Grad School Edition — February 15, 2024

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s graduation looms closer and clos er for the class of 2024, anxiety around what comes next grows as well.

Whether students have plans yet or not, Buckeye alums have advice to share for those who will soon share their title.

The path after graduation Nicole Tacsar earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology with minors in neuroscience and public affairs from Ohio State in May 2021 and recently graduated with a master’s degree in public administration in 2023. She now works as a program assistant for the Chicago branch of Local Initiative Support Corporation, a nonprofit focusing on community development, she said.

Tacsar said she could not find a job until months after graduation, with the job search being much longer and more taxing than she thought it would be.

“I probably applied to 150 jobs after I graduated and I probably interviewed with 10,” she said.

For students searching for a job after graduation, Tacsar said to widen the search and be open to every opportunity.

“It’s really important to realize your first job does not need to be your last job,” she said.

She said those on the job hunt should not be worried about using their network and reaching out to anyone they think could lead to a job.

“That’s how the corporate world works,” Tacsar said.

Similar to Tacsar, Emily Taft continued in higher education after earning her bachelor’s in history and minors in sociology and education in May 2023.

She is now pursuing a master’s in education and is a student teacher at Hilliard Davidson High School teaching ninth-grade world history, she said.

Taft said she came to college as an exploratory student, and an interest in history and teaching drew her toward her current path.

ON PAGE 5 Learn how CCS is catering its services to graduate students Taft said networking and discovering opportunities is the best way a graduating student can go about finding what to do next.

“The more you talk to different people, the more you can narrow down what you want to do and where you want to work,” she said.

She said she encourages every student to take advantage of the career exploration resources the university has to offer.

Similar to Taft and Tacsar, Jenna Powell also furthered her education after earning her bachelor’s in English in May 2023 and is now in law school at Ohio State. Powell said she was set on law school before graduation because of the extensive application process and the LSAT requirement.

Studying for the LSAT and researching all application steps can seem intimidating, but she said starting early and connecting with professors and resources on campus can help make the process easier.

Nobody should be intimidated by law school, and if someone has a genuine interest they should go for it, she said.

“There’s all types of people in law school,” Powell said.

“All types of majors, too.”

But there isn’t always a clear path for everyone once graduation hits. Some may take a gap year to take a breath and reevaluate all op-

tions — something May 2023 graduate Andrew Fischer decided to do.

Fischer graduated with a bachelor’s in history with minors in Spanish and film studies. During his gap year, he has decided to take the time to apply to graduate school, he said.

For Fischer, graduation was not an exciting time.

“My graduation day was not necessarily a happy day for me,” Fischer said. “I was very stressed.”

He said he did not know what he wanted to do after graduation and all the pressure to figure it out was stressful, so he decided to take a gap year to figure out his future plans.

“I felt like I just wanted to take a step back from academics for a little bit and just kind of see what else is going on in the world,” Fischer said.

He said he encourages students considering a gap year to take it, as it is a break for one’s mental health and lets graduates take some much-needed time to figure things out before moving on to the next step in their lives.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 Adjusting your schedule For many, graduating college will be the first time living outside of a school schedule. Tacsar said the schedule of a full-time 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. job was easy to transition into, and has been a better experience than her college schedule.

“I don’t feel like I take home as much of my schedule and work,” Tacsar said.

For Taft, graduate school has left her with a lot less free time, she said, due to juggling a Monday through Friday student teaching schedule along with evening classes.

“To do the things that I want to do, for me, has to be scheduled into my week,” Taft said.

Powell said she has had a similar experience, with law school quite a different experience than undergraduate education.

“Professional school feels more like a job than undergrad ever did,” Powell said.

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Powell said as an undergraduate she would do things on a whim, and always seemed to find time to get things done and fit in things she wanted to do.

Now, she said, she has to block out time and focus more on time management.

Fischer said that at the start of his break from college, he had nothing planned.

“Going from a very strict schedule with college to no schedule was pretty jarring,” Fischer said.

Finding two part-time jobs gave him a schedule and helped him feel a lot better, he said.

“Finding some kind of normalcy is definitely good,” Fischer said.

The finances For many graduates, life after graduation will be the first time many have to handle finances on their own.

Tacsar said for those encountering financial management for the first time on their own, a good place to begin is creating a simple bud-

get that just considers the basics of needs, wants and savings. She said to remember that it is okay to reach out to family and friends for help.

