thing I've learned is we have to put ourselves out there, without fear. We can't be afraid to do something different, or everything will remain the same. In order to make impact, someone needs to be a leader and think outside of the box.


[3]

My senior show class consists of nine other students who I am very close to. We sometimes get discouraged in the class because it involves a lot of critique, so I tried to do something to remind them how much I cared about them and their individual work. Before class began I told them I had a small honest note for them to read. I'll make fun of Corey now, but I'm sure he would be fine with it. His read, "Athough people think you are a bit unusual, I admire you for being yourself." I wrote one to my professor who has been with me a couple of years and hers said, "If it weren't for you, I would have changed my major, and have been very unhappy."
I know it is small, but maybe that impact moreso for myself. How often do we take the time to consider why we appreciate the people in our lives (even if they are just classmates.?
They had nice reactions and said thankyou. I think though since I took the time to try and understand why they are significant in my life, I can appreciate our relationships more.
I also brought them cookies, which I'm sure made an impact on their day.


They didn't eat all of them so...


[4]
I set up the rest of the cookies on a podium in the middle of Wehrle with a sign that read,

Working hard? Have a cookie & Keep it up.

Some of the professors said they were really pleased, and the next day ALL of the cookies were gone. SUCCESS.