Internships – What the Pros Know

When I was in college, internships were something far and foreign for me. It’s not that this is something that I didn’t know about, but I wasn’t sure why internships were so important. As a liberal arts major (my major … Continue reading →

Recommendations

Today is the due date for applications to become a Resident Advisor. Here’s the site for reference. Normally, because I work very closely with students, I am often asked to write letters of reference, as is required by the position. … Continue reading →

The Start of a New Semester

This is the time of the year that I exist happily in two planes – the beginning of the Spring semester, loaded with its reality checks from Fall and rested from Winter Break, and the period of application and waiting … Continue reading →

Letters to My First Year Self: Now Accepting Submissions

Get into a time machine. Set the dial back a few months, years, *gasp* decades, and you meet your Freshman self. What would you say to yourself? I’m looking for submissions to be included in this blog…Write no more than … Continue reading →

2012: Forecasting for the Future

I’m sitting at my desk, looking at City Hall. The swing of the Dons Crane (Donatello, I dub thee) casts reflections on Hayes, Gillson, and Phelan, and I follow the shadow across the buildings. The buildings are empty for the … Continue reading →