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   

Hixson Blog Post #1

Hixson Blog Post #1       1/18/13

This is where I will be creating my weekly reflection blog post about being a Hixson Peer Mentor.  This reflection will be about different class activities, reaction to text readings, or just an analogy to personal circumstances and how I will use this information as a peer mentor.  I will relate how my insights will apply to my work as a Peer Mentor.  This blog will usually be done on every Friday. 

Class   1/16/13

First off I want to say how humbled I am to have received this award and also being able to be a Peer Mentor. During our first Hixson Peer Mentoring class we got familiar with the history of the Hixson Program.  The Hixson Opportunity Award is a half-tuition grant (estimated value of more than $15,000 over eight semesters) to be used at Iowa State University.  Christina Hixson serves as sole trustee of the Lied Foundation Trust. Through her financial leadership, she has been recognized as an outstanding philanthropist. (Hixson Award Website).  

The readings that I had to read for this week provided me with an overview of students in peer educator roles on university campuses.  I will refer to being a peer mentor or peer educator throughout my blogs.  Both these terms have the same meaning.  A peer educator is a student who has been selected, trained, and designated by a campus authority to offer educational services to their peers. The reading also outlined the three components of the learning process: knowledge, skills, and personal integration.  I am going into this training with an open mind and commitment to be the very best I can be.  Be positive rather than negative, be supportive rather than judgmental, and active rather than passive. (as much as I am a passive person I am going to give my all to be very active with this training)

At the end of my post I will write up a little bit on Iowa State Football and Basketball. (I will keep it short)

Wow! What a finish by the Iowa State Men's Basketball team. (12-4)  George Niang provided a clutch layup with 2 seconds left to defeat West Virginia  69-67.  Even after Iowa State choked away a double digit lead in the second half. That extends Iowa State's 16 consecutive home game win at Hilton Colosseum.  Talk about some Hilton Magic....The cyclones take on a terrible TCU team down in Fort Worth this Saturday. Should be a blowout win for the cyclones, I'll take the cyclones (-30) 

The Iowa State football team finished up their season with an ugly loss to Tulsa in the AutoZone Liberty bowl.  (17-31)  Went down to Memphis for a little vacation and had a rather splendid time, besides the game result and the food poisoning! Yikes! Saw a NBA Memphis Grizzly game and the historic Beale Street along with Peabody Hotel (the ducks actually stay in the hotel fountain all day and was a site to see) Next season should be interesting to say the least.  Maybe we can get over that 7-6 and  6-7 mark....anyway I could keep writing more about the cyclones, but as I said I will keep it short. Until next week, have a great day and week ahead! 

Cole Schlitzer 

How I’ve grown, what I’ve learned...

Here at Iowa State I have grown a lot.  Making  new friends, learning new things, and learning how to be independent.  Time management was a huge problem for me, now that I have gotten settled in with college life I am much better at it.  I have also matured a lot while here in college.  Learning how to live on my own and doing my own laundry and being punctual to class are just a few ways I have grown.

Being a Hixson Scholar has been and will be an awesome experience. My peer mentors have been great and I have learned a lot.  I hope some day I can be one and teach incoming scholars the same things they have taught me.  

It is truly hard to believe my first semester at Iowa State is almost over.  But on the bright side this is just the begging of my adventure at Iowa State!

What it means to be a Hixson Scholar

First off I want to thank Christina Hixson again on offering me the chance to receive the award.  Being a Hixson Scholar means so much to me.  I am truly blessed to have received this award.  When I received the letter and found out I was a Hixson Scholar you couldn't believe how overcome with joy I was. This award will help me achieve my goal and my dream to attend Iowa State and find qualities that I never knew I had.  It is amazing that one woman can help out 100 kids to fulfill their dreams to succeed.  It will push me to be my best, knowing someone has the trust in me to utilize the scholarship to my scholastic needs.


Being apart of my group Grey for now, has been an awesome time.  We all like being around eachother and we all have a good time.  I am sure we will continue to keep in touch.  Thanks again and God Bless.


Cole Schlitzer

Social Meida

Social Media is all around us.  The term Social Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue.  Some things I learned about social media is that it is always changing every second.  It requires you to be really aware of what is going on, and you always have to be on top of your game.  Another thing I learned is you can find out more about a business way easier.  Sometimes it felt repeatable at times though.  I was really excited to partake in this particular medium.  It was something new I have never done before.  Social media can help you reach your goals by helping you find your business easier and being able to look up and read information about that company.  If you wanted to reach your company you can find all that information online.  Facebook is also is a big part of social media.  With Facebook you can find company's information easier.  Social Media is a huge part in today's world.  Everyday there are more and more ways of interacting through social media. 

MBTI What?

 The purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality inventory is to make the theory of psychological types described by C. G. Jung understandable and useful in people’s lives. The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random variation in the behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent, being due to basic differences in the ways individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment. 

-Isabel Myers

What I learned about myself through the MBTI is that I focus my attention on the outer world of people and things.  This is called extraversion.  I take in information through the five senses, with a focus on the here and now.  I like to make my decsisions mostly on the basis of logic and objective analysis.  When it comes to dealing with the world throught either judging or perceiving I like to judge what I am doing. Taking a planned and oraganized approach to life.  These qualities all relate to my goals in the fact that this is the way I am going to learn and how I want to set my goals for the future.  A couple things surprised me about my MBTI test was the fact how percise it is.  Another thing that surprised me was the fact that it can take you through a small series of questions to figure out what personality type you are.  It makes me be better informed how I perform in my everyday life.  It will help with my scholastic studies as well.  Some of the the aspects of my personality I had not thought about were how I think.  Whether it was though analysis or logic, it made me aware on how I really think of things.   


Thank you for your time 
Cole Schltizer

My goals/bucket list

Bucket List
-Graduate from ISU!
-Get a job in the sports industry
-Compete in an ironman
-Skydiving
-Go to Europe
-Sail the 7 seas
-Own my own pro team
-Travel
-Be on a game show
-Visit all 50 states
-Go on a fishing trip up in canada
-Learn a different language
-Scooba diving
-Travel to space

My goal in life is to graduate college with a business degree in marketing.  Then attend graduate school for sports management.  Get a job in the sports market world. Live everyday with no regrets.  Work hard to be a successful man.
Finally I just want to be happy with all the decisons in life that I make and do.
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