David Prosper

It’s felt so long since the last time we spoke and there is so much to catch you up on so let’s get to it. After spring break classes resumed and we got back right into work without missing a single beat. I was the first person to do my presentation in Business and Professional speaking I had to put my best foot forward, which according to my professor, I did really well. Last but not least, track practice was definitely more intense this week and everyone felt the long workouts Coach gave us. Until we meet again, I am David Prosper, stay classy!

Dear EVERYONE!
The word of this week is “EVENTFUL” and as you read on you’ll understand why I choose that word. Before you get too far, I want you to close your eyes and think about the BEST weekend you have ever had. Alright, now we can relate. Saturday morning I had the opportunity to attend a Diversity Leadership Conference in the morning, which I took a lot of things and hope to incorporate it in my everyday life. Ending the evening at the Soul Food Dinner was amazing, because the food was great and I had the opportunity to get on stage with President Kunkel and do some stepping. Academically my week was challenging, but it is over so I get to breathe a little more. Something to leave you with; happiness is something we can control, because we control how we focus on the positive of life more than the negative, counting our blessings every day. Until we meet again, STAY CLASSY GREEN BAY!

Sincerely,
David Prosper

All good things must come to an end is what I’ve always heard, but words are nothing when it comes to reality. Yes, my indoor track season has come to an end and despite a couple of injuries along the way, I still finished the season strong. Now in my academic world, classes are very interesting and I really do enjoy going to class, because I know I’ll learn something new. On the other side of things I had the opportunity to have dinner with President Kunkel, which was amazing because he was very authentic and the guys knew that as well. This upcoming weekend is looking very eventful, because we have a Diversity Conference during the day on Saturday and in evening we have a Soul Food Dinner to celebrate Black History Month. “I’m Ron Burgundy, Stay classy Green Bay??”

What’s the weather like? Hmm, well last week it was a temperature of high 40 degrees. Since then unfortunately the weather changed up and a blizzard came storming through St. Norbert Friday. We still had classes; yes class was not canceled and after receiving my quiz grade it made me a little bit more cheerful for the day. In my nonverbal communication class we had a guest speaker who spoke on the topic of “touch” and after hearing her presentation, I gained a better understanding of how essential touch really is. Correlating with nonverbal communications is my psychology class and now we’re learning how and why the mind does certain things, which is really fascinating. Friday I left for the weekend to go to Grand Valley, Michigan and compete against Division I and 2 schools. The meet went really well because our whole team really stepped up and competed with high performances. Now we have one more week with UWSP Saturday and then onto taking a shot at the Midwest Conference Championship title. Something to leave you with; success is an action that keeps moving and no matter how many times we stumble along the way, just continue to keep moving forward and you’ll achieve your dreams.
“Love, Peace, and SOUL!!!!!!!”

Class of 2013- our graduation is around the corner. Before we know it and by the looks of how fast this year is going, we’ll sneeze and it will be time to graduate! After meeting with my adviser fall semester to pick my classes for this semester she mentioned that I only have three more semesters left. WHAT?! I could seriously remember the first day of school of my freshman year and now I only have three more semesters left of my college career! The talk with her opened my eyes that I have to prepare for my life post-graduation. Can I please say I am afraid, scared, apprehensive and all of the above. I was taught in order to lessen my fears, I have to plan and set goals for the future so I met up with career services. We were able to discuss different possibilities and options that I can take after college. Just talking things out gave me more assurance of my future. Something to leave you with; we don’t know exactly what the future holds for us and all we can do is prepare, but our preparations set us up for when the doors of opportunity arrive and we are ready.
“Love, Peace, and SOUL.”

Wow! This first week was a lot to take in with classes, meetings, and track practice. But I am glad to say that I got over this first weeks’ hurdle and I’m looking forward to having a great semester. The three classes that I am really looking forward to are the following: psychology, business and professional speaking, and nonverbal communications. I believe these classes will help me develop a better perspective of the world and people in it.
Finally, with the weekend approaching I plan to use wisely, such as looking into graduate school and even life after college. Because one thing my uncle has always taught me is that “If you fail to plan, you planned to fail.” This teaching has never left my mind. Something to think about: our dreams are what we design them to be, we set our limits and we set our expectation, but the only person who is in the way is “us”.

Stay Classy De Pere/Green Bay/World.

Hello all blog readers, reporting live in Sunrise, Florida where temperatures are at high of 80 degrees and low of 68. I am David Prosper from WSNC coming to you live. Coming back home and receiving the same loving feeling as had when I left was amazing. But the best part about it was seeing my less than one month old niece and my three year nephew. My time there was very productive because I organized my workout schedule so that would correlate with my family schedule, ultimately spending more time with them. Working out with my good friend every day at the beach was the best thing ever. I became a better athlete, who learned discipline while pushing myself to work harder. Unfortunately, I had to leave before New Year’s Day, but my Christmas was the best one I have ever had, getting together with family, cooking, joking around and singing Christmas carols was memorable. I left knowing that the two weeks that I spent home in Florida was very productive and relaxing. Well until we meet again, I am David Prosper, WSNC.

As the seasons change and the hands of time goes back one hour, the scent of turkey being baked in the oven, mother’s special corn bread, and family ringing door bells start to draw ever close. It’s Thanksgiving, when family put their busy schedule aside to consecrate on “family time”. Although I did not have the chance to go back home to Florida I did have a chance to spend it with my good friend Taylor. Leaving school on Tuesday afternoon, I was looking forward to meeting her parents and the fun activities that we had planned. After going to the Thanksgiving/Christmas parade which was amazing, I received a phone call at 6am on Wednesday from mom overly excited telling me that my niece was born. Having multiple feelings shoot through my nerves, a tear of joy ran down my face to the awesome news I’ve just received. On a scale of 1-10 my Thanksgiving was an 8! Now looking forward to the last two weeks of school and then finals is the last hurdle for the year.

When something ends there is always something else that begins. Even though football season has ended, I am still looking forward to the month of November because of class advisement days and Thanksgiving break. This weekend was an emotional one for me. Starting our football season on August 12th and ending today was hard. We finished the season strong as we defeated Lake Forest College 41-6, which made everyone happy, including birthday boy Coach Purtill. I am now looking forward to this upcoming week to do class advising so that I can pick classes focused more on my major. This week I also got the opportunity to see my really good friend Taylor which was awesome because she is one of my really great friends here at St. Norbert. Something to leave you with- when life throws you chicken you make chicken salad; meaning that whatever things come your way in life, a positive mind-set won’t change your situation, but give you courage to manage and cope with it. God Bless.

AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME! That was the week I had! It began once upon a time in little town De Pere, Wisconsin when one day David went to school and his professor decided to go on a week trip. The professor told all of the students that we would have a week off from class to write our paper! David jumped with glee looking forward to the football game that weekend because not only was he playing in it, he was also singing the national anthem. Before he could have a fun filled weekend, he had a test in media law and mathematics, which he passed both with B’s. With the victory of the Green Knights and being recognized in the press gazette for singing the national anthem, he had a winning week.