The influx of money from a full-time job can be overwhelming, but learning more about personal finances opens many doors.

“You have to start and then keep progressing and keep learning about personal finance as you go,” Tacsar said.

Taft said current undergraduate students should look to apply for different scholarships and grants while in school. Anything to ease student loans makes life as a graduate easier, she said.

Fischer said it is important to have both a long-term budget and a plan for what to do with each paycheck.

“Definitely have some savings, that’s for sure,” Fischer said.

Staying connected with friends Staying connected with friends after graduation can be a challenge.

Taft said this is a struggle because everyone has moved to different places and is doing different things.

The best way to stay connected is to be intentional and plan to find times in between busy schedules to meet, and to put in the work to stay connected with people, Taft said.

Fischer agreed and said sending texts, voice messages or anything else is helpful by creating conversation and helping to keep connected.

“The world’s not going to force you together anymore, “ Fischer said. “You have to make plans.”

Powell said as an undergraduate it can feel like friends are always around, but after graduation, it takes more effort to find time within each other’s busy schedules to meet or call.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 “Even though it can maybe feel a little forced that way, it still shows you want to spend time with each other,” Powell said.

Final advice Powell said upcoming graduates should use whatever time they have left at Ohio State to get in-

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volved, take a unique or interesting class for fun and take advantage of the wide range of campus offerings.

She said the organizations she was a part of and the people she met through them were well worth it.

“I’d say those gave me the most meaningful experiences,” Powell said.

Fischer said to enjoy the time at Ohio State as much as possible because even if it doesn’t feel like it, it will have gone by quickly.

“I will always treasure my time at OSU,” Fischer said.

Taft said it is important to remember that everyone is on their own timeline after graduation.

“You’ll all graduate together on the same day, but then it can be really easy to judge where you are compared to where you see the people that you’ve graduated with,” Taft said.

Tacsar agreed and said that everyone’s journey looks different.

“Some people are going to be super successful off the bat and get the best job ever and that does not make your success any less,” Tacsar said.

More programs to be offered by CCS, target graduate students

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hio State’s undergraduate students may dominate campus in numbers, but graduate and professional students are still a priority for the Counseling and Consultation Service.

Under Ohio House Bill 33, which established budget estimates for state agencies and programs for 2024 and 2025 after it passed in July 2023, Ohio State received $2.5 million as part of the $20 million dedicated to university mental health support for students, Micky Sharma, the director of CCS, said.

Alongside other university-wide endeavors, such as a program aimed at training student organizations in establishing mental health ambassador positions, CCS plans to implement a variety of their own, including teletherapy services, a graduate student administrative assistant position, biofeedback equipment and online mental health modules, Sharma said.

“Teletherapy sessions will have evening and weekend appointments and all graduates will have access to that,” Sharma said. “Welltrack Boost, a third-party vendor that we’re adding, has different modules for mental health support.”

Additionally, a graduate student assistant will help CCS with outreach, and biofeedback — a technology that uses electrical pads to discover involuntary body processes such as fast heart rates — will be implemented into clinical sessions to allow therapists to learn how physiological activity changes, such as relaxing the body, can improve mental health, Sharma said.

“Biofeedback is another way to address things like, for instance, stress management, and overall mindfulness that can be helpful as well,” Sharma said.

BROOKE TACSAR | LANTERN REPORTER These new services University Hall, located on The Oval, is the home of the graduate school at Ohio State. are available for all students, but teletherapy and the dig- and many of them are also teaching,” vices are accessible to all students. ital mental health modules were Sharma said. “There can be some ex- The fund can be used for therapy sesbuilt with the schedules of grad- tra pressures that they experience.” sions, medications, transportation and uate and professional students in Sharma said for graduate students childcare costs associated with theramind and the importance of flexibil- who struggle financially, the Stu- py attendance such as babysitter fees. ity and accessibility, Sharma said. dent Advocacy Center offers a Men“We know that they are people tal Health Emergency Fund of up to CONTINUES ON PAGE 6 who are doing their academic work $1,500 to ensure mental health ser-

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 “I cannot impress upon you how important [this fund] is for students to access because our graduate students struggle fiscally,” Sharma said. “This is a way to get money back into your pocket.”

During the 2023 fall semester, graduate and professional students constituted roughly 22% of the student body, according to Ohio State’s enrollment report, and 29% of the students who utilized counseling and consultation clinical services were graduate and professional students.

