Graduate Studies

There are all kinds of networking opportunities at universities or colleges, including networking nights or recruiters visiting your campus. Use these opportunities well, and you may land your dream job. Here are 8 important networking...

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." — Ernest Hemingway   I recently read an article where writers’ daily routines were romanticized albeit with useful information. Japanese writer Haruki...

You marked your calendar for the career fair coming up next week. You polished your resumé, you did your homework on the companies that are going to be there, practiced your elevator pitch, and...

Completing assignments is not an easy task, whether you are in high school or college. Unlike other assignments in writing assignments, you have to research, plan, draft, and proofread it, which is taxing. Nevertheless, if you...

College can be a stressful time. If stress piles up, it can affect your mental health, your physical health, and even your grades. Students who struggle with stress are also more likely to deal with depression, and...

Some professions in this world are much more demanding in terms of intrapersonal as well as interpersonal skills. Professionals residing under such posts must be highly competitive and adaptable to stay in the race. Among them,...

Recently I overheard a couple of faculty members discussing some of the challenges they were facing with their new cohort of doctoral students. The professors had provided them with an abundance of feedback on...

The start of a new academic year tends to be a highly ritualized affair, from campus-wide “Welcome Week” activities down to the icebreakers and syllabi distributions in individual classrooms. For graduate teaching assistants, this...

College might be something you’ve looked forward to for years. For many people, it means new adventures, new responsibilities, and a chance to grow and experience things you never have before. While college is...

Two weeks from today, I’ll graduate from my PhD program, and it feels surreal to cross that finish line. The journey has not been without its many challenges. Many of which swirled in my...