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2022 Graduate Showcase
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August 2022
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  1. Attention international graduate students! The Padnos International Center will be hosting The International Graduate Student Mixer on Monday, August 22 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. in the Centennial Room at Founders Brewing Company. This will be a part of the orientation events for upcoming international graduate students.

  2. REMINDER: There are two New Graduate Student Orientation sessions on August 24! There will be one from 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.mand another from 6:00-8:00 p.m., both held in the Charles W. Loosemore Auditorium. A virtual New Graduate Student Orientation will be held on August 25 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. via Zoom. A link will be provided closer to the orientation date. Students can register for their preferred session online.

  3. GVSU is holding a TEDx event and is seeking graduate students to join as speakers! This is a great opportunity to share your academic work and add this experience onto your resume. The event will be held in the Louis Armstrong Theatre in Allendale on Friday, September 9. Interested students can share their presentation ideas to tedxgrandvalleystateuniversity@gmail.com.

  4. Join three GVSU Alumni for a panel discussion on job offers! They will give advice on how to determine salary requirements, effectively negotiate a salary offer (and should you?), navigate the timing of receiving an offer, and other job offer hot topics. Students can RSVP for the virtual event on GVSU's Alumni webpage. The panel discussion will begin at 6:00 p.m. on August 30.

  5. Opportunity Alert! GVSU K-12 Connect is searching for part-time K-12 virtual tutors for this Fall! This is a paid opportunity, and a great way for students of any major to gain community-based learning experience. Applications will close at the end of August. For more information, please view their flyer here. Interested students can apply using this Google doc form.

  6. Did you accomplish an important goal? Do you know a graduate student who did? We want to celebrate your success with the rest of campus! Contact us at gradschool@gvsu.edu to be featured in our next Student Success Story. This is a great opportunity to share your success!

Student Health Resources 

The Graduate School has developed a list of resources for students that includes physical health, mental health, sexual health, and more. 
SAVE THE DATE
Ongoing: Academic Conference Fund applications are open to support graduate students presenting at virtual and in-person conferences 
August 16, 2022: GVSU internal deadline for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program applications
August 20-24, 2022: PEEPS events during the New GVSU International Student Orientation
August 24, 2022: New Graduate Student Orientation - 1st session from 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. and 2nd session from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Charles W. Loosemore Auditorium
August 25, 2022: Virtual New Graduate Student Orientation from 3:00-5:00 p.m. 
August 30, 2022: Know Your Worth: Understanding the Job Offer via Zoom at 6:00 p.m.

September 9, 2022: TEDxGVSU from 6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. in the Louis Armstrong Theatre in Allendale
September 20, 2022:
Deadline application for the Schwarzman Scholars Program

September 22, 2022:
Deadline application for the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program

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