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I’ve promised myself that now that I’ve started the dissertation process, I will do a better job documenting the journey. Hopefully, I can keep that promise
I probably should start a new blog for this stuff, and I might eventually do so, but since it is a regular part of my life, I feel that it is “right at home” here on my life blog.
As I mentioned in my previous post, I finally bit the bullet and submitted my dissertation prospectus. After only one set of revisions, it was ready to go off to my committee!
After discussing dates with my chair today, I created a Doodle poll (seriously the best tool ever if you have to schedule anything with a group), and sent it, along with a copy of my prospectus, off to my committee today. As of right now, we’re looking at the week of December 10-14, which is the last week of the semester, so here’s hoping I can get everyone involved. I know that one of my professors, who is currently on sabbatical, cannot attend, but we planned for that, so all good there.
Over the next two weeks, I must do two things:
- Nail down a date for my prospectus proposal (in progress!)
- Come up with a lunch menu for them (my chair has a gluten-allergy, so I’m trying to come up with a gluten-free menu) (I have a few ideas on this as well
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- Create a presentation on my research
- Finally, come up with a little gifty thing for them. I’m thinking that since it is right before Christmas, it would be appropriate to give them a little something to say thank you; especially since I am extremely close to them all and usually give them Christmas gifts anyway. It will probably include some of my homemade Christmas candy, that I will be starting on soon! I’ve had several professors tell me that bribery never hurts (of course, they were kidding), but I want to give them something to thank them for their commitment and mentorship.
Anyway, if you don’t mind, send me some happy thoughts over the next few weeks as I officially embark on this journey!
