by anna_beaudry1 | Mar 17, 2023 | academic administration, dissertation, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, Graduate Writing Center, interview, life in grad school, Ramm Scholars, writing
This week we’re talking with Dr. Chris Rios, an Associate Dean of the Graduate School, and a former Baylor graduate student! So if anyone knows what you’re going through, it’s Dr. Rios. Dr. Rios joined the Graduate School in 2011 working in the area...
by anna_beaudry1 | Feb 10, 2023 | dissertation, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, graduate student resources, life in grad school, Outstanding Graduate Student Awards, Research Opportunities
We interrupt our Meet Your Graduate School Series to celebrate some special graduate students who have earned recognition for their excellence in various areas like research, teaching, and dissertating. Every year, the Graduate School recognizes several awards for...
by anna_beaudry1 | Jan 27, 2023 | academic administration, dissertation, graduate student advice, graduate student guest post, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, Graduate Writing Center, interview, life in grad school, Research Opportunities
To kick off our new series, its only fitting to interview the person who captains the Graduate School, Dean Larry Lyon. Dr. Lyon earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas in Sociology and joined the Baylor Sociology Department in 1975. He began serving as Dean of...
by anna_beaudry1 | Dec 5, 2022 | Baylor Counseling Center, Covid-19, dissertation, Faith and the Academy, GPS workshops, grad student mental health, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, graduate student guest post, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, interview, life in grad school, mental health, PhD alt-career, Waco, wellness
This is not a popular topic of conversation, especially at a university that just hit R1 status in no small part due to strong graduate student statistics. But after wrapping up a whole series on prioritizing mental health, establishing work/life boundaries, and...
by anna_beaudry1 | Nov 4, 2022 | dissertation, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, graduate student guest post, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, Graduate Writing Center, guest post, interview, life in grad school, wellness
To continue our new series on how to have healthy boundaries in Graduate School, I sat down with Joyce Chang, a PhD candidate in Sociology, who also works as a consultant for the Graduate Writing Center. Joyce has some wonderful insights about growing in boundaries...
by anna_beaudry1 | Oct 24, 2022 | dissertation, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, graduate student guest post, Graduate Student Mentoring, life in grad school, wellness
Photo by Luis Villasmil on Unsplash This might seem like a strange topic to spend time on – after all, if you don’t have at least one mental breakdown a semester, are you even in graduate school? Well, maybe you shouldn’t be; or at least, if you do stick...
