March 24 - April 4, 2025 |
Happy Monday, graduate students! The Two Week Outlook is a weekly newsletter curated by graduate students for graduate students. Check it out every week so you don't miss:
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- GPS workshops
- Opportunities to connect with other graduate students, staff, and facultyÂ
- Relevant university and campus events, hand-picked for graduate students
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🧑‍💻 indicates resources also available to online & hybrid students.Â
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March 24, 2025, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (The Bobo)
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Each month, Spiritual Life is hosting a free lunch gathering for all graduate students. March's lunch is TODAY! Don't forget to invite a friend, and RSVP here!
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March 25, 2025, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (GRC Classroom and Online)
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Mental wellbeing in graduate school is both challenging and crucial.  Come get some breakfast and hear from our panel who will share insights and answer questions on how to navigate mental wellbeing and practice taking care of yourself while in graduate school. Online and in-person. Breakfast tacos and coffee provided for in-person attendees!  RSVP here. Â
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March 26, 2025, 6:00 PM (Online)
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Baylor Ed.D alumni Dr. Syrine A. Reese-Gaines will deliver a virtual talk called The Pivot Playbook: Adapting & Thriving in Your Next Chapter on March 26, at 6 pm CST. She will focus on strategies to pivot or start your career, empowering you to succeed in today’s competitive landscape. Register to attend with this link. The event will be recorded and the link will be posted here.
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April 1, 2025 @ 1:30 - 3:00 PM (GRC Classroom 201B)
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What is active learning, and how does it benefit students? This workshop will walk participants through concrete and easy-to-implement instructional methods that engage students in the learning process beyond listening and note-taking. These approaches emphasize skill development and promote higher-order thinking. Register here!
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Tuesdays, 2:00 - 5:00 PM, Fall 2025 Semester
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Plan now to register for Dr. Richmann's course, open to all graduate students. EDL 6302 (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education) fulfills Category 1 of the Teaching Capstone in Higher Education, and it prepares students for teaching roles in the context of academia. Questions can be directed to Christopher Richmann.Â
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March 27, 2025, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Moody 104 and Online)
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an educational framework intended to improve teaching and learning for all students based on scientific insights into how humans learn. This seminar will cover the strengths (and limitations) of UDL. How can UDL help us think through our course design to create a flexible learning environment that widely accommodates student learning? Bring a syllabus; bring a laptop, and register here!
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March 24, 2025 @ 5:00 - 6:30 PM (Schumacher Flex Commons and Online)
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Join the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work for two days with Kat Armas, author of Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture and Abuelita Faith. On March 24 from 5-6:30 p.m., in Schumacher Flex Commons, Kat will give a lecture entitled “Learning from Women on the Margins.” This event is also offered online via zoom. To register for the online event, click here!Â
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March 27, 2025 @ 6:00 - 7:30 PM (Mayborn Museum)
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As part of Women’s History Month, members of Baylor’s History Department, in collaboration with the John and Nancy Jackson Chair for Baylor in Latin America, have organized a panel featuring perspectives from Latina “changemakers” whose activism and careers have made the city of Waco a more just and equitable place. This event is the product of conversations with the university’s community partners about the prospect of connecting students to the city’s Hispanic community. Free and open to the public!
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April 2 and 3, 2025 @ 3:30 - 5:00 PM (Armstrong Browning Library)
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The Charles Edmondson Historical Lectures, sponsored by the Department of History at Baylor University, are featuring two free and open to the public events for our 2025 Series
Mobilizing Morality, featuring Dr. Ben Cowan. Wednesday's lecture is Sensualism and Socialism: Tracing the Moral Currencies of the Cold War in Brazil and Beyond, and Thursday's lecture is "Re-christianize to Restore”: Christian Traditionalism, Brazil, and the Road to Christian Nationalism." Read more here.
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PERSONAL & SPIRITUAL WELLBEING |
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March 26, 2025, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Penland)
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Looking for an opportunity to talk about what it means to be a Christian and a scholar, or a Christian and a teacher? Christian Scholars Forum hosts biweekly meetings to discuss books/articles exploring the implications of researching and teaching as Christians. This semester we are reading George M. Marsden's Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship (Chapter 4 for March 26: the book is free online through the library). Please email Anna Judd or Ariadne Lewis to be added to the email list.
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March 24, 2025 @ 5:00 - 6:30 PM (Schumacher Flex Commons and Online)
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BUCC is offering several QPR Gatekeeper Trainings this semester, giving you the chance to become a mental health ally. Our upcoming session is on Wednesday, 3/26/2025 from 5:30-7:00 PM in Moody 104 Active Learning Lab. Register here.
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer. This training teaches you to recognize the warning signs of a potential suicide crisis and equips you with the skills to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. You'll leave with the tools and education needed to reduce suicidal behaviors and provide support to those in need.
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March 26: GSA at the Farmer's Market from 5:00 - 8:00 PM at 200 Bridge St. Come check in and get your voucher!
March 31: 3 Minute Thesis from 6:00 - 9:00 PM in Cashion 501. Come see grad students present their research and enjoy some dinner!
April 2: GSA MOD Pizza Day all day! Stop by MOD Pizza (1015 S Jack Kultgen Expressway) and mention GSA during checkout - 20% of your purchase will be donated to us!
April 5-11: Graduate Student Appreciation Week will feature multiple events, free snacks and meals, and ways to connect with each other and GSA. More details available here.
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March 28: Deadline to complete the Oral Exam (defense) for dissertation candidates
March 29:Â Deadline to purchase regalia
April 4: Deadline to complete the Oral Exam (defense) for thesis candidates
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