Student to Student Video: Balancing Work and Life in Graduate School Feeling the crunch? Check out interviews with current students about how they manage the many responsibilities of life in graduate school:
Rackham’s Study Halls: Offering Wireless and More Power Outlets The Rackham Building’s Study Halls are dedicated for graduate student use. They are located on the second floor of Rackham and are open Monday through Friday from 8am – 8:45pm. All rooms have wireless connectivity available. The Study Halls include: The East Lounge The East Lounge is a place to relax with friends, study in groups, enjoy a snack or beverage, or just hang out. This…
Last year, when I was a new graduate student in love with her studied subject but not eager to be a student again, I had a lot of trouble balancing life and work. I could not separate the two. I had a guilt complex if I were doing something not related to homework, like washing the dishes. Clearly, the condition got a little irrational. I would sit in class wondering if my classmates had personal…
The Rackham Fellowships Office administers a range of grants and fellowships. Whether you are a prospective student, a current student, a Master’s or Ph.D. student, we want to make sure you know about the funding available for your graduate education. FEDERAL AID Your first step should be to apply for federal financial aid. If you haven’t already done so, apply for the Federal Financial Aid online by completing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid…
On September 25, 2011 the Chronicle of Higher Education published a list of institutions that awarded the largest numbers of Ph.D. degrees to minority students between 2005 and 2009. As in most years, the University of Michigan is the only university in the nation in the top ten for the most doctorates awarded for every specified minority group. For Asian Americans, we ranked 6th. For African-Americans, we ranked 3rd. For Hispanics, we ranked 7th. And…
Greetings Rackham Students, Faculty, Staff, & Community! My name is Alli Roman and I am a second year Master’s student at the School of Social Work. I am proud to be serving as the 2011-2012 President for Students of Color of Rackham (SCOR). SCOR is a network of graduate students both in Rackham and professional schools. We provide academic, professional, and social events throughout the year that meet the various needs of our graduate students.…
Each Ph.D. is unique, and my experiences as an engineer on North Campus are not easily translatable to the doctoral student culture on Central Campus. The nature of an experimental engineering Ph.D. is one of constant collaboration – with my labmates, with the building supervisor, with the trusty machinists, with custom part suppliers in other parts of the country. On the other hand, with a philosophy Ph.D., for example, one’s interactions within and without the…
Active U Autumn, U-M’s new 6-week physical activity challenge, starts on October 11 and runs until November 21. Sign up at the MHealthy - Active U website. This program can help you make activity a part of your routine and help you keep it up, so you can manage stress and feel more energized. What’s Involved? You can join on your own, or join a virtual team with your U-M friends, floor, house or department.…
Those who are first in their family to pursue higher education may face challenges unique to their status as first‐generation students. For those students who go on to pursue graduate education, understanding the requirements and their roles as a graduate student may present new challenges. Activities for first‐generation students have been growing in recent years at U‐M, but students indicated that they would like to have more of a connection to faculty and staff on…
The key to balancing work and life for graduate students is...hard work – motivated, planned and passionate hard work. For me, this means planning out my week's work – all my experiments, preparations, plus time for reading and writing – then coming into work and getting things done. If you complete most of your daily and weekly goals, you can avoid the guilty feeling that often makes you take work home or come in every…
This workshop, presented by Kathryn Greiner from the University of Michigan Credit Union, will help you figure out where money goes, and how to make it last to the end of the term. You will learn what credit really costs and how to use it wisely. You will also get tips on how to survive the high cost of living in Ann Arbor so you can live within your means. You will get a form…
A week or so into the fall semester and it becomes fairly evident that life as a graduate student will be full of making decisive adjustments. While calculating how many credits to take is an important task another more elusive task is locating that faint and blurry line between feelings of shirking your responsibilities or being a compulsive workaholic. My first job in the corporate world, after being late or missing a few meetings, taught…
Several U-M programs are offering free in-person, one-on-one mental health screenings for depression and other conditions on Thursday, October 6 at the following times and locations: U-M Psychological Clinic, www.psychclinic.org, 530 Church St., Suite 2463, 12 pm – 6 pm (Open to the public, no University affiliation needed.) Rackham Graduate School, 915 E. Washington St., 2nd floor, 9 am – 2 pm (offered by U-M Depression Center, www.depressioncenter.org, and Rackham Graduate School, www.rackham.umich.edu) UMHS Employee…
October 6, 2011 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Michigan Union Patio MFarmers' Market Facebook page The second University of Michigan Farmers' Market will be held in the Michigan Union Courtyard on October 6th from 11 am to 3 pm. It will offer fresh produce from local farms, as well as cooking demonstrations, giveaways, and information about healthy and sustainable living. Fall is apple season in Michigan and there will be apples and a variety of…
By Laurie A. Sutch, Academic Learning Facilities Coordinator, University Library Attention Graduate Students! The Knowledge Navigation Center and Faculty Exploratory at the University Library have several technology workshops waiting for you. Trying to decide if EndNote, Refworks, or Zotero is the right tool for managing your citations? Need to tame Microsoft Word to create a two inch margin for your chapter titles or create an automatic table of contents? Would you like to create a…
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