Maintenance Monday

Good morning, Ashby!

Hopefully some of you are joining us today and will take some time to look back at the posts from the past week. If you are joining us for the first time today...hopefully you'll find this blog to be a great resource to you throughout the year. It will be a source of programs, prizes, photos from events in the hall, a way to voice your opinion, a place to discover what is going on around campus each weekend, and much much more!

Each Monday we will gather here and I will share with your some important facts for the week- we'll call it Maintenance Monday! Stay tuned to the end of the post...you won't want to miss an opportunity to get to know some other people in the building!

Maintenance Monday Items:
1. Tomorrow, September 1 from 8:00-11:00 PM will be the Community Activities Board Elections in the RA Office. Candidate information is posted on the Bulletin Board in the basement.
2. Tomorrow, September 1 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM is the Student Organization Night, and it will take place on the UREC Turf. This is the night when all of the student organizations from around campus will be in one location for you to shop around and find a group that interests you! Consider getting involved- ask me or your RA for more details.
3. This week your RA will be hosting mandatory community meetings. Keep your eyes peeled for information on when this meeting will take place. You won't want to miss it.

That's it for today. Now for the fun of the day. Today in the comment section, I hope you will consider introducing yourself to the rest of us. I'll start.


My name is Katie Kolkmeier. I am a second year graduate student here at JMU. I am getting a Masters of Education in College Student Personnel Administration. In layman's terms- counseling and development of college students. I went to undergrad at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky and majored in Psychology. I was born and raised in the northern tip of Kentucky in a town called Erlanger. I have 2 brothers- one older and one younger. My older brother just got married this past summer and my younger brother is a junior in college. I enjoy baking (which you all will benefit from throughout the year), working with college students, utilizing the Internet and technology (hence this blog), listening to music, and reading inspirational books. You can find me up on the second floor right off the staircase!

Now, it's your turn. Click on "comments" and introduce yourself to the rest of us.

Signing off until next time...
Katie, Ashby Hall Director

Elections...Read All About It!

Good morning, Ashby!!

Well, the applications are in and here are the nominees for each of the Community Activities Board positions. The elections will take place on Tuesday evening, September 1, from 8 to 11 PM in the hall office. You can also find more information about these candidates on the bulletin board downstairs beginning on Sunday morning!!

SHAPE Rep/President:
Micahel Aiello
Yagub Alizada
Diane Abadam

Floor Representative:
Yagub Alizada
Erin Daniels
Angelina Loverde

Environmental Representative:
Stephen Taylor

SGA Hall Senator:
Patrick Elwell

Secretary:
Diane Abadam


Have a great rest of the weekend and I'll see you back here on Monday morning!

Signing off until next time...
Katie, Ashby Hall Director

Free For All Friday

Good morning, Ashby!

Fridays here on our blog will be used to 'Free for All' ideas of what there is to do this weekend on campus. We want you to stay active and involved here on campus and having plenty of activity to keep you occupied on the weekends!

Here's what is coming up this weekend- make sure you check it out. If you know of any other campus-sponsored activities going on this weekend, please post it in the comment section and consider bringing some of our Ashby friends along with you!

Elena's Community/Door Wedge program- Friday at 8 PM
Red Relaxation in Transitions (in Warren Hall)- Friday from 6-8 PM
X-Men Origins: Wolverine showing at Grafton Stovall Friday and Saturday at 7 PM (cost is $2.50 for movie and 50 cents for popcorn)
Angels and Demons showing at Grafton Stovall Friday and Saturday at 9:30 PM (cost is $2.50 for movie and 50 cents for popcorn)
Meet the Dukes Day- Saturday from 9 AM - 1 PM in Bridgeforth Stadium
Polar Research Presentation and Video- Saturday at 2:00 PM in John C. Wells Planetarium
John's Madison Grill Community program- Saturday at 4:45 PM
Edgar's Community/Door Wedge program- Saturday at 6 PM
DST Date Auction in Festival Ballroom- Saturday at 7 PM

Have a safe and fun weekend, Ashby!

Until next time...
Katie, Ashby Hall Director

Ashby Wants YOU!!!

Good morning, Ashby!

This is just a quick and friendly public service announcement to remind you that Ashby needs YOU!!!!

Applications for Community Activities Board are due Friday, August 28 at 8 PM either to your RA, me (the HD), or under the office door. Campaigning begins on Saturday and elections are on Tuesday!

Check out the bulletin board in the basement for further information on all the positions available!

Until next time...
Katie, Ashby Hall Director

Two- Timing Wedgie

Good morning, Ashby!!!

Thanks to those that came by my apartment yesterday to enter your name in the drawing for the cookies. I really enjoyed getting to talk with each of you, learn your name, and learn a bit more about you. If you are tuning in for the first time today...it's not too late! Come by my apartment and introduce yourself anyway! You never what I could have in store for you. So, stay tuned! I will announce at the end of today's post who the winner of the cookies is from yesterday.

As for today- I'm glad to bring you a short slide show of the pictures from the 2nd floor Two-Timing Wedgie community program last night! Thanks to Emily's residents for allowing me to take some pictures and for coming out to the program. Want to see your picture on the blog? Come to some programs and that might just happen! Enjoy the photos...

And the winner of yesterday's cookie drawing is...

Cristal Llave

Cristal, you can come by this morning to pick up your cookies or come to the Ashby hall office during duty hours tomorrow night to pick up your cookies.

As for the rest of you...hit up the comment section today and let us know you're out there! Tell us your name, what floor you're on, and one thing you're most excited about this year in Ashby!

Until next time...
Katie, Ashby Hall Director

Sweet HD Treats

Welcome back to Day 2 here at Ashby Connections. Thanks for joining us!

Last night at the Community Activities Board interest meeting I promised some of you that if you checked in today, there may be a treat in it for you! You're probably wondering what it is. Well, I'll let the picture speak for itself...


Here's what you need to do in order to get these cookies. Come by my apartment (212, up on the 2nd floor) between 3:00 and 4:00 PM this afternoon (Tuesday, August 25) and meet me! When you come introduce yourself to me and tell me a bit about yourself, I'll enter your name into a drawing to win this basket of cookies.

So, come meet your Hall Director and have a chance at winning some cookies!

Signing off until next time...
Katie K.
Ashby Hall Director

Welcome To Ashby!

Hello, everyone!

It feels great to finally have everyone moved into the building and ready to start the year! We hope your move into the building was smooth and you are as excited as we are to be in Ashby this year.

We have created this blog to help keep all of our communication for the year as clear as possible. You can look forward to the following features to appear throughout the year: slide shows with photos from Ashby Hall events, polls and surveys to better meet your needs as the residents, a calendar with upcoming programs and meetings, countdowns to important events, announcements about new programs coming your way, and much, much more!

Make sure to continue checking in periodically throughout the week for updates from us about the happenings of Ashby Hall this year!

For now, please add a suggestion to the box below (click on the "See all 1 suggestions" link to add a response) to give us some ideas for our all-hall social to happen in the month of September. Some ideas include a kickball tournament, a game of American football, a Tates of the World food sampling, etc. We will take these responses and then create a poll and let you all vote on what you want to do here in Ashby!

Signing off until next time...
Katie
Hall Director, Ashby Hall