Whether it’s through Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn, many students are using more and more sources of social media. It has actually become an important part of some students’ communication with each other and faculty members. Facebook and Twitter connect students to each other through a platform that allows them to post on each other’s wall, tag each other in tweets or pictures, and make connections with old friends from previous…

Have you begun the agonizing and seemingly never-ending search for the perfect graduate school? Are you avoiding this journey until the very last second? Whichever category you’re in, there’s no need to panic. If you’re like me and you work best looking at the big picture before starting any project, I suggest reading the PhDStudent website in our “Applying to grad school” section. The article, “…

It’s easy for students to become overwhelmed with writing or editing their dissertation. With such a long document to have to research articles, gather data, and write long pages for, students can feel unmotivated to continue their dissertation process by editing everything they just wrote. Here are a couple of resources for you that mention a few different ways of editing your dissertation:…

Many doctoral candidates may be afraid of their “competition” in the program, but there’s nothing to worry about when you focus on your goals and what you need to get done. I have a few tips on how to gain that extra leg up either in your program or entire university, but it will take more determination and drive on your end to follow through with the actions. Be…

Do you feel that faculty and staff members of your department, or university as a whole, don’t treat graduate students as well as you should be treated? I am here to assure you that you play a vital role in your department and university, and Chancellor Linda Katehi of the University of California in Davis agrees with me. Clifton Parker wrote…

Welcome! PhDStudent is launching its blog feature, and I am privileged to write the one that starts us off. I would like to share with you the two goals I have in mind for PhDStudent and our new blog feature: Our goal for PhDStudent is to help you grow as a graduate student so that you may not only succeed but thrive in graduate school. Our goal for the…