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TagD-Day
Thirty-one of us tentatively filed into room 319. There was a heavy air of anticipation. I felt sick—I had put it down to the two la..
Valentine’s Day in Chicago
Valentine’s Day was last week, and it was a great day. I was able to spend it with my family and classmates from the Music Composition..
Second Week of Semester, First Full Draft
It’s the middle of the second week of the semester. A full, working draft of my thesis is due tomorrow. This is it, folks. This is wha..
Catching Up With My Cohort
This past few weeks have been about catching up with my cohort. I hadn’t been to a poetry reading in months, and this past weekend I a..
Getting to Know Your Cohort
For the past 15 weeks, my cohort has taken our Methods of Math course with the first-year cohort. At first, I wasn’t sure how it was g..
Crunch Time
I just took a look at my planner, sifted through syllabi, and realized: THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH TIME. The end of the semester is here, a..
Semester Wrap-Up
People have been asking me how my first semester here has been in the Music Composition for the Screen MFA program. I have to be hones..
Toni Nealie Presents at NonfictioNow in Melbourne
NonfictioNow 2012 Conference
Photo Credit: http://www.rmit.edu.au/nfn2012
This week, Nonfiction MFA candidate Toni Nealie guest blogs ..
Tips for Getting Through the Stress of Graduate School Finals
It is finals week(s). I would be lying if I said that I was not stressed. I won’t lie then. I am stressed. I have my first final paper..
Why Art Education at Columbia?
I know many of you reading my blog posts are prospective students trying to figure out why to choose Columbia over other Art Education..