Fall 2017 GradSpeak Kickoff Sept. 20th and Sept. 27th

2017-09-13T14:07:09-04:00

Wednesday, September 20 | Noon-1:30pm Dillon Court East Wednesday, September 27 | Noon-1:30 pm Dillon Court East   Join us as the new academic year begins to sharpen your public speaking skills. GradSpeak is a workshop offered monthly to enhance graduate students' public speaking skills. Practice is encouraged and feedback is given in a constructive supportive environment. Each session will have a topic to practice (for example: your research in a nutshell) and a focus on technical skill such as diction or eye contact with the audience. Co-sponsored by The Graduate School and PrincetonWrites. Space is limited to 10 graduate students. Please [...]

Fall 2017 GradSpeak Kickoff Sept. 20th and Sept. 27th2017-09-13T14:07:09-04:00

tempest (ˈTEM-pəst)

2017-09-11T11:54:29-04:00

Definition (Noun)  a violent storm tumult, uproar   In Context “A meaningful life - this is what we look for in art, in its smallest dewdrops as in its unleashing of the tempest. We are at peace when we have found it and uneasy when we have not.” Bjornstjerne Bjornson  

tempest (ˈTEM-pəst)2017-09-11T11:54:29-04:00

Commonwealth (2016) by Ann Patchett

2017-09-01T09:00:05-04:00

Critical Assessment "Ms. Patchett has long explored the awkwardness, pain and grace that come when total strangers are forced into unexpected alliances. This theme found its fullest expression in her 2001 best seller, Bel Canto, whose glamorous characters were taken hostage at a birthday party. But a far more common form of involuntary companionship — which doesn’t involve guns but often feels like it does — is the blended family. Tolerating your own kin is hard enough. Tolerating someone else’s is harder by a coefficient of 10. “Commonwealth spans over 50 years, and the stories of how these children move uncertainly [...]

Commonwealth (2016) by Ann Patchett2017-09-01T09:00:05-04:00

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