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It has been a year since I started the full-time, 14-month position in Minnesota which has been awesome to spend longer than nine months in one position and working only one job. However, this, combined with applying to graduate schools, has meant that I have let this blog In the coming months, my highest priority is updating all of the reviews that are currently live and finally posting about the AAMG conference, which, even months later, was still one of the highlights of my summer. I am still working with the National Emerging Museum Professionals Network on a related project and that is making slow progress; there’s just so much to do! Keep an eye out for updated blog posts and some new reviews. If you have yet to see your program listed and have not already, please, am also always happy to talk to program directors or coordinators to add more perspectives to these reviews. Thank you to all of those who have filled out the survey, been interviewed, attended the session at AAMG or otherwise supported this project. It’s already been a ride and I’m just getting started. When looking for Museum Studies programs, I was looking for a school in the Midwest or near my home state of Texas. I only applied to two schools, KU and Baylor, but chose KU because of the cost and program offered. KU was also close to my undergrad and to family, plus the When I first started the program I thought my path was collections (I think most of my peers did too), but after a summer internship and a course in museum public education, taught by Mary Madden, it really changed my perspective of museums. The education course was a nice balance of theory and application. We studied various learning theories, created museum-based lesson plans, and as a clas*, we planned a public program for a local museum that was a huge hit! I also enjoyed the course of audience development, which was something my peers and I requested (i.e begged for). In this course, taught by Steve Nowak, we focused primarily on evaluation, and how to get the audience you want for your institution. We designed and implemented