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Forty percent of the group counseling programs offered by CCS were designated specifically for graduate and professional students, Sharma said.

“We think about mental health care the same way we think about medical care,” Sharma said. “Mental health is the exact same way because there [are] some things you can treat [with] an outpatient, short-term model, and there [are] other things that need more significant care and you may need to see a specialist in the community.”

Dave Isaacs, Student Life’s communications and media relations manager, said the university has always supported graduate students.

“We recognize that graduate students may have a different perspective and different needs than undergraduates, and we work to try to meet those needs to support them in their unique journey,” Isaacs said.

CCS is among the many offices on campus that focus a great deal of attention on graduate students, Isaacs said.

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Currently, CCS provides a one-hour graduate workshop on mental health, a variety of identity-sharing graduate therapy groups, including one for international students, and graduate student groups that discuss a variety of graduate-based topics such as academic success, Sharma said.

“A healthy part of that program is for our graduate students,” Sharma said.

A workshop on perfectionism is amongst the most popular services used by graduates, Sharma said.

“We had a graduate [who] went to this perfectionist workshop and said afterwards to the workshop leader [that] it changed their life because they had been trying to be a perfectionist their entire life,” Sharma said.

These existing programs, however, will soon be accompanied by the new ones funded by Ohio House Bill 33 this year, Sharma said.

Sharma said if CCS does not have the program a student needs, they are able to recommend approved local services.

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“We have a community provider database on our website all students can access and use,” Sharma said.

“There [are] 229 providers in the community listed on that database.”

The goal of CCS is to help graduate students in their professional, academic and personal lives, Sharma said.

“We’re going to help them learn skills that will assist them not only as a graduate student at Ohio State but when they leave here and launch their career wherever they go,” Sharma said.

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Lewis is an Ohio State alum who graduated in 2002.

Modern Southern Table, which opened in 2021, will soon celebrate its third anniversary; notably, Lewis said her business’ success wouldn’t be possible without the support of her friends, family and customers, whom she refers to as her “cousins.”

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ON PAGE 10 Passion projects come alive through Ohio State’s Undergraduate Research Library Fellowship

Ohio State students pioneer new dating app, aim to change collegiate dating game

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uckeyes, get ready to swoon.

DuoDate — a new dating app established by Ohio State students, for Ohio State students — is set to launch this April. Instead of the typical oneon-one dates facilitated by prominent dating apps like Hinge or Tinder, DuoDate will employ a double-dating format to encourage users’ safety and comfort, co-founder Nick Saris said.

Saris, a second-year in finance, said the process of making DuoDate a reality began in early 2023. Inspiration struck

after a family friend expressed their struggles and frustrations with one-onone online dating experiences, he said.

“I saw this issue that needed to be addressed, and I knew there was a solution,” Saris said.

After that, Saris got to work. He collaborated with students from coast to coast — in a literal sense, considering the DuoDate team comprises students from MIT and the Univer-

sity of California, Berkeley — who could offer assistance with design, coding and other disciplines necessary for creating an app from scratch.

Once released, DuoDate will be available for free download on the App Store and Google Play. Saris said the app will cater to Ohio State students alone, although future expansion to other college campuses has been discussed.

James Abell, a fourth-year in marketing and a DuoDate brand strategist, said the app is designed to minimize intimidation factors associated with dating apps. Such factors include anxiety about meeting new people and fear

of being alone with relative strangers.

“One of the biggest problems with dating apps today is how people approach it,” Abell said.

“DuoDate wants to change that by being just a little different.”

Friends can sign up in small groups of two. Subsequently, Abell said they will be matched up with other pairs by swiping left for “no” and right for “yes.” When a match is made, DuoDate teams will be automatically sorted into four-person group chats to reduce the likelihood of awkward conversations.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 Saris and Abell said DuoDate’s staff wants to combat online dating’s safety risks — such as catfishing and increased feelings of loneliness — by using the age-old “buddy system.”

“A group setting makes things way more comfortable,” Abell said.

“We just want people to connect in meaningful ways, without having to worry about safety or security.”

Saris said DuoDate will also feature a system of verification checks, which involves required facial recognition and an optional background check for users.

“Really, what we’re trying to do is create a sort of blanket of security for people, in addition to giving users a unique experience,” Saris said.

