Interviews Galore

Well, I have conducted one interview with an international faculty member at RMU, Dr. Omurtag. He was just fascinating to listen to all of his experiences with international students, and as an international student himself at one time. I have conducted two international industry professional interviews, Katherine (Mexico) and Isaac (Venezuela). Wow - again, it is just very exciting to listen to their experiences. Although when I interviewed Isaac, I got a little teary eyed because I have a soft heart for people who are a victim of discrimination. Listening to some of the barriers he faces as a minority in our company hit the "emotional" side of me. Hopefully he did not notice.

After just these three interviews, it amazes me that America is so ignorant or blind to what international students/employees can offer businesses in the U.S. I am so envious of the international students/employees because of their ability to speak multiple languages, and have experienced many different cultures with an open mind. Conducting these interviews are very exciting for me because I get to sit and listen to people talk about their culture and their life.

I am hoping to get some student interviews soon. I have not had much luck so far, but I will be "snowballing" for some recruits....I may have to offer money, food...anything. I can't blame them...I am sure they are so busy with classes. I can relate. Oh...I have one more class left in this Finance class, which I will truly miss (no sarcasm here)...seriously, one of the best classes. Dr. Hughey is the best! We have a paper and presentation due on Thursday, then I have my very last class in this program - Writing for Publication. AMAZING!!! I can't believe it is almost over.

We had our Dissertation Seminar IV class this past Saturday (one a month), and Dr. Semich told us that we will be defending our dissertations in March. When I heard that, I imagined the gray hair and wrinkles popping out of my scalp and skin.

These last few months have been HELL! (it seems like there is a trend here). Not only do I have to complete coursework, write a dissertation, and have more work at GSK to keep me busy for the rest of my life, but my house is a complete mess. We are having a new kitchen floor (with new appliances) installed, and remodeling our powder room. It is almost complete, and our contractor, Rick, has done a tremendous job. But, bad karma has been setting in. I am not exaggerating, and I will make this short, but we had four vanities (the first one fell off the cart-not our fault, and the other 2 were scratched), ran out of flooring (this was a good thing...forced me to change the powder room floor, which I like better), installing the third range hood (the first two were dented), and now our brand new dishwasher is leaking. Rick will be finished this week, so I am praying that nothing else happens.

Well...I need to get back to writing this huge paper due on Thursday.....I am exhausted.

Until next time!