Hi everyone! My name is Kate Mehne and I am a rising junior. I am majoring in Fashion Design within VPA, and am minoring in Public Communications in Newhouse. I am also in the fashion and beauty milestone program. I am taking this class because I was not able to this past semester with my workload. This summer I am living in Block Island, RI with my family, not Boston which is my hometown. I will be waitressing, taking this class, along with women and gender studies, as well as interning as a content creator for an online fashion brand. I think the fact that this course is online, as well as asynchronous, will be very beneficial for me because I can plan ahead and get my work done on my own time. I was taking two online classes last semester, and my advice to students who have not or who have struggled in doing so, is to be patient with technology and always ask questions. There is also a silver lining as I mentioned above- that you can get your work done on your schedule, which is ultimately pretty nice. Especially in the summer! I’m very excited to take this course and can’t wait to get started.
Sounds like a full summer in a beautiful place!
I’ll second that advice to ask questions–please do reach out if you’re confused or unsure about an assignment or a reading, need more explanation, or just want to check in to talk about how things are going.
As for being patient with technology, we all need that reminder sometimes. My power was out for 20 minutes yesterday, and I was about to lose my mind….