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about the site...

Thanks for visiting my website! I hope you enjoy your stay and are able to find your way around without any problems.

I created this site as a project, but it turned into a different few things. First off, it is a blog; simply a place where I can write some of my scattered, random thoughts, and occasionally rant a little bit, about how the man is keeping you (and me) down.

Secondly, it has become a place where I have posted some photography, so feel free to check some of that out as well. And lastly, This site will be used as part of a a few different projects for my masters degree. Feel free to email me if you have any questions, comments, concerns during your stay: (benhelms@gmail.com)

about me...

A little about me, let’s see...Well, I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, then moved to Los Angeles for college and about halfway through that I moved out to Boston. After falling in love with New England (go Pats/Sox!), I made my way back to SoCal and got two degrees from Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles, CA (a BA in English-Writing & an MS in College Counseling and Student Development). Then I moved up to Oregon and woked as a Hall Director at the University of Portland in Oregon. From there, I moved down to Mt. Shasta, California. Man, I love this place. Mountains, sun, snow, and family. What more could a man ask for?

Besides all that, I love writing, backpacking, photography, homebrewing, music (recording, composing and listening), playing/watching sports, and exploring new lands.

Category Archives: APU

APU

CCSD Class of 2010

I know, another slideshow…BOOM! Related Posts:LA-Term Spring 2010Trip to Tijuana with LA-TermCapstone Colloquium…what?It’s been awhile…The March to Graduation, the Photographic Journey Continues…If this was in your backyard, you’d help too…

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Capstone Colloquium…what?

I know, it’s a big word and Brent can’t describe it (“Colloquium”), but it’s also the name of my final project/presentation for my masters program in College Counseling and Student Development (at APU).  It’s sort of a culmination of everything I’ve been working on the last two years, inserted into a 30 minute presentation. Anyway,...

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Trip to Tijuana with LA-Term

Went to Tijuana, Mexico with my work (LA-Term) and got a few tours around the city. We went to a Nazarene church, a migrant worker house (Casa Del Migrantes), and Friendship Park (the place where the U.S.-Mexico wall ends in the Pacific Ocean. It was definitely an intense 24 hour trip, and whatever your political...

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The Placement Exchange

Hanging out in Chicago all this week (Wednesday-Wednesday), first at a job interview thingy called The Placement Exchange. Kinda like speed dating, but for jobs..and much more competitive…and more tears. Anyway, it’s been goin great and I even got a few second interviews so far. Life’s grand on all accounts. Sunday marks the beginning of...

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Life Story Time!

Okay, so I recently gave a short little life story to our new students in LA-Term through the use of a few photos I had. The illustrated biography went over pretty well and it was fun to put together and create a powerpoint in such a way that portrayed my life in just a few...

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