Welcome, grad students! The Graduate Student Association (GSA) at Hood College is here for you, and our mission is to relay your opinion to the college's leadership. In addition, we organize events and opportunities for professional development & networking. Given our diverse graduate student body, the GSA supports a culture of JEDI (justice, equity, diversity and inclusion) with full transparency.
As we continue to promote communication across graduate students, the faculty, and the administration, we hope to strengthen the relationship between the college and its graduate students by advocating for social unity, academic opportunities, and fair resource allocation. Thus, we will be working on many fronts to make your graduate student experience at Hood College as positive, fun, and valuable as possible.
As we navigate our way back on campus, the GSA will promote approved health guidelines, and we ask everyone to respect and comply with the college’s mask mandate. It is exciting to be on campus and to interact once again as a graduate community. We look forward to being your advocates and supporting you.
You can always email us at GSA@hood.edu with suggestions for the GSA or to share any concerns you may have. To learn more, please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Join and share our social media posts and help spread the word. Thank you and have a productive year!
Reham Eltomy
President, Graduate Student Association (GSA)
Translate your bachelor's degree into an expedited master's degree with our dual-degree 4PLUS program. This past spring, we added two new pathways to our 4PLUS Dual-Degree program: The B.A. in Art Therapy + M.S. in Counseling and the B.A. & B.S. + M.S. in Cybersecurity. The Art Therapy/Counseling program is designed for highly motivated students pursuing an art therapy major who want to earn a master's degree in counseling at an accelerated pace. Students can follow either the Clinical Mental Health Counseling or the School Counseling tracks. The cybersecurity program deepens knowledge of the procedures, tools and standards used in the field. Students learn systems and network security, computer forensics, cryptography, ethical hacking and contemporary technologies and techniques in web, wireless and mobile security. This program is open to all undergraduate majors.
Hood’s 4PLUS program is an accelerated, dual-degree program that allows undergraduate students to begin graduate coursework as early as their junior year. Eligible students can earn both their bachelor's and master's degrees in as little as 5 years. The 4PLUS program includes the following master’s degrees:
· Master’s in Business Administration (MBA)
· M.S. in Information Technology
· M.S. in Clinical Mental Health or School Counseling
· M.S. in Environmental Biology
Interested students should contact our 4PLUS liaison, Nick Masucci '17, at masucci@hood.edu for more information.
It is my pleasure to welcome the newest member of our education department and our new director of the doctoral program in organizational leadership, Dr. Nisha Manikoth! Dr. Manikoth has extensive graduate teaching experience in the doctoral program at George Washington University where she taught courses in organization theories, and applied research in human and organizational learning. Her research areas include applied studies of organizational leadership, human resource development, and studies of gender and leadership.
Dr. Manikoth earned her EdD in human and organizational learning from George Washington University, her MBA in human resource management from Xavier Labor Relations Institute in Jamshedpur, India, and her BS in physics from the University of Calicut in Kerala, India.
Feel free to extend a warm “Hood Hello” to Dr. Manikoth via email.
Learn about recent Hood doctoral alumna, Simarjeet (Simi) Sandhu, DOL '21. She graduated with a doctorate in organizational leadership is the proud author of the children's book, Kisaan, Simi is currently an ESOL teacher for Montgomery County Public Schools, and we spoke with her about the new book which is focused on raising awareness for farmers in the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana. Read more here.
October 14: Cotton Cybersecurity Lecture
Janet Hobbs Cotton ’59 and her husband, John Cotton, support our cybersecurity master’s program with a generous gift to host the Cotton Cyber Lecture Series, which brings nationally and internationally recognized leaders in cybersecurity to campus to speak.
The upcoming lecture will be delivered by Dr. Vint Cerf, the Father of the Internet. His talk is free and open to the public. Join us in Rosenstock Hall (Hodson Auditorium) from 7-8 p.m. No RSVP required.
Interested in learning more about Hood’s 4PLUS program? This accelerated dual-degree program allows undergraduate students to begin graduate coursework as early as their junior year. Eligible students can earn both their bachelor's and master's degrees in as little as 5 years. All undergraduates (first year through seniors) are welcome to attend one of the below virtual events. To learn more, register for one now:
November 16: Admission Cafe
November 29-December 4: Grad Week
In the final weeks of the semester, we know that stress is at an all-time high. During this period, we have a tradition where Hood faculty/staff like to show their support! It’s called “Grad Week.” We will have a table set up in the lobby of all the major buildings before classes in the evening (and doctoral classes during lunch on Saturday). Stay tuned for more information as the semester draws to a close!
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