Last recruiting story, I promise (for a few weeks until the next one anyways).
Sunday morning all the prospective students fly home. Late that morning, E shows up at their hotel to take the last group of them to the airport, when a couple of guys come down to the lobby carrying a case of beer. When she looks confused, they explain that they felt so bad that Dallas (who did all the late night bar and party driving) couldn't drink with them all weekend (no drinking at all when you're driving university vehicles), that they bought him a case of beer. The only problem was, they didn't know how to get it to him. E laughed and told them they did a good job thinking this through, and that she could bring Dallas the beer the next day. How cute and funny is that? The recruits bought a grad student a case of beer because he hadn't been able to drink with them all weekend. Here's for hoping those guys actually decide to come here...
I used to be a grad student. And now I'm not (thank goodness). I spent a year as a post doc in industry in Baltimore before starting a "real" job with the same company. These are my tales of science, food, travel, and life.
Yes! Clearly the type of individuals you want as colleagues in the future.
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