Prospectus Defense Scheduled

For those of you interested in school news, I have my prospectus defense scheduled for Tuesday at 8 a.m. I will be defending the proposal for my dissertation and, assuming I pass (which I should), I will be officially "ABD" (All But Dissertation). While it sounds impressive that my dissertation is the last thing I have to complete to be an official Ph.D., it is still a large mountain to climb. I am excited, though, because I can then start looking at and applying for real jobs. And I can't wait to dig into research that I have chosen to do and get all the more closer to that big day - graduation.