{"id":99636,"date":"2024-09-06T13:58:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T17:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?page_id=99636"},"modified":"2025-09-18T09:56:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:56:17","slug":"non-traditional-graduate-student-community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/students\/c3center\/non-traditional-graduate-student-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Traditional Graduate Student Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Non-Traditional Graduate Student Community seeks to provide resources and support to current students who consider themselves to be “non-traditional” and would like to connect with peers and mentors with similar lived experiences.<\/p>\n

Who is a “non-traditional graduate student”? <\/strong>The term “non-traditional” is broad, with no single defining characteristic. Many students may consider themselves non-traditional learners. Non-traditional students have a range of experiences, such as attending graduate school part-time while working a full-time job, returning to graduate school after a significant gap to pursue a degree, balancing education with home and family life, being older than the average student enrollment at an institution, and more. Learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Recommended Non-Traditional Student Resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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