What Do You Do for a DUE?

Before I answer that, you might be already asking what does a DUE do? DUE awards are given by professors to students for academic excellence. Dutchess United Educators nominate students within various academic departments and every year about 15 or so are given DUE Awards. Nice! I was given the Cindy Feldman Founder's Award - who started the union for the professors at her own kitchen table many years ago, and it was a gift from the English Department to me. It was really nice to hear the professors at the ceremony go on and on about students they enjoy having in their classes. It was especially nice to find out that I already knew a lot of those students who received awards. I guess the whole birds of a feather thing is true. We do flock together!

It was also a much needed break from all the studying and preparing I have been doing this week. Today I read a seven page paper to the class about a Writing Center session with the focus on me and not the student I tutored. Then I am off to a brief Psychology test and then after that I have my Statistics final! Yikes!

Good thing that PTK has its induction ceremony tonight so after my final I can go over for the party! I'll miss the induction of next semester's member and officers, but I'll join the party for a little while anyway. A party is a party!