Back To School
As we discussed, I spent a few days in Durham for the weekend portion of Career Week. I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the journey. Met some fantastic people, ran into some old friends, and look forward to my return trip in April, for Ellen’s Five-Year Reunion.
I’m not sure how seriously the undergrads took my words of wisdom. After all, my most important career skill is grammar. But I realized how much I like sitting on panels. If you have a panel with an empty seat, whatever the topic, count me in.
Now for the photo tour. I found the Chapel still there.
Those look like new benches.
Old House K, the heart of Kilgo Quad.
Ellen’s 5th floor York window is barely visible. Crane your neck.
Local riff raff.
The revamped Bryan Center Walkway. We used to call it the BC Walkway, because we were trendy and loved initials. Today’s students just complain about how inconvenient the construction was. This came up in more than half my interviews.
A new addition to the Walkway was this tented smoothie bar, which claimed to have the Triangle’s best smoothies. They did not give me the chance to confirm.
I don’t know what this was all about. On Saturday, a group of skateboarders was doing rather incredible tricks on (and off) the new levels. I’m not even sure levels is the right word.
You’ll have to wait until April for a more thorough photo tour.