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Didn’t the 2008–09 academic year just start a few days ago? What happened to the last seven months? Like Dooley says, “Students may come … students may go.” Well, the Class of 2009 is about to go, and to celebrate the more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students about to receive their diplomas, Emory Commencement Weekend is on the way.
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Make friends. Win a $200 gift certificate. It’s that easy. Making friends used to entail knocking on doors in every residence hall or standing in the middle of the DUC with a sign that said, “Be my friend.” (Well, it was that way for some of us.) Now, friendship, like most everything else, has migrated online. Which is why the Emory Alumni Association (EAA) has created the E-Connection Friend Faceoff.
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Career planning and networking, plus extra polish and preparation are taking precedent as Emory seniors get ready to hit one of the worst job markets in recent memory. Emory’s career experts urge students to be especially proactive in their job search and take advantage of the resources available to them when preparing for interviews and networking.
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Emory Gay and Lesbian Alumni (GALA), an interest group of the Emory Alumni Association (EAA), and the Office of LGBT Life have presented the first GALA Leadership Award to Olivia Wise 10C, a junior from Lawrenceville, double-majoring in women’s studies and English.
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Oxford College has been selected as one of only 49 institutions nationwide to participate in the highly respected, nationally prominent Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education (WNS).
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When Kumasi Adoma 01C of Houston sat down with the first of three Emory applicants she was scheduled to interview on Saturday, February 28, she warmly greeted the slightly nervous high school senior with a big smile. By the time their 20-minute conversation was over, Adoma’s smile was beaming just as brightly as it had when she started. Listen to a podcast with Houston's alumni interviewers.
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Nursing professor earns alumni honor Sally Lehr 65N 76MN is the first graduate of the nursing school and first faculty member to be honored with the Turman Award, the University’s highest honor for alumni service. Listen to an interview with Sally Lehr. MORE |
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| EAAvesdropping you can feel good about Since its launch in February, EAAvesdropping, the EAA’s staff-written blog, has visited New York, Houston, the DC suburbs, Oxford College, and even Mexico. Most recently, EAAvesdropping had refreshments with the Class of 2009 at Sweetwater Brewing right here in Atlanta. EAAvesdropping gives you an inside look at the EAA and Emory’s alumni community that’s not just informative but fun, too. It’s EAAvesdropping you can feel good about. EAAvesdrop right now. |