Noah's Blog

 For the past couple of weeks, I have been looking for a summer internship. I have never been through this internship process before, so I was pretty confused about what to do at the start. The first step I did was to meet with the professor who deals with all internships. He is pretty much an expert in the field as well. I also met with my academic advisor when scheduling classes and mentioned finding an internship to him as well. It was a pretty stressful process for me. I was a double major in sport management and public relations so technically I had to do two internships to get my two internship credits. After talking to my parents and my public relations professor we decided that it would be best to drop my public relations major and make it a minor. I made this decision because I didn't really enjoy the writing part of public relations, and that is going to be a big part of a public relations job. I just don't really see myself enjoying a job in a PR department. Now that...

This week on campus is homecoming weekend. My email has been flooded with different homecoming events that are going on throughout campus this week. One of these events that are being broadcasted to the ONU campus is a cornhole tournament for the sport management club. For my facilities and event management class, we are tasked with getting 100 teams to compete in this tournament. There is one big problem we have right now. We only have 23 teams signed up, so we have plenty of space to make up. Hopefully, my professor is lenient with his grading because I don't think we are going to make it. Anyways, homecoming is a huge weekend on campus for many groups on campus. Pretty much every sports team is holding special events during this week. Also, I have talked to many sororities and fraternities broadcasting some events that they are putting on.  The football game on Saturday will be the most packed homecoming event on campus as many different groups that were holding these other even...

 This past weekend and Monday and Tuesday we had a much-needed fall break. Our bye week for football also fell on this weekend so I was able to go home for about four days. It was so good to be home. My brother was home from college, so the whole family was home. Football and school can be very stressful so it was nice to get away from it all for a weekend.  I honestly didn't do anything over this break. It was so nice. At school, I am always on the go and it never stops moving. No matter what day of the week it is, I am always busy and on the run, so it was nice to just relax and not have to worry about doing anything over the break. On Friday, I went to my alma mater's football game. I went to Coldwater High School in Coldwater, OH and we are having a pretty good year. It was nice to go and watch some of my former teammates play so well and to continue to have a good year. We were able to grind out another victory to go 8-0. On Saturday and Sunday, I barely moved. I literall...

 It is getting to the point in the semester where things are starting to add up. Not only academic-wise but in personal life as well. As you already know, in my previous blog post, I talked about my baseball coach that suddenly passed away. This obviously wasn't very easy on me, as I struggled throughout the week to focus on school and other things. Also, schoolwork has started to amount to me. I have been having exams in some classes that are difficult, that I actually have to study for. Throughout my first 2 years of college, I never had to study for any exams, because my classes just came easy to me. This semester, I am in some more challenging courses that are causing some stress for me. If you are experiencing any type of stress, it is important to acknowledge some mechanisms to help you.  If you are experiencing an extreme amount of stress, there are always campus resources available. Here at ONU, we have a counseling center that will help you if you are in need. Another...

 Last week, I received a phone call that no one ever wants to receive. On my way to class, my dad called me and told me that my lifelong neighbor and hall of fame high school baseball coach, Coach Harlamert,  passed away suddenly last Wednesday morning. This news was very hard for me as my family and his family were very close growing up. He had heart surgery a couple months back, but the doctors said that he was doing great and on his way to recovery. No one was expecting his passing to say the least. The rest of the week was pretty hard for me as I was trying to grasp what happened. I can only imagine being in the family and having your loved one pass away suddenly. I just couldn't imagine.  The amount of people Coach H touched during his time on earth is breathtaking. This past Sunday I attended his viewing and the number of people that showed up to pay their condolences was quite extraordinary. The viewing hours were from one o'clock to seven o'clock. My family went a...

 For my Social Media Strategies and Campaigns class, we are tasked with pairing with a client from the local area to help with their social media engagement and awareness. My group was paired with Findlay Auto Plus. This is an auto body repair shop out of Findlay, Ohio of course. A couple of weeks ago a bunch of clients from the surrounding areas came in to pitch their ideas, what their plans were, and what they needed help with. Findlay Auto Plus caught my eye because I really got along with the man who came in to do the presentation. He was a very relatable guy and I thought it would be cool to work with him. Two other classmates and I were then paired with him to help with his business. This really excited me because I have very limited experience working with real clients in the real world. His business does not have any social media platforms so it will be a good experience for my group members and me to dip our toes into the water of social media branding.  We recently m...

This weekend was the opening of the 17-week NFL season and my favorite time of the year. ONU, Ohio State, and the Browns are all in full swing and I love everything about it. I spent every minute on Sunday watching the NFL games, specifically the Browns. Browns have been my favorite team growing up and they always will be. But this opening game match-up was very interesting. This past offseason we traded our former "franchise" QB Baker Mayfield to the Carolina Panthers for basically nothing. The interesting part about it is that the Browns opened with the Panthers this season and we had to play Baker right off the bat. I was pretty nervous about this game because I did not want us to lose to Baker. The game started off goof for the Browns as we got off to a good lead heading into halftime. This didn't last long. The Panthers came out firing in the 2nd half and actually took the lead with a minute and a half left in the game. In comes Jacoby Brissett our starting QB while ...