Jenn won the prestigious 2013 Undergraduate Tutor Award at the Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA) conference in Ft. Lauderdale last month.
Jenn has been a tutor at the Stetson Writing Center for four years, except for her one semester studying abroad. She thoroughly loves teaching writing skills and is focusing her efforts on becoming an English professor. Continue reading “Jenn Wins 2013 Undergraduate Tutor Award”
Ben and Bonnie moved into their first home at the end of February. The rest of us arranged to spend Spring Break helping them unpack and settle in. Things didn’t go exactly as planned… Continue reading “Ben and Bonnie’s First Home”
Thank you, again, for praying for Josh after he lost his job at the nuclear plant. He’s feeling assured that pursuing a masters degree at the University of Central Florida was the right new direction to take. He’s particularly interested in power generation and is learning about turbines, heat transfer, and more.
For one of his finals in December, he had to do two engineering problems that took him all day to figure out and six pages of equations! He had quite a feeling of accomplishment figuring out these solutions and earned an A in both of his classes. Continue reading “Josh and His Studies”
We enjoyed having the entire family together for Thanksgiving week. Ben, Bonnie, and Patrick drove down from DC while Josh and Jenn had several days off from studies.
Bonnie had never been to Kennedy Space Center, so we spent one day 0n the Space Coast.” Unfortunately, it was a damp, drizzly day, not the warm and sunny day we enjoyed on our visit in June. Continue reading “Thanksgiving 2012”
If you’ve been following our family news, you know that Josh was let go by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions in early 2011. Josh had just completed all his nuclear materials on-the-job training, but (for economic reasons) the company let go of 25% of their employees.
After more than a year job-hunting, Josh’s friends recommended he switch gears and apply to get his Master’s in mechanical engineering. This past August he started taking classes at the University of Central Florida here in Orlando. Josh is also a research assistant, working in a laboratory with a group of graduate students who are investigating turbine and energy generation, including biofuels. Continue reading “Josh Is Working on a Master’s Degree”
Grandpa Schmitt wanted to surprise Grandma for their 60th anniversary, so he made plans for a party in their retirement complex. Early in June, he started making phone calls, arranging to have his children come for the party he’d set up for July 12th. He knew Mike and his other son, Jeff, plus Jeff’s wife, Jennifer, would be able to come. (It was a great answered prayer that Mike could get away for several days because the turnover date for Mike’s project had changed.)
The rest of us made some other plans so we could surprise both of them. Continue reading “Happy 60th Anniversary, Grandma and Grandpa Schmitt”
Mike and Sus Schmitt 