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title: Now
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date: 2022-12-03
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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."
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**You might also want to read:** [What is a "now page"?](https://nownownow.com/about)
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## Recent academic and professional progress
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I've been interviewing for full-time employment and preparing to finish my first semester in the Master of Information program at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. I'm also formulating my independent leadership project for NJLEND.
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## In my free time
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I created a [Letterboxd account](https://letterboxd.com/ethanyoo/stats/) to log the movies that I watch.
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## What I'm learning
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* Esri tools (including ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Business Analyst, and ArcGIS Story Maps)
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* Self-hosting (again) with a focus on Docker containers and server administration (e.g., Ansible)
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# In previous months
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## October 2022
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* I finished my year of national service in the [AmeriCorps VISTA](https://americorps.gov/serve/fit-finder/americorps-vista) program on October 24, 2022.
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## September 2022
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* I started the Master of Information (MI) degree program at the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information on a part-time basis.
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* I started NJLEND, a graduate fellowship for which I was selected as the first Library and Information Science Fellow in May 2022.
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## August 2022
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* I took an American Heart Association (AHA) course to renew my Basic Life Support (CPR and AED) certification.
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* I finished Optimization - Linear Programming at Thomas Edison State University.
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## July 2022
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* Using the scholarship I was awarded by Thomas Edison State University, I started a graduate-level course (Optimization - Linear Programming) in the data science program.
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* I met with a group of friends from Swarthmore College in New York City.
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## June 2022
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* 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.
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* I was awarded scholarship funds for the fall 2022 semester by the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University.
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* 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.
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## May 2022
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* I finished the February 2022 term at Thomas Edison State University, during which I took Computer Architecture and the Liberal Arts Capstone.
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* 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.
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## February 2022
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* I was [interviewed by someone from Saylor Academy](https://www.saylor.org/2022/02/student-spotlight-ethan-yoo/).
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* I was awarded $2500 in scholarship funds by the Thomas Edison State University Scholarship Committee.
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## January 2022
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* I officially withdrew from the Master of Social Work (MSW) program at Smith College School for Social Work, from which I had been taking a leave of absence.
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* I finished the November 2021 term at Thomas Edison State University, including three [online courses](https://www.tesu.edu/academics/online-courses) (Data Structures; Database Management; Software Engineering) and two [e-Pack courses](https://www.tesu.edu/academics/e-pack-courses) (Computer Concepts and Applications; Industrial Psychology).
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## November 2021
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* Between moving in January 2021 and summer coursework at Smith College, I had some months where I wasn't regularly volunteering as an EMT. I'm back to it as of late November 2021.
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## December 2020
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* I started participating in [#100DaysToOffload](https://100daystooffload.com/) on December 1. #100DaysToOffload "challenge[s] people to publish 100 posts on their **personal blog** in a year." I'm posting these entries to [Write.as,](https://ethan.writeas.com/) a blogging platform with its foundations in [free software](https://writefreely.org/) and [a respect for privacy.](https://write.as/principles)
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* I disabled access logs and updated the [privacy policy](/privacy/) on December 24.
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* I left Mastodon for a few weeks before creating a new account as [@ethanyoo@todon.eu](https://todon.eu/@ethanyoo) on December 29.
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## November 2020
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* I wrote my first "personal" post on November 2, where I describe [leaving Cloudflare and GitLab Pages.](/cloudflare/)
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* I'm back to volunteering as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) as of November 4.
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* I posted the [privacy and security policy](/privacy/) for this website on November 8.
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* I wrote a new ["Start" page](/index.html) on November 11; it's now more of a landing page. There is an image of the old index page at the bottom of this post.
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* I added the "Now" page (what you're currently reading) on November 11.
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# Images
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