Fall Break is Upon Us

Fall Break is finally here. For many students, this means a nice and relaxing trip home to spend some down time with family. For other students, like myself, it means a great break in classes so that they can get caught up on their homework. Either way, it is a nice break to have at this point in the semester. I have been able to get my homework caught up, and get some of my homework caught up as well, so it has been a successful break for me.
However, I not only have all this homework to catch up on, but I am also taking a class at UMKC. While this is inconvenient, I do like that I have the option to do that. KCASE stands for "Kansas City Area Student Exchange", and it lets any student here at Rockhurst take one class per semester at UMKC, or any other KCASE school, for free. I have done it twice, and it has saved me from having to stay at Rockhurst for an extra semester in order to graduate. Some people may have a lot of questions about academics at Rockhurst, and looking here should help. Rockhurst and the KCASE program aim to help everyone get the opportunity to take the classes they need right when they need them. The top five things I have enjoyed about having the option of KCASE are:

5) I get to meet new people from a different school, which is always fun

4) I get to experience a different style of teaching than what I am used to at Rockhurst (I prefer the styly at Rockhurst, but at least I experienced something else)

3) I get to have a nice walk over to UMKC a few times a week. I enjoy having those 5-10 minutes to just walk and get all my thoughts in order

2) It is a fun challenge for me, because I choose to work on my own instead of going over to UMKC and studying with other people in my class. At Rockhurst I always study with other people, because it is just easier.

1) I get to graduate on time, which was my goal from day 1. Rockhurst was not offering 2 classes that I needed right when I needed them, but UMKC was. I needed Computer Science and Geometry. CS is not offered at Rockhurst anymore, and Geometry was not offered until the semester when I student teach, so I could not wait and take it. In short, KCASE is letting me graduate thie May!!!