Graduate Blog

Brian Meindl is a graduate student studying for his master’s in business administration with a concentration in accounting.I joined Niagara University in the fall of 2012 as a part of the 4+1...

Just two weeks ago, I had the amazing opportunity to represent Niagara University at the Kappa Delta Pi international conference in Orlando, Fla.! Kappa Delta Pi is Niagara University’s graduate...

Growing up in a family full of teachers, I thought I would never follow in their footsteps. Studying international business economics for my undergraduate bachelor’s degree, I was determined to work...

Henrietta Nagy, a Hungarian graduate student from Romania, shares her experiences and advice about graduate school It’s November… exactly 10 months since I left my country to study toward an MBA...

Dr. Mike Smith is an associate professor of education. He spent the past year on sabbatical in Thailand. The primary objectives of my sabbatical: The development of international student-teaching...

Unlike most soon-to-be teachers who experience a lifelong pull toward the profession, I stumbled headfirst into teaching at the secondary level. Eschewing my mother’s frequent predictions that I...

A few short years ago, I walked across the stage here at Niagara University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and I could not wait to start the next chapter of my life - obtaining a master’s...

Kassandra Grys, a school counseling graduate student, was recently hired as a math teacher at Wilson High School!I graduated last May with what I thought was a solid, definite, unchanging plan....

Dr. Shannon Hodges, professor and coordinator of Niagara University’s clinical mental health counseling program, spent his summer vacation volunteering in South Africa in six different orphanages...

Jade Bloom, a graduate teacher education student, describes her experiences presenting at the 2015 Canada International Conference on Education, with Dr. Paul VermetteLast week, I was lucky enough...

Brandon Long, a May 2015 M.S. in sport management graduate, describes his experiences presenting at the 2015 North American Society for Sport History Conference.  As I sit here in an attempt to...

Peter Szilvay, an international graduate student at NU, blogs about his first semester as an MBA student.I keep avoiding this question both unconsciously and consciously, and the situations where it...

With the 2015 Graduate Commencement ceremony in the books, my experience at Niagara University is officially complete. I am very excited to share my graduate school experience because it was anything...

You learn many things while completing a graduate degree. One of the most important things is that even though you may think you are done learning, you are not. Learning is truly a lifelong process. I...

It's been an incredible year, one that has truly opened my eyes to all the possibilities that come along with a graduate degree. It also has been a year unlike anything I expected, with a majority of...

“Aim small, miss small.” Keynote speaker Ric LaCivita mentioned this line from The Patriot a couple of times throughout the day at the first-ever Sport Management Symposium, held in the Gallagher...

Hey, guys! So it’s been a while since I've blogged, but I've been waiting for the right inspiration to come along and it finally came to me when I was on Pinterest the other day. It’s that time...

People continually ask me, “How are you always so optimistic and ‘bubbly?” I work three jobs, and I am a full-time (12 credits each semester) graduate student. I tend to be a very busy person,...

I arrived on campus around midnight on Aug. 27, 2014. I remember saying to myself, “I am finally here.”I had mixed feelings. I kept asking myself questions like, "Am I going to like it? What are...

My name is Ally Radley and I'm currently studying abroad at the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland. I graduated from Niagara University in May 2014 with a bachelor's degree in English education and am...