I'll start us off by introducing myself! I took the week after Commencement off to spend more time with family--so I feel refreshed. I live near Brown in Warwick with my husband Scott and my two sons, Russell (5) and Douglas (soon to be 4). I just finished my EIGHTEENTH year working at Brown (yikes!); I have had four different positions here, all within the Dean of the College division. Currently I'm the director of the Curricular Resource Center, an academic peer advising center most known for advising students about independent studies, independent concentrations, and leave-taking; we also work with Jim Amspacher at the CareerLAB on Careers in the Common Good. As well I hold deans open hours and serve on some academic committees, including a new one about advising on research and fellowship opportunities. In a previous position at Brown, I developed a collaborative academic program in NYC called the Urban Education Semester, where students take a full course load at Bank Street College of Education and work in public school settings three days a week.
I've served on a couple of local nonprofit boards and was a member of the Brown Alumni Association board; it is through this work that I have some experience with nonprofit governance. In May 2013 I expect to be done with my masters degree program in Public Humanities (housed in the American Studies department). For my graduate program, last summer I interned with the Rhode Island Foundation's Arts & Culture program officer, and this summer I'll work about 150 hours with the Rhode Island Historical Society.
I used to do a lot of creative writing (playwriting and nonfiction), and I'm trying to get back to that. I'm a home nester and love spending time in my home space with my family. At times I'm a voracious reader, and my husband and I are foodies. In fact, I'm quite jealous of the fact that you're in NYC this summer. I'll find out the name of a fab Korean fried chicken place there that my sister has raved about--she and her family live on the Upper West Side, and my maternal grandmother lives on 106th St.
Feel free to contact me anytime via this blog, at Peggy_Chang@brown.edu, or on my cell at 401.595.7580.
Hi guys, my name is Aimie Kawai and I'm from Seattle, WA. My contact info for the summer is:
aimie_kawai@brown.edu (206) 963-2071 and I'm living on the upper east side, right on the edge of east Harlem.
My main hobbies are playing frisbee and cooking/baking. Which means I'm really pleased about this summer because I am doing a lot of both. I'm super excited to be living in a place with a kitchen again; there are so many things I want to make. There also is a ton of food I want to try while I'm in the city. But today I'm really craving Ethiopian food, so if anyone knows of a good place, please let me know.
I'm working at the Mentoring Partnership of New York, which works to promote mentoring programs in community centers, schools, etc throughout the area. The people and the organization both are great so far; it is a small office and everyone works really well together and creates a wonderful atmosphere. I think I'll learn a lot about the inner workings of a non-profit, because everyone here definitely seems to want to help make my internship as beneficial as possible. My work will be helping anywhere I can, but primarily assisting with the two big events the organization is hosting this summer. One is next week, called the Luke Boisi Memorial Benefit. The other is at the end of July and it is the 2012 States Caucus which will be attended by all the branches of the Mentoring Partnership throughout the country.
I'm Elizabeth Carr, and I'm from St. Louis, MO. This summer I'm living in a tiny five-story walk-up in the heart of Chinatown (in Manhattan). Like Aimee, I love cooking and baking. But unfortunately, the minuscule kitchen in my apartment is not ideal for food preparation. I've had to come up with some very creative storage solutions for my food and cooking supplies! But it turns out that Chinatown is a great place to buy groceries. Vendors on every street corner sell produce at remarkably low prices, and the local supermarket offers a wide variety of options. Then today I bought fresh pasta at Raffetto's in Greenwich Village on a friend's recommendation, and I'm excited to make some tasty meals with fresh whole-wheat angel hair and roasted red pepper, mozzerella, and basil ravioli. Until now, while I have been baking quite a bit, I haven't been cooking as much as I normally do. I've been enjoying trying a bunch of different restaurants. On Jenny's recommendation, I downloaded the ScoutMob app for my iPhone, and I am in love with it. The app has found some great local restaurants and I can use it to get 50% off my meals. My favorite cuisine is Italian, which I know is not very creative. But I was raised on pasta, pasta, and more pasta, so living close to Little Italy kind of feels like returning to my mothership. It is possibly the second most touristy part of New York City (outside of Time Square), but I love it anyway. I love the ridiculously friendly and flirtatious waitstaff, sitting outside on the patio, enjoying a giant plate of pasta or antipasto and the lively atmosphere, and reading a good book as the sun sets and the lights come on at the Empire State Building in the distance. But though I have a special attachment to Italian food, I love all cuisines as long as long as they're vegetarian-friendly, and am definitely planning on doing some exploring. hough food is probably my favorite hobbies, I also love walking and yoga and just being active in general. So far I have had a really great time walking around the city and exploring. I love that I'm always finding exciting new areas to see and that the city is generally so safe; even if I go for a walk in the middle of the night (not that I do that often), the main roads are filled with people and taxis. In my explorations, I've accidentally happened upon cool concerts and movie screenings and all sorts of activities, which has been fantastic. I look forward to attending more of these types of activities as the summer progresses.
