And now begins my last semester at Wellesley. It has been a wild ride and I’m excited to see how my last semester goes. This post is going to focus on the courses I am taking. The first one is Between Nature and Culture: Francophone Caribbean Literature and the Environment. This course is cross listed in the French and Environmental…
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Hello 2020!
Hello everyone! Happy 2020! I hope everyone’s year (and semester) has been off to a good start. I am back at Wellesley for the spring after spending fall abroad in England. As per tradition, for the first post of the semester, I wanted to share with you all the courses I’ll be taking this semester, and what I’m looking forward…
Behind the Scenes of Claflin Bakery
I’m the food rep for my res hall, Shafer. Once a month, all the food reps meet with folks from Wellesley Fresh, our dining service, to learn about what’s going on and share feedback. Every other meeting is an interactive; we get to go behind the scenes. This past Thursday, we got a tour of Claflin Bakery, the on-campus bakery…
Art at Wellesley
I’ve been taking an Art History class on African Art taught by Professor Nikki Greene. It is definitely one of my favorite classes that I have taken at Wellesley. Although I am not an Art History major, I love art. I have always wanted to formally study it, but never really found the time. I am very glad that I…
One Big Course
I came to college thinking I might double major in English and Spanish with a minor in math. I’m not taking classes in any of those subjects. The course catalog turned out to be way too broad and deep for me to stick to what I already knew and liked. My first-year seminar—a discussion-based class just for first-year students—is in…
What (Studying At) Cambridge (As a Visiting Student) Is Really Like
Hello hello! With a little over five weeks to go, I thought I would talk today about what it’s like to study at the University of Cambridge. It’s been extremely different from my experience at Wellesley – but that doesn’t make it any less exciting, or rewarding! As I’ve mentioned earlier, academics at Cambridge operates based on the supervision system.…
Au Revoir, Genève
Today is my last day in Geneva. I am writing this from a cafe by the lake. One of my favorite places to get work done here. I can hardly believe that I am leaving. The semester flew by quickly. My experience in Geneva turned out to be very different than from what I was expecting but I am very…
Wrapping up the Year
Hello hello! This marks my penultimate post of the year. Sophomore year has been a time of growth, new experiences, and change. Along the way, I’ve learned a lot about the world and myself. I don’t want to get too sentimental yet: my post next week will be dedicated solely to reflections on my sophomore year. This week, I wanted…
Doing Independent Work at Wellesley
In honor of finally finishing my darn thesis, I want to talk about doing independent work at Wellesley. Wellesley’s got a lot of options for doing independent work. By independent work, I mean projects that students pursue outside of a normal class, usually under the supervision of a professor to some degree. I personally think it’s a great option at…
academic life
Hi everyone; This past week pretty quiet. I have been mainly studying and trying to finalize my final projects. Going to school in Geneva feels very much like Wellesley but different in two key ways. I don’t have as much work to do while here. In fact, I have so much free time that I finished two novels and started…