{"id":623,"date":"2023-01-09T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/graduateprograms\/?p=623"},"modified":"2026-05-19T22:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:16:34","slug":"victors-in-grad-school-samantha-klaskow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/graduateprograms\/2023\/01\/09\/victors-in-grad-school-samantha-klaskow\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Make a Hasty Decision on Graduate School With Samantha Klaskow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Don&amp;apos;t Make a Hasty Decision on Graduate School With Samantha Klaskow\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/7FSmLJHfmvrTy2hhDNttnB?si=2tro1PfaSFuDMJrmL2tDzw&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on the Victors in Grad School podcast we are joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/macfasam\/\">Samantha Klaskow<\/a> who is the Director of the Academic Success Center at Kettering University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samantha Klaskow and I talked about her journey from the University of Michigan-Flint to Grand Valley State University and how even though her academic background was different than others in her field, that she found success none-the-less. 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