MPA Ball: Round 2

As our spring semester came to a close this past week, it was time for the annual MPA ball! 

Susannah and Me

This year, it was held at the Grand Connaught Rooms with the after-party at Sway. 

The Boys 

The evening included a speech from our Dean, several musical performances by classmates, and incoming/outgoing MPASA board members. 

Plus, there were the token superlatives awarded to my graduating class.

Yours truly won for 'Most Likely to Like your Facebook Post!'

It was a fun evening of dancing and sharing laughs before we all depart on our five week spring break! We've got one more term to go before we are done!

MPA Ball

This past Friday, the MPA programme ended the Lent Term with a bang!  It was the third annual MPA ball hosted by the Institute of Public Affairs and our student association.   It was held at the museum and banquet halls at the Royal College of Surgeons with the after party being held at another location. The evening started with pre-dinner drinks and tons of photos. Dinner accompanied funny awards, several speeches by our dean and professors, and a slideshow for the second years! It was a lot of fun, plenty of laughs, and even more memories were made. Take a look at some photos!

End of the Semester is Upon Us

I cannot believe that the term ends in two weeks. I feel as if I just got back from my winter break at home. As usual, my spring terms just fly by. I felt like that for all four years at Syracuse.

The semester has been a long run full of many essays, STATA assignments, projects, and readings. While I have had many sleepless nights this term just like the last one, I know it will all pay off in the end. 

Since we have a five week break following the end of this term, I have started to do some exam prep and time management for that ahead of time. Getting used to the UK system of exams is going to be difficult. I am trying to get ahead in the planning as even though I plan on doing some work in the early mornings and evenings on my few weeks of travel, some days I may not be getting anything done. 

But, enough of exam talk now, I have a list of things to do before the end of the semester sprinkled among a lot of fun things. For now, here's that list as I must get back to reading: 

-2 STATA assignments to go

-1 management essay

-2 management projects (same topic, first one is non-graded, second one is)

-1 non-graded economics group project

-1 government group project

-too much reading to count

-MPA ball

-MY 23rd BIRTHDAY

-Schedule several events for the Pi Phi Alumnae Club (I'm the new Vice President of Event Planning!)

-And, so much more!