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By Sofía Fernandez Graduate Student in Linguistics at Ohio University Being a graduate student requires a lot of time commitment, especially if you have to combine it with a teaching assistantship position. Here is a list of recommendations to manage both tasks successfully: Remember that you are a student first […]

By Ramin Rabbani Graduate Student in Chemistry at Ohio University If you are a graduate student in chemistry, physics or biology, you may have to teach in one of the many labs offered for undergraduates. A lab is different compared to a class in many aspects, but the main difference […]

By Genoveva Di Maggio Graduate Student in Modern Languages at Ohio University When we start graduate school, many questions arise. In addition to all the doubts, it is always necessary to do paperwork, meet professors and colleagues, and at the same time adapt to the new place of work and […]

By Emily Baxstrom From Compass Creating classroom environments and learning experiences that help students become global citizens is a common challenge for many faculty. An interdisciplinary Faculty Learning Community will form again this spring to explore and address issues encountered when assessing and redeveloping a course from a global perspective. […]

The Third Annual Graduate Student Pedagogy Conference at Ohio University: Perfecting Pedagogical Practices announces a call for papers and welcomes submissions from all Ohio University graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and adjunct faculty members from all disciplinary fields. As the theory and practice of education, pedagogy can influence every choice instructors […]

Dr. Ashwini Ganeshan, Assistant Professor of Spanish in Modern Languages, was awarded the Humanities Research Fund award from the College of Arts & Sciences Professional Development Committee on Oct. 19. Ganeshan will use the funding to present at the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium in Lubbock Texas, October 26-28, 2017. The College […]

Modern Languages graduate students Genoveva Di Maggio and Angela Romero earned the Excellence in Teaching Award after completing the College of Arts & Sciences’ Advanced Graduate Teaching Certificate program with high distinctions. Both are in the Spanish master’s program at Ohio University. “These teaching assistants have been instructing lower-division Spanish […]