Messiah College is hosting the Career and Graduate School Expo next Monday. Here’s the blurb from the career center: **************************** Monday, Oct. 24, 11:00 – 2:30 PM in Brubaker Auditorium. Approximately 145 exhibitors will be on campus to recruit for internships, professional employment, and graduate school programs. A complete list of exhibitors is available here. [...]
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Graduate School and Career Expo
Posted in Careers, Graduate School on October 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Changing Career Landscape for PhDs in History
Posted in Careers, Graduate School on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I briefly noted an article about the changing landscape of employment for law school graduates. In this morning’s Chronicle of Higher Education, historians Anthony Grafton (president of the American Historical Association) and Jim Grossman (executive director of the same organization) discuss the opportunities for employment for PhDs in history besides becoming college professors. [...]
Tuesday is History Graduate School Night
Posted in Careers, Graduate School on October 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Every October, the Department of History organizes an event to introduce students to the range of opportunities and career paths for graduates in history. This year, we’ll be devoting an hour to think about graduate school in history. Are you considering graduate school? If so, come to the History Department’s Graduate School Session tomorrow, October [...]
Should I go to law school?
Posted in Graduate School, Law School on October 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
History majors often ask whether law school is a good career choice. Yesterday the blogsite Attorney at Work posted this article (“The Law School Question”) about job prospects for law school graduates and the changing landscape of employment of new lawyers. This blog follows up an earlier post “Should I go to Law School?” History [...]
Annual Graduate School and Career Exploration Event
Posted in Alumni, Careers, Events, Graduate School, History Club on September 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
ATTENTION HISTORY DEPARTMENT MAJORS! Have you been thinking about how you will connect your history major with your life and career after graduation from Messiah? Then this event is for you! Each year the Department of History invites alumni back to speak with current students about different graduate school and/or career paths they have pursued [...]
Dispatches from Graduate School–Part 21
Posted in Cali's Dispatches, Graduate School on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cali Pitchel McCullough is a Ph.D student in American history at Arizona State University and 2007 graduate of the Messiah College History Department. For earlier posts in this series click here. –JF I had my first official PhD meltdown on Thursday night. My family requested to take Quinn and I out for dinner on Thursday [...]
Dispatches from Graduate School–Part 20
Posted in Cali's Dispatches, Graduate School on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cali Pitchel McCullough is a Ph.D student in American history at Arizona State University and a 2007 Messiah College history graduate. For earlier posts in this series click here. –JF I would call few of the books assigned for class “page-turners.” Alfred Chandler, you are a good man, but The Visible Hand didn’t quite take [...]
Graduate School Open House at Rutgers-Newark
Posted in Graduate School on February 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Graduate Program in American Studies at Rutgers-Newark will hold an open house Wednesday, February 9, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at 243 Conklin Hall for all who are interested in applying to study for the Master of Arts in American Studies. The program emphasizes the study of race and ethnicity, urban cultures, women [...]
Dispatches from Graduate School–Part 16
Posted in Cali's Dispatches, Graduate School on January 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cali Pitchel McCullough is a Ph.D student in American history at Arizona State University. For earlier posts in this series click here. –JF I’m still a good eighteen months outside of the Qualifying Exams, which means I’m even further away from writing my dissertation. I’ve been given mixed advice on the dissertation process. One professor [...]
Dispatches from Graduate School–Part 14
Posted in Cali's Dispatches, Graduate School on January 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cali Pitchel McCullough is a Ph.D student in American history at Arizona State University. For earlier posts in this series click here. –JF On Thursday, I depart for Providence, Rhode Island. I join my mom on her yearly MLK weekend trip to visit family just south of Boston. I return Monday evening and the following [...]
