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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 me (and you) 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 B.A. in English-Writing & an M.S. in College Counseling and Student Development). As of now, I'm working as a Hall Director at the University of Portland in Oregon and living/working in the prestigious Villa Maria Hall.

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


Capstone

PHILOSOPHY OF STUDENT AFFAIRS __________COMPETENCIES __________CULMINATION__________RESUME__________THANKS

Welcome to my Capstone. For the last two years I have been a student in APU’s Masters of Science in College
Counseling and Student Development program, and it has been a long, challenging journey. Through this time
I have grown professionally through my assistantships, intellectually through my courses, and both spiritually
and personally through the many amazing people I have met along the way. I have found a calling to student
affairs through the impacting, long-lasting relationships I have cultivated over the last two years, and know
that this is the profession I have been searching for all my life. I hope you are able to glean a bit of the wisdom
I have accumulated throughout this program from this website. And let me know if you have any questions or
comments by emailing me at benhelms@gmail.com.

[Below is the Prezi presentation I used during my Colloquium on April 29, 2010. Enjoy!]

Here are just a few of the amazing people I've met through this program.

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