As you can tell by the title of this blog, I’ve got some exciting news to share 🙂
Six months post-grad, one global pandemic, and 25 job applications, 15+ rejection emails, 10 mystery “no’s”, 5 first-round interviews, 3 second-round interviews, and 1 third-round interview…
I am officially a full-time employee of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign!
As of June 15th, I joined the IT Shared Services team through the Grainger College of Engineering; I’m only a week in, and even with the insanely quick turnaround (I was offered the position a few days before my birthday), the newness of virtual onboarding, and learning a hands-on, practice-makes-perfect position from behind a screen, I am finding a lot of joy in the work and position in ways I didn’t and couldn’t have expected.
Additionally, with a secure job placement means myself and my two future roommates have jumped head-first into the apartment hunt! We are insanely late to the game from a semester/university schedule standpoint, but I am confident we will find our future home just as we are meant to.
These last six months of prolonged Sabbath have been wonderful for my soul and I am excited to see how God uses me in this next role and how this next role shapes my future. Even though those six months of waiting were hard (read: morale-crushing) at times, I feel like I can already see glimpses as to why I had to wait for this opportunity and how the waiting has worked for not just my good, but for the good and betterment of more people than I could even count. He is good.

As I get a handle on working a 9-5 job, my blogging consistency will likely be impacted (i.e. I am trying to consistency post on Tuesdays, but life happens and now it’s Thursday before I finally found time to sit and write) and my creativity/content in general may not be 100%. However, above all else, this is a fun, creative outlet for me and it’s not going anywhere. I’m excited to keep sharing my journey on this platform, so please stick around for more.
Until next time,
Michaela
Yea!!!!!!!
In Christ,
Bp. Keith L. Ackerman
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