(I wrote too much, so here's the second part of my post) This summer I'm working for Eskolta, which is a company that helps struggling schools. Eskolta helps facilitate discussions at schools to help them implement structural or procedural changes and performs data analyses to inform schools' future planning. I'm working on two projects to help the company. The first project is a report analyzing the Transfer School Conference that Eskolta hosted in June. I attended the conference and analyzed participant and staff feedback, and I am currently using that feedback to evaluate the conference and write a report providing recommendations for next year's conference. I'm also building forums on the company's website to facilitate the continuation of conversations begun at the conference. The second project is a strategic plan analyzing what Eskolta does and how it can move forward. I'm beginning the project with an annual report summarizing all the projects that Eskolta has undertaken in the past year. Later, I will use this report to inform my strategic planning. I have been working closely with Michael, the founder of the company, which has been a pleasure so far. I have already learned a lot from his explanations and feedback. I have also had the opportunity to sit in on a lot of meetings, both with other startups in the education sector and with clients, which has helped me gain a great sense of Eskolta's role in the education community as well as basic experience in participating in these type of meetings. Feel free to get in touch if you want to go exploring or do anything food related. Call or text me at (314) 609-0811 or email me at elizabeth_r_carr@brown.edu.
I'll start us off by introducing myself! I took the week after Commencement off to spend more time with family--so I feel refreshed. I live near Brown in Warwick with my husband Scott and my two sons, Russell (5) and Douglas (soon to be 4). I just finished my EIGHTEENTH year working at Brown (yikes!); I have had four different positions here, all within the Dean of the College division. Currently I'm the director of the Curricular Resource Center, an academic peer advising center most known for advising students about independent studies, independent concentrations, and leave-taking; we also work with Jim Amspacher at the CareerLAB on Careers in the Common Good. As well I hold deans open hours and serve on some academic committees, including a new one about advising on research and fellowship opportunities. In a previous position at Brown, I developed a collaborative academic program in NYC called the Urban Education Semester, where students take a full course load at Bank Street College of Education and work in public school settings three days a week.
ReplyDeleteI've served on a couple of local nonprofit boards and was a member of the Brown Alumni Association board; it is through this work that I have some experience with nonprofit governance. In May 2013 I expect to be done with my masters degree program in Public Humanities (housed in the American Studies department). For my graduate program, last summer I interned with the Rhode Island Foundation's Arts & Culture program officer, and this summer I'll work about 150 hours with the Rhode Island Historical Society.
I used to do a lot of creative writing (playwriting and nonfiction), and I'm trying to get back to that. I'm a home nester and love spending time in my home space with my family. At times I'm a voracious reader, and my husband and I are foodies. In fact, I'm quite jealous of the fact that you're in NYC this summer. I'll find out the name of a fab Korean fried chicken place there that my sister has raved about--she and her family live on the Upper West Side, and my maternal grandmother lives on 106th St.
Feel free to contact me anytime via this blog, at Peggy_Chang@brown.edu, or on my cell at 401.595.7580.
Hi guys, my name is Aimie Kawai and I'm from Seattle, WA. My contact info for the summer is:
ReplyDeleteaimie_kawai@brown.edu
(206) 963-2071
and I'm living on the upper east side, right on the edge of east Harlem.
