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Letters of recommendation for graduate school are one of the most important parts of your application. After all, your reference letters help graduate schools determine if you’re ready for the academic challenge of earning your master’s or doctoral degree.

Maintaining good mental health in graduate school can be tough. Stress and anxiety can take hold as we struggle with deadlines and meetings with our advisors. Past trauma can flare up too during high-intensity moments (and every step in between).

Tackling each semester of grad school requires a lot from you. It takes drive. It takes focus. And it takes a lot of free food.

The world is constantly evolving and, as new students complete their educational journey, a vast, wild world awaits them in the job market.

Meet Dr. Donald Thornton, Jr., two-time graduate from the Â鶹ҹÊÐ’s Graduate School, where he studied educational leadership. He is currently the principal of Lafayette High School, which is the largest school in Lafayette Parish. 

Were you too busy to attend this week's meeting? Having your own existential crisis from the "Middle of Semester Blues" that is commonplace alongside graduate school stress? Well, the James Jackson Community of Scholars understands and wants to help.