by anna_beaudry1 | Oct 25, 2021 | graduate student advice, graduate student guest post, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, Graduate Writing Center, guest post, pedagogy, wellness
I’ll be the first to admit it: I’m not a shy person. I tend to speak my mind, probably too often. While this can serve me well in graduate seminars by breaking the ice and getting the conversation going, I haven’t always been so quick to contribute...
by anna_beaudry1 | Oct 4, 2021 | graduate student advice, graduate student guest post, graduate student resources, guest post, Present Your PhD, PYPhD, Research Opportunities, STEM
If you want to get a bunch of scientists to nod approvingly, walk up to a group of them and say “What we really need is to be better about communicating our science.” It’s the perennial problem that scientists love to complain about but don’t always act upon. Many...
by anna_beaudry1 | Sep 20, 2021 | graduate student guest post, graduate student resources, pedagogy, Uncategorized
Thinking back to my own undergraduate experience, some of my most prominent academic memories come from experiences with quality instructors. This reflection is nothing new to higher education literature. In their comprehensive analysis, How College Affects Students,...
by becca_cassady | May 5, 2021 | graduate student advice, graduate student guest post, guest post, Uncategorized, wellness
The end of the school year is a season of transitions, particularly for grad students preparing to graduate or begin new careers. Moving to a new place can be both exhilarating and intimidating. I think it’s safe to say such a statement may be true even more so for...
by becca_cassady | Apr 19, 2021 | graduate student guest post, graduate student resources, Graduate Writing Center, writing
This post was originally published on the Baylor Graduate Writing Center blog on April 14, 2021. I heard a proverb recently that struck me as quite relevant to my work as a writing scholar: “There is no tale so great that it can’t be spoiled in the telling.” I thought...
by becca_cassady | Mar 30, 2021 | Covid-19, graduate student advice, graduate student guest post, Uncategorized, wellness
When I think back to the time when news of the shelter-in-place order/restriction came out in March 2020, all I can think of was uncertainty. Everything was uncertain – travel, finances, research, everything. My advisor helped me transitioned my work online, but even...
