by Ellen Wixted | May 4, 2018 | Student Voices
As a new graduate student, choosing which school you want to attend and accepting their offer is just the first of a series of decisions you need to make. I personally love moving and house/apartment hunting, but most people find it more stressful than fun. Since...
by Anita Ravishankar | Apr 24, 2018 | Student Voices
My intellectual journey as a graduate student has taken a few twists and turns since I arrived in Ann Arbor, but one particular turn stands out as the definitive inflection point, permanently altering my research agenda and career trajectory. In December 2015, I began...
by Erika Linenfelser and Alexa Eisenberg | Mar 20, 2018 | Student Voices
Erika Linenfelser (Master’s Student, Urban Planning and Urban Design) and Alexa Eisenberg (Ph.D. Student, Health Behavior and Health Education) received a public scholarship grant to work on this project in 2017. You can learn more about their work at...
by Maria Militzer | Mar 9, 2018 | Student Voices
Promoting linguistically and culturally competent language services in community settings has been a dream of mine for many years. This dream was forged thorough years of work as a Spanish medical interpreter at the University of Michigan Health System, and as a...
by Jeff Lowe | Feb 20, 2018 | Student Voices
The days are short and the weather is cold and snowy. Don't fret though, because you live in Michigan, where there's enjoyment to be had in all seasons. Winter is one of my personal favorites because there are so many activities that you can only do when the...
by Elina Salminen | Feb 15, 2018 | Student Voices
I sat down in a café with a nervous smile on my face. “So, how did I do?” I asked the CRLT teaching consultant. “Well, the students could tell that you really cared and prepared carefully. But they weren't sure exactly what you wanted of...
by Amy Yu | Dec 14, 2017 | Student Voices
Just a few weeks ago, I was writing up this budgeting post to see if I could provide tips to other graduate students on how to stretch their stipend to cover their cost of living. The post was published right before the House of Representatives (House) and Senate...
by Ellen Wixted | Nov 20, 2017 | Student Voices
First of all, congratulations on being accepted to one of the top-tier graduate institutions in the country! That is an enormous accomplishment, and you should be proud of yourself for that. But, if you’re like me, that was only the first step towards your larger goal...
by Amy Yu | Nov 14, 2017 | Student Voices
Want to create a monthly budget but don’t know where to start? Hopefully I can give you some ideas by recounting how I came up with my monthly budget. My graduate school stipend is the first time in my life I’ve had a consistent monthly income that I have to live off...
by Jennifer Sierra | Oct 31, 2017 | Student Voices
7:30 a.m. I hear a loud noise which I quickly identify as my alarm clock. I wake up at an earlier time than I would have wanted to. The guilt of not having been productive on the previous day gets me out of bed. 10:00 a.m. I finally manage to get myself out of my...
