On the encouragement of my colleagues, I have decided to update my post from last year where I detailed my favourite dessert places in Kingston. 1) White Mountain White Mountain is a Kingston staple. It’s been around for years, and…
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Yearly Archives: 2013
Amanda Tracey: Feeling Guilty?….Well, Don’t!
I just wanted to start off by expressing how excited I am to be chosen as a new member of the Gradifying blogger team! I am a first year PhD student in Biology studying Plant Ecology and Evolution. I did…
Tagged with: Elbow lake, goal setting, guilt, relaxation, student-supervisor relationship, work/life balance
Posted in General, New Students, Student Perspective
Posted in General, New Students, Student Perspective
Gradifying Grows! & Some Musings on the Importance of a Local Watering Hole
Good news! Congratulations to Amanda Tracey (PhD candidate, Biology) and Rachel Wayne (PhD candidate, Clinical Psychology) who are joining Atif and me* in bringing you experiences, events, and advice from our slices of grad life at Queen’s. We’re thrilled to…
Tagged with: good eats, grammar lives, Kingston favourites, new blood
Posted in Kingston, Student Perspective
Posted in Kingston, Student Perspective
Gone (Out of My Mind) Until Further Notice: A Comps Journal by Guest Contributor Rachel Wayne
Today brings us to the final of our four entrants, Rachel Wayne, who is in the sometimes-exhilarating and sometimes-agonizing throes of working toward her doctoral degree at Queen’s Department of Psychology in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Communication and Hearing Lab.…
The Six Habits of Highly Deceptive People – Guest Contributor Elias Da Silva-Powell
Posting on Mondays makes me aware of the number of these days which are considered holidays in order to form long weekends. It’s a great example of an availability bias because no one would ever complain that there are too…
Tagged with: academic humour, cognitive biases, concept creation, intuitive statistics, managing classroom discussion, participation
Posted in General, Student Perspective
Posted in General, Student Perspective
International Students’ Language Barrier – Guest Contributor Xiaoqian Liu
Our second entry, a lovely piece by Queen’s 3MT winner, Xiaoqian Liu.
Posted in International, Student Perspective
What Makes Grad School Worth It? – Guest Contributor Amanda Tracey
Here’s the first of the submissions we received and the second guest piece from Biology’s Amanda Tracey. Follow the many links and be richly rewarded with GIFs, arguably the cultural focal point of today’s emerging community of scholars.
Tagged with: de/motivation, existential crises, student-supervisor relationship, TAing
Posted in General, New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Posted in General, New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
3-Minute Trips Down Memory Lane
Our last update came just before the Ontario Provincial Championships of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. It’s since passed and I’m happy to report that it was incredible fun. (For fuller coverage of the event, see my article on…
Backup, backup, backup: Why you should use Dropbox
Before I start, remember that we are currently taking applications to become a blogger at Gradifying! Submit your application today to gradify@queensu.ca! With the end of the semester approaching and people frantically writing papers, or starting to assemble their theses/dissertations,…
Tagged with: degree progress, Grad Student Life, publish, QSpace, thesis, time management
Posted in General, International Study, New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Posted in General, International Study, New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis