by Claire Strother | Jan 29, 2020 | Final Reflections
I often joke that I’m majoring in “don’t hire me”; with my degree being in a combination of studies with no semblance of a clear career path going forward, I don’t really know how far off I am a lot of the time. Throw in the fact that I was far from on top of my game...
by Claire Strother | Jan 27, 2020 | Site Visits
Our final site visit of the month took us to the Arts Museum of the Americas (AMA). Before I dive into the specifics of our trip, let’s get a little background. The AMA was founded in 1976 as the first collection of Latin American and Caribbean modern and contemporary...
by Claire Strother | Jan 26, 2020 | Site Visits
My parents were both English majors in college. They were the youngest people by 30 years on my local Friends of the Library board my entire childhood and they correct my grammar every chance they get. The day that my brother was born, my father volunteered at the...
by Claire Strother | Jan 6, 2020 | Introductions
Hello all! I’m Claire Strother, I was born and raised in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago. I’m a current sophomore at St. Olaf with majors in American studies and women and gender studies with a media studies concentration, but who knows how...