{"id":1954,"date":"2014-10-07T14:38:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T14:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/blogs\/?p=1954"},"modified":"2014-10-07T14:38:22","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T14:38:22","slug":"oh-why-hello-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/2014\/10\/oh-why-hello-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh, Why Hello There!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"keep-calm-and-busy-busy-busy\"<\/a>Hey there Farmingdale!<\/p>\n

First of all, I hope everyone has enjoyed their first month back on campus and are doing well in their classes. My name is Kaitlyn Mackey and I am a first semester junior in the Visual Communications major. This year is all about doing new things for me, especially since I will be graduating next year (gulp!). So I have a lot to do until then.<\/p>\n

Besides all the classes I\u2019m taking this semester, I also am involved in quite a few organizations. The one that I have been doing the longest is at the Long Island Feline Adoption Center in Smithtown. I volunteer there in my spare time (what little\u00a0I have, lol!), in order to help the kitties, who are in our care, find a \u201cfurever\u201d home to call their own. I have been volunteering for the past 3 years and I absolutely love the atmosphere and the other volunteers that work there (plus I get to spend time playing and snuggling with cute kitties!).<\/p>\n

As for organizations on campus, I am involved with the Rambassadors and have been a part of it since the program began in the spring of 2013. I have given a lot of tours, especially at Open House and Student Acceptance Day. I loved meeting potential classmates and their families as well as talking about our school and its interesting history.<\/p>\n

This fall semester I joined the organization called Ladies Respectively Innovating (LRI) and I am one of the clubs Historians. Being a Vis Comm student, I had to take a photography course so I just purchased a DSLR camera (for those of you who don\u2019t know what that stands for, it basically means that I can change the lens on the camera). So with my new camera, I will be capturing memories of the awesome events that LRI will be holding, just like the one that\u2019s coming up soon!<\/p>\n

One last thing about this year that has gotten me so psyched is that I am now a work study for Alumni Relations. It\u2019s been awesome to work with a great staff and help get things ready for many events, such as Homecoming! This year is going to be so much fun, I cannot wait until October 18th<\/sup>! So, I hope your year has been as exciting as mine has been so far and I can\u2019t wait to tell you more.<\/p>\n

Now, I must bid you adieu until our paths cross again!<\/p>\n

~Kaitlyn M.<\/p>\n

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