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Watching Scholars reach graduation is what Wily is all about! For the class of 2021, this is a graduation year unlike any other. College students all over the country have overcome unprecedented challenges head-on to reach this special milestone in their educational...

This year, as the coronavirus pandemic continues, returning to or entering college is looking very different for students. While some universities have allowed students back on campus for in-person learning, other schools are instituting full-time remote classes

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On September 20th, 2020 I will be moderating an online discussion, Early Obstacles and Later Success, with Triston Francis, hosted by the Wily Network.  I initially connected with Triston at a Wily event with Harvard Business School, Professionally Telling Your Story...

In December 2018, I was sitting with my Wily Coach in the office of the Associate Chief of Student Mental Health. This had been the result of having a tumultuous year. In all honesty, I should have sought this level of help in the fall of 2017. This was when I can...

Novels have the ability to transform, illustrate and even inspire a new beginning. Learning about a person’s point of view or life story can lead to unexpected opportunities.  For Judi Alperin King, founder of the Wily Network, her unexpected opportunity came after...

She came to me last night in a dream. We were walking in Vermont, passing the circular tables & wooden chairs of Otter Creek Bakery. But the landscape was off. The bluegrass of the rural town had met the urban landscape of my childhood. Rolling fields and mom...

I had access to everything at MIT: table saws, metal cutters, soldering stations, and every tool you can imagine. At home I have…well…I have a table and a hand drill? As someone who loves tinkering, it has been especially hard to transition home without the usual...

Last summer I studied abroad in Accra, Ghana. Though I’m a first-generation Nigerian, this was my first time on the continent and my first time being outside of the United States for a substantial amount of time. It was illuminating and fun and dynamic in ways I...

This year capped off the last year in my decade spanning career as a wrestler. I didn’t know that in seventh grade when I showed up to the wrestling team meeting, that this wouldn’t be like WWE Monday Night Raw. I didn’t know that even after hardly learning a move and...

Written March 23, 2020. COVID-19 is a respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus.  The COVID-19 outbreak was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China and has since been found in nearly every country. The World Health Organization has declared this a...

Why It Matters and How You Can Learn More Originally posted on One Woman’s Journey I struggle with these posts. It’s why I only have one other on the topic. Each time I sit down to write about anything that connects back to my past, I wind up crying. It’s emotionally...

I spent my sophomore year summer in Israel through the MIT International Science & Technology Initiative (MISTI). I knew that during my time at MIT I wanted to travel the world, especially if it’s free! I grew up in a moderately religious household and went to...