Week of June 14, 2016

Tips for Grads

If you’re considering going on the academic job market this fall, now is the time to start preparing your job talk. For many job search committees, your job talk is a deciding factor in whether or not you will be offered the position. While the Chronicle of Higher Education can provide you with general tips on how to make your job talk shine and advice to combat common missteps people make, the style and the format of the job talk differs significantly by discipline, so it is best to:

Meet with your advisor to determine the job talk “norms” for your discipline: find out how long your job talk should be, if there is a typical format, what standard components are including in all job talks, whether or not your job talk should be memorized or can be read, etc.
Get help from more advanced grads in your program: ask grads who are currently on the market to share their job talks with you as well as any tips they have on preparing a job talk.
Set up several opportunities to present your job talk: practicing in front of an audience that is willing to give you feedback on your talk is key. If your program has a colloquium where grads can present, ask to be placed on the roster of fall presenters. You can also ask members of your committee if they know of other opportunities where you can practice your talk in front of an audience.
Form a job talk writing group: ask others in your program if they would like to meet during the summer to work on their job talks with you. This is a great way to determine if the way you are structuring the talk makes sense to your colleagues, and if you are conveying your ideas effectively. It also can motivate you to work on your job talk even when you get distracted with other projects over the summer.

Unlike other aspects of the hiring process, you have a great deal of control over the quality of your job talk. It's worth investing time and effort in constructing a talk that highlights all of your best qualities as a candidate.

Creating an Individual Development Plan
Tuesday, July 19 | 1:00 – 2:30pm
Union South, Check TITU

Creating an individual development plan (IDP) encourages you to think about what you need to do next - and over the next few years - so that you achieve your goals. We will discuss how to define achievable goals, identify resources, and develop strategies for implementing and sustaining your plans. Participants will begin to create a personalized plan that takes into account career interests and addresses the development of knowledge and skills for professional growth.

This event is co-sponsored by the Graduate School Office of Professional Development and Delta Program.

Find more Graduate School Professional Development events here.

Careers & Financial

How to Email Like a Professional
Thursday, July 7 | 3:00 – 4:30pm
6171 Helen C. White

On the Academic Job Market: Composing the All-Important Cover Letter
Tuesday, July 12 | 3:30 – 5:00pm
6171 Helen C. White

Writing & Research

EndNote for Macs
Wednesday, June 15 | 12:00 – 1:00pm
3268 Health Sciences Learning Center

EndNote Web
Wednesday, June 22 | 12:00 – 1:00pm
3268 Health Sciences Learning Center

EndNote Desktop
Wednesday, June 29 | 12:00 – 1:00pm
3268 Health Sciences Learning Center

Technology

Excel 2: Data Visualization Class
Wednesday, June 20 | 6:00 - 8:00pm
B1144A DeLuca Biochemistry Building

For more technology courses from Software Training for Students (STS) click here.

Special Events & Conferences

Documentary Screening: CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap, with Keynote Speaker, Dr. Christine Alvarado, PhD, UCSD
Tuesday, June 28 | 4:00 - 7:30pm
Union South, Varsity 3 & Marquee

Saturday Science at Discovery
Saturday, July 2 | 10:00am - 12:00pm
Town Center, Discovery Building

The KGI-Burroughs Wellcome Fund Scholarships

The Keck Graduate Institute offers an online Certificate in Bioscience Management to PhD students with backgrounds in sciences to acquire the business, management and networking skills needed to successfully transition to the life sciences industry. The KGI-Burroughs Wellcome Fund scholarships will offset approximately half of tuition expenses of this program.

Register Now for CIRTL Summer Courses on Teaching

CIRTL offers several online courses throughout the summer related to teaching. There's still time to register for the following course:

Integrating Creativity, Innovation, and Design Thinking in STEM Courses (Registration closes June 29)

Registration for Delta Fall 2016 Courses is Now Open

The Delta Program in Research, Teaching, and Learning fall 2016 courses are designed to introduce participants to the foundations of teaching and learning from a variety of angles including teaching with technology and teaching in an internationally diverse classroom. You can reserve your space for any of the courses below:

These courses are always very popular, so register early!

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.

Employment

Functions Assistant - Brittingham House

Project Assistant - Multicultural Graduate Network

Project Assistant - Waisman Center

Research Assistant (Hourly) - Fletcher Research Lab (Health and Education)

Fellowships & Grants

Marie Christine Kohler Fellows @ Wisconsin Institute of Discovery
Applications Due July 1

Students from all disciplines are invited to apply. Applicants must be in at least the third year of a Ph.D. program or SJD or a professional graduate degree or entering the final year of an MFA program. Fellows will participate in developing mechanisms for meaningful intellectual discussions with one another and arrange activities (e.g., seminars, exhibitions, performances) for the campus community.

Data Science Fellowship
Applications Due July 4

The Data Incubator is an intensive 8 week fellowship that prepares masters students, PhDs, and postdocs in STEM and social science fields seeking industry careers as data scientists. Anyone who has already obtained a masters or PhD degree or who is within one year of graduating with a masters or PhD is welcome to apply.

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