Official Announcement

While I have told some of my friends, now that I finally told my last advisor (I have three) I can make the official announcement.

I am going to Israel in June!

Shortly before Christmas I filled out an application to participate in the Bethsaida Excavation in Israel. Right after New Year's I found out I was accepted!  I was supposed to go for May Term, but the class got cancelled because there were not enough people signed up.  However, I put that the classes that were cancelled were required for my major.  I worked with advisor (who was supposed to teach the class) to see what I could do.  He connected me with the application and here we are. So this semester, I am working with him on the preparation course as an arranged study.  While I am there I will have a couple of courses.  With it being just me, it is nice because I can put more focus on the archaeology aspect.  This prep course will be a lot more work than a regular half credit course. However, it balances out when I am there getting one and a half credits but it will not feel like it.  Like doing my individualized major, doing arranged studies for the courses is more work for me, but it could not be more worth it!