Isabel Zhang @ VCU

The Adcenter is where I've always been looking forward to visiting ever since I arrived at VCU. And, finally finally the dream came true this afternoon! I took the school bus to MCV and walked several blocks to the Adcenter. I've got a map with me but still got a little lost. Of course I managed to get there in the end. I remember that Dad told me to be with friends all the time and I did feel a little nervous while walking on bypath alone. But it's really exciting to walk around downtown alone in an unfamiliar city.

I met Katherine, the student affairs coordinator, there as arranged. We've talked through emails already and she was so kind to show me around the Adcenter. First she introduced the curriculum and the scholarship to me and I introduced the American Studies Program and the video-shooting program (I have no idea what exactly the name is) to her as well. Then she show me around all their classrooms, computer labs and discussion spaces. One thing left deep impression on me is that the whole center looks like a maze and you can see students' works all over the wall. This place is really somewhere suitable for creative work! All computers in the lab are MACs~~~ (We have one, too. In my teacher's office...) Students there make their own journels and I got the latest one.

I guess here lies the biggest difference between graduate students and undergraduate students. We've got lots of lessons to attend everyday. We also do group works but usually at the end of the semester or before the deadline of the project :p. Besides, our classroom building is nothing more than an ordinary classroom building. On the contrary, the classroom at the Adcenter is more like a workshop. And students there have got more opportunities to practise and do group work.

It's really a lovely afternoon spent with Kathrine at the Adcenter. She hopes I could go there again sometime. I hope so, too.

Got a little vague o >_< o

The lobby

Words on the wall

Group working space

Special walls

The Moonpie Madness

Adcenter