Graduate Insider Blog
By Barbi Honeycutt
Most faculty job interviews include a research presentation and a teaching demonstration as part of the on-campus interview process. Postdoctoral scholars are experts in research. They know how to design experiments,…
A week after celebrating Independence Day is a perfect time to consider and celebrate the democratic values on which our nation was built — values like liberty, freedom and justice. The democratic success of the United States is also built upon…
Arizona State University graduate student Shantel Marekera has been awarded the 2019 Rhodes Scholarship, making her one of the 32 young students from the United States who receive the award each year.
The Rhodes…
The end of the semester will be here before you know it. Please refer to the deadlines below to make sure you are on time to graduate this semester.
Friday, June 28: Last day to schedule an oral defense of a thesis/…
The NSF defines a Postdoctoral Scholar as “an individual who has received a doctoral degree and is engaged in a temporary period of mentored training to enhance their professional skills to pursue his or her chosen career path.”
…Graduate College Travel Awards provide student funding for airfare and/or registration cost of attending professional conferences and workshops up to $500. Applications must be submitted by a students’ academic unit by the deadlines…
The Graduate College’s Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards showcases the importance of faculty-student relationship-building. At the 2018-2019 OFMA ceremony on January 30, four outstanding student-nominated ASU faculty members were…
The Distinguished Dissertation Awards represent one of the nation’s most prestigious awards programs for recently graduated PhD researchers. Every year, the Council of Graduate Schools and ProQuest sponsor a national competition to…
As the 2018-19 academic year came to a close and most students and faculty began their summer hiatus, Connected Academics at ASU geared up for two, separate, three-day events to further prepare doctoral students of language and…
This past March, Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Sonora Norte, part of a university in Mexico, held a workshop on water solutions in the Sonora-Arizona desert region in collaboration with ASU’s Associate Dean of the Graduate College, Dr. Enrique…
Register now for Teaching Assistant Orientation
Teaching Assistant (TA) Orientation provides a breadth of information for graduate students new to a teaching assistant position, allowing them to start their…
As your president and assembly president of the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA), we are excited to be serving the graduate community for the 2019-2020 school year! GPSA is the student government body that represents…
By invitation from the Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua (UACH), Associate Dean of the Graduate College Enrique R. Vivoni led a workshop on Sustainability and Convergence that promoted the trajectory of Arizona State University as an…
It is common knowledge that the skills and expertise of graduate students differentiate from that of undergraduate students. While we’ve had an orientation for online undergrads for some time, we have built upon those resources and…
1. Tell us about yourself
I’m originally from northern Sweden, from a tiny rural area north of the Arctic Circle. I did my undergrad at Luleȧ University of Technology in northern Sweden and my masters at Oklahoma State…
The Graduate College is proud to announce that Dean Alfredo J. Artiles was elected to the National Academy of Education and received the Spencer Mentor Award.
Dean Artiles was elected to the National Academy of Education (NAEd) for his…
By Wiley Larsen, Program Manager
The National Postdoctoral Association convened it’s annual conference April 12-14 in Orlando with a collection of around 400 postdocs and postdoc office directors. Like last year, the split was about 1/3rd…
The majority of postdoctoral scholars are working toward securing a tenure-track faculty position at a research university. However, according to ASU professor Christopher Hayter, fewer than 15% of postdocs will secure this type of employment (…
By Wiley Larsen, Program Manager
The National Postdoctoral Association convened it’s annual conference April 12-14 in Orlando with a collection of around 400 postdocs and postdoc office directors. Like last year, the split was about 1/3rd…
Another academic year comes to a close, and I’d like to start by congratulating all of the graduates who will continue to walk their paths as Sun Devils. This spring, over 4400 graduate students (400+ doctoral and 4000+ masters) will graduate…
It’s time to get the gang together! We’ve reserved a bunch of rooms in the Tempe Memorial Union to get all of ASU’s postdocs together for one day, to meet one another, to network, and to talk about your future! Whether you’re headed for the…
All-American Picnic for all students
Hamburgers, apple pie, and baseball, oh my. The Grad College hosted an “All-American” Picnic for students in International Accelerated Degree Programs (IADPs) at ASU.
The picnic was a chance for…
If you are new to Arizona, you are probably sick and tired of people asking you “have you experienced a summer yet?” It’s even kind of intimidating the way they ask it… like, “a” summer. It’s a thing. And if you like to do anything outside…
The Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards showcases the importance of relationship building.