tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post114757672623876470..comments2024-03-21T14:59:20.729-04:00Comments on NT Blog: A Brit at Duke: Reflections of an Alien ProfessorMark Goodacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-1147728199755071792006-05-15T17:23:00.000-04:002006-05-15T17:23:00.000-04:00As a Kentuckian now in Edinburgh for doctoral work...As a Kentuckian now in Edinburgh for doctoral work, I am extremely pleased that you can enjoy that barbecue I so dearly miss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-1147710350274667362006-05-15T12:25:00.000-04:002006-05-15T12:25:00.000-04:00I have often said that when I finish my PhD, not o...I have often said that when I finish my PhD, not only will I go to the ceremony, but I never plan to take off the gown. I'll wear it bowling, at the beach...Liamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17265036866243982434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-1147709392978856292006-05-15T12:09:00.000-04:002006-05-15T12:09:00.000-04:00Your last paragraph says it all so well. I constan...Your last paragraph says it all so well. I constantly encourage my folks at church to be able not only to tell me what they believe, but why. If you can not give a good argument for your beliefs or ideas - often you've never questioned them or had them questioned by others.Whit+https://www.blogger.com/profile/11230181113950441099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-1147701859848824672006-05-15T10:04:00.000-04:002006-05-15T10:04:00.000-04:00Mark,Thanks for this post. It is good to see that ...Mark,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this post. It is good to see that you are beginning to blend in with the "natives."<BR/><BR/>Best<BR/>JoeDr. Joseph Ray Catheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140573020952903246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-1147668751650432522006-05-15T00:52:00.000-04:002006-05-15T00:52:00.000-04:00"I wonder if other American universities are dry o..."I wonder if other American universities are dry on such occasions?" Very few. It is more due to legalities than anything else, I would suggest, especially here in the decidedly "wet" New Orleans. <BR/><BR/>I missed my DPhil graduation (my doctoral advisor missed his as well), but unlike my British advisor, I would dearly have loved to attend. Sadly, I needed the degree more than the ceremony and Oxford will only let you receive it in absentia or in person, but not both (i.e., I could not go back and "walk," as we would say in the US, later after receiving the degree). <BR/><BR/>I am glad to hear that Duke has departmental receptions. We had our <A HREF="http://tulanehonors.blogspot.com/2006/05/commencement-2006.html" REL="nofollow">graduation ceremony yesterday</A> and it was our last with separate male and female liberal arts colleges (Tulane and Newcomb respectively). I hope that in the future we may have one unified ceremony for all schools and then break, as we did at Cornell, to the students' major department for a reception and conferring of degrees and awards. As a student I found it very personable and a wonderful conclusion to many years of work for the very faculty who handed me my diploma.Targumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08226685819553164313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-1147620959985739302006-05-14T11:35:00.000-04:002006-05-14T11:35:00.000-04:00I attended the graduation ceremny for my Bachelors...I attended the graduation ceremny for my Bachelors. For my PGDip, I didn't attend because I couldn't be bothered to. For my Masters, I finished in Feb. 2005, but my graduation ceremony wasn't until Feb. 2006 -- a lag of about a year. As we'd moved to the US, needless to say, I didn't bother attending.<BR/><BR/>The other thing is -- have you noticed that Americans tend to frame their qualification certificates and put them on the wall (eg. in their offices), whereas Brits tend to put them away in a drawer somewhere and forget about them?Violahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141614252355533198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-1147611528980259192006-05-14T08:58:00.000-04:002006-05-14T08:58:00.000-04:00Great Post Mark.Great Post Mark.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16698562143972216357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-1147590641157109132006-05-14T03:10:00.000-04:002006-05-14T03:10:00.000-04:00Very nice :-). You've given me an idea for my ne...Very nice :-). You've given me an idea for my next blog post ... hope you don't mind if I quote you.crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681674503952991492noreply@blogger.com