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Tips for Developing a Professional Online Presence OR You Are Already Kind of a Robot
Co-authored with Meredith Kahn, Women’s Studies and Publishing Services Librarian The first time I updated Facebook, I accidentally posted my comment ten times. Literally. At the time I had approximately five friends, so it didn’t really matter, but even now, I...
Student Spotlight: Sarah Seelye
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....
How to Stay in Touch with Your Creative Side While in the Lab
Step 1) Set up the expensive lab equipment. Step 2) Put the solutions on the samples. Step 3) Wait for things to happen. Step 4) Write things down. Take some pictures. Step 5) Collect data. Did it work? What does it mean? Step 6) Lather, rinse, repeat. Working in a...
Connecting to Community as a Graduate Student
Graduate school is a rush - both intellectually and temporally. Last August I moved from Indianapolis to Ann Arbor for a 16 month Master’s program in the School of Social Work for Community Organizing. I initially struggled to find ways of not only getting to know...
Announcing the 2016 GSI and Mentoring Awardees
Through the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards, Rackham recognizes young scholars who have been nominated by their program for teaching excellence. Winners of this award demonstrate superb skill in teaching, mentoring and advising. They bring creativity,...
Alumni Spotlight: Larry Crosby
Larry loves his job: ”Being a dean is a general management job. It has all of the functions that go into the president or a general manager of a business. I can apply everything I’ve learned in my Ph.D. and M.B.A. every day of the week. I make decisions around...
Student Spotlight: Charity Hoffman
Charity never imagined that she would end up in graduate school at the University of Michigan. Although she was born in western Michigan, she grew up in Japan and New York City; Michigan was simply the place she would come back to once a year to visit grandparents and...
Got funding? Say thanks!
Wanda Hung, M.S., Computer Science and Engineering, is a busy working mother of two young children. If you’ve received funding from Rackham, there’s a good chance that some of it came from Wanda and alumni like her. She told us: “I fully support Rackham because my...
Student Spotlight: David Weinreich
“Public transit access is an important issue to me. I’ve been transit-dependent for years, so I have had the opportunity to see the limitations in our transportation system firsthand,” David says. He illustrates the impact of gaps in our transit system by mentioning a...
Alumni Spotlight: Juliette Okotie-Eboh
When you look around Juliette’s office, you see walls adorned with signed posters from the Detroit Jazz Festival, framed articles on Juliette from local publications, and inspiring artwork from local artists, all representing the deep level of engagement she has with...