{"id":1553,"date":"2018-11-14T10:43:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T17:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2018-12-12T11:06:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T18:06:53","slug":"english-graduate-student-association-hosts-events-for-grads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/blog\/2018\/11\/14\/english-graduate-student-association-hosts-events-for-grads\/","title":{"rendered":"English Graduate Student Association Hosts Events for Grads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/egsa.unm.edu\/\">The English Graduate Student Association<\/a>\u00a0(EGSA) has hosted many events to support their mission of &#8220;fostering open and friendly communication within the graduate community and between graduate students and faculty, as well [as] create activities that welcome students of all English graduate program sub-fields.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1578 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/egsa-events-from-fall-2018-1-1024x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/egsa-events-from-fall-2018-1-1024x412.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/egsa-events-from-fall-2018-1-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/egsa-events-from-fall-2018-1-768x309.jpg 768w, https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/egsa-events-from-fall-2018-1-816x328.jpg 816w, https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/egsa-events-from-fall-2018-1.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/>In September, EGSA\u00a0presented a workshop on preparing for comprehensive exams. Panelists Leandra Binder, Melissa Garcia, Jessica Troy, Misty Thomas, and Lauren Perry discussed the nature and format of the exams in each discipline, and offered tips on planning, studying, managing stress, and working with your committee to develop a test that will help you advance towards your own academic goals. During breakout sessions, attendees were able to speak with the presenters personally to discuss the specifics of preparing for the various kinds of exams in each discipline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs someone taking comps,\u201d remarked PhD student and EGSA co-president Emma Mincks, \u201cI found the variety helpful, and was able to get some good tips from people in other disciplines as well as my own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1576 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/egsa-events-from-fall-2018-2-edited-1024x336.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/egsa-events-from-fall-2018-2-edited-1024x336.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/egsa-events-from-fall-2018-2-edited-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/egsa-events-from-fall-2018-2-edited-768x252.jpg 768w, https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/egsa-events-from-fall-2018-2-edited-816x268.jpg 816w, https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/egsa-events-from-fall-2018-2-edited.jpg 1431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The EGSA also sponsored social gatherings for grad students at Joe\u2019s Place in Albuquerque, a pizza and Italian food restaurant.\u00a0Grad students, faculty, and friends showed up to eat, drink, talk, and laugh together, and many attendees then went on to the Works in Progress readings held later by students in the MFA program.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1577\" src=\"https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/egsa-events-from-fall-2018-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/egsa-events-from-fall-2018-3.jpg 431w, https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/egsa-events-from-fall-2018-3-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The EGSA also hosted events such as a study session\u00a0 in the Department Library, and a workshop on \u201cFinding and Applying to Conferences&#8221;.\u00a0 Find out more about future events on <a href=\"http:\/\/egsa.unm.edu\/\">EGSA&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The English Graduate Student Association\u00a0(EGSA) has hosted many events to support their mission of &#8220;fostering open and friendly communication within the graduate community and between graduate students and faculty, as well [as] create activities that welcome students of all English graduate program sub-fields.&#8221; In September, EGSA\u00a0presented a workshop on preparing for comprehensive exams. 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