Let's Get Official!

April 9, 2009. 

9:36.

I accepted the offer from Boston University.

I will freeze...

and I can't wait.

Spring Breaking and more waiting

The letter arrived while I was enjoying some farm living in Asheville over the weekend.

My friends there are so inspiring and my visits are so nourishing...I return full of love and with a renewed sense of passion for people, for goodness, and for my own personal endeavors.

The letter from BU was very congratulatory and made me feel wonderful, as did the scholarship covering the full amount of tuition, but the stipend I was recommended for was not attached to the "official offer."  So, like a rotten brat (or a lady who doesn't want a butt load of debt) I emailed asking if there was any more funding available.  I have until April 15th to accept.  I am getting used to waiting.  

While in Asheville I was invited to lead a class at Warren Wilson College, a college that I feel gets a lot of things right about academia and work and relationships.  The class is taught by a friend of mine who has lived a long, interesting life and who I have a lot of admiration for.

In this Civil Rights course I spoke with about 17 undergraduate students about my experiences with race, gender, and other power struggles growing up in the south and opened the floor for them to offer their stories.  It was inspirational and impressive.  The students are far better thinker than I remember being as a freshman in college.  It confirmed my desire to get on board with the PhD seeking.  

BU here I come.  PhD -- You are next!