A guest post by Kimberly McCoy
In 2014, with two years of my Ph.D. program completed, I moved across the country to join my advisor and the lab. The intent of this blog post is to share my experience and the thought process that led me to my decision.
Because I was only in my second year, I w ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 at 3:34PM
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1. Failing to exhaust free money first. Loans are not free money. They must be repaid, usually with interest. Every dollar borrowed will cost about two dollars by the time the debt is repaid in full. Focus instead on gift aid, such as grants and scho ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 3:57PM
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One of the hardest parts of my job here at ANU is being responsible for ANU’s participation in the Three minute thesis competition.
Just in case you have just joined PhD land, the 3MT is an international competition for PhD students with only a c ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 3:33PM
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Getting ready to head into your final year of undergrad and thinking about applying for grad school next year? You might think that you’ve got the whole application thing down—you applied to undergrad and got in, so it can’t be that hard. Right?
Applying to graduate school is a whole new monster. ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 2:55PM
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Last week and for this next week, I am the night float on our service. I do the work of 3 people, except at night. My life is totally nocturnal–I sleep during the days and am totally awake all through the nights. I do this everyday. One of the pr ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 2:37PM
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BY Robert Parmer
College students usually get a bad rap when it comes to cooking meals for themselves. Horror stories of coffee pot ramen, and mac and cheese for dinner all week stand out and paint a narrative that represents a lack of this basic ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 1:45PM
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Jeff, a fifth year PhD student, got his thesis proposal draft back from his thesis supervisor, Paul. The feedback was discouraging, but hardly surprising. It was full of criticism, but offered no guidance: “This part is confusing.” “You don’t have en ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 1:36PM
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By Tara Kuther, Ph.D.
For many graduate programs submitting your application is just the first step in seeking admission. Graduate school admissions interviews are common in many fields. Interviews offer an important opportunity let faculty and me ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 1:27PM
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by Rebecca Blustein
As I’ve been discussing, part of the pre-application thought process involves honest analysis of your achievements and abilities, along with your future interests. Grad school will give you the opportunity for deep, advanced study in your field—including theoretical/methodolog ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 1:12PM
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By Gretchen Kernbach on May 23, 2016
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Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 1:09PM
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Who says you’re too old to get an award? Certainly, not us!
Elizabeth Hoyt
So you’re a grad student. You may know a whole lot but did you know it’s not too late to get help paying for school?
These programs are impressive, prestigious and will give you bragging rights when it comes to you ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 12:46PM
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This is a guest blog post written by Valencia Seuell, a recent graduate from the University of Missouri Columbia.
The tassels are turned and your undergraduate experience is officially over! Congratulations are in order, but the number one question everyone has for you is, “What’s next?” For man ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2016 at 12:38PM
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More Than $12M To Be Invested in Scholarships for Students from B-CU and Other HBCUs. Arizona Summit Law School (Summit) and Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) will work together to address the lack of diversity in the legal profession. The partnership will focus initially on increasing the number of HBCU graduates who attend and successfully complete the law school process and are prepared for admission to the practice of law. ...
Posted Wednesday, June 15th 2016 at 4:52PM
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Two Morehouse students, Ziha Meghoo-Peddie and Darius Artis, presented their research today at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute research facility in Virginia. The biology majors presented data pertaining to the isolation of 24 viruses that were is ...
Posted Tuesday, June 14th 2016 at 11:56AM
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Coastal Law’s Spring 2016 Commencement Ceremony was held on May 14th, at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. Of the 303 graduates, 273 were conferred to Juris Doctor and 40 to LL.M. in U.S. Law and Logistics & Transportation. ...
Posted Friday, May 27th 2016 at 2:09PM
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Recently, Dillard University announced we were suspending new admissions to our baccalaureate and LPN-BSN nursing programs for the 2017-18 academic year in order to conduct a thorough evaluation that would ultimately lead to improved outcomes for o ...
Posted Tuesday, May 17th 2016 at 12:55PM
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Dr. Velma Scantlebury was well into her career on the day that she walked into a patient’s hospital room to review his pre-operation procedures. The patient asked to see his surgeon. “I am your surgeon,” Scantlebury told him.
In Florida several ye ...
Posted Thursday, May 12th 2016 at 10:05AM
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The American Academy of Trial Attorneys, also known as the National Academy of Jurisprudence, has recognized Attorney Zulu Ali of the Law Offices of Zulu Ali in Riverside, California as one of the Premier 100 Trial Attorneys.
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Posted Thursday, May 12th 2016 at 9:49AM
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Faith Jackson, a senior nursing major and Chancellor’s Scholar with a 3.5 grade point average, from Alpharetta, Ga., has been extremely busy at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) during her journey toward graduation in May. ...
Posted Wednesday, May 11th 2016 at 1:41PM
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A petition signed by 37 alumni asks Yale University President Peter Salovey to create an independent faculty committee to consider revoking the honorary degrees granted to Swiss industrialist Stephan Schmidheiny and to comedian Bill Cosby.
Schmid ...
Posted Thursday, May 5th 2016 at 1:02PM
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Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) will have nearly 350 new alumni this Saturday after they walk across the Ocean Center stage. The spring commencement ceremony is expected to be full of family and friends who are there to not only support their grad ...
Posted Thursday, May 5th 2016 at 12:54PM
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Gadsden State Community College’s Division of Health Sciences joins in the American Nurses Association’s celebration of the nation’s more than 3 million registered nurses, the largest health care profession, during National Nurses Week May 6-12.
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Posted Wednesday, May 4th 2016 at 3:44PM
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North Carolina Central University alumnus Michael L. Smith was recently named senior deputy general manager for the Department of Aviation at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
In this role, Smith manages day-to-day functional operations at ...
Posted Wednesday, May 4th 2016 at 3:35PM
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Thank you for your interest in the Nursing Program at Shelton State Community College (SSCC). SSCC is committed to helping students reach their career goals. The SSCC Nursing program prepares graduates to sit for the NCLEX-RN or NCLEX-PN licensure ex ...
Posted Wednesday, May 4th 2016 at 3:31PM
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