My main hobbies are playing frisbee and cooking/baking. Which means I'm really pleased about this summer because I am doing a lot of both. I'm super excited to be living in a place with a kitchen again; there are so many things I want to make. There also is a ton of food I want to try while I'm in the city. But today I'm really craving Ethiopian food, so if anyone knows of a good place, please let me know.
I'm working at the Mentoring Partnership of New York, which works to promote mentoring programs in community centers, schools, etc throughout the area. The people and the organization both are great so far; it is a small office and everyone works really well together and creates a wonderful atmosphere. I think I'll learn a lot about the inner workings of a non-profit, because everyone here definitely seems to want to help make my internship as beneficial as possible. My work will be helping anywhere I can, but primarily assisting with the two big events the organization is hosting this summer. One is next week, called the Luke Boisi Memorial Benefit. The other is at the end of July and it is the 2012 States Caucus which will be attended by all the branches of the Mentoring Partnership throughout the country.
I'm Elizabeth Carr, and I'm from St. Louis, MO. This summer I'm living in a tiny five-story walk-up in the heart of Chinatown (in Manhattan). Like Aimee, I love cooking and baking. But unfortunately, the minuscule kitchen in my apartment is not ideal for food preparation. I've had to come up with some very creative storage solutions for my food and cooking supplies! But it turns out that Chinatown is a great place to buy groceries. Vendors on every street corner sell produce at remarkably low prices, and the local supermarket offers a wide variety of options. Then today I bought fresh pasta at Raffetto's in Greenwich Village on a friend's recommendation, and I'm excited to make some tasty meals with fresh whole-wheat angel hair and roasted red pepper, mozzerella, and basil ravioli. Until now, while I have been baking quite a bit, I haven't been cooking as much as I normally do. I've been enjoying trying a bunch of different restaurants. On Jenny's recommendation, I downloaded the ScoutMob app for my iPhone, and I am in love with it. The app has found some great local restaurants and I can use it to get 50% off my meals. My favorite cuisine is Italian, which I know is not very creative. But I was raised on pasta, pasta, and more pasta, so living close to Little Italy kind of feels like returning to my mothership. It is possibly the second most touristy part of New York City (outside of Time Square), but I love it anyway. I love the ridiculously friendly and flirtatious waitstaff, sitting outside on the patio, enjoying a giant plate of pasta or antipasto and the lively atmosphere, and reading a good book as the sun sets and the lights come on at the Empire State Building in the distance. But though I have a special attachment to Italian food, I love all cuisines as long as long as they're vegetarian-friendly, and am definitely planning on doing some exploring.
ReplyDeletehough food is probably my favorite hobbies, I also love walking and yoga and just being active in general. So far I have had a really great time walking around the city and exploring. I love that I'm always finding exciting new areas to see and that the city is generally so safe; even if I go for a walk in the middle of the night (not that I do that often), the main roads are filled with people and taxis. In my explorations, I've accidentally happened upon cool concerts and movie screenings and all sorts of activities, which has been fantastic. I look forward to attending more of these types of activities as the summer progresses.
(I wrote too much, so here's the second part of my post)
ReplyDeleteThis summer I'm working for Eskolta, which is a company that helps struggling schools. Eskolta helps facilitate discussions at schools to help them implement structural or procedural changes and performs data analyses to inform schools' future planning. I'm working on two projects to help the company. The first project is a report analyzing the Transfer School Conference that Eskolta hosted in June. I attended the conference and analyzed participant and staff feedback, and I am currently using that feedback to evaluate the conference and write a report providing recommendations for next year's conference. I'm also building forums on the company's website to facilitate the continuation of conversations begun at the conference. The second project is a strategic plan analyzing what Eskolta does and how it can move forward. I'm beginning the project with an annual report summarizing all the projects that Eskolta has undertaken in the past year. Later, I will use this report to inform my strategic planning. I have been working closely with Michael, the founder of the company, which has been a pleasure so far. I have already learned a lot from his explanations and feedback. I have also had the opportunity to sit in on a lot of meetings, both with other startups in the education sector and with clients, which has helped me gain a great sense of Eskolta's role in the education community as well as basic experience in participating in these type of meetings.
Feel free to get in touch if you want to go exploring or do anything food related. Call or text me at (314) 609-0811 or email me at elizabeth_r_carr@brown.edu.