Duke Graduate School

Have you thought about mentoring but worried that you weren’t qualified? Do you feel like it’s too big a time commitment? I felt the same way, but one summer of mentoring changed my entire thought process and helped me shape my mentoring experiences to work for me. 

How was I going to convince my mentor that spending 25+ hours on my professional development would be a good idea–especially considering that it would take away from time in the lab?

My graduate career has been a bit bumpy (although whose hasn’t!), and during my 3^rd-year slump, I spent a lot of time asking myself if I really wanted a PhD.  By having to face this question, I realized very quickly that I had no idea what a PhD could do for me.  I knew I wanted out of

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No matter what  plans you have for the fall – from starting your first semester of graduate school to starting a postdoc or full-time job, and everything in between – you should think about taking a little time this summer to get your virtual house in order.

We all look forward to summertime during graduate school–but the livin’ isn’t as easy as Gershwin and Heyward suggested.

As a graduate student, it is rather difficult to ignore the issues that trouble my colleagues, particularly the dreaded job market.

As a graduate student at Duke with the desire to teach, I am awash in opportunities to improve my pedagogical abilities.

Since I began working in The Graduate School in 2003, I have coordinated RCR ethics training, taught courses on college teaching & higher education, and had the privilege of directing the Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program.  PFF is an annual, professional mentoring program for 25 advanced

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