back in session

so -- school is back in session. maybe i've mentioned this here before, but since i came in without a master's, i have a lot of electives that i can take and so, i decided to do the fels institute's certificate in non-profit administration. i knew i'd be starting these courses some time this year, but hadn't planned on starting them until summer or fall. however, a course i planned to take this semester got canceled, so i thought, why not check out a couple of fels courses before i officially apply for the certificate?

this semester, i'm taking two fels courses:
fundraising for nonprofits
and
developing, managing, and leading talent for nonprofits

on the one hand, i'm pretty seriously excited to be taking courses out of GSE. i haven't done any coursework out of GSE yet, and have only taken a course outside of my program. even though taking courses at fels is going to be awesome, i just saw the syllabus for the developing/managing talent course and it kind of scares me. check it out here. it's so business-sounding and out of the typical researchy/inquiry-ish/literacy-type stuff i'm apparently so used to that i'm a little nervous about not being a good student. plus, there's a whole grading rubric -- eeeeek. so... i'm nervous.

anyway, i'll keep you updated as the semester goes on. my fundraising class starts tonight, but my managing talent class doesn't start for two weeks, so there will be lots of added anticipation. yay!