I was asking myself that very question as I pulled into the parking lot at OU on January 4. What was I thinking? Going back to school? I hadn’t been in a classroom in, well, never mind, let’s just say the last time I was a student, I had no computer, no cell phone, and no credit card. I decided I was just crazy, but would go ahead with it. Before the first class had ended, so had the panic.

 I was/am excited about the MALS program and Oakland University. I had never intended to be away from school for so long, but until I found the MALS program, nothing really lured me back.

 I have an eclectic personality, and, as a senior writer at an international advertising agency, my career involves a daily interdisciplinary study. So, the MALS program is an uncannily good fit. The curriculum will help me to be a better advertising professional. The degree will help me when I decide I no longer want to be an advertising professional.The whole process will, I hope, make me a better, more informed human being. Besides, no math is involved.■