by Leslie Rott | Dec 5, 2012 | Student Voices
Believe it or not, having a social life is an integral part of graduate school. When I first started graduate school, most of my friends were people that were in my cohort. However, as people have started finishing, moved to other places while still in the program, or...
by Laura Fernandes | Oct 2, 2012 | Student Voices
I feel like a citizen of the world!! I have explored two new countries and presented at two different statistical conferences since my last blog post. I had a very busy and eventful summer this year and now it seems like I have so many deadlines to catch up with, a...
by Laura Fernandes | May 11, 2012 | Student Voices
As a doctoral student in the process of writing my thesis proposal the academic year is a big long blur of deadlines; spring break, summer break, winter break, graduation week, welcome week. They all seem irrelevant, it is one endless stretch with recursive events of...
by Marie Stango | Apr 9, 2012 | Student Voices
In thinking about my own work as an historian, I cannot help but think of the profession as a whole. Traditionally, a “successful” practitioner of history with a Ph.D. was supposed to find a tenure-track job at a university, where he or she would teach undergraduate...
by Laura Fernandes | Apr 4, 2012 | Student Voices
In the Department of Biostatistics we have a plaque inscribed with the names of exceptional students from past years. Early on in the academic program clearing the qualifying examinations and becoming a Ph.D. candidate is a relief and getting the award for the top...
by Kathryn Prater Bomey | Mar 20, 2012 | Student Voices
Passion. It’s what drives people in the environmental conservation field. Passion for preserving natural wonders, protecting endangered flora and fauna, restoring degraded land, improving policy, changing behavior, reducing industry’s footprint, achieving...
by Laura Fernandes | Mar 6, 2012 | Student Voices
As an international student my decision to come to U-M did not involve a campus visit, a meeting with a professor or experiencing the opulence of the department which seems defacto in decision making by most students. None of these are feasible for most international...
by Laura Fernandes | Feb 6, 2012 | Student Voices
I thought about this month’s piece and decided that I had to speak for the people like me who love the snow! I absolutely love the snow and feel that the cold in the winter is the "price" to pay for this "fanciful" liking. And I say...
by Laura Fernandes | Jan 3, 2012 | Student Voices
During the Spring Break most students at U-M would go home, go on ASB (alternative spring break), sit in the lab or go to Cancun – but the adventurous ones go on a road trip. On one Spring Break four zesty girls decided to explore America from a different...
by Jax Sanders | Dec 8, 2011 | Student Voices
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 4.1% of the U.S. adult population has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. I’m one of that 4.1%; in August, I was diagnosed with ADHD, primarily inattentive. Like most adults diagnosed with ADHD, I had ADHD as...
