When I learned that you got paid to go to graduate school for chemistry, I was all in!!! I mean getting paid to get more education as opposed to going into debt to further one’s education seemed like a sweet deal. The only issue at the time was, I was working about 4 different jobs (one full time and 3 other part-time gigs) through and after undergrad which gave me a combined income around $47k ... Read More

Getting used to a new normal is the steady state of being a doctoral student. Just when you have a system and routine in place that is allowing you to be highly productive, something or someone comes up, and temporarily knocks you off course. And then you have to get over any emotional, mental, or physical barriers that exist in order to establish a new normal and get back to it. But what happens ... Read More

The journey to your doctoral degree is a long one when you’re in it but in the course of your entire life is but a short chapter. That said, to wait until you’ve completed this journey and defend your dissertation or choose to walk across the commencement stage, is a long time to wait for a big celebration. Four, five, six years later is too long to pop open the champagne or Martinelli’s. What if ... Read More