Gradifying is a weekly blog series by grad students, for grad students. It features topics ranging from school life to self-improvement and everything in-between.
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Whether you are returning to Queen’s, or this is your very first year, there are ample opportunities to make new friends in an unfamiliar program. As a Queen’s graduate student, you get the luxury of having access to numerous grad student-only spaces. This allows for the perfect opportunity to meet other graduate students, who may belong to a different faculty or program.
In the midst of working hard, it's important to remember to destress and take time for you.
Every Sunday morning from10:00 am – 11:00 am the city of Kingston offers free yoga classes at Confederation Park - Arrive early to find your instructor and set up your mat in your favourite spot.
Each class is taught by a different yoga studio exposing you to a variety of yoga practices and yogis.
At Queen’s we are lucky enough to have the Society of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs. The SGSPA works to make our experience in graduate school as positive as possible, providing support, encouragement, and professional development opportunities. I have benefitted greatly from many of the programs that they offer! This post will spotlight some of the programs and events that the SGSPA offers for grad students.
Every Thursday, the city of Kingston offers fun, free, family and dog-friendly outdoor movies. Screening begin at dusk, June 15 – August 31 at the Springer Market Square located behind City Hall. There is something so magical about being surrounded by people all watching the same movie under the stars on a giant inflatable screen.
Here is the entertaining line up this year:
Grad school is hard. Most of us at some point (or points) during our degree could benefit from some mental health help. It can be intimidating to look for services, and there are options available that you might not even be aware of. I hope that by creating a ‘cheat sheet’ of different sources for working on your mental health, you are able to find whatever you think would be best for you. I also will recommend that you try to avoid my mistake – waiting until things are an emergency.
Hello fellow grad students! This post is coming from the heart of tough times in the research realm. POV, I just spent the past year and a half building a research partnership to have my site withdraw just days before data collection. If research heartbreak is a thing, I am definitely feeling it.
