5 Ways to Improve Your Collegial Awareness
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​By definition, collegial refers to “share responsibility” or “groups of colleagues or peers.” Therefore, a large part of being a successful college student is to become a part of the different communities of college or to find the right community for YOU. In that spirit, following is a list of 5 ways that you can improve your collegial awareness. ​ 1.  Read Departmental Bulletin Boards It is easy to overlook these gems of information. They are typically crowded with tons of notes and outdated event flyers; however, if you just take 5-10 to actually sift through the contents ..read more
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Collegial Awareness 101
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School is now in session…grab your pen, paper, and highlighter and let’s practice some active learning. Today we are talking about Collegial Awareness… Shout out to all the students out there who think that being in college is enough and that propinquity alone is going to somehow magically transform you into the best version of yourself (Don’t be this person)! ​ Before we dive in, let’s talk a little bit about what is collegial awareness. Let’s start with some definitions: College /ˈkälij/ (noun) - an educational institution or establishment, in particular. Collegial /kəˈlēj ..read more
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Dear FAILURE...Sorry nobody likes you
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3y ago
Failure happens to us all, especially in academia. How we choose to acknowledge and handle that failure is what determines the type of person that we are. How can we make the most of our failures? How can we use failure to become the best version of ourselves? Let’s start with a quick story... ​You’re the 7 year old version of yourself again and while at school there is a classmate bragging about how fast they are and that no one in the world can beat them in a foot race. So what do you do? You call BS and challenge them to a race because you’ve been in a few races before and yo ..read more
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Finding Mentors and What Good Mentorship Looks Like
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3y ago
Let’s take a few moments to talk about mentors and what Mentorship may look like in a lot of different contexts. Firstly, what is a mentor??? A mentor is anyone who possess a skill or experience that you wish to possess and who has agreed to informally share that skill or experience with you without charge and at your own pace of learning. ​QuickFix: Many people assume that mentors have to be older than them but that’s not true at all. Mentorship is all about the transfer of skills and experience from one person to the next. Another misconception about Mentorship is that it has t ..read more
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Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) Are a Must
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3y ago
​For my undergraduate STEM majors, summer research experiences for undergraduates (REUs) are a must! They are an absolutely critical part of the undergraduate research experience. ​ When I began my undergraduate degree in Physics, I had no idea what career path I would take or what I wanted to do. I literally chose physics because it was broad enough to give me more time to figure out my life. It ended up being a great choice; however, my path to eventually figuring out what I would eventually love to study still took some time to develop.  Coming into college as a blank canvas that knew ..read more
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4 Steps to Writing Your Own Story
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3y ago
When coming up with this particular post topic, I was thinking a lot about the 3 things that I value most in my own life journey to achieve success, balance, and happiness. Those 3 things being: Accountability, Freedom, and Communication. To achieve a life of success, balance and happiness, I believe that it’s important to have accountability to yourself and others, freedom to be who you are and to live life with your own flavor, and communication with others for group progress. ​ With those 3 tenets in mind, I present to you my 4 Steps to Write Your Own Story which implicitly incorporat ..read more
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Components of a Strong Personal Statement
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​The scene is set and you’ve determined that you want to go to graduate school. You have completed the GRE and utilized the “Choose the Right Graduate School Checklist” to identify the perfect school fit for your long-term career and professional development. Now the final stretch of getting into the program of your dreams is to convince that place that you are the perfect fit for them. ​ So how do you do that??? One of the most important parts of your graduate school application package is the personal statement. Developing a well-written and coherent personal statement will sho ..read more
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5 Keys to Success in Life
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​Here I present to you, my top 5 keys to success – in no particular order! Be true to your own pace - In business there is a saying, “Bulls make money, bears make money, and the pigs get slaughtered.” I give that example to say, if you’re naturally aggressive and spirited in your dealings, then be that. To the contrary, if you’re naturally patient and methodical in your approach, then be that. It can come off as unnatural or missing authenticity if you try to act out of character in your endeavors. Be you and grow those skills to be the best version of you possible. Allow yourself time and ..read more
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Networking 101
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3y ago
Recently, I have been asked a lot of questions about how to successfully network. Fortunately, networking and collaboration have been two things that I have been successful with thus far in my career. My general consensus is that a lot of people view networking as a chore or unnatural task. For the most part, people understand that there is value in networking but the initial social investment outweighs the eventual networking return. If any of this sounds oddly familiar to you, then you’re in luck! Today I am going to present to you a few  networking strategies that are both natur ..read more
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Importance of Physical Fitness for Career Success
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3y ago
Midway through my doctoral degree – when my research productivity and extracurricular activity began to peak – I hit a wall! The mental energy that I needed to do more was there, but my physical energy had run its course. I was physically exhausted and I needed a solution fast to keep up my life pace, so I looked around at university upper admin and highly productive professors to find the solution to a problem that they all appeared to had mastered. What was the solution??? The answer…workout! When you’re a high school or an undergraduate student, your view of working out is 1 ..read more
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