Ok, so I have an amazing advisor. (And, no, I am not just saying that because he may or may not see this because it is a part of my independent study.) FOUR HOURS after I emailed him with my help-dear-GOD-I-need-a-letter-of-recommendation-and-have-I-mentioned-you-rock? request he had penned a letter and sent it off to the Graduate School.
Four. Hours.
This is a professor who is deeply involved in lots of student affairs research and teaches a few classes a semester and he chairs the committee that admits students into the SAA program. He has a lot on his plate.
And yet? Four hours after my plea, he emailed me my saving grace.
When I emailed him to thank him and ask him if there was anything I can do to thank him (ie: thank him cookies, send him a balloon bouquet full of graphics with smiling teddy bears, etc...), he said something that will stick with me forever:
"Just do the same thing when a student needs your help."
Ah, the pay-it-forward concept. It is something that will stay with me as I navigate the rest of my time at MSU and when I enter the field. And I have my fabulous advisor to thank for helping this concept to truly stand out in my mind.
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