Bring Your Curiosity and Collaborative Spirit
As a graduate or professional student, you will find yourself in a . Moreover, you鈥檒l be working with faculty mentors who keep in touch throughout your career to help you make connections within academia and industry.
Read these stories about how our students have connected their personal passions to scholarship in their fields of study:
BernNadette Best-Green, education
is passionate about increasing equity and social justice for academically vulnerable populations. Inspired by scholars whose research in teacher education fostered improved outcomes for diverse populations, Best-Green was determined to conduct her own research with the goal of better preparing teachers to effectively educate all students. Her research study, 鈥淭hriving While Black,鈥 seeks to understand what black university students think about how their K-12 experiences helped and harmed them.
MBA IMPACT Strategic Project Team
The 完美体育 MBA program鈥檚 IMPACT curriculum (Integrated Management Project + Articulation and Critical Thinking) builds a broad foundation of business knowledge and skills. As part of the 10-week IMPACT project, six 完美体育 MBA students partnered with the 完美体育 Tahoe Environmental Research Center to explore the potential commercialization of invasive mysis shrimp that could be trawled from Lake Tahoe to help the lake's clarity. The MBA team presented a plan to use the Omega3-rich shrimp as an ingredient in mass-market dog treats.
Angel Hinzo, Native American studies
As a U.S. history student at UC San Diego studying the current literature 鈥 or lack thereof 鈥 on Native American boarding school alums, their narratives and histories, hadn鈥檛 thought about continuing past a bachelor鈥檚 degree. But a mentor encouraged her to consider graduate studies with the at 完美体育