Spotlights
Spotlights
June 17, 2020
By Anna de Cheke Qualls
For international graduate students, finding a job usually involves walking a complex path. COVID-19 has brought this even more into focus, as many graduate students now struggle with navigating the job search in the virtual landscape.
Spotlights
November 20, 2019
By Anna De Cheke Qualls
If there is a theme in Lisha Lai’s job search, it is that relationships matter. Throughout her graduate study here at Maryland, she put emphasis on building social capital both to find support and later to assist with her job search.
Spotlights
October 21, 2019
By Anna De Cheke Qualls
Karthik Abinav Sankararaman (’19 PhD, Computer Science) grew up in Bengaluru, India – historically called the Garden City of India. More recently, it has also become the country's IT or tech capital. Despite the city’s rapid growth over the years, its green spaces and parks remain.
Spotlights
April 29, 2019
By Anna De Cheke Qualls
Rebecca Evans Carroll (’66 EdD) was the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate from the University of Maryland, College Park-–the white institution which in the 1950’s barred her from pursuing graduate study. The University did not admit its first black undergraduate student until 1951.
