It’s been another week! Welcome back to the Boylan Blog, where the inters of the English Major’s Counseling Office come together to bring you some quality reading. It’s been tough this week through the snow storms and freezing rain. It seems like all of nature is involved in some sort of plot to make you want to climb back into bed and forego the 9 AM class that you promised yourself you’d never miss. Don’t feel too bad about it though, we’re all in the same boat just trying to get to the distant shores of graduation (though not a too distant shore for this writer, a fact that sparks equal amounts of joy and dread). During this semester make sure to take some time for yourself. There’s only so much work that can be accomplished while sleep deprived or socially isolated. Do some things that make you happy. See some friends, check out that art exhibit you’ve been thinking about, or maybe just take some time to read that book you’ve been slowly making your way through. Whatever it is that relaxes you and charges your emotional batteries, try your best to take some time out of your schedule to do it. Your body and mind will thank you.

Some events coming up!

-Native and Indigenous Studies Working Group!: A conversation with Dr. Vanessa Stone-Cadena on Native and Indigenous studies at CUNY is being held Thursday, March 7th at 2:00PM in Boylan 3114.

-Study Abroad 1.0 – Information Session: Learn about opportunities to study and research abroad, how financial aid can apply to your international experience, and how credits abroad can apply to your degree requirements with this general information session! Tuesday, February 26th at 1:00PM in Boylan 1212

-John Hope Franklin Series celebrating Black History Month!: A panel discussion featuring WOC artists with a focus on promoting activism through art. Wednesday, February 27th at 3:40 in Wood Tanger Auditorium. 

-Freedom Concert: Join the Brooklyn College Music Conservatory in celebrating Black History Month with a lineup of composers who are POC. Wednesday, February 27, 2019 5:05 PM – 6:05 PM in Don Buchwald Theater Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts

-Grad School 101: Meet with a representative from the Office of Graduate Admissions concerning the grad school application process. Thursday, February 28, 2019 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM in the Library, Room 242

-Tim Caston