By: Yue Stevenson, Graduate Student, MA English With Indiana finally beginning to show signs of Autumn, I’ve realized just how liminal the fall semester can be. Though there’s still November and December to get through before break, I’ve felt a great deal of pressure to consider what I will be doing after graduating this summer,… Read more »
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The Finish Line is Here Before You Know
By Yone Edegbele, MS Health Informatics May is finally here, congratulations! You made it to the end of a school year. Wherever you are in your graduate career; from the first semester of a first year, to third year, or like me in my final semester (two-year program) about to graduate; we all probably share… Read more »
How to Grad School: Self-Care Tool Kit
By: Daenique Jengelley, PhD Candidate IUSM I assume we all start graduate school with excitement, hope, and maybe a little bit of nerves. When I started graduate school five-years-ago, I was filled with nerves, anxiety, and feelings of imposter syndrome more than I was excited to begin this journey. In fact, when I struggled with… Read more »
How to “Grad School”: Virtual Professionalism
by Jasmine Beecham, M.S. PhD Candidate, Applied Social & Organizational Psychology IUPUI School of Science With one of the highest surges of COVID-19 currently going on and new variants abound everywhere, more and more conferences are turning to virtual options and hiring managers are leaning on virtual interview options. To put your best professional foot… Read more »
How to “Grad School”
by: Apuroop Putty, Masters Student, Computer Science Starting grad school is an adventure. You never know what’s in store for you until you face it and your true potential is determined by the way you get through the challenges. During the winter of 2020, I was excited to start graduate school but also worried sick… Read more »
Are You Writing?
Desmond L. Kemp, American Studies Doctoral Candidate When I go back to the beginning of my graduate school career, I remember being concerned about my future as a graduate student. I spent a lot of time in bookshops sorting through philosophy textbooks and other miscellaneous texts for students who were planning to continue their education…. Read more »
Take Your Time, You’ll Get There
By Yue Stevenson MA English Graduate Student Being in Academia can feel like you’re constantly having to look ahead as a student so you can plan for your future career. I myself just started my English MA program about six weeks ago, and I already have thoughts of a possible PhD program in the… Read more »
There is no right moment!
Aishat Motolani, PhD Candidate, Pharmacology and Toxicology A famous Roman philosopher once said, “ luck is when opportunity meets preparation.” If there is one constant theme in my academic journey to date, it will be that I always consider myself lucky. Although, I would prefer a different connotation than the word “lucky” because it tends… Read more »
The Importance of a Writing Community
by: Nathan Marquam, University Writing Center, Graduate Consultant Graduate school in the best of times can feel isolating. Graduate students are left to figure out how to make the jump from being someone who consumes knowledge to someone who produces it (Aitchison 52). Especially with the added weight of a thesis or dissertation, a lot… Read more »
Crossroads
by Kevin Hillman, PhD Candidate, Urban Education It is safe to say that life has been really interesting since the arrival of the pandemic. Now that we have vaccines and the world is opening back up, it feels like many people are returning to life as they knew it while others are stuck at a… Read more »