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Fall 2022 was the first year of “mask-optional, everything in-person” school year. The two years of COVID had affected students’ ability to interact with each other. The modalities of virtual interactions are very different from in-person interactions. I was worried. As I sat on stage, looking out into the auditorium filled with anxious first year…
Fall 2023 was the last time I stood on stage to address a new class of students. I don’t generally prepare speeches; I usually end up ad libbing a few words of encouragement to fill up the time until the next scheduled orientation event. That being said, on my eighteenth New Student Orientation, knowing that…
As a first year student, I was not qualified to do anything. I never had a real job. My “work” until my first year in college consisted of translating legal documents from English to Korean for my father and I never got paid for it. The people who worked in our household were salaried employees…
As I look “forward” to my 49th birthday, I also realize that I am looking toward my 31st year in the same place I have spent my entire adult life. I am starting this blog, partly because of a colleague who told me they didn’t have much else to do than read my stories and…
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What will Dr. Gwak say?