move, move, moving?

So, finally some new news to post, and a guessing game.

I got into a PhD program! hip, hip, hooray! And now I need to visit and think hard whether this is the right next step.

But here's the guessing par (have to make this blog interesting.)
The field is creative writing.
The school mascot is the above photo (that was the real historical mascot: isn't she scary?)
The state animal is the paddlefish.

Can you guess where?