Grad School

I didn't take the traditional grad school path for either one of my Masters degrees. They were both a result of getting degrees while working full time. It is not a path I recommend lightly, but it worked for me.

My MA in Liberal Studies from NC State was completed at night while working for Louisburg College. I chose the MALS program because it allowed my to tailor my graduate studies in the way that I thought would be most useful to me as a higher education student affairs professional. I took pieces from NC State's counseling program and blended them with pieces from their higher education administration program.

I got my MA in Instructional Technology/New Media & Global Education from Appalachian State University while working full time here at Wake. I got it as a professional development activity. It is an online program for working professionals. For me, the biggest benefit was the exposure to topics that I was slightly familiar with from my own readings, but had no previous formal instruction. Some of these topics included Instructional Design, Pedogogy, and Learning Styles & Theories. My grad school web space is here. Each class has a subpage with assignments that were posted online as web pages. They probably don't make a lot of sense out of context.