Elise Gregg | Editor-in-Chief Budgets keep getting tighter at FIU. Last week, the Graduate and Professional Students Committee officially announced decreased funding for the new fiscal year. As the fall semester inches closer, the impact of SGA budget cuts becomes clearer, like with the cancellation of Panthermonium. The slash is particularly acute for graduate students […]
Adam Ratzlaff/Guest Columnist and Graduate Student Miami is expensive. When I was accepted into a PhD program at Florida International University, I was offered modest funding through a Teaching Assistantship (TA), but knew I would need to supplement this income to live in Miami without support. I sent my letter of intent to FIU in […]
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 […]
For some Panthers, working is necessary to pay for classes. For others, namely Stephanie Fajre, work supplements coursework. The second-year graduate student works as a graduate assistant for Council for Student Organizations, where she pursues her passion for the school environment and working with students. As an undergraduate transfer student, Fajre was not involved […]
