Manaved reflects on his Fletcher experience
Manaved joins us today, looking back on an unusual end to his Fletcher student experience.
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Our Students
Fletcher’s fabulous students and what they’re up to.
Lisa looks back on her Fletcher experience
Today we’ll check in with Lisa, beginning a new professional journey as she continues some Fletcher-related research as an alumna!
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Victoria recaps a busy first year
Our next first-year student reflection comes from Victoria.
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Mohit’s first year wrap-up
This is the time of year in which I’m amazed that our “new” students are already halfway through their time at Fletcher, and in which our newest graduates move on to the next stage of their careers. It’s also a good time to check in with our student bloggers for a year-end wrap-up. We’ll start with Mohit, who’s been very busy this spring.
Read MoreFletcher students honored for civic engagement
The past week has been focused on honoring and celebrating our students, and here’s another little tidbit worth highlighting. Fletcher is proud to count 17 of its students among the recipients of this year’s Honos civicus awards, administered by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.
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Meredith’s dual degree journey
We recently heard from recent Fletcher graduate Meredith Shea, now officially wrapping up her grad school experience. Meredith’s path is a somewhat unusual one, as she’s been pursuing a dual degree from Fletcher and the University of Miami School of Law. As such, Meredith actually graduated from Fletcher this past February, and just concluded her law degree within the past few weeks.
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Chisaki dives into wind power at the School of Engineering
One of the great pleasures of maintaining this blog is learning of various goings-on at and around Fletcher about which I otherwise would never have known. Current MA student Chisaki recently provided me with a good example. As a one-year degree student, Chisaki’s time at Fletcher has gone quickly. As you’ll see, she’s taken advantage of it with a unique cross-registration opportunity with the School of Engineering. Cross-registration with partner institutions (which include all Tufts and Harvard grad schools) vastly expands curricular options for students, particularly in certain technical subject areas that may not be available in great depth in the Fletcher curriculum. For Chisaki, that’s meant digging into offshore wind energy.
Read MoreCapstone haikus are here!
Another personal-favorite annual Fletcher tradition has gotten underway! Capstone haikus are particularly fun for being so organic. There’s no Fletcher Capstone Haiku Club (to my knowledge), no formal coordinating structure, no due date, and no real rules. Some debate on that last point, to be honest; one current student’s three-stanza initial call to verse (kicking off the below list) got submissions flowing on the Social List recently, and also started a discussion on the “proper” form and spirit of haiku. As you’ll see from the final entry listed here, some take issue with the branding of these entries as “haiku” in the traditional sense. In typical Social List fashion, others quickly responded with rebuttals, and lengthy disquisitions (including supporting links) on why a “traditional” haiku in fact encapsulates a much broader form and sensibility than a rigid 5-7-5 syllable format with an emphasis on nature.
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Victoria’s spring update
Continuing with updates from our first-year students, today we’ll hear from Victoria. Like almost all students, her Spring Break plans required some quick pivots to a new set of activities.
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Mohit and Nitin, your D-Prize winners
The announcement of the annual D-Prize winner is something I look forward to every year. The D-Prize, sponsored by the Institute for Business in the Global Context (IBGC), is a development entrepreneurship competition that awards up to $30,000 to recipients to pilot an anti-poverty venture in the developing world. It’s one of Fletcher’s best showcases of the amazing creativity and innovation in our student community.
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