...: ...AND that's a wrap!

Current H!GhL!Ght @ the S.C....

SiMPSON DiD iT!

...we UPSET our BiGGEST RiVAL, the Central Dutch in a nervewracking, but AMAZiNG football game last Saturday!

It was a COLD, COLD day, but the STORM was HOT...we went ahead 17-7; Central fought back to tie it (thankfully we held 'em to only a field goal) & the game went in to OT. We scored on a 2nd down 25 yard pass. Then on Central's 2nd down, STORM senior Tim Stover INTERCEPTED it to WiN 24-17! The fact that it was AT CENTRAL made the win even better.

I wish I could see the replay! :D

This was the PERFECT end to a 7-3 season & PERFECT beginning to a new SiMPSON STORM DOMiNATiON..it was very special for the seniors, the NEW coaching staff, the 8 SPiRiTED shirtless guys cheering on a freezing day, & the entire SiMPSON community.

READ The Des Moines Register article here.
READ the SiMPSON press release here.
CHECK OUT photos from the game here.
APPLY to SiMPSON for FREE here.
Be a STORM athlete here.

Monday, November 24, 2008

...AND that's a wrap!

Starting in September & ending yesterday...my 11th Admissions travel season is officially over! I've been occupying MANY planes, trains, & automobiles throughout the states of Colorado, Nebraska, Minnesota, & Illinois in search of future SIMPSON students with hopes they find it just as SPECiAL as I do! :) Thankfully, it seemed as though it was a successful one & although I really enjoyed my travels, I very much welcome the couple months of "staying put"...it can get exhausting, not to mention my body is WAY out of shape! I'm excited to get back into my work out routine, catch up with friends & family, spend more time getting in touch with my prospective students, watching some LiVE T.V., & making sense of my organized ChAoS of a work space! As usual, come February, I'll be itching to hit the road again... :)

Saturday, me & fellow out-of-state Admissions Counselor, Jamie, plus two of our great student ambassadors, Sadie '09 & Sara '10, hopped into a mini-van & headed East for Chicago to work SIMPSON's annual Chicago Open House. Our usually CrAzY, ENERGETiC selves were unusally BEAT & so, our Saturday evening didn't consist of fun Chicago site-seeing...instead it was complete with DELiVERED Sarpino's Pizza, an American Next Top Model marathon, Internet browsing, & reading in the hot tub (the hotel's free copies of Newsweek & Budget Travel since both Jamie & I forgot our books - ARGH!).

On Sunday, Director of Academic Recruitment Marty Feeney, & alumni Zach '08 & Colene '07 joined us to help with the open house. They're very good representatives of SIMPSON! Zach is originally from Sutherland, IA & recently moved to Chicago to start a new job with Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity Headquarters. Colene is originally from Chicago & returned to the area to be a 3rd grade teacher in a Chicago public school. Overall, the event at a really COOL restaurant (Bahama Breeze) was a SUCCESS - we had some great juniors & seniors stop by with their families to learn more about SIMPSON! It was nice to end travel season on a good note. :)

Here are some other recent noteworthy
SIMPSON HaPpENiNgS:

* Nationally ranked STORM women's basketball won the Nebraska Wesleyan Classic with senior Whitney Franker named Tournament MVP. Read more here.

* 4 STORM football players were named First-Team All-Conference (2 of which were students I worked with, YAY!). Read more here.

* 7 STORM soccer players were named All-Conference. Read more here.

* Eric Osterhaus '09 was awarded All-Region Cross Country honors. Read more here.

* STORM volleyball players were named All-American, All-Region, & All-Conference. Read more here.

* The Department of Music held its annual Madrigal Dinner over the weekend. Learn more about music @ SIMPSON here.

* Professor of History Bill Friedricks was awarded the the Iowa History Prize, "a biennial award of $90,000, was created to promote the state’s past and generate public discussions about Iowa history. The award designates Friedricks as Iowa’s public historian for the next two years." Read more here.

GO STORM!