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Spending October in the Sunshine

Hello from beautiful San Diego!

I’m currently enjoying the 80 degree weather and the cloudless day. This is absolutely gorgeous.

I’m here for the 32nd Annual Association for Integrated Studies Conference, where Professor Matlak and I are presenting the necessity for a national honors society for undergraduates with an interdisciplinary major. The conference received our presentation very well, and we’re now moving forward with the program. I’m going to create a protoype society at Holy Cross to hammer out the Constitution and by-laws for other schools to use our group as a template. It’s all very exciting!

And, now, I’m headed back to Georgia for some rest over this Columbus Day week-long break. But not before I enjoy the San Diego sunshine for just a few more minutes. 🙂
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Thesis = Pizza Parties…?

One of the greatest aspects of the English Honors Program is the community. All eight of us meet in a seminar every Wednesday night, and Prof. Gettleman advises us on how to articulate our research and better define our approach to writing our thesis. It’s honestly just relieving to hear everyone’s experience with the thesis process. Well, tonight, we had…wait for it…PIZZA. Yes, if you are crazy enough to be a member of two honors societies, you are more likely to have free pizza throughout your senior year. It’s not a bad trade off, honestly. 🙂

So now I’m almost finished with my work for this week. I have literally been going non-stop since September 1st. I cannot wait for Fall Break. I’m leaving on Friday for a conference in San Diego, and then I’m leaving San Diego on Sunday (yes, it’s a short trip, unfortunately) for Atlanta. I’ll be home until Thursday, and I plan on sleeping for a majority of my time home. Don’t worry, Prof. Gettleman or anyone else associated with my thesis – I will be working on it. Well, at least a little bit. But now it’s back to my paper!