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Do Your Research on All Programs You Are Considering With Brian Hercliff-Proffer

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This week on the Victors in Grad School podcast we are joined by Brian Hercliff-Proffer who is the Assistant Director for Registered Student Organizations and Late Night Programming at Michigan State University. We talk with Brian about his non-traditional path to graduate school, how he chose to attend Eastern Michigan University as the school he

Amy Yorke

Graduate School is a Lot of Work but a Lot of Fun with Amy Yorke

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This week on the Victors in Grad School podcast we are joined by Amy Yorke who is the Associate Director of Community Engagement and Associate Professor within the Doctorate of Physical Therapy program at the University of Michigan-Flint. We talk about Amy Yorke‘s journey from being an undergraduate to graduate student at the University of

UM-Flint OTD-Accreditation

UM-Flint Occupational Therapy Doctorate is first fully accredited program in Michigan

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It is with extreme pleasure to announce that the University of Michigan – Flint Occupational Therapy Doctorate program has been granted full accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)! This makes the UM-Flint OT program the first fully accredited doctoral program for occupational therapy in

Bachelor’s Degree Versus a Master’s Degree: What’s the difference?

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When you think about a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree, what comes to mind? Do you think about the length of time each takes, the depth of the content you will study, campus life, the overall experience or some other factor? On a basic level, when looking at the differences in degrees, a Bachelor’s

From Univ. of Idaho to OT at U of M

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I first started out at the University of Idaho where I obtained my Bachelors in Exercise Science and Health Sciences with a Minor in Psychology. I was deciding between three doctorate programs and found myself choosing the University of Michigan’s program here in Flint. I was excited to move closer to home (I am from

COVID 19: A Chance to Come Together

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It can be so easy to get caught up in the grind of life when you are focused on your own tasks. Yet the COVID-19 pandemic has in many ways revealed a lot about how quickly each of our worlds can change. Working as a critical care nurse has allowed me to see how impactful