Welcome to
GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Experiential learning isn’t limited
to your co-op
Explore Our Graduate Organizations Sections!
Northeastern is home to a vibrant, multifaceted, diverse graduate community with many interdisciplinary organizations, groups, events, programs, and exciting opportunities to experience life beyond the classroom. Work and life can be integrated in ways that nurture your personal growth and shape your professional path. The more you engage with life beyond the classroom, the more prepared you’ll be for life beyond Northeastern. Take advantage of all that graduate school has to offer by getting involved, and start your lifelong learning journey today!
Why Get Involved?
Growth
Expand your perspectives on yourself and your career by engaging with people outside of your academic field from all over the world. Regardless of your degree, professional or research-based, you increase your hireability and the applicability of your field of study to a wide range of career paths by exposing yourself to diverse arrays of young professionals through events and programming. You also increase your capacity to positively impact the world.
Skill-Building
Leadership, time management, event planning, budgeting, public speaking, teamwork, and more! Jobs today are hiring for skills, not just degrees: a degree will help get you in the door, but your skills will be what gets you the job. Bolster your resume and professional potential by taking on organizational leadership roles. Graduate student leaders have a leg up on the competition.
Networking
You never know what connections might (literally) pay off down the road! Find your community that gives you life and makes graduate school more supportive, enriching, and exciting. The more people you know, and the more connections you make, the more opportunities open up for mentorship, development, and learning.
Mental Health
Graduate school should challenge you and push you to achieve new heights you were unaware even existed. But it should also be enjoyable and fun! What’s more, studies have shown that downtime makes us more productive and engaged workers. Whatever your reasons, it’s important to diversify your time by participating in different kinds of activities and letting yourself breathe: intellectually, physically, and emotionally.
Organizing Your Life
The best student leaders and co-curricular practitioners succeed inside and outside the classroom, creatively integrating lessons learned in both environments. We encourage you to explore these strategy handouts and guides to help take steps towards integrating “work” and “life” in ways that help you excel across the board.
Strategy Handouts
Students are at an advantage when they have a good grasp of their strengths and difficulties, a repertoire of varied strategies they can employ depending upon the acadmic task, and an ability to use that knowledge to proactively manage their education.
Graduate Handouts
Navigating graduate education requires specific skills and awareness. These resources help graduate students assess their learning style, communicate effectively with faculty, and establish productive academic routines:
- Am I an Online Learner?
- How to Speak to Instructors
- Checklist for Graduate Students Seeking Accomodation
General Resources
Build a strong support network and access essential services through these comprehensive resources designed to enhance your graduate experience and connect you with the broader university community:
Specific Challenges
Once challenge areas are identified, the goal is to provide focused, practical resources for those working with graduate students. The strategy tools are organized below to allow staff and peer mentors to identify resources based on common areas of need. These resources are to be used directly with students, designed to provide the student with an opportunity to put these valuable recommendations into practice:
- Group Work:
- Writing:
- Conversations with Professors
- Notes
- Motivation
- Not Having a Positive Experience