by Sheila Waterhouse | Dec 12, 2015 | Student Spotlights
Chris is a local kid. That doesn’t mean he always knew his way around campus, however. He’s figured it out by now, after a few years of grad school under his belt, but he was a student in a new town just like most new graduate students, regardless of the fact that his...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Dec 4, 2015 | Student Spotlights
“I found what I love and I’m running with that. When you find something you love, it will chase you; you don’t have to chase it. Opportunities come to people who put themselves in the position to receive them.” Brandon has perspective that has been hard earned during...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Nov 20, 2015 | Student Spotlights
“I have absolutely fallen in love with teaching.” And she’s good at it, too. One of ten Outstanding Graduate Student Instructors in 2015, Veronica excels at engaging students in the classroom. She credits her undergraduate women’s studies class with pulling her into...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Nov 20, 2015 | Student Spotlights
“I’ve always been interested in psychology. Since I was young I had self-help and pop psychology books all over my house.” From Singapore, Patricia came to U-M for her undergraduate degree and continued for graduate school. She says, “My decision to come here was to...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Nov 13, 2015 | Student Spotlights
“All the grad students seemed normal, like they enjoyed being in grad school.” That was Ishita’s first impression when she interviewed at U-M with PIBS (the Program in Biomedical Sciences). She explains, “The Michigan environment was so welcoming. It stood out a lot...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Nov 7, 2015 | Student Spotlights
Imagine buying solar cells for your home at Target. The research Eli Fahrenkrug is developing could make that a reality. His dissertation research has developed a process that could lead to mass produced, affordable solar energy, reducing the cost of manufacturing to...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Nov 2, 2015 | Student Spotlights
Laura is in her thesis year at U-M, undertaking a self-directed project called Playscape at an Ann Arbor elementary school. Building on her dual undergraduate degrees in art education and studio art, she is combining her passions for creative pedagogy in a year-long...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Oct 29, 2015 | Student Spotlights
While most of her peers were undergraduate students, Elaina was climbing 20,000 foot peaks in South America, scuba diving in the Bahamas, backpacking the Australian outback, and traversing the globe in search of adventure. In the process, she gained a different...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Oct 19, 2015 | Student Spotlights
Dimitri laughs and says, “For fun, I do kind of the same things I do for work but with friends and drinks involved. I read, watch movies, hang with my colleagues, and play video games.” He almost makes grad school sound easy! Far from it, though, and while his...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Oct 11, 2015 | Student Spotlights
“I come from a home where my parents always emphasized the importance of education. My dad would always say that everyone in the family had a job to do, and that school was my job. If I ever wanted to make anything of myself, get out of his house and be successful...
