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Service Match Community Partner Profiles
Get access to all of Chicago! If you are interested in getting involved with the Hyde Park community while gaining skills and experiences that will doubtless be useful to you after MAPH, please be sure...
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First Weeks – Difficult, But, No, It’s Not the Apocalypse
You want me to do what?! Maybe it’s just because I’m reading Delaney’s Dhalgren, but all I can think about is the idea of a never-ending (post?-)apocalyptic time in which everything is confusing,...
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Herein lies a LONG but VERY USEFUL post on the mysterious, elusive thing...
Searching the word “professionalize” in Google images leads to some pretty abstract, random stuff: mountains, schoolchildren, businessy-looking people in suits, even cats. Professionalization can...
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Career Quiz! What Kind of Career would YOU Enjoy? (Alumni Panel 11/6 at 5:30)
I’m lost! What do I do with my degree in the Humanities? (Actually, a lot of different things.) Remember that post that was all like “professionalization is important y’all!!”? Well, it’s already time...
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PROFESSIONALIZATION: Winter Quarter Edition 2014
DO YOU ALREADY HAVE A JOB FOR NEXT YEAR? YES? OKAY, YOU CAN STOP READING THIS POST NOW. WHAT? YOU DON’T HAVE A JOB YET? IT’S TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT ONE! But it’s still winter! Surely I don’t have...
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Pushing Through, Looking Ahead
Dear MAPH, It’s coming! It’s nearly impossible to believe, but you are nearing the end of Winter quarter—the hardest quarter of your MAPH year. If you are a typical MAPH student, you have three classes...
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Yes, They’re Happening: MAPH Internships 2014
It was 50 degrees Monday. The snow/ice was melting, the sun was peeking out, undergrads were wearing shorts. Sure, now it looks like Gethen out there, but it’s still almost spring. I don’t need to tell...
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Campus Days 2014: A Transportation Guide
Hello again, admitted students! We are looking forward to your visit next weekend. We know that navigating a new city can be a bit baffling, especially when you are only staying for a short time. Sure,...
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Greetings From Los Angeles (Sweets, Solidarity, and Wisdom from Robyn...
MAPHCentral received a sweet surprise in the form of homemade chocolate walnut cookies (yes, time to go to the office and grab some and finish reading this later) from Robyn Johnson, MAPH ’13. She also...
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Thinking About the Future: Service Edition
There is life beyond the academic community! Spring Quarter can be an incredibly exciting time – your thesis starts to fall into place, you’ve got the most productive procrastination excuse ever in...
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Getting a Start In…Publishing! Tuesday 4/15
Note: Be on the lookout for more “Getting a Start in…” events this quarter! GETTING A START IN PUBLISHING April 15, 2014 (4:30-5:30) Classics 110, refreshments served Despite doom and gloom rhetoric...
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3 Essential Reasons to Apply for Externships (Due May 18)
Thinking about the future can be scary. Externships are here to help! I know, I know: you literally just finished those internship and mentor applications, and you’re busy at work putting the finishing...
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2014 Convocation Events & Information
It’s coming! Yes, you may have like .5 more papers to write, but the end is near. Read on for information regarding impending Convocation-related events. If you are not graduating next week, please do...
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Meet Your New Mentors!
Hello new MAPHers! Welcome to MAPHtastic, the blog for all your MAPH-related needs. We’re your new Mentors, Matt and Lucy, and we’ll be running this blog over the course of the next year, keeping it...
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MAPH Staff
In our last post you met the mentors, Matt and Lucy. Here are three more faces you will encounter in MAPH Central. Sarah Smith, Program Coordinator You can find Sarah at the front desk of the MAPH...
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A Colloquium Primer
Hey Guys! It is almost exactly a month until the MAPH year begins, and we in the office are incredibly excited about it! We will continue to send you emails about meet-ups and a couple of events before...
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Preceptor (n.)—One who precepts?
As a MAPH student, you will quickly learn to speak a highly specialized jargon specific to UChicago. This does not exist, but wouldn’t it be useful? You’ll learn to navigate the “Quarter system.”...
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To Dos, To Don’ts: Ta Da
Things to Do Before MAPH: The Practical Edition It probably feels like there is a lot to do before MAPH starts. And, well, that is accurate. But, it is no reason to be overwhelmed or not to enjoy the...
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Unofficial F.A.Q.’s
There is an official FAQ page on the MAPH website. But just in case that doesn’t cover all of your questions, we have anticipated some below: “How do I get my student ID?” Go into the Regenstein...
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Colloquium 2014 Schedule
Dear MAPHers, Colloquium has arrived! Alien! Henry James! Bagels! There is clearly a lot to keep track of in these first two weeks, so below is a schedule of various goings on. Colloquium is still a...
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