Hixson Blog Post #2

Hixson Blog Post #2     1/27/13

A little late on the post due to getting a cold and having no energy on Friday.

There were no readings due for this week, so I will be mainly talking about class activities.  

Every class we start off with our "Hixson Intros," which entail you to say your name, Hixson year, county, and major.  "Hi, my name is Cole Schlitzer, I am a 2011 Hixson Scholar from Dubuque County, majoring in Business Supply Chain Management.  This helps with practice for the next fall and learning a little bit about everyone.  At the end of your intro, there is always a question that you have to answer.  For example your favorite food, place you want to travel to, best memory, and so on.  This week's question was to list your 3 character strengths and 2 character weaknesses that you need to build on.  My 3 strengths that I listed were that I was social and   can work well in group setting, I am very helpful to people that need it, and my third was that I can listen and be engaged with a subject whether it be in a group of individually.  I believe that those strengths with benefit and help my come fall when we have to teach the freshman.  On the other hand, I need to work on giving positive constructive feedback.  This will help with giving them tips and values about the college experience.  The second character weakness I need to build on is just general leadership qualities.  Being able to have a personal connection with the students is crucial.  I want to be able to teach and pass on some great advice that could influence their experience for the better.  

We also played a name game to help with learning everyone's name.  I am terrible with names...I think I only know like 5 other peer mentor's name.  I will defiantly need to learn them soon! I think talking to all of them and knowing a little bit more about them will help with that..   One of the last things I did for this week was to take the MBTI test. The purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality inventory is to make the theory of psychological types understandable and useful in people’s lives.(MBTI website).  I am very interested to see my results and see how accurate I think they are. I will defiantly help the first year students with finding more about them.    

Yesterday Iowa State won it's 17 straight home game at Hilton vs the #11 Kansas State Wildcats.  The place was rocking the whole time and was full of energy.  A much better performance than last Wednesday's breakdown vs Texas Tech, which was one of the worst losses I have ever seen by the men's team given the circumstances.  Still have a slim chance at winning the Big 12.  But yesterday's win was a must.  Iowa State (14-5) will travel to Stillwater, Oklahoma on Wednesday to play the Oklahoma State Cowboys (13-5)

Have a great week!

Cole Schlitzer