After a long evening of coding, users can now finalize projects in R.I.V.E.R. This means actual hours can be assigned to each volunteer along with final details about the project. A switch is flipped in the project's record in the database making it inaccessible…
After a long, hard week at work, it is nice to have two days off for spring break. Hopefully, I will get some serious RIVER done (many minor bug fixes were blown away this afternoon) along with cranking through my ever-growing to-do list. As an aside, this is the official…
This past week I worked alongside my fellow Corps Members in a day camp for 400 elementary school students during their spring break. With this being my first real foray into an elementary school setting since I last was a student at one, several interesting thoughts came to my mind…
Woo hoo! It's my birthday. I've been spending the week occupying 17 fourth graders during their spring break--that's why I have been noticeably absent from the site. I'll be back with a vengeance this weekend and next week.…
Right now is a little bit of everything. I'm sitting here in the office right now, waiting to go home. Here's a recap of what's been going on in a giant post, rather than the many small ones that I usually do. Graduate School…
In a continued effort to read elementary school books, I finished Maniac Magee [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316809063/] this morning. While not as moving as The Giver, it was an interesting book taking a simplistic look at ideas of race, homelessness, family, and childhood. The race relations…
At long last, all the old contact information for volunteers was uploaded into R.I.V.E.R. this afternoon. We went in a matter of minutes from 39 entries in the database to 1880. It was a good time, eh? Hopefully f2o doesn't get too upset as…
I received word today from the Clinton School that I was not admitted. Their letter was much better than OSU's. I'm not too surprise though.…