|
|
|
April 12, 2022In this issue: Final Metro Transit Network Redesign information session, bunny week, and more.
| |
|
Tips for Grads: Making every day Earth Day
April is full of important days, from National Library Week (April 3 through 9) and Tax Day (April 18) to National Garlic Day (April 19) and my personal favorite - Earth Day, April 22! Earth Day was inaugurated in 1970 by the late Wisconsin senator, Gaylord Nelson, as an environmental teach-in. Today, climate change represents one of the most challenging environmental issues we face. The impacts of climate change are disproportionate for different populations and extend into social and economic realms. Though individual action alone will not solve climate change, we can each encourage collective action and systemic change. Taking individual action may also be helpful for addressing eco-anxiety.
For folks with the capacity to address their personal climate change impact, professor Mike Berners-Lee of Lancaster University’s Lancaster Environment Centre recommends “picking your battles” to get the best return for your effort (How Bad Are Bananas, 2020). Here are some high-impact ideas, adapted from Berners-Lee’s work:
Travel
Food
- “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants” (Michael Pollan, Food Rules, 2009). The lower on the food chain, the better.
- Aim for local and seasonal food when possible and affordable. Skip air-freighted, greenhouse grown, and/or packaged foods.
- Avoid wasting food and repurpose your food scraps.
Home
- Opt-in to local, renewable energy from your utility, if finances allow.
- Upgrade to LEDs from Focus on Energy's no-cost energy efficiency packs.
Big Picture
- Speak with loved ones about climate change and connect it to their lives. Sometimes the most effective approach is to illuminate local, relatable effects.
- Contact your representatives and elected officials to advocate for climate action.
- Support campus sustainability: higher education institutions are uniquely positioned to further climate research and promote climate action.
GradConnections Weekly is looking for fresh perspectives on the graduate student experience.
If you have advice, counsel, or tips for UW grad students, you’re invited to write a guest column for Tips for Grads.
| |
|
DiscoverPD is an innovative tool for UW–Madison graduate students to advance their academic and professional goals. Review the eight facets of professional development, complete a self-assessment, and get a customized report and recommendations.
| |
|
Upcoming Professional Development EventsAll event times and deadlines are listed in Central Time.
| |
|
LinkedIn is one of the fastest growing social media platforms. It’s the number one place companies post jobs, and it’s where recruiters look for talent. You want to be on LinkedIn, confidently connecting with professionals, sharing resources, and connecting with recruiters. How can you make the most of your LinkedIn profile? In this webinar, the Beyond Prof team will share with you 3 action steps you can take today to build and maintain your LinkedIn profile.
Employers are increasingly asking candidates to provide a diversity statement as part of their application. This session covers the essential elements of composing this important document. Part of the Getting the Job: Workshop and Panel Series dedicated to helping candidates stand out in a competitive job market.
New faculty members commonly describe working long hours but making little progress on their research and writing, a sense of loneliness that stems from limited mentoring and community, feeling unsupported in their desire for work-family balance and without the skills to achieve it. This webinar is specifically designed to address these issues and provide participants with concrete skills to successfully transition from graduate student to professor.
This session will be focused on translating your research for a general audience online. Facilitator Danielle Bainbridge, PhD, will discuss how to best utilize digital media strategies to bring your research to a wider audience. The webinar will include practical tips and insights from working in educational digital media. Topics covered will include: 1) Using online platforms and social media to spread the word about your work, 2) Creating videos, op-eds, articles, podcasts, etc. that entertain while educating, and 3) How to effectively write for a wide range of non-specialist viewers outside your area of expertise.
Your curriculum vitae (CV) and cover letter act together as your first impression. Learn how to make sure your CV and cover letter are effectively communicating your unique value to your prospective employers. Part of the Getting the Job: Workshop and Panel Series dedicated to helping candidates stand out in a competitive job market.
This information session is for anyone who is interested in the Delta Internship, even if it might not be in the next semester. We will discuss prerequisite requirements, finding a project and a faculty mentor, the structure of the internship program and seminar, and the Delta Certificate in Teaching and Learning.
| |
|
Teaching
Explore more teaching-related professional development events from the Delta Program.
| |
|
- Excel 2: Analysis
- Illustrator 1
- Python Intermediate
- Excel 1
- Using Slurm to Run Big Research Computing Jobs
| |
|
Special Events & Symposia
| |
|
Topics may include educational equity, career management, personal and professional development, leadership, health and well-being, and more.
