by Annaliesse Reyes, College of Public Health Throughout the Fall 2023 semester, I have been a graduate lab assistant for an introductory biology lab course for non-STEM majors. There were a lot of firsts for me in this semester: first semester in my graduate school program, first semester as a graduate assistant, first experience with…
by Clara Nibbelink “That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics.” —Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 1949 When I first read this meditation by Aldo Leopold, I was struck by this 20th century hunter, woodsman and ecologist’s…
by Devin Jerome Hi y’all! I’m a third-year PhD student in the history department and I would like to share what I’ve learned so far in The Franklin College Writing Intensive Program (WIP). Unlike most of my peers, I am not supporting a writing-intensive class this term. In fact, the course I’m currently supporting is…
by Jonathan Hallemeier The WIP workshops, readings, and classes have given me tools to think about pedagogy in new ways. Putting theory to practice is, unsurprisingly, the challenge. While my practice of WIP theory is not seamless, my inquiry into how to better guide students is active. I can tell that I am interacting with…