Long time no see! I trust that all you students are relishing your summer vacation. For those among you who are employed, you may be contemplating how to best utilize your summer recess. As for myself, I am currently situated outside the United States. In this blog entry, I aim to provide a summary of the past year, encompassing the completion of my studies at Fletcher during the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters.
Read MoreIt was only last August I was struggling for a US visa, unsure if it would even come. But it surely did come at the nick of time and I began a journey into the unknown – unknown land, unknown people, unknown subjects, unknown systems, and unknown food habits!
Read MoreThe week after Commencement is always a bit surreal. There are still a few students popping in to say goodbye or attend to a few last administrative matters, but for the most part the relative quiet of the summer months takes hold.
Read MoreCommencement is this weekend, a big annual shebang that sees the entire university mobilized for the festivities.
Read MoreWhile there’s still a bit of activity around the margins, the incoming class for fall 2023 is taking shape. Matriculating students can expect a regular flow of communications from various Fletcher departments in the coming months about lots of “on-boarding” tasks for the semester. All of that is important and (hopefully) helpful information, but is relatively transactional and may not get at some larger questions incoming students may have about how to prepare for grad school.
Read MoreBig news today, readers – capstone haikus are back! “Back” may be something of a relative term, as it’s entirely possible they’ve simply flown beneath my personal radar in the past year or two. In any case, the student Social List is positively abuzz with one of my favorite Fletcher traditions.
Read MoreI’m coming at you with an unexpected deadline reminder today, readers. Yes, yes, I am indeed aware that it’s early May, and you’re forgiven if you thought we were through with application deadlines for a while. The current college seniors among you, however, have an important remaining deadline to be aware of. June 10 is the final deadline to apply to Fletcher via the Map Your Future (MYF) pathway.
Read MoreSome odds and ends of interest to share today, readers. This is the time of year when Fletcher students tend to win things, so we’ll start with some happy updates in that vein.
Read MoreThis year for spring break my mom and I traveled to Spain to hike the Camino de Santiago. The Camino de Santiago is a pilgrimage to the burial place of St. James the Great in Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. Each year, thousands of pilgrims walk for days, weeks, or even months to Santiago.
Read MoreSpring break just went by, meaning differently for different students. For some this was an opportunity to explore the USA, some visited family and friends, some just did some unwinding and as for me – I took the opportunity to engage in some more in-depth research in topics relating to humanitarian justice and writing two papers (with support of two of my professors, one in the UN and another at the world bank).
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