This past weekend I had the privilege of helping out with the Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Leadership conference. The conference is held for the incoming freshmen to get acquainted with the program and learn to navigate college. There is one conference on the East coast and one on the West coast. Older undergrads and graduated [...]

Being sick has exacerbated how busy things are for me. I best described it yesterday as I wake up each morning and feel five steps behind. Through some miracle, I manage to get through the day and get everything accomplished for class/work, but I wake up the next morning, again five steps behind. Practice/dance really [...]

A new record: being sick within the first 2 weeks of the school year. I think the sudden drop in temperature did it; we went from pretty nice warm 80s weather to a cooler, crisper 60s. Add in less sleep, time, and stress, and you get the fertile breeding ground for flu-ish feelings. I’m still [...]

The summer did not end in a dissertation topic; I roughly sketched out 3 ideas and showed them to my actual advisor. My actual advisor’s only concern is practicality- on these topics, will I actually be able to produce good, dissertation-worthy research, analyzed, written up, and defended, in 2 years? The answer is neither of [...]

The school year started off in such a way that my sleep and energy have not been going so well. My new learning assistant (LA) students have been full of questions and my Gk-12s have also brought up questions. Between both groups, there are 26 students. I have a better feel for Gk-12 but I’m [...]

Last night, I received a rather peculiar email from the professor of the physics class I was taking. He wanted to know what my background was, because after checking my transcript (which seems like a weird move to me albeit I’m guessing legal), he found that there was no physics classes there. I explained things [...]

This is my last year of classes for grad school. It is kind of exciting, because while I enjoy learning, classes have pressure, deadlines, etc. It is always a welcome break from them. I’ve been perusing some class syllabi; the coursework, thus far, looks manageable, but I’ve only seen 2/4 syllabi. This semester is also [...]

This entry is more to inform, rather than complain/brag/whatever have you about designing a paper program for a dance event. Besides regular graphic things (clear text, good layouts, no crowding), there is also some extra aspects that go into making the MassRaqs program (MassRaqs is a week away! We recommend registering now for ease). I’m [...]