The Graduate College and Student Affairs are sponsoring free movie screenings of The PhD Movie 1 and 2 on Monday, Oct. 5, at 6:30 and 8 p.m. in a double feature at Ohio University’s Templeton-Blackburn Memorial Auditorium.
The PHD Movie 1 takes a humorous and poignant look at four graduate students as they grapple with research, being a teaching assistant and finding balance in their over-worked lives. The story follows Winston, a first-year graduate student who wants to join a research group to do his Ph.D., and Cecilia, a teaching assistant and grad student who loses her motivation and passion for her work.
The PHD Movie 2 looks at themes of competition in research, overcoming writer’s block, and finding your voice. Winston is now an integral part of Prof. Smith’s Lab. However, the current economic situation has put the lab in peril as research funding levels are at an all-time low. The group must travel to an important academic conference and square off against a rival research group as they compete for results and grant money. Meanwhile, Cecilia’s adviser declares he is going on sabbatical, which means she has to finish writing her thesis or be stuck in grad school another year.
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