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November 2008 Reflection
As I sit in front of my four foot tall Christmas tree, complete with white lights, light gray pearls and a silver star, I reflect on my experiences, both here in the Emerald Isle and abroad. It has been nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2009, Queen's University Belfast
Tagged Human Rights, Joshua Dillard, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, QUB, Queens University Belfast, Rice University
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November 2008 Reflection
I came to Ireland to challenge myself in ways that I have not had the time to since I was a kid. I have spent so many years living an intensely scheduled life, driving from piano to soccer, running from … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2009, University College Dublin
Tagged Dartmouth College, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, Neuroscience, Travis Green, University College Dublin
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November 2008 Reflection
“I wish I could live life in horizontal,” I moaned to Erin Rhoda, a fellow Mitchell, while lying in bed with a stomach bacterial infection that seemed to have a keen sense of direction. Over my three days in bed, … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2009, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged Albion College, Catherine Fontana, Environmental Science, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, TCD, Trinity College Dublin
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June 2008 Reflection
There is a cozy old pub on Poolbeg Street and my older sister and I are sitting in it, Smithwick’s in front of us, chatting and reminscing as we drink. The ornery old publican is pacing up and down the … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2008, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged Applied Social Research, Bernadette McFadden, Dickinson College, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, TCD, Trinity College Dublin
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June 2008 Reflection
There was a time when, desperately homesick and severely jet-lagged, I sat with Allison and Brendan in a very old pub in Blackrock on our first night in Ireland thinking to myself, ‘This is going to be a long year.’ … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2008, University College Dublin
Tagged Cultural Policy and Arts Management, Erin Stevens, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, United States Military Academy, University College Dublin
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June 2008 Reflection
Well, our year as a Mitchell class is slowly drawing to a close. Some of us have already moved on, the rest sticking around to finish work on final projects. I actually left Ireland yesterday and am writing this from … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2008, University College Dublin
Tagged Brendan Hayes, Development Studies, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, St. Lawrence University, UCD, University College Dublin
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June 2008 Reflection
In my last entry, I expressed my mild dislike for the windy, rainy Irish winters. The seasons have indeed changed, but the breeze is a constant here, and it’s strange now that it’s my favorite part of the warm (though … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2008, National University of Ireland Maynooth
Tagged Jeffrey Benedict, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, Musicology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Vanderbilt University
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June 2008 Reflection
I am just over twenty-three years old and my mother still writes me plane-notes. For those of you who never had the experience of being a middle-school aged girl, a plane-note is a note that is snuck into your suitcase … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2008, Queen's University Belfast
Tagged Ethnic Conflict, Johns Hopkins University, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, QUB, Queens University Belfast, Sarah David
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June 2008 Reflection
Over the past two months, spring and summer have come, and the once-elusive sun has returned. Endless fields of wildflowers have begun to bloom on the Mourne and Wicklow Mountains. Droves of summer tourists have begun to filter into Dublin … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2008, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged Environmental Science, Harvard University, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, Scot Miller, TCD, Trinity College Dublin
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June 2008 Reflection
On my desk in Belfast, I keep a photograph of my students from my first year teaching. It’s filled with all the imperfections that usually accompany these types of pictures. Some kids are looking in the wrong direction; some have … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2008, Queen's University Belfast
Tagged Franklin McMillan, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, QUB, Queens University Belfast, Theory Culture & Identity, University of Chicago
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June 2008 Reflection
Every child has drawn cards for their doting parents. We’ve set up our own private Hallmark studio with eight “washable” Crayola markers (in case the inks get on our clothes), a piece of paper from the printer at Dad’s office, … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2008, University College Cork
Tagged Art Chan, Contemporary Migration/Diaspora Studies, Georgetown University, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, University College Cork
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