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By Kassandra Mullins Graduate Resident Director  Landing a valuable internship or job opportunity through networking is the ideal end goal for most individuals, but have you considered how building your network can benefit you beyond the job hunt? According to Business Insider (Huhman, 2014), networking is a key to success […]

by Kristin Distel Jarrett Quanrud ’18 spent the summer of 2017 interning with National Interstate Insurance—and finalizing his career plans and interests. A senior majoring in math and minoring in finance, Quanrud describes the internship as exactly the type of experience students need in order to determine the career they […]

Samantha Stewart ’18 is the first Philosophy major to participate in the department’s internship program, serving as an intern for Mollica, Gall, Sloan, and Sillery, the oldest and largest law firm in Athens, Ohio. Connect with Stewart on LinkedIn. Stewart is a senior at Ohio University, majoring in Philosophy Pre-Law, […]

From the Office of Instructional Technology Ohio University has long used a two-tiered system to place students in their first college-level math course. Students are initially assigned to a level based on their ACT/SAT scores or courses transferred from another institution; they can attempt to change their initial designation by […]

By Jonathan Young and Silvana Duran Ortiz Graduate students in Biological Sciences at Ohio University Teaching a college-level course is a challenge. This is especially true if English is not your native language because communication is more difficult for both you and your students. The following are some tips from […]

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 […]