Andrea Rodriguez Romero | Contributing Writer As an upcoming senior with hopes of staying at my Alma Mater for my Master’s degree, to find out that it’s more affordable to go elsewhere for grad school was shattering. Like any other student looking at grad schools, FIU seems like an easy choice. But after looking at […]
Abdul Malik & Luka Varazi | Contributing Writers The 6th Annual 3-Minute Thesis Competition was hosted on Friday, Jan. 27 at the Student Academic Success Center by Felecia Townsend, the Director of Operations at FIU’s Business Services. “Just for your information, the three-minute thesis, also affectionately known as 3MT, was first developed at the University […]
Elise Gregg | Editor-in-Chief The last faculty senate of the fall approved a new psychology program for graduate students at FIU. Starting next fall, doctoral students could be able to earn a master’s degree in Applied Social and Cultural Psychology while they finish their Ph.D. “Once all approved at the Provost’s level, it goes off […]
Andres Davila & Conor Moore | Staff Writers The Department of Economics hosted the 5th annual Workshop in Applied and Theoretical Economics conference on Friday, Oct. 6th, fostering intellectual exchange and idea dissertation within the field of economics. The conference provided seminars from economic researchers in Florida, as well as time to network with others […]
Kailey Krantz-Diaz | Staff Writer Some undergraduate students may want to continue their studies at FIU through their graduate program. However, they’ll have second thoughts after learning the program is experiencing drastic budget cuts. While I may be an undergrad student, I sympathize with the graduate students who have voiced their concerns and relate to […]
LuLu Victoria-Lacy and Randi Spiker | Grad Wages and Rights at FIU Life in Miami as a graduate student is a financial struggle. After paying monthly rent, I (Lulu) am usually left with $120 a week to cover groceries, transportation, wifi, etc. $50 each week goes back to FIU to pay semester school fees, leaving […]
Caroline McCulloch/Guest Columnist Despite decades of skyrocketing tuition costs, a large segment of university instruction relies on precarious employment and meager wages. The most exploited employees are adjunct professors. For those unfamiliar with the hierarchy of faculty in higher education, adjunct professors are instructors who are generally hired on semester-long contracts to teach specific courses. […]
T.J. Ligouri/Guest Columnist and FIU Alum I’ve been an adjunct on and off for the past twelve years, teaching over 50 classes and over 1,500 students as an adjunct. During this time, I’ve experienced bouts of homelessness and lingering health issues, all while co-parenting. In January 2009, as a 23-year-old with a FIU Master’s Degree, […]
Tamanisha John/Guest Columnist and FIU Alum I entered graduate school coming from a low-income immigrant family background, where my relationship with money and budgeting, due to the precariousness of money, was always omnipresent. Thus, struggling to survive on a teaching assistant’s (TA) salary at FIU— while shocking and incredibly upsetting— seemed like a continuation of […]
Adam Ratzlaff/Graduate Student On the afternoon of September 8, 2021, the University Graduate School (UGS) emailed a memo to its PhD students indicating that it would be raising stipends for graduate assistants making under $26,000 by 3.5% this year. Additionally, new policies and clarifications to existing policies were discussed. Mind you this comes just weeks […]
Adam Ratzlaff/Guest Columnist As new and returning FIU graduate students start a new academic year, there is one cold fact that they need to consider— Miami is expensive, and being a graduate student at FIU means resigning oneself to living near poverty. This should not come as new information. A 2019 PantherNow exposé examining nearly […]
Gabriella Pinos/ Assistant Entertainment Director All my life, I’ve wanted to get out of school. Ever since I was in high school, I dreamed of entering the workforce. Always the obedient, academic pupil, I reassured my professors that college was the right path for me, and I would get a job in my desired field […]
