Marginalia, Graduate Blog

Meeting the Folks and Facing the Music

by Ashley Saunders

This week’s adventures in Chicago Public Schools included a Local School Council Meeting and report card pick ups. Earlier this week I got to sit in on a Local School …

Meeting the Folks and Facing the Music

This week’s adventures in Chicago Public Schools included a Local School Council Meeting and report card pick ups. Earlier this week I got to sit in on a Local School …

Art Education (K-12) MAT Ashley Saunders, ashley.saunders@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Waiting and Waiting and Waiting

by Josh Young

So, I just finished putting the final touches of formatting into my thesis and I will print it soon after. I’ve been done for weeks, but I kept putting off …

Waiting and Waiting and Waiting

So, I just finished putting the final touches of formatting into my thesis and I will print it soon after. I’ve been done for weeks, but I kept putting off …

Creative Writing - Poetry MFA Josh Young, joyoung@colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Next Test Up, the APT

by Ashley Saunders

I don’t know why I feel even slightly surprised by how quickly grad school has gone by, but I am. I almost feel silly admitting it. I’m sitting at my …

Next Test Up, the APT

I don’t know why I feel even slightly surprised by how quickly grad school has gone by, but I am. I almost feel silly admitting it. I’m sitting at my …

Art Education (K-12) MAT Ashley Saunders, ashley.saunders@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Migration, Immigration, and Art

by Ashley Saunders

Last Saturday I spent the day at the Art Institute and stumbled upon an amazing exhibit on the lower level of the Modern Wing called They Seek a City: Chicago …

Migration, Immigration, and Art

Last Saturday I spent the day at the Art Institute and stumbled upon an amazing exhibit on the lower level of the Modern Wing called They Seek a City: Chicago …

Art Education (K-12) MAT Ashley Saunders, ashley.saunders@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

You Ask, I’ll Answer

by Jenn Tatum

Again, congratulations on being accepted into the program! I’ve been corresponding with a few admitted students over the past week, and I thought I would take a moment to answer …

You Ask, I’ll Answer

Again, congratulations on being accepted into the program! I’ve been corresponding with a few admitted students over the past week, and I thought I would take a moment to answer …

Creative Writing - Nonfiction MFA Jenn Tatum, jtatumcotamagana@colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

In Preparation for the Hunt

by Ashley Saunders

It’s spring. There are about seven weeks left in the semester. I’m anxious. It’s time. Time to job hunt.

In Preparation for the Hunt

It’s spring. There are about seven weeks left in the semester. I’m anxious. It’s time. Time to job hunt.

Art Education (K-12) MAT Ashley Saunders, ashley.saunders@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

I’m at NAEA!!

by Ashley Saunders

Hello Everyone! Right now, I’m blogging to you live from the National Art Education Association (NAEA) National Convention in Fort Worth, Texas.

I’m at NAEA!!

Hello Everyone! Right now, I’m blogging to you live from the National Art Education Association (NAEA) National Convention in Fort Worth, Texas.

Art Education (K-12) MAT Ashley Saunders, ashley.saunders@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Tutoring & Teaching as a Nonfiction MFA Student

by Jenn Tatum

As a Graduate Student Instructor teaching in the First-Year Writing Program, I require that my students attend at least one session at the Writing Center, housed in the Learning Studio, …

Tutoring & Teaching as a Nonfiction MFA Student

As a Graduate Student Instructor teaching in the First-Year Writing Program, I require that my students attend at least one session at the Writing Center, housed in the Learning Studio, …

Creative Writing - Nonfiction MFA Jenn Tatum, jtatumcotamagana@colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Transcribing Memories

by Danielle Holtz

I realized today that while I’ve shared a lot about the process of student teaching, I haven’t spoken a lot about my actual experience with the kids. I want to …

Transcribing Memories

I realized today that while I’ve shared a lot about the process of student teaching, I haven’t spoken a lot about my actual experience with the kids. I want to …

Elementary Education MAT Danielle Holtz, danielle.holtz@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Why Take Fiction Seminar Courses as an MFA Student?

by Parker Stockman

Right now, I’m taking Nami Mun’s Fiction Seminar course, and I think this is a really important class to take in this program. I eat up every second of it. …

Why Take Fiction Seminar Courses as an MFA Student?

Right now, I’m taking Nami Mun’s Fiction Seminar course, and I think this is a really important class to take in this program. I eat up every second of it. …

Creative Writing - Fiction MFA Parker Stockman, parker.stockman@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

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