St. John’s University

Mestract CohortMay 2007

By Susan MacDonald

St. John’s University

Oakdale Campus

Some rules are made

to be broken...

Say Goodbye to daylight

Once a month for three years,

25 people met together for the

entire weekend to achieve their

dream.

The biggest problem with the problem

statement is...

The Problem Statement

Important Data for St.

John’s University

53

8

Doctoral Students Sane People0

10

20

30

40

50

60 Pounds

pounds

pounds

Weight gain after 3 years of Doctoral Work

51 pounds

8 pounds

Methodology?

QualitativeOr

Quantitative

77.4

60.8

86.7

94.5

Anxiety

Family disfunction

Sleep Deprivation

Financial Stress

0 20 40 60 80 100

Percent increaseFamily Dysfunction

Use Quan-li-tative

Anxiety

Doctoral Stressors

Sleep Deprivation

Family Stress

Who’s Who in Mestract

Doctoral Cohort 6

Billy

Dan

Suzanne

Go Thearl

The Doctoral Pose

Peggy

MBF Brigid

Sal & Kelly

Thearl

Regina trying to get answers from

KellyNice Try Regina

Fake

smile

Elaine

Kelly(Nice Ring!)

Kelly’s Car

Regina & Susan

Stephanie

Kathy

Tom

Tara

Jack

Jack’s Car

Sal

Jen

Camille

Just some light reading for tomorrow’s class

Marge

Whittney

George

Lynn

Tyrone

Valedictorian

Never surrender...

Good luck writing your dissertation.

It’s truly been a wonderful experience working with all of you.

Susan MacDonald