Friday, August 28, 2009

Senior year and the IRB


I have successfully made it through the first week of classes for my senior year of undergrad. Already, I can tell it is going to be a busy but interesting year. My 13-credit course load will be surprisingly time-consuming, topped with 15 hours a week at GuideOne and a lot of meetings throughout the week, but since when have I been one not to stay busy 24/7?

Two nights ago, I had my first PRSSA exec meeting. Being the only person on the exec board who had previously been on the board, I think it went pretty well, and I look forward to a great year. I am also interested in seeing where my final year of the Delts (Delta Theta Phi pre-law fraternity) goes. As academic chair, I am working on getting things going, including a professional evening that is always a great networking tool with local lawyers and law school professors.

For my honors thesis, I plan on interviewing several individuals for qualitative analysis. This means that I may have to bring my proposal to the full IRB (Institutional Review Board) regarding human experimentation. This means I need to have my methodology and qualitative interviews structured and finalized by the end of next week. This project is exciting me more and more, when I realize how it translates into so many different aspects of things I love. I also had to receive a certificate from an online training course on human experimentation, so I can do so in both my honors thesis and in my public relations research capstone.

Also, for some reason, I am remarkably peppy and enthused today. This would be awesome for every day. Let’s hope it continues!

I have box seats for the iCubs game tonight, and after that, a friend who graduated this past spring is having a going away party, which I plan to attend. Then, tomorrow morning, it’s back to the grindstone with another LSAT practice test.

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