by anna_beaudry1 | Apr 25, 2022 | dissertation, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, Graduate Writing Center, interview, life in grad school, STEM, wellness, writing
For our final interview this semester in the How and Where I Write Series (don’t worry, we’ll bring this back in the future!), we sat down with Jasmine Stovall, a fourth-year PhD student in the Biology department. She also completed her MS at Baylor as...
by anna_beaudry1 | Mar 21, 2022 | graduate student advice, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, interview, life in grad school, writing
For our first installment of the “How and Where I Write” series, BearTracks sat down with Dr. Richard Rankin Russell, professor of English and the English Graduate Program Director. Dr. Russell’s areas of expertise include Modern and Contemporary...
by anna_beaudry1 | Mar 15, 2022 | Academy for Teaching and Learning, graduate student advice, graduate student guest post, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, guest post, life in grad school, pedagogy, wellness
Teaching is hard! It’s a worthwhile vocation, absolutely, and watching students grow and learn can be a deeply joyful experience. That just doesn’t mean it’s easy, and it certainly doesn’t mean it’s easy all the time. I’ve been out...
by anna_beaudry1 | Dec 6, 2021 | graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, graduate student guest post, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, guest post, STEM, wellness
Earning my undergraduate degree from Baylor and transitioning into graduate studies was a challenging experience. The friends and connections I made during my time at undergrad had left Waco and were flinging their green and gold afar, so to speak. For me, the first...
by anna_beaudry1 | Nov 29, 2021 | Faith and the Academy, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, graduate student guest post, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, guest post, wellness
Initially, navigating the ways of graduate school can feel like an independent quest, siloed off on a mission to hone and perfect our skills and research alone. For me, those feelings were short lived thanks to the collaborative nature of music, my church, and even...
by anna_beaudry1 | Nov 15, 2021 | Faith and the Academy, graduate student advice, graduate student guest post, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, guest post, wellness
When I first began my studies at Baylor, I stumbled upon a ministry at a local church for graduate students. At the monthly gatherings, we “talked shop”: discussing anxiety over tough assignments and piles of reading, laughing over niche things we found in our...
