Category Archives: Area of Study

Some Things I’ve Been Thinking About

When you think about it, math is pretty simple. I don’t mean to say that math is easy. “Simple,” rather, in a sort of ontological sense. Most of the basic formulas of mathematics are constructed from a remarkably small set … Continue reading

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Rain or Shine

I had been cooped up in my dorm room for what felt like an eternity finishing several papers when I peered out the window and noticed the sun shining brightly onto the quad. Having not seen the sun in days, … Continue reading

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Unwiring the brain

As the new year has rolled on, I have started to enter the “business” end of the year, as it were.  Classes have wrapped up for the most part, and now I am spending most of my time getting my … Continue reading

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Education and Foundations in Ireland

The experience of finding a topic for my first Mitchell blog in October was so traumatic, that since that frantic fall night I have been slowly stockpiling blog topics. Today, with only five months and one remaining blog left before … Continue reading

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Life in the Civil Service

For the past month, I have assumed the life of a Northern Ireland Civil Servant. As a requirement of my degree, Leadership for Sustainable Rural Development, I must complete a sixteen week work placement. By my good fortune, I have … Continue reading

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Thoughts on composing

When you decide early that you want to be a composer, you get used to people asking you “So how do you plan to make a living at that?”  Sometimes the question is aggressive, sometimes kind and genuinely curious, but … Continue reading

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A Window Into a Wonderful World

I was three hours into my first day of pike fishing in Ireland when I heard the best words that have been spoken to me since touching down in the Emerald Isle. As an 8-pound pike took a brief hiatus … Continue reading

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Midyear Update

My time in Ireland has been valuable and constructive for so many different reasons. I have had the opportunity to explore Dublin, a vibrant and historic city, and to immerse myself in a new and foreign culture. There is something … Continue reading

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