Communications chair Dr. Terry Likes won seven awards in five different categories.
Likes said the awards were a result of hard work in the department, particularly in the case of the students.
“We have been working hard for several years to impl ...
Posted Monday, April 18th 2016 at 4:11PM
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A group of eight African-American PhD candidates at the Indiana School of Education has made a name for themselves as the “great eight.” They have formed a supportive sisterhood for each other, soon after realizing that there were not many women of c ...
Posted Monday, April 18th 2016 at 2:59PM
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Underwater Dreamer
A performing arts residency for adolescent students with disabilities
VSA Delaware is pleased to announce the Celebration of Creativity 2016
Performance, Underwater Dreamer. The performance is the culminating event of
a perfo ...
Posted Monday, April 18th 2016 at 12:20PM
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ASU Invites Local Middle & High School Students to 'Free' Saturday STEM Academy!
WHAT
: ASU offers a 'free' STEM Academy to encourage local middle/high school students to like science.
WHEN: Saturday, April 16, from 8:45 a.m. to ...
Posted Monday, April 18th 2016 at 12:16PM
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Greetings FAMUans,
Welcome to another exciting issue of FAMU Forward, where we share the outstanding accomplishments of our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community.
As we near the conclusion of the spring semester, I’d like to take this ...
Posted Thursday, April 7th 2016 at 9:33AM
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Morehouse College is partnering with The Summer Math and Science Honors (SMASH) Pathways program, a free-of-cost, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) enrichment and exposure summer program for 8th grade students from underrepresen ...
Posted Thursday, April 7th 2016 at 9:31AM
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“I'm bringing Hollywood to Montgomery,” said Steve Harvey, who visited the ASU campus on Saturday, April 2, to announce that he is partnering with Alabama State University to sponsor its annual Turkey Day Classic.
Harvey joined ASU President Gwend ...
Posted Monday, April 4th 2016 at 4:21PM
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Position Title: National Director, #YesWeCode
Reports to: Dream Corps Chief Executive Officer
Status: Full-time, exempt
Start Date: Immediately
Location: Headquarter office in Oakland, CA
Organizational Description
#YesWeCode - an initiative of ...
Posted Monday, April 4th 2016 at 4:06PM
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by Melinda
You have decided you don’t want a tenure-track job. How do you explore other career paths and make yourself competitive for the job of your choosing?
Read a book. Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius, So What are You Going to Do with Th ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2016 at 11:26AM
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Series note: The following post is part of the Rutgers Graduate Student Blog Throwback Thursday blog series, in which we will repost one of our most popular blog posts from years past.
Time management is always such a huge issue for us as graduat ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2016 at 11:23AM
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This is the time of year when most people who have applied to graduate school for next September receive the decision letters regarding the fate of their applications. For those who have been following the advice I dispense on this blog and in my boo ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2016 at 11:06AM
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by Karen
I am regularly asked “can I negotiate my offer when it’s my only offer?”
People constantly seem to think you need multiple offers to have leverage.
This is not true. For the vast majority of schools, you can and should negotiate you ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2016 at 10:46AM
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Should I or should I not? But before you dismiss blogging as a time waster while you’re in grad school, here are some of the valid reasons why a grad student should maintain a blog:
Relieve stress. Stress is inevitable when you’re in grad school. ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2016 at 9:50AM
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by Thesis Whisperer
This post is by DrJanene Carey, a freelance writer and editor based in Armidale NSW. She occasionally teaches academic writing at the University of New England and often edits academic theses, articles and reports. Her website ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2016 at 9:34AM
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Everyone’s late teens and early twenties are a time for exploration and finding a place in the real world. While it sounds nice on paper, entering the workforce can be a stressful experience. What was once met with unbridled enthusiasm can quickl ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2016 at 9:28AM
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Guest post by Tai-Danae Bradley
Yesterday I received a disheartening 44/50 on a homework assignment. Okay okay, I know. 88% isn’t bad, but I had turned in my solutions with so much confidence that admittedly, my heart dropped a little (okay, a lot ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2016 at 9:22AM
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BY Jane Hurst
Every year, it seems that there are more and more reports of sexual assaults on college campuses. Yes, it is happening more frequently than ever, but you don’t have to be a victim. There are many ways that you can protect yourself, a ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2016 at 9:17AM
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By Devin McGinty, Social Media Specialist
Recently, the final answer on the long-running quiz show Jeopardy involved an important thesis written in 1954. The category was difficult and the clue was tricky, throwing off two of the three contestants ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2016 at 9:12AM
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by ERIN BEDFORD
Erin Bedford (@erinellyse) is a PhD student in Nanotechnology Engineering at the University of Waterloo and the Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI) in a co-supervised program.
There are many recognizable stereotypes of ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2016 at 9:09AM
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If you have already selected the graduate school to which you plan to apply, congratulations. Now we need to talk about getting you admitted to the graduate school of your choice. One large hurdle you will need to prepare for is the Graduate Record ...
Posted Thursday, March 31st 2016 at 12:41PM
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For many people, going to graduate school is a great move. It can deliver a vital intellectual wake-up call or start you on the path to a new, more satisfying career. It can even increase your earning power. But if you don't know why you're going, gr ...
Posted Thursday, March 31st 2016 at 12:38PM
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Join Steve Harvey, nationally acclaimed star of television, radio and film, who will host a news conference at Alabama State University on Saturday (April 2), at 6 p.m.at the ASU Stadium on its football field.
Harvey will be joined by ASU Presiden ...
Posted Thursday, March 31st 2016 at 12:16PM
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By Tonne Odum
The Honda Campus All Star-Challenge is a quiz bowl competition that was created for historical black colleges and universities. The purpose of this program is to let the brightest minds chosen from each institution to compete against ...
Posted Thursday, March 31st 2016 at 11:00AM
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