UW–Madison and JCPenney are teaming up to help students and staff build their professional wardrobes. To receive your extra 30% off coupon code, text BUCKY to 67292. Contact Tara Milliken for more information.
| |
|
Enrollment deadlines
- Thursday, April 21 - Deadline for graduate students to request pass/fail or credit/audit options for a spring term course
- Thursday, April 21 - Deadline for graduate students to change variable credits (after: need instructor permission & dean approval)
- Friday, April 22 - Deadline for students to drop a spring term course (after: need academic dean approval)
- Friday, April 22 - Deadline for students to add a spring term course with department permission (after: need academic dean approval)
Complete the Healthy Minds Survey – it matters!
UW–Madison is participating in the Healthy Minds Study to better understand current students’ mental health and wellbeing. The survey, which was also administered at UW–Madison in 2019 and 2016, will provide a valuable snapshot of our campus climate and students’ experiences that will shape strategies, policies, programs, and services to better support student mental health. Half of all students are invited via email to take the survey now through May 2.
Final information session on Metro Transit Network Redesign
| |
|
This workshop is designed to support students in using their insurance to find and connect with a therapist in the community.
| |
Monitor yourself for symptoms of COVID-19
It remains important to monitor yourself daily for COVID-19 symptoms. If you develop symptoms, stay home and get tested. At-home antigen tests are available for pickup at no cost on campus and PCR tests are available by appointment in MyUHS.
Given the current state of the pandemic, mandatory, on-campus testing of unvaccinated individuals – employees and students – is paused effective April 4, 2022.
UHS services available remotely
University Health Services is committed to supporting you. Many medical, counseling, and wellness services are available by phone and accessible online. Find out more on the UHS Remote Health and Connection webpage.
Mental Health Resources for Grad Students
According to the 2019 Healthy Minds Survey, 93% of UW–Madison graduate students do not think any less of a peer who seeks mental health care, and 89% of UW–Madison graduate students who used mental health care found it helpful.
- Let’s Talk. Sign up for a free, informal, and confidential consultation about any topic at locations across campus. Common concerns include stress, sadness, relationships, academic performance, financial struggles, and family problems.
- YOU@WISC. This portal has tools and information to help you be well, with modules on stress management, self-care, social support, suicidal thoughts, mindfulness, academic wellness, and more.
- Healthy Minds Program app. Train your mind to be more focused, calm, and resilient through meditation with the Healthy Minds Program. This program is informed by research from the Center for Healthy Minds at UW–Madison and is free to use.
| |
| Graduate Student Support and Assistance
The Dean of Students Office provides resources to students struggling with a variety of issues and can be your go-to spot for assistance as a graduate student. To contact the Graduate and Professional Student Assistance Specialist Elaine Goetz-Berman directly, email egoetz2@wisc.edu.
| |
| Hostile and Intimidating Behavior
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is committed to preventing hostile and intimidating behavior (HIB) and will take prompt and appropriate corrective action whenever it learns that it has occurred. If you have experienced HIB, there are resources to help and staff available to talk.
| |
|
Please note: Some graduate students may be ineligible to hold graduate assistantship appointments. Be sure to check with your graduate program coordinator about your eligibility before applying.
| |
|
NSF and SACNAS are excited to host a workshop on Grant Writing and Peer Review for early career scientists! Participants of this workshop will learn to critique grant proposals as well as how to develop their own with the guidance of peers and advisors. Applicants should be advanced graduate students, postdocs or early career professionals who are interested in submitting a grant proposal to either the Biological Sciences (BIO) or Education and Human resources (EHR) directorates at NSF.
| |
Pet(s) of the Week: Bunny Week
| |
Hop to it! It's Bunny Week! The beautiful brown bun in the top photo is Spencer, a Netherland dwarf rabbit belonging to Ryan Albosta, graduate student in Physics. Below, we have Jellybeans Jr., affectionately known as "Beans," looking snazzy in a green harness. This regal rex rabbit belongs to ELPA grad student SJ Hemmerich. Thanks for sharing your ear-resistably cute pets with us.
| |
|
|
|
|
