We pulled aside Annabelle Tierney to discuss her thesis research addressing plastic pollution in the marine environment. Annabelle is a third-year graduate student in marine biology from Australia with aspirations of going into conservation work. Q) Can you tell me about your research? Annabelle: For my thesis research I am analyzing the distribution and…
The M.Ed. in Languages Program is excited to announce their first-ever newsletter covering both the ESOL and Spanish graduate programs. The M.Ed. in Languages is designed to meet the demands of working professionals with classes offered online. Students in the program have the option of selecting the emphasis that best suits their career aspirations by…
Welcome to graduate school. You can look at it this way: now, you know exactly why you are taking the classes you have to take. There are no more general education classes to sign up for even though you can’t see why you have to. Although I’m sure there will come a day when it will…
Remember Ann-Marie? We shared the good news about her earning a Rotary Scholarship, and her time at the Center for Women’s Women in Business Conference. Well, we are back with some more news to share from Ann-Marie, MPASA’s Chair of Professional Development. (Or, as I’d like to say, the woman helping all of our MPA…
The Omar Shrine Auditorium in Mount Pleasant hosted the seventh annual Women in Business Conference on February 24. This day-long conference brings together women business owners and professionals for a day of learning, empowerment, and inspiration. The Graduate School of the College of Charleston provided three master’s candidates with tickets to attend this conference, hosted…
Do you ever wonder why networking is important when it comes to finding employment? Well, oftentimes it is not what you know, it’s who you know. Come to this workshop tonight from 5:30-6:30 in the Career Center (Lightsey Building, Room 216) to hear local employers talk about what networking is and why it’s so important…
The Charleston Regional Development Alliance’s annual luncheon is just around the corner! The topic for this event is “Globalization: the Future Landscape of Power & influence.” This is a great opportunity for students to network with local business professionals and to hear from Parag Khanna, a nationally renowned keynote speaker. Khanna was a foreign policy…
It’s easy to think of ourselves just as students. But we are going through this for a reason, aren’t we? We are trying to advance our careers and to weasel our way into the professional world. So why not start now? Why not join organizations in the Charleston area to help get acquainted with other…
The Chronicle of Higher Education shared with graduate students tips on how to get the most out of your academic career. This open letter to graduate students encourages you to network productively within your field, but I also encourage you to expand your horizons and get to know others in your local community. This week…
Our Dean returned this weekend from Washington, D.C. for her annual Council of Graduate Schools conference. As always, she has goodies to share like the new GradShare beta site. GradShare is a networking site designed to unite graduate students of all disciplines. Topics and subtopics are filtered according to users’ disciplines (Arts, Business, Education, Engineering,…
