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 | Mar 14, 2022 | Beth Allison Barr author, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, Graduate Writing Center, guest post, interview, life in grad school, pedagogy, PhD alt-career, writing
Well, we’re back from Spring Break, which for grad students doesn’t mean living it up on a Florida Beach. It probably meant checking on your lab mosquitoes, editing a thesis chapter, catching up on grading student essays, or trying (we repeat, trying, not...
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...
by anna_beaudry1 | Nov 8, 2021 | Conference, graduate student advice, graduate student guest post, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, guest post, wellness
The first thing I knew about Baylor’s religion department was that the students were friendly. I was attending a conference in Atlanta and was introduced to PhD students from Baylor, who immediately invited me to join them for meals, encouraged me to be on panels with...
