The summer months are no time for slacking off in the world of higher education.
For graduate students, summer break is no time to slack off. By Beth Luberecki May 14 at 5:29 PM When you’re an undergraduate, summer break might mean lounging by the pool or working as a camp counselor. But when you’re a full-time graduate student, your summer is probably filled with more research and reaching out than rest and relaxation.
Mohamud has goals of working in politics after finishing her degree, so she’s ideally looking for a summer position on Capitol Hill to help boost her résumé. “No matter what a student’s goals are, my advice is the same — connect, connect, connect,” says Shannon E. Williams, director of Ph.D. student services for the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. “There’s a pervasive misconception that education is an individual sport. But the world of work, even research work, has really changed, and it’s increasingly the domain of collaboration.
“Show up for seminars, brown bag lunches and lectures outside of class,” Williams says. “The more that students show up and support faculty in these small ways, the more that the faculty is going to remember those students when the money comes through [for research projects].” “Once we understand what students’ individual circumstances and constraints are, we try to work with them to come up with opportunities for summer enrichment experiences,” says Gihan Fernando, executive director of the career center at American University.
Summer is also a good point for students to review the past year and think about their next steps. “I think it’s a great time to find a few extra moments for reflecting,” says Karen P. DePauw, vice president and dean for graduate education at Virginia Tech, which offers graduate programs at two locations in Northern Virginia. “Students can go deeper and have that time to reflect on what has happened in that year and about what they’re wanting to do in the future.
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