November 29, 2022

Managing Projects and People

If you have yet to explore the services provided by UW–Madison’s Information Technology, now is the time to do so! You may find you have access to services that can simplify your life as you navigate graduate school.

Find time to meet. Is there anything more difficult than trying to coordinate the schedules of multiple working adults? Use your wisc.edu email to log on to Doodle, for an ad-free way to poll your colleagues or classmates to see when they are available to meet. You can also export your meetings from Doodle to your Outlook calendar.

Interact with your classmates. Most people are familiar with Google, but did you know that UW employees and students have access to the Google Workspace? There are many ways to interact with others via chat and video, as well as store your shared work all in one place – with unlimited storage!

Find answers. Do you have a UW or technology-related question but don’t know where to ask? Consider starting with KnowledgeBase. To get familiar with the expansive site, you might first want to check out the top documents of the week and most recently updated documents.

Are you goal-oriented and organized when it comes to planning what’s next? If so, start planning for your career after graduate school with a Beyond Grad School planner. Download a planner online to help create a timeline of when you will complete the website modules. If you haven’t checked out Beyond Grad School, go to institutions.beyondgradschool.com and choose University of Wisconsin-Madison to sign in with your NetID and password. 

With the holiday season now in full swing, it is important to begin your plan to unplug from work while you take some well-deserved time off. You can get started by scheduling your automatic out of office replies on Outlook and mapping out how and when you will complete your projects by the end of the year. The sooner you start planning for your time off, the more likely you are to not work on holiday!

All events are listed in Central Time. Register in advance to receive the event link.

Discovery to Product (D2P) Open House
Wednesday, Dec 7 | 4:30 - 5 pm

Attend a Discovery to Product (D2P) Open House for an overview of free training, mentoring, and support for UW–Madison faculty, staff, and student innovators.

3 tips to maximize your LinkedIn profile
Thursday, Dec 8 | 11 am - noon

Join the Beyond Grad School team to learn three tips to maximize and make your LinkedIn profile standout. 

Writing Center Workshop: A Writer's Retreat
Friday, Dec 9 |  noon - 4 pm

Retreat participants will engage in brief goal-setting exercises followed by time to write, with Writing Center staff on hand for consultation.

Do you have an animal friend helping you through your grad school journey? We'd love to see them! If you are interested in having your pet featured in GradConnections, submit this form here and your pet may appear in a future issue this semester.

We’ve got something for dog, cat, indoor, and outdoor enthusiasts this week! Pictured inside is Mielikki the cat and outside is Navi the dog. These furry friends belong to Jenna Riedi, graduate student in the Library & Information Studies MA program.