diff --git a/content/now.md b/content/now.md index 72ae9a5..d573263 100644 --- a/content/now.md +++ b/content/now.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: Now -date: 2022-06-25 +date: 2022-07-26 layout: permalink description: "Find out what I am doing now: what I'm learning or reading, what I'm working on in my free time, and where I'm at professionally." --- @@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ description: "Find out what I am doing now: what I'm learning or reading, what I ## Recent academic and professional progress -I was selected to participate in [The Boggs Center's Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (NJLEND) program](https://www.rwjms.rutgers.edu/boggscenter/student/LEND.html) as a Library and Information Science Fellow. NJLEND is an interdisciplinary graduate fellowship and leadership development program. - -I was certified to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science (as well as an ASNSM in Mathematics) from Thomas Edison State University (TESU) on June 10, 2022. I also completed the undergraduate certificates in Computer Information Systems and Operations Management. +Using the scholarship I was awarded by Thomas Edison State University University in February 2022, I am taking a graduate-level course (Optimization - Linear Programming) in the data science program. The course ends on August 28; later that week, I will start the part-time Master of Information (MI) degree program at Rutgers University. ## In my free time @@ -23,13 +21,19 @@ I'm still planning to update [the resources page](/resources/) (or create a sepa * Esri tools (including ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Business Analyst, and ArcGIS Story Maps) * I am participating in the Creative Commons Certificate for GLAM [galleries, libraries, archives, and museums] program, for which I received a partial scholarship. -* Using the scholarship I was awarded by the University in Feb. 2022, I registered for a graduate-level course (Optimization - Linear Programming) that starts in the first full week of July at Thomas Edison State University. # In previous months +## June 2022 + +* I was certified to graduate from Thomas Edison State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science and an associate's degree in mathematics on June 10, 2022. I also completed the undergraduate certificates in Computer Information Systems and Operations Management. +* I was awarded scholarship funds for the fall 2022 semester by the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. +* I was awarded a Joseph Lippincott Fellowship ([Swarthmore Fellowship](https://www.swarthmore.edu/fellowships-and-prizes/swarthmore-fellowships)) by the Fellowships and Prizes Committee at Swarthmore College. + ## May 2022 * I finished the February 2022 term at Thomas Edison State University, during which I took Computer Architecture and the Liberal Arts Capstone. +* I was selected to participate in [The Boggs Center's Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (NJLEND) program](https://www.rwjms.rutgers.edu/boggscenter/student/LEND.html) as a Library and Information Science Fellow during the 2022-2023 academic year. NJLEND is an interdisciplinary graduate fellowship and leadership development program. ## February 2022