Brooke Thomson
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Hi readers!
I’m Brooke, a first year Simmons MLIS student with a concentration in Archives Management. I come from Tampa, FL and this is my first time living out of state! I’m really excited to get to know Boston and Simmons University. Many students come into this program with some practical library, archival, or museum experience already under their belts—I have none, so I’d like to share my journey with other students who may relate to that. Before coming to Boston, I got my BA from Florida State University in Creative Writing and History. Storytelling is something I’m passionate about, so it tracks that I’m also a total geek! When I’m not too busy, I like to obsess over TV shows and movies, read fantasy novels, and window-shop the merch at BoxLunch. Two things on my Boston bucket-list are: getting a Boston Public Library passport and seeing a Bruins game!
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Hi there! My name is Brooke, and I’m starting my first semester of the MLIS program with a concentration in Archives Management. I thought a good way to start things off might be going over my first week in town. Stick around if you want to hear more about the famous September 1st move-in, my first days of class, how I joined a club called Panopticon, and what went down at the President’s Welcome and SLIS Kick Off event! Move-In DayIf you don’t live in Boston, you probably don’t know that most leases here turn over on September 1st (I sure didn’t). In a city affectionately called “America’s College Town”, that means on this day every year, thousands of Boston students—and their families, friends and movers—hit the streets with boxes and furniture galore. Parking is a nightmare, Target is a warzone, and so much stuff gets left out on the curbs that Boston has its own unofficial curb-shopping holiday called “Allston Christmas.” Allston is a neighborhood of Boston well-known for its college student residents, but…
