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 25, 2022 | Baylor Counseling Center, grad student mental health, graduate student advice, graduate student guest post, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, guest post, interview, life in grad school, mental health, PhD alt-career, wellness
While it is wonderful to get the insights of fellow graduate students on the subject of boundaries, it’s also important to hear from a mental health professional about this topic. I sat down with Dr. Stephen Case from the Baylor Counseling Center to talk about...
by anna_beaudry1 | Nov 14, 2022 | graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, graduate student guest post, graduate student resources, guest post, interview, life in grad school, wellness
Today we feature an interview with James Howard, a graduate student in the History department, studying American abolitionist movements and their intersection with broader evangelical thought. In our interview, James shares his thoughts on graduate school boundaries,...
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 28, 2022 | graduate student advice, graduate student guest post, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, guest post, interview, life in grad school, wellness, writing
To continue our new series on how to have healthy boundaries in Graduate School, I sat down with Brooke Morris, a PhD candidate in Biology, who also works in the Graduate School as a Doctoral Administrative Fellow. As a non-traditional student, Brooke has unique...
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...
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 | Oct 6, 2022 | Beth Allison Barr author, Conference, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, graduate student resources, guest post, life in grad school, pedagogy, Present Your PhD, PYPhD, Research Opportunities
On October 18th from 9-10am, the Graduate School will be hosting a workshop on the topic of “Conferencing Well.” In light of this upcoming workshop, we thought we’d re-share an oldie but a goodie from our former Associate Dean of Professional...
by anna_beaudry1 | Oct 3, 2022 | Conference, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, graduate student guest post, graduate student resources, Graduate Writing Center, guest post, pedagogy, Research Opportunities, writing
With both the October GPS workshop on “Conferencing Well” (October 18th, register here) and the Fall 2022 Graduate Research Showcase on the horizon (October 20th, submit your proposal here), it’s important to set yourself up for success when publicly...
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....
