by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 21, 2016 | Student Spotlights
Maryam Arbabzadeh, Ph.D. Candidate, Natural Resources and the Environment, Predoctoral Fellowship Maryam was studying electrical engineering at home in Iran when she got the itch. Many of her classmates were applying to big universities abroad, mostly in the U.S. and...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 16, 2016 | Student Spotlights
For Mauro Rodriguez, a first generation high school student, college seemed like an impossible dream. The idea of attending – let alone graduating – was so far removed from his experience that it didn’t seem possible. Now a doctoral candidate in Mechanical...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 13, 2016 | Student Spotlights
Jordan is not your typical nursing student. Supporting himself and his new bride as a self-taught software developer, he could easily continue and build his established business. He smiles as he says, “In case you can’t tell, I’m a people person. I don’t want to be...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 7, 2016 | Student Spotlights
Linda’s first visit to scope out graduate programs at U-M was a doozy. “I spent a year in the social psychology program on scholarship from my undergraduate institution in Germany and I really loved getting a glimpse of graduate student life. I was the same age as...
by Sheila Waterhouse | May 31, 2016 | Student Spotlights
Gustavo is a big advocate for graduate student involvement on campus, and he knows what he’s talking about. As a first year Master’s student living in Northwood, he says, “I was one of those students who went from my school to Northwood and back. I didn’t really have...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Apr 25, 2016 | Student Spotlights
Like many undergraduates, it took some time for Vivian to find her bearings. Fortunately, once she discovered her passion, she didn’t look back. “I thought about marine biology and my dad wanted me to be a doctor, but when I took an ethnic studies class, things...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Apr 18, 2016 | Student Spotlights
“This has been a transformative experience. I’m falling in love with research, this school, and this community. I’m excited with these opportunities and I want to move forward with them in a constructive way.” With a background steeped in hard sciences, David is...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Apr 2, 2016 | Student Spotlights
After finishing her undergraduate degree in neuroscience at Scripps College, Katie worked in a neuroscience lab at Stanford for a few years. She recalls, “I developed my own ideas of what I wanted to do. I knew as I entered graduate school I needed faculty who would...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Mar 28, 2016 | Student Spotlights
From her first foray in programming with a “Learn Visual Basic in 21 Days” tutorial that she and her twin sister completed during one summer vacation while in elementary school, Elaine has been around computers from an early age. Inspired by her father, a faculty...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Mar 18, 2016 | Student Spotlights
Sarah was older than the average graduate student when she applied to U-M. With an M.S.W. already in hand, she had been working as a program evaluator for a homeless program in Louisville that housed individuals with severe mental illness or substance abuse issues....
