Podcasts by 5 to Life: A PhD and Beyond
Our goal is to build a community of future, current, and past graduate students to support each other through this great adventure. 5 to Life is not only about the commitment we are making to our field of study for the 5 years of grad school but our commitment to science for life
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Season 2 Episode 5: Working for a Nonprofit Organization from 2019-06-21T13:14:34
The NCCS reports that over 1.5 million nonprofit organizations are registered in the United States today. Most of us are able to name several of these from memory, but did you know that many nonpro...
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Season 2 Episode 4: Instrument Sales with Dr. Charlie Pemble from 2019-05-18T13:34:28
Have you ever wondered why instrument representatives are so skilled at discussing science? The truth is that most of them have attended graduate school, and many have PhDs! What's life like for th...
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Season 2 Episode 3: Continuing medical education with Sara Miller from 2019-04-09T15:38:36
Are you interested in using your graduate degree to educate others about science? You may think that this path begins with a PhD and post-doctoral position and ends in an academic career. However, ...
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Season 2 Episode 2: The Intersection Between Science, Business, and Law with Dr. Parsons from 2019-03-10T00:20:15
How can you use a Bioscience-based PhD to heal not only individuals, but entire communities? Aaron and Angelica sat down with Dr. Kelly Parsons, who answered this question by pursuing a career in u...
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Season 2 Episode 1: A PhD’s Guide to Career Paths with Dr. Erik Brady from 2019-02-11T21:06:59
Graduate school is a tumultuous journey, but it has a defined endpoint. Eventually, we’ll get our degrees and graduate school will be over. What comes after that? As a PhD student, Dr. Erik Brady h...
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Season 2 Preview: Updates on 5 To Life and the 5 To Lifers from 2019-01-04T17:05:13
Hi 5 To Life community, it’s 2019 (we know we said 2018 in this recording, but we usually know what year it is) and we are back with an interview-packed season of great content for you! We’ve spent...
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Epsiode 13: Season 1 Finale from 2018-07-12T15:06:01
Episode 12: Season 1 Finale
As our second year (for Angelica, Brittni, and Aaron) and first year (for Tiffany) comes to an end, we discuss where we are now on our PhD journey. For the upco...
Episode 12: Balancing Research and Romance from 2018-03-12T17:18:56
All’s fair in love and science. Join us as we discuss relationships in grad school from the outside. Three non-student friends who are dating, engaged, or married to a current graduate student let ...
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Episode 11: Semester Goals from 2018-02-05T23:47:48
It's a new semester and we have come together to discuss the goals we hope to keep. Making and breaking down our goals for the semester has given us some big picture oversight and helped us get out...
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Episode 10: Grad School Interviews - 5 to Life: A PhD and Beyond from 2018-01-09T00:38:55
Graduate school interviews are approaching and we are here to reassure you that everything will be okay. After putting countless hours of blood, sweat, and tears into your applications, it is now t...
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Episode 8: 2017 Holiday Special from 2017-12-20T21:19:16
It’s the holiday season! For many graduate students, this means some time off to see family and friends and get some R&R. Who are we kidding??? R&R??? Unfortunately, the holidays can cause us gradu...
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Episode 7: Scientists of NC with Katie Stember from 2017-12-18T21:23:40
As scientists of North Carolina, we sat down with Katie Stemper the founder of Scientists of NC to share her work. She created this group to shatter the perception of scientists, and show that we a...
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Episode 6: Tax Attacks on Graduate Students: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with Dr. Dwayne Godwin from 2017-11-21T01:29:19
Today we discuss the proposed tax reform bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that was recently passed through the House. We interviewed Dr. Godwin, the Dean of the graduate school here at the Wake For...
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Episode 5: Personal Wellness - 5 to Life: A PhD and Beyond from 2017-11-06T22:15:47
Join us as we discuss how our personal wellness is going after talking to Dr. Paige Bentley.
Believe it or not, graduate students sometimes leave the lab to be well.
Crew: Aaron ...
Episode 4: Introducing Angelica and Tiffany - 5 to Life: A PhD and Beyond from 2017-10-23T23:57:10
Say Hello to our new podcast team members- Angelica and Tiffany. They discuss what they do , how they ended up in the world of graduate school, and why they decided to join 5 to Life.
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Episode 3: Wellness Matters!- 5 to Life: A PhD and Beyond from 2017-10-09T22:08:02
Wellness Matters
This week we talked to Dr. Paige Bentley-Greason who is the director of counseling of Health and wellness here at Wake Forest. She answers our questions about her counseling se...
Episode 2: Rotations- 5 to Life: A PhD and Beyond - from 2017-09-21T00:54:13
Only 3 rotations!?! How to choose and navigate rotations while you decide on a permanent lab home. We discuss how we chose where we belong and our thoughts on rotations.
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Episode 1: First Year In Hindsight - 5 to life: A PhD and Beyond from 2017-08-28T22:28:01
They say that hindsight is 20/20. In this episode, we look back at how our first year played out, the highs the lows and everything in between.
Crew: Aaron, Brittni, Jenny, Joshua
Intro Episode -5 to Life: A PhD and Beyond from 2017-08-21T22:11:43
5tolife podcast's goal is to build a community of future, current, and past graduate students to support each other through this great adventure. 5 to Life is not only about the commitment we are m...
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