I love Ginger thiiiiiiiiiiis much *spreads arms wide*

[shadowravyn]

I went ot my friend Steve's oral defense this afternoon. I'm so glad I did--it very much cut down on my anxiety. It was Ginger, Sun Hee, and Jay (all professors) and they basically carried on a discussion with Steve about his thesis. There were even snacks! It wasn't a rapid-fire interrogation, just a relaxed conversation between peers. Okay, Steve

Comments

[dirkcjelli]

Qualifying exams are where they wrip out your toenails and waterboard you... glad thats over.

[shadowravyn]

By the way, Winston's Memorial is Wed. Sept. 9, at 4pm in...Tilden Hall? Is that a real place?

[shadowravyn]

Yeah, I meant Tuesday Sept. 9th. Sorry. Reading calendars=hard

[ladyscience]

No "Is a unique dresser" this time. I am disappointed.

And by the way, I love the name Ginger.

[shadowravyn]

Actually, I got four or five "dress more professionally" comments.

[ladyscience]

I was going to say "On a TA stipend? Pfffppttt!".

[verrucaria]

Well, typically, there's a public defense that anyone can attend, and there's a private defense that only the committee attends. That one takes a few hours.

If I remember correctly, in the Biology Department at Clark, the private defense followed immediately after the public defense. In the EEB department at UConn, the private defense usually took place a week or two before the public defense.