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Well-behaved women rarely make history
Allow me to introduce you to Dean Amy Thompson McCandless. She’s a chocoholic, loves to wear pink, and jogs in her office to keep warm. She has taught courses in U.S. women’s and British history, but her research mainly focuses on women’s history. Dean McCandless was recently invited to speak at the Clarendon Historical Society…
How to Waste Time Productively
With Fall Break just a couple of weeks away and the weather suddenly feeling a bit colder, it seems that the last thing anyone wants to do is work on that ever-mounting pile of projects for class. But you don’t want to be an unproductive slob either. So, how do you waste time while actually…
So, You Want to Write A Textbook…
Love them or hate them, textbooks are a force to be reckoned with in academia. Everyone uses them, and some of us even want to write them. If you’ve ever wondered how to write a textbook, what the methodology for including materials in textbooks is, and how you might even make some money as a…
Monday Motivation: Grad School Entrance Exams
So, you’ve decided you want to get a graduate degree. Congratulations! Now, you have to decide which standardized test to take. For some of us, the decision is already made because certain graduate programs only allow one specific test. For the rest of us, we have some options. It makes sense to evaluate the different…
5,125 Miles
5,125 miles. That’s the minimum amount of miles I’ll drive over the next six weeks. Once I calculated the mileage, I immediately thought of this song. No need to thank me if it’s now stuck in your head, too. As I mentioned before, we plan to visit cities and universities up and down the East…
The I-95 Expedition
Finding work, life and school balance as a graduate student.
Monday Motivation: Study Tips
Class is officially back in full swing, and what better time is there than the present to set up successful study habits that will leave you happy and sane at the end of the semester? This week’s Monday Motivation focuses on helping you create study time that’s productive, engaging, and meaningful. Here are some great…
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