Hi there! My name is April Ondis, and I?m going to do my best to pick up the IMC Blog where Todd left off. Todd, I really appreciate the time you took to blog about your ?IMC life? and for anticipating and answering the questions of lots of people (like me). I also want to thank you for sharing some great insights about the program.

This term I?m enrolled in the section of IMC 617 ? Sales Promotion taught by Dr. Lee. Truthfully, I?m very excited to be able to share my class experience in this blog. Chad Mezera, the IMC Program Coordinator, asked me to be completely honest about my experience with you. The school wants to give prospective IMC students – and new students – a realistic idea of what to expect from this class. And that?s exactly what I?m going to do!

Here?s a little about me: I live and work in Rhode Island, where I’m the Worldwide Marketing Manager for a small manufacturer that develops, manufactures, and sells industrial label printers. We have a small in-house communications group, and do a little of everything: advertising, research, public relations, and product development. I travel about every month or so, and I absolutely love being in an online program because I never have to worry about being out of town or out of the time zone (except Mondays and Wednesdays!). This is my seventh class in the IMC program. I?ve been taking classes one-at-a-time, and I?m starting to feel like I?m making progress!

I?m married to my husband of three years, Alex, who is also in graduate school. His school is full-time and in-person, and it?s an hour and a half away from us in Boston (40 minutes without traffic!). So, we don?t see each other as often as I?d like. I keep reminding myself that Alex and I will both be done in the spring of 2009 and it will be all feasting and fun after that. :-) In the meantime, when we do have free time, Alex and I like to spend time babysitting our 5-year old nephew Aidan and hanging out with his mom, my sister Alexis.

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?Ask April? (like ?Ask Todd?) is Open! Click ?reply to article? and ask any old thing that comes to your mind about IMC 617 and the IMC program.