August 12th, 2016

I Got In!

In late January, I was at a UGA event and Dean Lindquist was there. She came over and said, the letters just went out and you got in! I wasn’t accepted directly into the PhD program, but into a fast track program that will get the course work for your Masters and then go into the PhD. I was happy.

August 10th, 2016

Taking the GRE!

I haven’t taken a standardized test since the mid-1970s. I was always a good test taker so I wasn’t too daunted. Dr. Bullock—my mentor and the professor who will see me through this process once I start—said, “Don’t worry about English. You’ve been writing for 30 years. Spend your time on the math.” I haven’t taken a math class since

August 9th, 2016

A Staffer and a Student: Going Back to School and I’m an Oma

I’ve always been a lifelong learner. I love to read everything…well that’s not entirely true. I read totally nonfiction until two summers ago at the beach and I read the “50 Shade of Grey” trilogy. Yes, the whole thing. I never thought I’d read a “book like that” until a 70-year-old friend of mine said, “Once you get past the