Year End

Hello everyone!

Finally, yet another school year has wrapped up and I am happy to announce that I have completed my Bachelor of Kinesiology degree at the University of Manitoba.  This will be official after convocation June 3rd.  How did everybody’s final exams go?  To go out in style I wrote six final exams with the last one being on April 24th, a Saturday.  So nice to be done now.

Now that I have my Kinesiology degree I have decided to pursue another degree, this time in Education.  Last week I received my acceptance letter from the University of Manitoba so expect to see my on campus for another couple years.  The folks behind the ‘U of More’ blogging site have asked me to return for a 3rd consecutive year of blogging and I have graciously accepted.  It will be fun to provide my perspective from within a different faculty.

I have enjoyed my time in the faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management over the past 3 years.  I want to thank the staff and professors for a tremendous experience.  Our faculty is small compared to others and this creates opportunities to build close relationships with other students and staff.  I also want to thank Dr. Phil Gardiner, Dr. Todd Duhamel and Dr. Jon McGavock for allowing me an opportunity to work in their research labs throughout my degree.  Finally, I would like to especially thank Karin Nowak-Bailey and the undergraduate office staff for spending so many hours answering my questions about courses and which ones to take, etc.

With my return to UofM this September means I will be returning to the Bisons as well for my 5th and final season of eligibility with Cross Country/Track & Field.  I’ve been busy with road races this spring having done the Puma Series 5km, 10km and 15km events as well as the Police Half marathon this past weekend.  Next up will be the Manitoba half marathon in June and then I will take a break during summer before preparing my cross country season.

This week I have begun working Dr. Jon McGavock at the Manitoba Institute of Child Health resuming my role on the Healthy Buddies project.  We’re wrapping up our data collection by end of May.  At the moment I do not know what I will be doing for the rest of summer.  Maybe continue working on something else or take time off for another vacation?  We’ll see.

That’s all for now.  Enjoy the summer and I will talk with you again in September.