School of Informatics

Choosing a major is hard. Believe me I know. Informatics is actually my third declared college major! I changed my major my junior year when I came to IU (the main reason next year will be my 5th year!). I decided that I wasn't enjoying the classes I was taking for my current major, but I had not a...

Why Aren't Girls Interested in IT at IU? Nationally: Trend of Jobs Relative to Gender in the United States in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics on Average from 2000-2010 My Thoughts Image is a factor I know it seems to be a trend of mine to talk about Informatics, Computer Science,...

INFORMATICS What It Is and Why Study It? Like I said in my previous post about my major journey, I recently discovered informatics, and now I am majoring in it. I am an associate for recruiting in the University Women in Computing (UWIC) group and met many different intelligent compelling ladies...

(The pictures are of the Informatics Buildings East and West and of the Ernie Pyle School of Journalism Building that I took)   Why I Chose to Study Informatics In high school, there came a time when I asked myself what I wanted to do after college. I always knew I wanted to gain higher education...

Empowering Girls to Be Leaders of Innovation My Experience at the Grace Hopper Celebration in Baltimore, MD October 3 - 6, 2012 What is the Grace Hopper Celebration? The Grace Hopper Celebration sponsored by the Anita Borg Institute is centered around one of the most important women of the past in...

Q & A: My Academic Life & Perspective This post serves as a Q&A to answer some questions from my bio blog at the top of my page when I said I was majoring in computer science and English and might pick up a theatre minor and so on. The purpose of this post is to give a personal insight into what I...

Disclaimer: This list applies almost exclusively to girls--sorry boys. I'm not good with your fashion! For those of you who are Indiana natives, none of this will be new. But for our new out of state students, you're in for a surprise: Fall semester is comprised of three types of weather: blistering...

Welcome Week is going to be awesome-- no classes, no class work, and plenty of time to meet new people! But the awesome doesn't stop there-- you're going to IU! It's always awesome! Once you've settled into your college life a bit, make sure to start the year off on a good note by preparing yourself...

Staying in a college town for the whole summer is a pleasant thing. Here are my suggestions for people who need to stay in Bloomington in summer.  1. Do not stay at home all the time I know it's hot here in summer, however, it's the best time to go out enjoy the sunshine and beautiful scene in...

This is kind of a long post, but it holds a lot of value so if you read it at all, read it to the end… As usual here are a couple tracks for your thoughts.  One day I’ll learn to produce great tracks like this, but for now just enjoy a few of my many influences. ....take your pick.... Tree Music:...