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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From the home office: Rita and her new colleagues settle in
Rita’s transition to working from home was perhaps the most complicated of anyone on our team, given that she somehow pulled off a move in the middle of the weirdest time in memory. Both she and her home office colleagues are now getting settled in to their new work space.
Read MoreLisa’s annotated curriculum
Our final annotated curriculum comes from Lisa, in the midst of a busy end-run of balancing courses, her capstone, and dogs!
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From the home office: Nora returns to Fletcher
Somewhat overshadowed by the business of the season and the strangeness of the times has been our great delight in welcoming Nora back to Fletcher. As you’ll see, Nora has as deep a well of institutional knowledge as anyone at the school, and it’s been a boon for us to have her on our team, albeit not quite in the way any of us imagined.
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Gioia’s annotated curriculum
Continuing with the annotated curriculum of our 2nd-year student bloggers, today we’ll hear from Gioia, working diligently on her Capstone and preparing for the end of her final Fletcher semester.
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Extended application deadline – May 1
I’m happy to update our readers with a bit of admissions news: we’re now offering an extended application deadline of May 1.
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From the home office: checking in with Yaritza
Returning to our staff updates, today we’ll hear from Yaritza, gradually establishing a new routine for the workday.
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Manaved’s annotated curriculum
Around this time of year I ask our second-year student bloggers to provide an “annotated curriculum” to give readers some sense of the thought process that goes into charting one’s way through two years of Fletcher. Though not in the way they imagined, their Fletcher student careers are hurtling toward conclusion. First up is Manaved, walking us through his curricular path and plans for the future.
Read MoreA financial planning digest
With decisions out for a few weeks now, admitted candidates are largely moving past the initial frisson of that news to the task of making an enrollment decision. Many candidates are in the enviable position of having several good options from which to choose, and there’s one reality that is common to nearly all: grad school is a major investment, and it requires a carefully-considered financial strategy.
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