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Looking forward, Abell said he hopes DuoDate can change the collegiate dating game for the better.

“Everyone deserves to feel safe and be their authentic selves on dates,” Abell said. “That’s our end goal.”

Ohio State students can currently join DuoDate’s registration waitlist via the app’s website. More information about DuoDate can be found on the app’s Instagram page.

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URLF offers paid summer research opportunity

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or the ninth consecutive year, 2KLR 6WDWH LV R̆HULQJ LWV VWXdents chances to explore 3D printing, produce plays, solve mysteries and more through the Undergraduate Research Library Fellowship, URLF. As stated on the Undergraduate Research Library Fellowship website, the summer program provides students with the paid opportunity to make revolutionary discoveries about their interests, and about themselves. Within URLF, students work one-on-one with a library mentor from any one of the 11 university libraries, such as the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Herbarium Library or Music & Dance Library, the website states.

Since the program’s inception in 2016, 47 students have created a URLF research project. Two of those students, Samir Haurani and Rose

McCandless, weighed in on their personal experiences throughout the program, while library faculty members shared what the program is like from mentors’ points of view.

A second-year in musicology, Huarani said he completed his research project last summer. Originally, he researched music education and its intersection with disability by analyzing music education and therapy journals at the Music & Dance Library, Huarani said.

Yet, as Haurani continued working on his project, his research question changed as he discovered a new passion: how the K-12 education system has evolved throughout history.

“How has the language shifted? Did a shift in language shift how they go about teaching people?” Huarani said.

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Being a student mentee in URLF also provided Haurani with the necessary career direction for the future, he said.

“I have to write a senior thesis as a musicology major,” Haurani said. “Participating in URLF eased a lot of the stress I had about what my potential senior thesis paper would be about.”

Haurani is not the only student to grow intellectually from his time in URLF. McCandless, a 2021 Ohio State alum in history as well as medieval and Renaissance studies, completed her research project the summer of 2019.

For her project, McCandless said she studied a variety of works within the Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection in Speck Hall. Because of the 40 hours per week she had to allocate to academic investigation per the program’s requirements, McCandless said her time at URLF was crucial in helping her get to where she is today in her research ventures.

“URLF is a priceless opportunity,” McCandless said. “All of my research ties back to my work that summer. I don’t think I would’ve gotten to produce scholarship at the depth I was able to without that amount of time to dedicate to it.”

McCandless said she encourages Ohio State students to participate in URLF and engage with the University Libraries more broadly.

“I don’t think people realize how insane it is, the caliber of library funding and resources Ohio State has,”

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“Conducting research in URLF teaches students many skills, like time management, putting together strategies, looking at resources and rethinking a strategy,” Dotson said. “This is very similar to what you may do in a future career or graduate school.”

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The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, located at 1813 N. High St., is one of many university libraries included in Ohio State’s Undergraduate Research Library Fellowship, for which applications close Feb. 26.

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Kattelman said URLF is a great resource for students who don’t want to wait for graduate school to begin pursuing in-depth academic inquiry.

“There’s nothing that says undergrads can’t create new knowledge as well,” Kattelman said.

“For self-motivated students, they can create their own pathways.”

Danny Dotson, the mathematical sciences librarian and head of Ohio State’s Geology Library, said one of his past student mentees completed their URLF project on analyzing business literature to determine the market for 3D-printed toys and content, discovering information that

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Holtmann has been at the helm of Buckeye basketball since 2017 when he was originally hired as its head coach.

Holtmann had a career record of 137-85 at Ohio State, with the team’s most recent loss being a 62-54 defeat against No. 20 Wisconsin, making it Ohio State’s 17th consecutive URDG ORVV ²W\LQJ D SURJUDP UHFRUG Holtmann has had a variety of coaching accomplishments during his time in Columbus. At Ohio State, he was a

two-time Naismith National Coach of the Year Finalist (2018, 2021), as well as the Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2018.

Holtmann started out his head coaching career at Gardner-Webb University, in which he served as its head coach from 2010-2013. He then stepped down and announced he would take a position as an assistant coach at Butler University.

Holtmann was named Butler’s interim head coach in Octo-

ber 2014 after head coach Brandon Miller requested a medical leave of absence from the university.

In January 2015, Holtmann was named by Butler University as the program’s permanent head coach, where he was until 2017.

The Ohio State athletic department has yet to announce who Ohio State’s next men’s basketball coach will be.