the encouragement lounge: How can I help you?

Friday, October 2, 2009

How can I help you?

Time management? Stress management? Connecting with faculty? Setting goals? What are the aspects of your academic experience that are the most challenging? How can I help? This is your turn... send me questions, dilemmas, or topics... and I'll respond in a future post.

Either post here to comments, or email me at harrietschwartz14@gmail.com

cheering you on!

Harriet

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AnonymousOctober 2, 2009 at 4:16 PM
I am a first year grad student in education getting my masters in postsecondary edu and student affairs. perhaps, what i am struggling the most with right now is feeling like I am part of the campus community. i am a fulltime student, commute to campus, and work. connecting with faculty is still a bit of a struggle and feeling competent has also been something I'm questioning. Perhaps, it is all part of my developmental process as a first year grad student or should I begin to worry if the feeling of confusion and displacement doesn't go away?
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Working adult students, on my mind...

I hope this blog will be helpful to friends and others involved in a variety of endeavors. However, I created the blog with students in mind and continue to develop it with that specific group as my focus.

I believe that with the increase in evening, weekend, and low-residency programs, students are working more and more in isolation. If we were all full-time students on campus, we would have the informal support that comes with being able to go down the hall and talk with a colleague, etc. But instead, we are working late nights and weekends at home in front of the laptop.

With that in mind, I hope the encouragement lounge provides brief moments of respite and energizing connection. This does not at all replace valuable face-to-face contact. Many aspects of the academic journey can only be addressed via in-depth conversations with colleagues and teachers. And I would always rather sit down and talk with someone than to communicate online. Nonetheless, my aim is to give you one more channel for quick hits of support.