James and Kristin Whitt’s Corner

Kristin has finished her masters

Kristin has officially finished her masters program. I’ve added pictures from her commencement in our photo gallery. Here are a few of them:

Master’s Graduation

Well, it’s finally happening…I’m going to graduate with my Master’s of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with a math focus (that’s a mouthful) from UC on Friday, June 13, 2008. The ceremony is at the Fifth Third Arena in the Shoemaker Center on UC’s campus and it starts at 1:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come!

My brother, Gavin, is graduating on Saturday, June 14 at 1:30 p.m., also. He’s receiving his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from UC’s College of Engineering. Everyone is welcome to attend his graduation ceremony, too!

James is thinking of hosting a graduation party for the both of us, possibly the following weekend, at our house. Information will be forthcoming if you’re interested.

GMAT Preparation

I was thinking about how Kristin is going to be finishing up her masters next summer and all of the sudden I realized, it will be my turn to go back to school.  I’m planning on continuing my education and getting an MBA.  So, with that realization, I have signed up for a GMAT preparation class at the University of Cincinnati.  Starting 9/22/2007, I will take 6 classes total that occur on Saturday to prepare me for the GMAT.

I also noticed a class I was really interested in called Starting and managing a successful small business.  It wasn’t too expensive, so I also signed up for that.  That one starts up in October.

Praxis and East Fork Race

Just a quick update…
I am working on certification so that I can teach language arts and science as well as math and social studies. One of the things I have to do is pass a test for each subject. In the past few months, I took the language arts and science Praxis tests and I passed both!! So now all I have to do is finish a few classes I’m already signed up for and apply for my license.

I have also started running again (I used to run a lot in high school). Today I ran in the East Fork Backpack Race with a friend. It was a 4.8 mile trail race through the woods at East Fork. James and Gavin went with Christie and I. The race started off well, but almost half way in Christie and I (and another runner) took a wrong turn. There was no race official there to tell us where to go. We all ended up running another mile to mile and a half on the wrong trail until a biker on the trail saw us and told us! Long story short, we ended up running around 8 miles during this 4.8 mile race and we ended up last! It was tough but it was a major accomplishment for me.

Kristin’s Starting School

Kristin started her first day at the University of Cincinnati on her masters today. I just got a text message from her saying that she is doing good so far. We went out and bought her books on Saturday, so she should be all ready to go. Her first class started at 7:30 this morning and her last one ends at 3:30 pm.

Masters Degree

I have been wanting to begin my masters degree for a while and just found out yesterday that I was admitted to the Curriculum and Instruction program at UC. I’m starting to take classes this summer!