Since I wrote my last blog entry, I discovered that I had actually made it just under the wire after all and was able to submit my final, formatted thesis draft in time for May graduation! The last few weeks have been intense: printing and sending off copies of my final thesis draft (total no. […]
By Rachel Y., ALM candidate, Visual Arts
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Tagged ALM, commencement, community, creativity, crite prize, fiirst parish church, graduation, harvard extension, harvard yard, regalia, school, tercentenary theater, thesis, thomas small prize, visual arts, widener library
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This week I put my final ALM thesis chapter in the mail to my thesis director! After I’ve received his comments and incorporated his suggestions, I will finish up formatting, make two copies and send one complete copy to him for grading and one to the ALM office for format review. Formatting, per the ALM […]
March 18, 2012 – 12:12 am
I put Chapter 4 of my ALM thesis in the mail to my thesis director last Thursday. I realize that we are officially in the midst of the spring break, but I have doubled down this weekend on my fifth and final chapter, and I plan to complete it by mid-April. A few years ago […]
February 19, 2012 – 10:10 pm
I am happy to report that I have completed three of five thesis chapters. Last week I received the third chapter back with comments from my thesis director; this weekend I have been preparing to start the fourth chapter. Are any of you incorporating translated material into your work? In my case, one aspect of […]
By Rachel Y., ALM candidate, Visual Arts
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Also posted in Boston, Cambridge, Classes, Uncategorized
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Tagged ALM, extension school, goethe institute, schedule, thesis, translation
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January 22, 2012 – 6:40 pm
So far I’ve written two chapters (of five planned) of my ALM thesis, submitted them to my thesis director, and received them back with comments. I’m now working on my third chapter. My schedule allows for one chapter per month, so I plan on finishing all of the writing by mid-April. My thesis director prefers […]
By Rachel Y., ALM candidate, Visual Arts
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Also posted in Classes
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Tagged ALM, bibliographic data, digital copies, graduation, library patrons, paper copies, schedule, thesis, thesis director, thesis proposal, widener, writing
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December 17, 2011 – 2:05 am
Have you ever wondered why, when you have a research paper to write, you suddenly get the urge to clean the refrigerator? Easy: because by comparison, psychologists tell us, a simple task permits gratification more quickly than a complex one. The fridge-cleaning lends an easily managed emotional snapshot of the sense of accomplishment which we […]
By Rachel Y., ALM candidate, Visual Arts
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Also posted in Distance Education, Fun, Life, Uncategorized
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Tagged avoidance strategies, brilliant paper, Ig Nobel, ig nobel prize, John Perry, philosophy professor, procrastinating, procrastination, research paper, Stanford
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November 13, 2011 – 12:24 pm
One of the advantages of waiting a month for feedback after submission of my revised thesis proposal was that it coincided with the forming of the Occupy Boston encampment in Dewey Square. I was thrilled to be able to participate in one of the initial Occupy Boston marches, from Dewey Square to the Charlestown Bridge. […]
By Rachel Y., ALM candidate, Visual Arts
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Also posted in Boston, Life, Uncategorized
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Tagged brandeis university, charlestown bridge, dewey square, harvard extension, harvard info, occupy, occupy boston, occupy harvard, thesis proposal
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November 6, 2011 – 9:36 am
Thrilled to say that I am about to set off upon the final stretch of my ALM degree. Last week Dean Schopf, humanities research advisor, let me know that she had approved my proposal, a second draft of which I had submitted on Oct 3, about a month after the initial submission. Dean Schopf rightly […]
October 18, 2011 – 6:30 pm
Wow. Well, we’re all shaking the confetti from our hair still, and I have to admit, I’m still cleaning it out of my shoes. The downpour was drenching, the Yard was packed, and the Extension School was well represented!
October 4, 2011 – 3:54 pm
Harvard University Maxwell Dworkin, Room G115 33 Oxford Street 6:30 PM. Be there. Bring your ID. We are having elections. Yes, “us”. You and I. I’m going to mention that I am running for a post: in the interests of full disclosure, yes. I am. But I’m not going to talk about that part here, because […]