February 24 - March 7, 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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February 24, 2025 @ 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Bobo Spiritual Life Center)
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Calling all graduate students - you're invited to a free lunch at the Bobo on Monday, February 24th from 11:30 to 12:30! Grab a friend and join Spiritual Life for a meal and a quick break from your studies.Â
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February 27, 2025 @ 3:00 and 6:00 PM (Teams)
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The Dissertation/Thesis formatting team will be hosting 2 Teams Q & A’s. We will be answering any questions students may have regarding formatting and the process for final approval of manuscripts. Much of the information regarding formatting and the process can also be found at: Dissertation & Thesis Overview. Please email dissertation_thesis@baylor.com for the link to join.
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March 5, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 PM (GRC Classroom 201B)
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In this interactive session, staff from the Academy for Teaching and Learning and the Graduate Writing Center will demystify this common element of academic job applications, introduce a proven rubric for constructing this document, and give real-time feedback on your teaching philosophy statement. Â Participants are asked to bring a draft of their current teaching philosophy statement. Lunch provided. Register here!
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| FEBRUARY: BLACK HISTORY MONTH |
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Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by Black Americans. We join our country, and others, in celebrating this month with a calendar of events that embraces history, enriches our knowledge, and encourages us to celebrate the diversity within our Baylor family. Here are the final events of Black History Month - thank you for celebrating with us!
February 26 Readers Meet the Author Series featuring Dr. Elise Edwards - Presented by the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost and hosted by the Baylor Libraries - 11:30a.m. in the Schumacher Flex Commons on the first floor of Moody Memorial Library.Â
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February 25, 2025 @ 2:00 - 3:00 PM (Jones Library 200 and Online)
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This SET will allow us to hear specific examples of virtue-development from Dr. Rebecca Flavin (PSC – “responsibility”) and Dr. Jennifer Hargrave (ENG – “empathy”), winners of the Core Virtue Award last year. The aim of this SET is to give you inspiration and specific ideas for building ethical development into your own classes. Open conversation will follow our two panelists’ presentations.  Register here!
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March 4, 2025 @ 2:00 - 3:00 PM (Jones Library 200 and Online)
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In this session presented by the Academy for Teaching and Learning, participants will learn how oral exams function as a strong assessment alternative, avoiding the problems AI has introduced in other traditional assessments. Â Register here! Â
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Spring Registration is now open for the DOTS program! This program is designed for doctoral students interested in learning the theory and practice of designing and teaching high quality online courses. To register or find out more information click here.Â
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March 5, 2025 @ 4:00 - 5:00 PM (Morrison 100)
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The Department of History will hold a roundtable titled “Reflections in History” for Women’s History Month featuring four panelists from Baylor University’s Department of History. This event is free and open to the public.  Read about the panelists here.
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Baylor is now part of the NSF ACCESS program, a collaboration between larger R1 institutions that connects students and faculty to free resources. Graduate students have the ability to use the comprehensive suite of advanced computing resources, including supercomputers, visualization and storage systems, data collections, software, networks, and expert support. Â To get started with NSF ACCESS, Baylor researchers can establish an ACCESS account using the instructions found here. Â Learn more here!
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PERSONAL & SPIRITUAL WELLBEING |
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March 5, 2025 @ 8:30 AM, 12:00 PM, & Throughout the Day
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Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent in many Christian traditions, a season of reflection and repentance leading up to Easter. On this day, believers receive ashes on their foreheads as a symbol of humility, mortality, and the need for spiritual renewal.Â
Join us for our Ash Wednesday services at Elliston Chapel at either 8:30 AM or 12 PM. Additionally, ministers from the Office of Spiritual Life will be imposing ashes at Elliston Chapel, Fountain Mall, and the Bobo Spiritual Life Center from 9 AM - 4 PM. If you are unable to attend a service, feel free to come by for the imposition of ashes.Â
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February 26, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Penland)
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Christian Scholars Forum is an interdisciplinary group for Baylor graduate students and young faculty. We host biweekly meetings to discuss books/articles exploring the implications of researching and teaching as Christians. This semester we will be reading George M. Marsden's The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship (read Chapter 2 for Feb. 26th; it's accessible online through the library). Please email Anna Judd (anna_judd1@baylor.edu) or Ariadne Lewis (ariadne_lewis2@baylor.edu) to be added to the email list.
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