Hi! This is my first blog post, so I ought to introduce myself. I’m Shannon and I just started my Master’s in Sociology at MUN in Fall 2018. I drove out here from southern Ontario on an epic 3-day journey with all the worldly possessions that could fit in my car. My dad and my … [Read more…]
Helloooo readers! Here we are, in the beginning of a new semester, full of different people, classes, and expectations! I’m having flashbacks this all of this week when I see students holding maps in their hands, and I always feel butterflies in my stomach when I look at them. Anyway, I hope you all had … [Read more…]
The graduate student blog is resuming for the 2018-2019 academic year. We are very excited to have nine graduate students on board, who will be sharing with us about their experiences as graduate students at Memorial. Here are bloggers who are returning to our blogging team this year: Anna Crofts is from West Vancouver, British … [Read more…]
Hello lovely readers! I hope you had a lovely (and productive) summer! It felt like summer went by even more quickly than usual. It seems like the winter semester just ended but somehow here we are at the start of the fall semester. I do not know where the time went. All I did this … [Read more…]
Hello all you wonderful blog readers, As I sit here thinking about what to write for my blog post, I’m thinking back on the past two months since my last one, and a lot has happened. In July, I went to Golden, Colorado for one week for the ACS Summer School in Sustainable Chemistry and … [Read more…]
A journal club is similar to a book club, but instead of reading a book, the group reads an academic article. The main benefits of attending journal club are to meet with people that have a common interest and to exchange ideas about those common interests with people you may not otherwise interact with. Like … [Read more…]
Hi All, You can take the ecologist out of the field but she’ll long to be there. For the past five years, when the growing season arrives I’ve packed up my backpack and have headed out to the field to spend the summer working on ecological studies. This summer has been dedicated to thesis writing … [Read more…]
Hello friends! I hope that your St. John’s summer has been going well. It seems like it was a bit late to start, but now that it is here, the sunshine and warm temperatures have been absolutely beautiful around the city recently. Getting out with some friends to see the capelin rolling at Middle Cove … [Read more…]
Hello everyone! I hope you’re having a wonderful summer, and that you’re all enjoying the warm days we had (and hopefully will have). In the picture of this post, you can see my dog and I were on one of our weekend adventures! It’s always relaxing to spend some time with him, and forget about … [Read more…]
Hello lovely readers! Can you believe that this is my final blog post? It seems like it was yesterday that I met the other bloggers to get our pictures taken. Writing for this blog has been an amazing experience and it was wonderful to meet so many inspiring people who, like me, shared their experiences … [Read more…]