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CAE Smart Space · 1Y ago

Exam Jam!

Alyssa Chmura ’12, English Content Tutor On Thursday May 5, 2011, the CAE undergraduate Content Tutors held the first ever Exam Jam at SJC. Catchy name, right? The idea was inspired by the silent dance parties held at Carleton College during exam week as a stress relief technique. To see what Carlet
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CAE Smart Space · 1Y ago

Independent Study…Is it for Me?

By Melissa Lauretti ’12, CAE English Content Tutor   In between completing classes for one’s major and fulfilling general education   requirements, many students often have the opportunity to diligently study and research topics of their choosing.  At first, the idea of embarking upon an independent
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CAE Smart Space · 1Y ago

Millennial Musings

By Alyssa Chmura ’12, English Content Tutor  Those of you reading this blog must think that fellow CAE tutors Melissa Lauretti, Ashley Briglia, Michelle DiPinto and I are always together and partaking in one adventure or another – from the Ethics Bowl to the founding of the Edgar Allen Poe Society a
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CAE Smart Space · 1Y ago

On Connecting the Dots. . .

B y Melissa Lauretti ’12, English Content Tutor Where Do My Interests Fit? “Make sure that you get involved on campus.” During my own college search process, I cannot tell you how many times I heard that phrase, and now, in my own interactions with incoming students, I’ve found myself offering the s
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CAE Smart Space · 1Y ago

My Experience with Tuesday Experience

Alyssa Chmura ‘12, English Content Tutor Now in the second semester of my junior year here at SJC, my schedule is busier than ever. I’m taking 6 classes, serving as Advertising Co-Chair on S.P.E.C. (Student Programming Events Council – we bring all the cool events and performers to campus!), working
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CAE Smart Space · 1Y ago

Life: A lesson on doing what you love. . .

-Michelle DiPinto ’12 Everyone has at least one thing she loves.  Whether it is a sport, club, or hobby, it is that little piece of you that allows you to be you.  It is amazing how much that one part of life can affect a person.  It gives one motivation, drive, and most of [...]
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CAE Smart Space · 1Y ago

Edgar Allen Poe Society at SJC

-By Ashley Briglia ’12           “Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou, I said, art sure no craven…Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore’.” You may recognize this quote from the infamous poem, “The Raven,” written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1845. So why is this significant to us now? Recently, the 202nd birt
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CAE Smart Space · 1Y ago

Ethics Bowling: Three CAE Tutors Take on Dartmouth

-By Alyssa Chmura ’12, English Content Tutor Saturday November 20, 2010. A day that will never be forgotten by three CAE tutors in particular – Melissa Lauretti, Ashley Briglia and me, of course. It all started back in September when Melissa received an email about the formation of SJC’s team for th
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CAE Smart Space · 1Y ago

Everything Happens for a Reason

-By Chelsea Leitao ’12 Biology Tutor Looking back, I never thought I would be a biology major, in a Pre-Pharmacy Program at St. Joseph College. When I was faced with the decision about where to go to school and what to major in, I was torn between what my heart wanted me to do [...]
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CAE Smart Space · 1Y ago

Uh, So where did my social life go?

By Amanda Nadolny ‘12 Biology Content Tutor/Supplemental Instruction Leader  A few weeks into the semester my friends bought me a rose plant and a card. The card read, “Sorry for the death of your social life R.I.P., don’t worry mine’s dead too.” I found this highly amusing because it’s true.  When
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