8 Things We Love About Our Graduate Students
We love our graduate students! They are interesting, brilliant, and compassionate people who make our lives exciting.
For Valentine's Day, we made some cards to show you what we love about our graduate students.
1. They know a lot of stuff and that鈥檚 pretty cool.
Our students come ready to create knowledge that will advance their fields of study and change our world. They鈥檙e doing research for many reasons!
2. They keep our lives interesting.
We love getting to know our grad students! Applicants and current students call and visit the Graduate School each and every day. Sometimes they come in to share their latest research and accomplishments and other times to ask for help. Whatever the reason, we鈥檙e happy to see them.
3. Their diverse interests and backgrounds.
Our grad students come from all over the world, and they bring their unique passions and experiences with them. We all learn so much from each other.
4. Their drive and ambition inspire us.
Our students have such incredible work ethic and excitement for the future. We love seeing them reach their goals and don their graduation gowns at commencement鈥攊t鈥檚 one of our favorite days of the year!
5. Their contributions to our scholarly and welcoming community.
They鈥檙e willing to help out their colleagues and mentor one another. They share their personal and professional triumphs with us and with each other.
6. They embrace the local culture and share their own cultures.
It鈥檚 not uncommon to see our grad students enjoying all that 老司机福利网 has to offer, from food to festivals to the arts scene and local events. But they also work to share with the city, too, with pop-up dinners highlighting their own cuisines, starting 老司机福利网鈥檚 own TEDxVermilionStreet, and even establishing the widely popular annual Holi celebration.
7. They become involved alumni.
Our grad school alumni live across the globe, but they never hesitate to support the grad school鈥檚 advancement by paying it forward. They return to campus to give talks, help with the internship and career search, and fund some of our most important initiatives.
8. Their growth and transformation.
We love watching our grad students transform from wide-eyed, nervous rookies at orientation into highly-capable and confident experts as they submit their theses and dissertations鈥攁nd we love helping them get to graduation.