Navneet (’13 & ’14) always liked gaming, but now it’s her career After spending years thinking she would become a doctor, one class at Mac changed everything When Navneet was in high school, she thought she would eventually end up in medical school. At least, that’s the dream her parents…

By Chris Wildgen, McMaster Alumna, travel writer, photographer and tour leader When you go into a café in Vietnam and order a coffee, you will receive the signature Vietnamese coffee, called ca phe nua in the north and ca phe sua in the south. Delivered to your table will be…

By Chris Wildgen, McMaster Alumna, travel writer, photographer and tour leader What makes Hoi An so special? For me, it was the feeling of stepping back in time. The sights and sounds of business conducted in the wooden buildings built between the 16th and 19th centuries, of the boats and…

Every autumn I bring out my McMaster University sweater. Incredibly, it’s in decent shape since buying it my first year of university. More surprisingly, it still fits me, as I turned 40 this year. There’s nothing particularly special about the sweatshirt. It’s a light, subtle grey. The crest in an…

Christa Wilson (’06) made twists and turns (literally) into a career she’s proud of After earning her Engineering Physics and Society degree, followed a career path unlike any other While working on her degree, Christa was also training and competing in figure skating at the national level. When she graduated…

I remember standing in the doorframe of my parent’s bedroom with my head in my hands, sobbing. A few months after graduation, with little work experience or a sense of direction, I wondered where in the heck my CEO position was. “Isn’t that how this was supposed to work?” …

When I started my first year at McMaster, I had a baseline understanding of my interests. I had been calling myself a “writer” since I was 12 years old and penning embarrassing short stories. I consumed a healthy dose of pop culture (and analyzed breaking headlines to reach broader conclusions…

By Chris Wildgen, McMaster Alumna, travel writer, photographer and tour leader. From the beaches of the Algarve to the vineyards of Alentejo and Douro Valley to city life in Lisbon and Porto, Portugal has landscape, history, cuisine, climates, and culture to suit everyone. With direct flights to Faro, a good…

By Chris Wildgen, McMaster Alumna, travel writer, photographer and tour leader. “What a handsome fellow” is not something I ever thought that I would hear myself saying about an iguana. Such is the transformation that happens in a week in the Galapagos Islands. From the first moment on the ship…