Local Blogs
Interested in becoming a blogger? Show all bloggers
Sort by: Most recent blog/comment Most viewed Most comments
Navigation tip: Clicking on any blog label will display all recent posts on that blog
DOING COLLEGE
Questions Seniors Should Be Asking Colleges as COVID-19 SurgesAlthough news of an effective vaccine for COVID-19 is surely a godsend, getting it distributed and into the arms of our US population will take some doing. Thus,...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Nov. 27, 2020There are no comments yet. 4198 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Graduate Business Programs for College Seniors: A Deep DiveThe more selective MBA programs have traditionally sought applicants who have several years of relevant work experience. Their admissions offices rarely considered...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Dec. 23, 2020There are no comments yet. 2964 Views
DOING COLLEGE
A Deluge of Deferrals—The Role COVID Played in the Early Action CycleWhen the pandemic first hit, many worried that applications for admission would decrease in much the same way as enrollment numbers dropped. However, the opposite...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Dec. 31, 2020There are no comments yet. 4248 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Honors Colleges and Honors Programs: Key DifferencesHonors programs and honors colleges are ways for academically talented students to reap the rewards of a smaller liberal arts and sciences education within the context...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Feb. 25, 2021There are no comments yet. 5361 Views
DOING COLLEGE
COVID Increased the Importance of Diversity Essays on College Applications: Four Questions to Help You BrainstormDiversity statements are an increasingly common requirement on college, graduate and professional school applications. These questions are going to become even more...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Mar. 11, 2021There are no comments yet. 4658 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Trends for the Class of 2022 to ConsiderUnderstanding the reality of today’s college application process is an important element in managing expectations. For instance, the notion that great grades...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on May. 18, 2021There are no comments yet. 8913 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Buyer Beware! The Ethics of College Essay WorkshopsIt is important to understand some fundamental truths about college essays. First, many parents ask me if I can help their student with ‘The College Essay.’...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Jun. 16, 2021There are no comments yet. 5643 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Colleges are “getting back to normal” - or are they?Most colleges planned on fall 2021 being a time to return to in-person education. Yet the sudden explosion of COVID’s Delta variant has thrown these plans...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Sep. 7, 2021There are no comments yet. 4687 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Four Reasons to Get Your MFAIf you are at the stage where you are considering an MFA, I’ll bet you’re pretty sure that you like art and are good at it. But do you need an MFA? MFA...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Oct. 12, 2021There are no comments yet. 6024 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Managing Student Stress in the Pandemic and BeyondMany students grow up in communities that expect extraordinary achievement both in and out of the classroom. Over the past two years a global pandemic halted student...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Feb. 28, 2022There are no comments yet. 4450 Views
ART SPACE
Alice Neel: Triumph of a Visionary HumanistBy Bill Carmel, MFA Alice Neel: People Come First de Young Museum, March 12–July 10, 2022 ==I "For me, people come first. I have tried to...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Jul. 15, 2022There are no comments yet. 807 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Why the Sheriff's department mattersSomething I never learned back in high school history class was that Santa Rita Jail had a very famous visitor on Jan. 14, 1968. On that fateful day Martin Luther...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Jun. 15, 2022There are no comments yet. 1695 Views
Page 111 of 111
Stay informed.
Get the day's top headlines from DanvilleSanRamon.com sent to your inbox in the Express newsletter.
Gun violence shatters sense of safety
By Gina Channell Wilcox | 21 comments | 2,187 views
Two measures to re-invigorate Livermore Valley wine country headed to November ballot
By Tim Hunt | 1 comment | 1,360 views
Rekindling my love for Indian movies
By Monith Ilavarasan | 2 comments | 665 views
“To get the full value of joy . . .
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 636 views
