Enrollment Days

In April I attended the Open House event at K-State Salina and enrolled for fall classes. I have never been excited about education in my entire life, but now I am. A bit apprehensive of the unknown sure, but I am comforted by the thought that my maturity will help me navigate this new endeavor. Increasing the average age of the aviation curriculum student by several years tickles me greatly. This time next year I may be the only fulltime student at K-State Salina with an AARP card.

 My student advisor Associate Professor Andrew Smith and I had much to talk about. We got acquainted on Saturday, discovering we had served in the US Navy, at the same base in Hawaii during the same time frame in the 1980’s. We were both there but did not know each other at that time. The other highlight of the four-day trip was when I received my student ID.

During Monday early enrollment orientation we were given our first “assignment” as incoming freshman to the fall semester. We are to read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and be prepared to discuss the topics involved the first days of classes.