Grad Students Make Plans, Do the Timeline
Timing may not be everything in graduate school, but it's important. With goals and priorities in mind, grad students from across UMD gathered last week for a workshop to map out degree and career planning timelines.
Artist and Doctoral Student: A Lumbee Indian Woman’s Story
By Anna De Cheke Qualls Ashley Minner tells the story of the Lumbee in East Baltimore to anyone who will listen. It is a journey of members of the largest tribe east of the Mississippi through hardship, poverty, racism, identity and community.
Grad Students Join Dean Fetter for Breakfast
By Laurie White Students gathered in the Graduate Student Life lounge one morning last week may have overheard the Dean of the Graduate School asking two students about their chicken research. Sometimes it really pays to get up early.
Accessible Research at October Grad Terp Exchange
By Laurie White UMD graduate students who like a side of research with their happy hour found the perfect spot at Tuesday’s Grad Terp Exchange at Milkboy Arthouse. Organized by Graduate School Director of Academic and Professional Development Linda Macri, the monthly series features three grad students, a stage and 20 minutes of research in a relaxed setting. October’s theme was “The Body.”
Neuroscientist Spends Summer Teaching Buddhist Monastics
It’s common practice for universities to empty out in the summer as researchers go out in the field. Dr. Jeremy Purcell, a research scientist at Maryland’s Neuroimaging Center, did something a little different.
Spartners Potluck Draws Many Families
Without the support of family and friends, the graduate school journey can be a challenge. Finding a time to celebrate these relationships, and offering platforms to connect these partners, are things the Graduate School’s Office of the Graduate Diversity and Inclusion (OGDI) takes seriously.
Grad Student Orientation Kicks Off the Academic Year
This week over 1400 new graduate students attended Graduate Student Orientation at The Hotel. With President Wallace Loh, Associate Provost and Dean of The Graduate School Steve Fetter, Graduate Student Government President Annie Rappeport, and Dr. John Bullock ('09 PhD) GradTerps were welcomed to the campus. Students were also treated to a panel of faculty comprised of Drs.
That's a Wrap: Grad Student Stories Films Released
The Graduate School recently unveiled a series of short films, directed by Ramsey Telhami.