In my last update about my Museums & Crisis course, I talked about our initial foundations unit and the adjustments I’d started making in response to student interests and needs. Now that we’ve had a few weeks to get into the course’s primary contents, let’s take a look at what we’ve been doing. We first… Continue reading Museums & Crisis: October Update
Category: Assistantships
This Year’s Assistantship: Teaching Museums and Crisis
Since coming to William & Mary, I’ve been able to participate in a variety of assistantships. Whether I’ve been inventorying maps at the Mariners Museum, organizing virtual conferences with the Equality Lab, or guiding students with career readiness at the Cohen Career Center, I’ve been able to expand my professional experiences while approaching the work… Continue reading This Year’s Assistantship: Teaching Museums and Crisis
Reflecting on the JDP Assistantship
Last month I formally concluded my assistantship as the JDP Fellow at the Office of Career Development and Professional Engagement. Today, I’d like to reflect on what I’ve gained from the experience. In terms of hands-on projects, this is probably one of the most involved assistantships I’ve had since coming to William & Mary. In… Continue reading Reflecting on the JDP Assistantship
JDP Update, Part III: Visiting St Andrews
As I hinted at in my last JDP update, part of my assistantship includes visiting the campus at St Andrews. From April 23-29, that tentative visit became a reality as I spent three full days in St Andrews, as well as time in Edinburgh. Now that I’ve returned from that trip, I’ll tell you about… Continue reading JDP Update, Part III: Visiting St Andrews
JDP Update, Part II: Alumni Outreach
In my last update as the JDP Fellow, I talked about the new workshops I had developed in consultation with both current students and Programme alumni. As good as it feels to have created new career-related content for the JDP experience, however, these workshops only represent one part of a larger, ongoing project: developing alumni… Continue reading JDP Update, Part II: Alumni Outreach
JDP Update, Part I: Three New Workshops
Although I haven’t posted about it recently, my assistantship at the Career Center (now known as the Office of Career Development and Professional Engagement) has been keeping me quite busy. After spending last semester getting acquainted with the JDP experience, I’ve been spending this semester making my own contributions in two different ways: creating new… Continue reading JDP Update, Part I: Three New Workshops
Translating the JDP Experience: A Career Center Workshop
During the past few weeks, I’ve been settling into my role as the Graduate Fellow for the William & Mary/St Andrews Joint Degree Programme at the Cohen Career Center. In mid-October, after several weeks of observing the Center’s career advisors, I started accepting my own advising appointments, and have been meeting one-on-one with JDP students… Continue reading Translating the JDP Experience: A Career Center Workshop
This Year’s Assistantship: The Cohen Career Center
At the start of every academic year, students in the American Studies Program get assigned a new part-time assistantship. Over the past three years, I’ve been at the Mariners’ Museum, served as a teaching assistant for an undergraduate class, and worked at the Equality Lab. This year, I’ll be serving as a Graduate Assistant at… Continue reading This Year’s Assistantship: The Cohen Career Center