Immunizations

Enrollment for next semester came available October 1. I've decided to continue the torture of graduate school - crazy, I know. I plan to enroll in three classes next semester; advanced quantitative methods (good times! - I'm really looking forward to that one, can you tell?), research seminar in democratic theory, and an independent study on non-profit management theory. I have also been asked by one of my professors to present with her at a conference in April - we will be presenting on the topic of non-profit board management with some data on race representation. My first professional conference presentation in the academic world. Ooo-la-la! I'll let you know how it goes. I decided last week I ought to make it official and enroll for next semester. Everything is done online now. I got to the point where I would submit enrollment and guess what - I have an enrollment hold. What could that be? I don't have unpaid parking tickets, my tuition and fees have long since been paid - things that make you go hmmm... I looked it up. It's an immunization hold. I have an immunization hold - that's funny! Why? Because I've been a human pin cushion for years due to my international travel. If there is an immunization shot or pill I've had it at least once, likely more than once. Hepatitis A & B - got it, twice! Tetanus - rather than every 5-10 years, I get one every other year! Typhoid, turburculosis, polio - yup, yup, yup! The reason there is a hold on my enrollment is for MMR (measles, mumps and rubella). I've had that shot three times by my count - once in high school in order to enroll, once as an undergrad in order to enroll, and once last year prior to my return trip to India. The problem is, I don't have records of any of this. Ugh! If you remember, last year a bunch of college students came down with the measles. KU was hard hit - especially students living in the dorms. If memory serves, about 100 kids from my school got sick. Many had been immunized. It was decided to re-immunize the campus. Every student should have not one, but two MMR shots on record. I am a casualty of this policy change. Guess what I'll be doing the next two weeks - getting MMR shots. I thought I'd pick up my malaria pills for India while I'm at it...