I truly feel like one of the luckiest people in the world when it comes to my career path and professional choices. I work at an institution that not only supports me professionally, but also has my passions and interests at heart. This past semester I became a project coordinator for a program called SERVE,…
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Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference
The Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference is an annual two-day regional conference with participants from universities, community colleges, K-12 schools, and corporations. This year, it will be held on Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25 on the UMSL campus. The conference offers a program of keynote addresses, faculty innovations showcased during concurrent sessions,…
Turkish Language
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve returned to the United States, and much of the language that I learned in Istanbul is still with me. This post is my attempt at logging what I’ve learned in an attempt to keep using it, and continuing to learn the language. English Turkish yes evet no hayir…
Interactive Istanbul Experience
Below is a video I created that highlights some of the sights I saw while in Istanbul! While it doesn’t capture the entire experience, it provides a short, 3-minute snippet of my week-long adventure!
Istanbul, Day 8
Saturday was a very laid back day. Pinar and I slept for most of it, trying to prepare for the 16-hour flight home. In the afternoon, we went to a BBQ at her aunt and uncle’s place. It was a long drive to what seemed like a more modern area of Istanbul. We arrived at…
Istanbul, Day 7
September 13, 2013 Friday, I woke up exhausted with a massive hangover! All I wanted to do was sleep, but we had promised Marja, Rebekka, and Nicolette that we would meet them at Grand Bazaar to go shopping. Nazo insisted that I wake up, so I threw some clothes on and we were out the…
Istanbul, Day 6
September 12, 2013Since the previous day was so exhausting, we slept in until noon. We had big plans for the evening; the ECER Conference was hosting a Bosphorus boat tour. We decided to meet up with Marja, the Finnish Ph.D. student we met a few nights before at the Welcome Reception, and get our hair…
Istanbul, Day 5
September 11, 2013 Wednesday was a big day. We had plans to meet with several of the Turkish women who participated in Emek Pinari, the project that Pinar and I presented about. Nazo woke us up early and drove us to Yildiz Park, where we would have a picnic with tons of Turkish food. Yildiz…
Istanbul, Day 4
September 10, 2013 The morning of the big presentation! The reason we have traveled so far! Pinar and I woke up bright and early and got dolled up in our professional dress. The night before, Nazo insisted we have a fashion show to try on all of her hand crafted jewelry. I wore a beautiful…
Istanbul, Day 3
September 9, 2013 Pinar and I woke up with one mission in mind: to finish the presentation we would be presenting the following afternoon at the European Conference on Educational Research. We did so in a few hours, analyzing data and developing graphs to depict our results. When we were finished, we decided to register…