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They say your first lab rotation in graduate school is the hardest – you’re adjusting from an undergraduate to graduate student, you’re adjusting to potentially a new…
- Hanna Erickson
- April 26, 2019
I started my PhD in good health. Several years in, I got ill. A cold morphed into labyrinthitis, which left me with long-term nerve damage in one ear, affecting my…
The second year of my PhD taught me that the 'mid-PhD' lull really exists. It has also suddenly dawned on me that I am actually doing a PhD, something that requires hard…
- Brianna Le Busque
- April 25, 2019
I started writing this story because I wanted to think about why I’m in this career and not a different one. I read an interesting article written by a personal trainer…
- Jennifer M Heemstra
- April 25, 2019
When I first started my PhD two years ago, I heard whispers about a so called “PhD slump.” About how in the middle of the PhD journey, people want to scream, and cry,…
- Brianna Le Busque
- April 25, 2019
The first year of my PhD taught me 7 important lessons. I learned that being passionate about a cause can sometimes be very exhausting, I easily began to understand why…
- Brianna Le Busque
- April 25, 2019
In our careers, we often carry around burdens that slow us down, but we keep carrying them because they’re not quite heavy enough to get our attention. And, one of the…
- Jennifer M Heemstra
- April 25, 2019
When I first starting blogging, I wrote a post about why I chose to start a PhD. I wrote this post when I was 6 months into my PhD and in the proposal stage of my…
- Brianna Le Busque
- April 25, 2019
Marriage is a constant learning experience. And so is life! One thing I love about my career is that I am constantly learning something new and look forward to that…
- Melissa Cristina Márquez
- April 25, 2019
I have multiple sclerosis, as a result of which I’m constantly in pain and experience deep fatigue. People in my life have told me to forget my PhD, to change careers,…