Unfortunately I don't have any exciting weekend stories to share with you today. I spent the whole weekend reviewing material from the seven departments of ISU for our exam today:
- Systems Engineering
- Physical Science
- Life Science
- Satellite Applications
- Space and Society
- Business and Management
- Policy and Law
This morning when I walked over to the main campus for breakfast, I saw lots of my fellow students buried in their notebooks and handouts. We had one multiple-part question for each of the seven departments and an interdisciplinary question addressing how all 7 are related. I was the third person done, after two hours of writing. It will take much longer for the non-native English speakers. The test was very well run with several TA's in the room to pass out extra paper or dictionaries. We had assigned seats and we weren't allowed to bring anything into the exam room except a pen and bottle of water. Intense! The exam is one third of our total score for the Space Studies Program. Another third is the Department Activity including the individual project and the final third is the Team Project. Now that the test is done, we can focus on the individual and team projects for the remaining 5 weeks.
The pace will probably start picking up now. We have a joint field trip tomorrow (sat apps and policy & law department). The Team Project work will intensify as deadlines approach. This week we have to decide on our organizational structure and draft the Letter of Intent. We have two workshops this week. I will attend "Pop Culture" and "Chinese Culture and Space." This weekend we have Culture Night 4, the Space Masquerade, the systems engineering department rocket launch, and Alumni Weekend. I'll keep you posted!
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