[su_quote cite=”Natasha Bedingfield”]Release your inhibitions. [/su_quote] When I first came to this university, I thought I was going to major in Environmental Studies. I wasn’t super passionate about it, but I liked it enough and I figured it was my only option. That all changed when I took my first coding and stats classes, something…
Category: WAGSFP 2018 Fellows
Working My Ways Towards Growth, Grit, and Stick
What have I learned about myself recently? Well, surprisingly enough, I’ve learned that I actually truly enjoy physical activities like exercise and yoga. This was quite the revelation to me because I’ve typically been self-conscious about exercising and always felt silly whenever I tried. Now, however, I’ve come to appreciate how I am able to…
Program Reflection: Spilling the Tea on WAGSFP
Welcome to an honest, no-holds-barred review of my time in the WAGSFP fellowship. And honestly, it’s been amazing (sorry to anyone hoping to read a scathing review). While there are definitely some areas where the program could be improved, as with any program, I’ve been surprised by how much I’ve genuinely enjoyed being a part…
Programming Reflection (AKA I love WAGSFP and everyone in it)
This summer, I’ve had a lot of fun actually going to the various WAGSFP programming! I was a little nervous going in for orientation, just wondering if I’d meet a decent group of people. Everyone I’ve met is more than just decent though, wonderful/smart/inspirational are better-fitting descriptors. As for orientation programming itself, it was pretty…
Programming Reflection
I feel that I have benefitted from the programming associated with WAGSFP. I think that the seminars have been a helpful complement to the research experiences we’re having. For future WAGSFP cohorts, I think some of the sessions could be somewhat more advanced and less general. The Brown Bag session I attended was interesting because…
Songs for this Summer
One thing I do a lot is listen to music. I, like many others, find certain songs, fixate on them, and then move on to other music discoveries when I’ve exhausted that set of songs. Consequently, specific songs will very quickly take me back to one particular moment in my life. Playing one album will…
Reflection on WAGSFP
I’d like to start this blog by saying how grateful I am to have had this opportunity this summer. I’ve decided to organize my thoughts for this blog with a highlights section and room for improvement section. I’ll begin with the much briefer room for improvement section: Room for improvement: 1) Certain seminars: I…
A Reflection
Hi again y’all! With this blog prompt, I think it helps to be grateful yet honest when describing how the experiences provided so far are in the WAGSFP. It’s this combination that ultimately allows the most growth to occur within any person, group, or task – and that’s really what I’d want out of an…
WAGSFP Reflection
Now that I have the chance to reflect about my experience with WAGSFP I have come to a conclusion that being homesick is real. I would say research in general is isolating and lonely work. Then adding on being away from home doubles your isolation and loneliness. Honestly, my cohort, the seminars, Elizabeth Kupser, my…
Reflection
This summer has been better than I ever could’ve hoped in regards to research, and the program was great until a *certain* announcement was made today (I won’t name names but we all KNOW). In terms of the program I don’t have much to say beyond how helpful it’s been? I’ve really enjoyed all the…