Columbia College Graduate Study
TagSummer Wind-Down
Greetings once again, reader!
With five weeks remaining, summer is rapidly approaching its end and–most importantly–the beginning of ..
The Craft School Experience
Hello again, reader!
I am back from a bit of an extended hiatus after attending Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine ..
Make It Work
Hi again, reader!
I’m writing to you now several weeks into the summer as the imminence of thesis starts to feel more and more real. Ou..
Summer Goals
Looking up at the park.
Chicago loves summer. I mean Chicago really loves summer. From the moment the sun started staying out past 5 o..
Hello From the Other Side (of the Semester)
Hi again, reader!
Summer has officially arrived, which is something I can finally say now that all of those lingering post-semester loo..
A Semester in Review
What is the name for the energy that permeates a campus a week before Spring semester gives way to summer? I’m almost certain I don’t know..
Disbelief, Wonderment, and Other Forms of Amazement
If you had to pick out a single theme from my writing on graduate life thus far, I think the thing you’d see repeating most often througho..
Critique Week + Q&A
The stage all set for critiques
It’s been a busy couple days here at Columbia because we are in the middle of critique week. In the sp..
On the Move: A Field Report
The following excerpts were written one afternoon as I rushed to accomplish a day’s work-life-school balance. I hope that they offer you s..
Adventures in Teaching
Hello again, reader. As I noted in my last entry, the passage of time feels inexplicably accelerated in the Spring semester, so the mere w..