Power of Social Communities

During this course, I have come to understand the power and necessity of social networks and communities.

One community I am a member of is for my grad school program. It is comprised of only the cohort I belong. We created a Facebook group during our first semester to communicate with each other outside of Canvas. Since the program is entirely online and a few members are even overseas, a social networking platform was ideal to bring us all closer.

The past couple of weeks, I have relied heavily on my cohort for encouragement and ideas to keep going. As we all know, it has been a LONG summer and a few times the motivation has been lost to continue. This is where being part of a community is beneficial. Having conversations with other that understand your frustrations and can appreciate the success as much as you, is keeping me going.

I'm sure I'm not alone when I say, I'm ready for an academic mental break. One more week!