Fine Arts Library

Today Chanitra and I went to explore the Fine Arts Library. Tony White, the Head of Fine Arts Library gave us an interesting tour and I learned a lot things about art collections.

Here are some pics I took today (I LOVE the weather today :)--

And there are some decorations inside which I adore:

And there's a exhibition about business women's dress back to 1970s and 1980s:

To build a website

My roommate and I are starting a new student group for Kelley international students, so we need to make a new website for our group. Today Chanitra introduced a website to me: http://ittraining.iu.edu/ an IT Training & Education website for IU students. There are many options available: Instructor-led training (class education in the library), Self-study training (online sources and software), and so on.
For online training, there's a great software free for IU students-Lynda.com. It is just on the home page of the website. I logged in as a student and found the things I need to learn for building the new web page-Dreamweaver and XHTML. There are a lot of PPT and videos available that teach you how to use the software and how to apply it to real examples. Also, the other option is to sign up for an instructor-led session for the software that you are interested in. But I found that the class Tue 3/23/2010 1:30-4:30 for Dreamweaver CS4 the basics workshop's full. However, Chanitra told me that there would be some empty seats for extra people so I could still go.

In addition, Chanitra showed me how the EndNote Web worked together with EndNote Desktop. And I found it's very convenient to use the EndNote Web to insert citation into Word document. Then it occurred to me that I felt people are relying more and more on computers or Internet. When I am on a trip or in a place with no Internet for several days, I always feel that something's missing and I really need to check my email and facebook! So sometimes I wonder what would happen if the Internet breaks down. lol

Anyway, I wish everyone a happy spring break :)

Spring is here :)

The weather is so nice today-we finally get to see the sun :) which makes me happy. Also, the mid-terms are over, so early March is like the "pre-Spring Break" with the end of first eight week classes, I am really enjoying the break from all of my classes.

Today Chanitra and me searched for some Kelley graduate programs that I might be interested in and we found that if you were a Kelley student, you wouldn't have to take GRE or GMAT in order to apply for the graduate programs of Kelley, which is a huge advantage for Kelley students. And we found all of the general information of these programs. But I am still thinking about whether I should apply for MSIS or MSA. And I also want to do my graduate in Britain, which will take more time since I have to take GRE or GMAT and all the application procedures and documents. So I am still thinking about it.

For my general education classes, I still need to take one more N&M course in order to meet the requirement. And I want to do it online. The online course website is: http://scs.indiana.edu/ It is very convenient: basically, you have one year length to finish the course online but normally it takes 12-18 weeks if you finish the assignments on time; and you can start whenever you want. You just need to pay additional fees regarding the credits of the course. So I am planning on taking M212 online.

Since I have time this week, I decided to search for some on-going activities on campus. So I went to iub.edu, scrolled down to EVENTS, and clicked "More Events," then it showed all of the activities going on today. I changed the date to Thursday, March 04, and decided to go to the Beauty and the Beast show. Then I clicked the link, it showed the event information and most importantly the URL.

Nest week, Chanitra and I will go and explore the Fine Arts Library and Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library.