Hi everyone! I’m excited to share my experiences as a first year PhD student at Memorial! After much thought, I decided the most relevant topic for my first post would be to tell the “There” part of my “There and Back Again” story. As Bilbo discovers on his journey through Middle-Earth in “There and Back … [Read more…]
Hi readers! My name is Megan and this is my first post on the graduate student blog. I hope that contributing my thoughts to the blog throughout my program will be useful to you, whether you’re a prospective student trying to get a feel for what grad school is like, or you’re deep into your … [Read more…]
Hi everyone! I’m so glad to be back this year as a contributor for the student blog. It’s been so nice to read about other grad students’ experiences and advice, and also learn about the great variety and quality of graduate programs at Memorial. As an archaeology Master’s student, my first year was full of … [Read more…]
Hey everyone! Welcome to the 2016-2017 graduate student blog. I’m happy to be one of the returning student bloggers, and I hope that my story will continue to provide you with some helpful insights into what the second year of a master’s program is like at Memorial. As you know, the School of Graduate Studies … [Read more…]
Welcome back! I’m excited to be blogging again for this upcoming academic year. I’m in my second year of my MA but I’m in a weird liminal zone right now! Liminal zones are middle spaces, where you change from one state to another. If you think about it, those are not the most comfortable places … [Read more…]
The graduate student blog is resuming for the 2016-2017 academic year. We are very excited to have eight graduate students on board, who will be blogging about their experiences as graduate students at Memorial. We have three former bloggers joining us again this year, who will be providing an inside look into the second year … [Read more…]
This is the final installment of Jenny’s Graduate Journey! And boy have I experienced some interesting predicaments since our last meeting. However, I am reaching the end of this chapter and looking towards the future! Yay! Over the summer I completed my internship, a truly fruitful experience. I was involved in learning about and experiencing … [Read more…]
For my last blog post, I am writing to you from France where I have been spending the month of July visiting my family. Of course, when you are a graduate student, holidays aren’t really full days off where you just get to sleep in late, chill, and have fun with your friends and relatives. … [Read more…]
When most people imagine an archaeologist, they may think of a person in full-khaki wear; with a safari-esque khaki hat, zip-off khaki pants, and a matching khaki vest with lots of pockets, in a deep hole lightly dusting of a pot sherd or a skull. Or they might think of our popular poster-people like Lara … [Read more…]
Here I am. This time I’m writing in my office, at Campus. The room is very quiet. Outside it’s raining and is quite cold. Even if I could work at home with my computer, I prefer to come here to the Science building. There are less distractions here than at home and I can speak … [Read more…]