by anna_beaudry1 | Apr 29, 2023 | academic administration, Covid-19, Faith and the Academy, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, interview, life in grad school, Uncategorized, Waco
We are nearly to the end of this series, but there are still a few more important members of the Graduate School team to hear from! Today we’re talking with Dana Matthews, who served as an Admissions Specialist. Dana assists Graduate Program faculty and staff...
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 | Oct 17, 2022 | academic administration, Beth Allison Barr author, Faith and the Academy, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, interview, life in grad school, PhD alt-career
With the recent re-launch of the Women in the Academy (WITA) mentorship program, we wanted to share an interview* from the spring of 2022 between Provost Nancy Brickhouse and our former Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Dr. Beth Allison Barr. We hope this...
by anna_beaudry1 | Sep 26, 2022 | Conyers Scholars, Faith and the Academy, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, life in grad school, pedagogy
Believe it or not, graduate students will have more time to dedicate to professional development than at any other time in their career. The Graduate School aims to provide opportunities to help students grow as researchers, teachers, and even as a person of faith....
by anna_beaudry1 | Sep 15, 2022 | dissertation, external funding, Faith and the Academy, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, guest post, life in grad school, pedagogy, PhD alt-career, wellness, writing
This post is based off of a podcast series that Dr. Julia Daniel did for the Baylor Graduate School back in early 2021. The first post covered the historic and economic reasons for the state of the academic job market and what applying for an academic job actually...
by anna_beaudry1 | Sep 9, 2022 | Covid-19, dissertation, Faith and the Academy, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, graduate student resources, guest post, life in grad school, pedagogy, PhD alt-career, Post-Docs, postdoc, wellness
This post is based off of a podcast series that Dr. Julia Daniel did for the Baylor Graduate School back in early 2021. This first post will cover the historic and economic reasons for the state of the academic job market and what applying for an academic job actually...