Week 2:
Running in New Zealand
November 9, 2019 | One of the first questions I am often asked when I meet a staff member or student at school is, “why have you picked New Zealand?”. My response, which feels well thought out and repetitive at this point, is one that I have thought about from the very beginning of the Fellowship process, and isn’t […]
Week 2:
Looking at the Framework
November 8, 2019 | Wow, what a week! I started my internship off by meeting with my direct supervisor and the director of the Creative Aging Programs, Mary Jane Knecht, for a lovely little lunch in the Frye’s cafe. Mary Jane and I had been in touch over email since last November and met briefly while I visited Seattle […]
Week 2:
Work and Play
November 3, 2019 | Hey everyone, welcome back to another exciting week of my blog about my Fellowship experience in Ecuador! Picking up where I left off: last Saturday I went to Santiago’s mom’s house for an amazing lunch. Despite my being sick all day on Friday, I felt great on Saturday and was starving after a morning walk […]
Week 1:
Getting Settled
November 3, 2019 | There is a relatively new area of art history emerging that examines the link between engaging with artworks and memory care. The Frye Art Museum’s Creative Aging Programs beautifully fuse these two unfolding areas of study, offering adults living with dementia a chance to engage in creative lifelong learning while exploring the rich potential of […]
Week 1:
“Kia Ora” from Auckland
November 1, 2019 | At some point during the sixteen hour flight from Chicago to Auckland, I decided to watch all of the videos on New Zealand the small television screen had to offer. After studying up on the geography and history of New Zealand, I took a crash-course tutorial on Maori, the language of the native people of […]
Week 1:
Departure, Arrival, and Immersion
October 26, 2019 | Hey everyone! My name is Brady Tobin and I am currently in Quito, Ecuador finishing up my degree in Math Education. For the next 8 weeks, I will be student teaching at Colegio Ecuatoriano Español América Latina. I only just finished up a wonderful 8 weeks of domestic student teaching at Iowa City West High […]
Weeks 10 & 11:
Presenting in the Emerald City
August 26, 2019 | Some of my blog posts have had a “Wizard of Oz” theme unintentionally, I thought I should keep with it for my last one! After leaving MA, I had a week at home to “relax” before heading back to campus on the 12th. Relax is in quotations because there was still plenty of work to […]
Week 14:
“Something has changed within me, Something is not the same”
August 18, 2019 | Thank you CRT. As we close Little Shop, I can’t help but think about how fast summer has flown by. In these last few performances of Little Shop I have definitely been living in the moment. While doing the show tonight, it seemed as though everything was happening in slow motion and I just got […]
Week 10:
Finishing Strong
August 18, 2019 | The biggest part of the final week is the presentation at the Musculoskeletal Research Center. I had a lot of time to practice the presentation with other interns and RAs. By the time of the presentation on Tuesday night, we were all well-prepared. The doctors had an interesting discussion about non-union and trauma research after […]
Week 10:
Saying Goodbye
August 18, 2019 | This summer was both an incredible opportunity and an invaluable experience for many reasons. I learned so much about myself and was able to reflect on my journey toward becoming a doctor and think more clearly about why this profession is the only thing I can see myself doing. I also found a love for […]