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Shane Blouin - 4th Floor - Engineering and
Explorer LLC
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Year
: Sophomore
Major
: Vocal Performance / Theater
Interests and Hobbies
: Singing, Reading, Working Out, Zumba, Spin,
Disney Movies, Food, and Friends
Clubs or Organizations
: Resident Student Association, Mission Green,
Lamda United: Gay Straight Alliance, Resident Assistance
Committee, Student Government
Favorite Memory at FAU
: My favorite memory would have to be from the
Heritage Park Council, we had so many but this one in
particular touched my life. Winning Most Creative in the
Sexually Responsible Bed Race, by making a giant gold
penis shaped chariot really changed my life and proved
that one group can make a difference at this school. |
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Sports Superstars!
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We have had an exciting last couple of
weeks! They have been filled with movie nights, dinner
out, and sports games all with the residents. Everyone is
also getting better acclimated to college life and
becoming much more stable. After our terrific failure at
our first volleyball, We had to start practices. We had
our first practice the Sunday before the game at 5pm. It
was a blast and we all got a lot better at the game! We
also decorated t-shirts with all our names and team name
on it! They all turned out great. We did not get to wear
them to the game but we intend to next game! So now to
the game! We had a blast and had much more fun than the
other team but still lost. L We actually played much
better this game because we had practiced and worked on
our serving, but the team we were playing was really
intense.
Some of my amazing residents have also been rushing
fraternities or sororities. Some have had some
heartbreak, and others have been having a great time with
their newfound brotherhood or sisterhood. Some of them
have still been having trouble with their homework
because of rush of just life. They are learning to get
tutors and friends who can help and it all seems to be
going as well as it could! I am still excited for what
the rest of the year brings! |
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Learning to live with each other!
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Living on the fourth Floor has been
remarkably easy! So far, everyone is getting along great
and we are all really excited about college. Being a
first time RA, it is taking me time to schedule myself,
but it has been a blast! My classes have been really
great, except Italian because I failed my first test.
Chamber Singers
has been an incredible learning experience, and
quite inspiring. Keeping up with my social life has been
very difficult, but somehow I keep up with my amazing
friends. I also got to visit my mom for her birthday, so
all is well. The gym has been so busy, and the classes
are impossible to get into as well. Plus, a great factor
to my schooling is that I am going to graduate on time!
YES!
My residents are little balls of sunshine in my
life. I love learning all about their lives; who is has a
girlfriend back home, who lives where; it is all so
exciting! We are all getting ready for the first wave of
exams, and there is many a night where multiple residents
are seen in the lounge studying or writing a paper. We
are also preparing for the volleyball and dodge ball
intramural sports. We have one volleyball team,
LIFEISBRO, and two dodge ball teams, LIFEISBRO and Cac
Sackers. I elected three floor presidents Daisy,
Jennifer, and Chris. They are going to rotate monthly.
One will help with bulletin Boards, One will help with
floor decorations, and one will represent our floor at
the Community council meeting. They seem to be very
involved and will be great floor presidents!
I am remarkably lucky to be serving as the RA
liaison to the Heritage Park Council. The New executive
board is passionate and excited for the job. I think they
are going to be great. We have our first event planned
and ready to go, Sweet September . In this event we plan
it to be a social were residents can eat sweet foods such
as donuts, candy apple, and fondue, while playing food
games such as Apples to Apples and Candy Land! Their
advertisements were dynamic and held true to the HPC
skill level. Seeing them enjoying their newfound job has
made me miss working with the council last year. It was
an amazing experience and I hope they enjoy it as much as
I did!
Check out the
Community Councils page for more
information. |
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First Time RA and Weeks of Welcome
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| This first week has been hectic,
stressful, fun, exciting, nerve wracking pretty much
every emotion. It has been a blast! The Engineering and
Explorer LLC students are so great! They are passionate,
smart, and very energetic. We all bonded right away at
our first floor meet and great, and from there we have
had so much fun. Within the first couple of weeks, we
attended all the socials, and Weeks of Welcome Events,
and even had a slumber party in the floor study lounge.
It has been really inspiring to see a group of students
so passionate about school! It makes me miss my freshman
year, which was not so long ago. My classes are more
demanding this semester and it has been a rough start,
but it has been incredibly rewarding. I have already been
able to perform, as part of chamber singers, in the State
of the University Address and I get the pleasure of
performing for our new FAU Presidents inauguration. All
this stuff is what I love! It looks like we are going to
have an amazing year on the Explorer and Engineering
floor!!!!! GO OWLS!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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