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The Job Search: Yajun Yan
When motivation meets curiosity, the results can be rewarding. Yajun Yan's fascination with the world of finance began when he was younger. By the time he was 16, he saved about $5000 and used these funds to buy a corporate bond issued by the company his mother worked for.
Doctoral Candidate Samuel Ramsey Represents UMD at International Thesis Competition
Contact: Mary Carroll-Mason, mcmason@umd.edu, 301.405.7792
Maryland and its Women Lead the Smithsonian/Big Ten Fellowship
Since the Smithsonian’s Big Ten Academic Alliance Fellowship (BTAA/SI) was conceived in 2012, 40 of these prestigious fellowships have been awarded. The University of Maryland has the distinction of having the highest number of recipients, all of them women.
Where Are They Now...
Marisa Franco ('17, Psychology) was offered a tenure-track professorship in the Department of Counseling and Psychological Services at Georgia State University after graduating from Maryland in 2017.
Success on the Faculty Track
Marisa Franco graduates this spring with a Ph.D. in Psychology and has accepted a tenure-track faculty position at Georgia State University. She is a success story for Maryland and the Graduate School because she was a participant in many of its programs for underrepresented doctoral students on the path to the professoriate.