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| Week of September 26, 2017
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| Tips for Grads: Managing Projects and People
Life hacks aren’t limited to making phone stands with sunglasses or cleaning the gunk out of your computer keyboard. UW-Madison graduate students have access to a wide array of software, apps, and web services that can enhance productivity and maximize your time and energy (and most of them are free). Recently, Software Training for Students (STS) teamed up with the Graduate School to present our favorite tools for tackling common situations grad students face. - My hand is cramped from so much writing. Evernote, OneNote, and Google Keep are great for taking notes in class. Writing tools like Scrivener and citation managers like EndNote and Zotero can help you deal with long projects and hordes of sources. Grammerly can help you if your writing skills need some polish.
- Where did I put that article? Both Pushbullet and Pocket let you save and send links for later reference, and even tag them with keywords. If you use an iOS device, Scanner Pro turns your camera into a scanner to create instant PDFs. For cloud storage, try Box or Google Drive for unlimited space and sharing, as well as OneDrive and Dropbox.
- Hey, I have a life outside of work, too, you know. We’re sure that you do. Ok, how about some coupons for when you’re e-shopping instead of finishing that proposal? Avoiding ads, popups, and cookies can speed up your web surfing. Installing a Virtual Private Network (VPN) can keep you safe on unsecure, public wireless networks. And if you keep confusing your banking login with your Facebook login (or if all of your passwords are “12345”), then take advantage of password managers like LastPass, 1Password, or KeePass.
- What if I get that spinning wheel of death and want to smash my computer? Don’t. The Division of Information Technology is here to help. Get the software you need, some of it free and some available at a student discount. Visit the DoIT Help Desk if you need to troubleshoot, or check out STS’s services for free software training. For questions or quick training sessions, try the UW Knowledge Base, or free software and skills training from Lynda.com.
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DiscoverPD is an innovative tool for UW-Madison graduate students to advance their academic and professional goals. Reviewing the nine facets of professional development, complete a self-assessment, and get a customized report and recommendations.
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Upcoming Professional Development Events
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For graduate students finalizing coursework and beginning independent research and writing, or those who anticipate doing so soon, the transition to dissertator status can be just as challenging as entering graduate school. This workshop features advice from faculty panelists (Dr. Francine Hirsch, Department of History; Dr. Eric Camburn, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis; Dr. Randy Stoecker, Department of Community and Environmental Sociology) and hands-on activities to help you make a smooth transition. Learn practical strategies for focusing on your writing, managing your time to stay on track, and developing a supportive mentorship environment as you progress through the final stages of completing your degree.
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You decided to enter the non-academic job market and landed an interview. Congratulations! Now you have one chance to impress. In this workshop, led by Kristina Vack, career advisor and consultant, you will learn what to expect outside of academia, review a structure for crafting interview responses that illustrate your experiences, receive tips on how to prepare a job talk, and discuss effective nonverbal communication.
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Versatile PhD’s 2017-18 event schedule will consist of four extended Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions with PhD career experts. Rather than the more common rapid-fire AMAs, each of these events will be active for three days, plenty of time for a wide range of questions, answers, and follow-up.
Peter Fiske (Ph.D., Geochemistry and Materials Science, 1993) is a seasoned executive with over two decades of experience founding startups and commercializing new technologies. He also wrote the science careers classic, “Put Your Science to WORK!” and regularly speaks to early-career scientists at universities across the country.
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| Find more Graduate School Professional Development events here.
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| Leadership Improv
Friday, September 29 | 12:00 - 1:15 pm
Union South, Check TITU | Leadership
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| STS: InDesign
Tuesday, September 26 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Room B1144A, DeLuca Biochemistry Building | Managing Projects and People STS: Excel 3: Macros and VBA
Wednesday, September 27 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Room B1144A, DeLuca Biochemistry Building | Managing Projects and People
STATA for Researchers
Thursday, September 28 | 2:30 - 3:45 pm
Room 3218, Social Sciences Building | Disciplinary Expertise and Interdisciplinary Connections | Inquiry, Discovery, and Creation STS: HTML
Thursday, September 28 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Room B1144A, DeLuca Biochemistry Building | Managing Projects and People
STATA for Researchers (Full)
Friday, September 29 | 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Room 3218, Social Sciences Building | Disciplinary Expertise and Interdisciplinary Connections | Inquiry, Discovery, and Creation STS: Linux in a Day
Sunday, October 1 | 1:00 - 5:30 pm
Room B1144A, DeLuca Biochemistry Building | Managing Projects and People STS: MATLAB
Monday, October 2 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Room B1144A, DeLuca Biochemistry Building | Managing Projects and People
STATA for Researchers
Tuesday, October 3 | 2:30 - 3:45 pm
Room 3218, Social Sciences Building | Disciplinary Expertise and Interdisciplinary Connections | Inquiry, Discovery, and Creation
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For more technology courses from Software Training for Students (STS) click here.
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Special Events & Conferences
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Submit Breakout Session Proposal for UW Wellness Symposium
The Third Annual UW-Madison Wellness Symposium will take place on November 1 at Union South. Graduate students and student organizations are encouraged to submit a proposal for a breakout session in support of wellness on campus. Preferences will be given to topics that are experiential and that focus on building an individual's capacity to enhance their own wellbeing. All submissions must be received by Friday, September 29. Contact nyoungberg@wisc.edu with questions.
Graduate School Annual Report Posting
The Graduate School plays an important role in the lives of graduate students through our work in admissions, academic services, funding support, diversity and inclusion, program review and assessment, professional development, campus advocacy, and more. We'd like to share the Graduate School Annual Report 2016-2017 with you, so you are aware of what we've been working on and our priorities for the upcoming year. If you have questions about the report, or are looking for ways to engage with the Graduate School, please email graduateschooldean@grad.wisc.edu.
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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.
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| The Dissertation Fellowship Program from the National Academy of Education seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $27,500 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, analysis, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions. Fellows benefit from a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees (paid to the institution), opportunities for international research and professional development, and the freedom to conduct their own research. Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships support a year of research and writing to help advanced graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing. The program encourages timely completion of the PhD. Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure and no later than August 31, 2019. The total award of up to $38,000 includes a stipend plus additional funds for university fees and research support. In addition to the monetary support that the fellowship offers, Dissertation Completion Fellows are able to apply to participate in a seminar on preparing for the academic job market. The seminar takes place over three days in the fall of the fellowship year. The Hertz Foundation provides five years of graduate tuition and a $32,000 stipend, plus additional benefits, to successful applications in certain STEM fields. Applicants must be applying to a PhD program or in the first year of one, American citizens or permanent residents, and eager to make positive impacts in applied physical and biological sciences, mathematics, and engineering.
The Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs seeks to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties, to maximize the education benefits of diversity and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching education. Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral fellowships are awarded in a national competition. Applicants must be US citizens, nationals, and/or permanent residents, demonstrate superior academic achievement, and be committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level.
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