• Skip to content
  • Skip to footer

Ooligan Press

Ooligan is an award-winning not-for-profit general trade press that publishes books honoring the cultural and natural diversity of the Pacific Northwest.

Main navigation

  • About
    • Submission Guidelines
    • The Graduate Program
    • Awards
    • Donate to Ooligan Press
    • Ordering Information
    • Green Press Initiative/OpenBook
  • Ooligan Blog
    • Start to Finish
  • Books
    • Frontlist
    • Fiction
    • Nonfiction
    • Poetry
    • Young Adult
    • Education and Curriculum
  • Events
    • Write to Publish
    • Transmit Culture

graduate school

Try New Things

By Brittney Finato @finatography

November 5, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Try New Things

I’ve only ever applied to two colleges in my life. Which, if you know me at all, will seem like a drastic deviance from my general personality. You might say, based on this knowledge, that I’ve “always known what I want to do” or that I’m “really good at making decisions.” The first one less than the second but really, neither apply.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: grad school, graduate school, masters, Ooligan, ooligan press, Oregon, pdx, PNW, portland state university, program, PSU, publisher, publishing

Interning as an Oolie

By Stephen Hyde

March 2, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Interning as an Oolie

The best thing about the Ooligan Press graduate program, as I am sure you are aware, is the opportunity every student has to work on and publish actual books. This experience is what helps set Ooligan apart from other programs, and it sets the students up for success. While I haven’t yet experienced how the skills learned at Ooligan can be applied to full-time publishing jobs, I can speak to how Ooligan has helped me with my time as an intern.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: graduate school, Internship, Job, learning, publishing

How to Apply to Publishing School at Portland State University

By Lisa Hein @lisamhein and Elizabeth Hughes @elizabig

March 1, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

How to Apply to Publishing School at Portland State University

Ooligan Press is staffed by students in Portland State University’s graduate program in Book Publishing. With the Fall 2018 application deadline approaching on April 1, we thought it would be helpful to discuss the admissions process and give tips to prospective students.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: Application Best Practices, Application Tips, Book Publishing Career, Grad School Advice, graduate school, How to Apply, Letters of Recommendation, Masters Degree, Personal Introduction, portland state university, Publishing Degree, Writing Samples

Students in the Workplace: The Gray Area of Being Both a Student and a Professional

By Alyssa Schaffer

September 18, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Students in the Workplace: The Gray Area of Being Both a Student and a Professional

As the halfway point of my time here at Ooligan draws near, my effort in learning and my effort in applying that knowledge has started to even out. It is in this balancing that I’ve found an experience that is unique to Ooligan Press: navigating the murky waters of career development by simultaneously being a publishing professional and a student still gaining the knowledge and experience needed to break into publishing after graduation.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: Career, community, development, graduate school, management, publishing

A Juggling Act: Balancing Graduate School, Jobs, and Life

By Amanda Matteo

March 15, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

A Juggling Act: Balancing Graduate School, Jobs, and Life

As I type this, I’m on my third cup of coffee, and I think I slept during that last nap. I can’t really remember. I’m one of the many Ooligan students who work in the professional realm while also pursuing a master’s degree, which means constantly trying to balance and prioritize schedules while facing an endless string of sleepless nights and pots (and pots) of coffee. Now I’m a special snowflake, because I actually work three jobs that all involve complicated children and exist in different quadrants of Portland. But I digress. Ultimately, what I have found through juggling full-time graduate school, multiple jobs, and an attempt at a social life is that I am gathering skills that will serve me well for the rest of my life. Every graduate student I know who also practices a balancing act, whether at Ooligan or otherwise, is learning what it means to get stuff done—and be creative while doing so. By building up our professional resumes while pursuing our education, we are able to provide unique and valuable insight into successful strategies, and we experience what the real world is actually like.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: graduate school, juggling, Ooligan, work, work life balance

Taking Publishing Lab for No Credit

By Frances Kane kfrancesstella

August 5, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Taking Publishing Lab for No Credit

“Mom, I have to come home. I have no idea what I’m doing here, but everyone else is so accomplished already, and I’m not good at any of it.” During my first few weeks at Ooligan Press, all of my many calls to my mom started with this or, “Dad, is Mom there?” I called […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: grad school, graduate school, studying

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Next Page »

Footer

Learn More

  • About Ooligan Press
  • Contact Us
  • Donate to Ooligan Press
  • The Graduate Program
  • Submission Guidelines
  • Ooligan Blog

Sign up for the Ooligan Press Mailing List

Subscribe
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter

Search Ooligan

Copyright © 2017 | Ooligan Press