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| Week of May 2, 2017 This is the last edition of GradConnections Weekly for the 2016-17 academic year.We now move to a summer bi-weekly schedule.
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Tips for Grads: Personal Effectiveness
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| As we approach the last week of classes and the beginning of finals week, now is a good time to remember the importance of attending to our physical and emotional wellbeing. While it can be tempting to allow our projects, papers, and grading to swallow up our waking hours, carving out breaks from work can improve efficiency. You can find many break opportunities in the coming two weeks around campus:
Best of luck and enjoy the summer!
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DiscoverPD is an innovative tool for UW-Madison graduate students to advance their academic and professional goals. Review the nine facets of professional development, complete a self-assessment, and get a customized report and recommendations.
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| Drop-in Fulbright Open House
Friday, May 5 | 10:00 - 11:00 am & 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Monday, May 8 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
206 Ingraham Hall | Disciplinary Expertise and Interdisciplinary Connections
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Special Events & Conferences
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| Registration open for CIRTL courses, institutes, and workshops
Registration is now open for the following Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) courses, institutes, and workshops: Students will learn about a broad range of evidence-based STEM teaching techniques, including: principles of learning, designing learning objectives, assessing student learning, the benefits of active learning, inclusive teaching approaches, and lesson planning. Vanderbilt University is hosting a face-to-face teaching institute on May 22 and 23 to provide grad students and postdocs with an intensive introduction to evidence-based teaching. The institute will cover a wide range of teaching topics, including how people learn, challenge-based learning, course design, active learning and effective use of classroom technology, assessment, classroom management and learning through diversity. Registration closes May 17. Johns Hopkins University is hosting two three-day, face-to-face teaching institutes for graduate students and postdocs to learn about and develop their own evidence-based STEM teaching skills. The institutes are open to CIRTL members, and will take place at the Johns Hopkins campus in Baltimore. Registration closes May 22. Seats are filling quickly. In this two-part online workshop, participants will learn how CVs and resumes vary for academic positions, non-academic positions, and grant applications. After learning about strong CV content, style, and organization, participants will develop long form academic CVs and short form resumes, and then refine them through a collaborative peer review process. Registration will be open from 11AM Central Time on May 29 through June 14. Cap of 60 students. Delta Summer Course to develop your teaching Delta is offering "Teaching in Science and Engineering: The College Classroom", on Tuesdays and Fridays, 9:00 am-12:00 pm, from May 15 to June 9. This course offers participants the opportunity to develop foundational knowledge of a wide range of pedagogical theories, ideas, and practices. The material in the course pulls from classical pedagogical literature as well as the latest science in cognitive research. An emphasis is placed on fostering a learner-centered classroom that highlights the interconnected cycle of teaching, learning, and assessment. Read the full description here. This course counts as a full course for the Delta Internship and the Delta Certificate in Teaching and Learning prerequisites. Volunteer once a week this summer with Badger Volunteers Staying in Madison this summer? Join Badger Volunteers, a program that pairs teams of students with community organizations to volunteer 1-4 hours each week. Volunteering will run for eight weeks from the week of June 19 through the week of August 7 . General registration will open at 7:00am on May 31, but previous Badger Volunteers can register at 7:00am on May 30th. Click here to browse volunteer sites for this summer. Make sure to switch the dropdown menu to "Summer 2017."
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| Everyone knows what a brand is. Nike, Pepsi, Disney, Apple. It’s a buzzword thrown around a lot in career and job search conversations. Why should you care? Your potential employers are googling you and making decisions with the content they receive before you sit in the interview chair. You have the ability to manage your reputation both online and offline. In this video, First Steps to Building Your Personal Brand, presenter Kristina Vack leads individual and small group exercises to help you develop a 5-word personal brand. She also covers ways to start establishing your brand online.
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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 Health Data for Action (HD4A) program will fund innovative research that uses the available data to answer important research questions. Applicants will write a proposal for a research study using data from either the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) or athenahealth. The proposed studies should enable relevant, innovative, and actionable research that uses the available data to answer important, policy-relevant questions. Projects may be generated from disciplines including health services research; economics; sociology; program evaluation; political science; public policy; public health; public administration; law; business administration; or other related fields. S uccessful applicants will be provided with access to the HCCI and athenahealth data,which provide a wealth of private claims data and rich detail on care delivery and patient obesity-related measures, respectively.
The Simons Foundation invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support research on fundamental problems in marine microbial ecology. The foundation is particularly interested in applicants with training in different fields who want to apply their experience to understanding the role of microorganisms in shaping ocean processes and vice versa, as well as applicants with experience in modeling or theory development. While these cross-disciplinary applicants will receive particular attention, applicants already involved in ocean research are also encouraged to apply. The foundation anticipates awarding five fellowships in 2017.
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation seeks to further the development of scientific leadership in the field of environmental chemistry with a postdoctoral fellowship program. The Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry provides a principal investigator with an award of $120,000 over two years to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow in environmental chemistry. Applications most likely to be of interest should describe innovative fundamental research in the chemical sciences or engineering related to the environment. Examples include but are not limited to the chemistry associated with: the climate, the atmosphere, aquatic or marine settings, toxicology, soil or groundwater. Also of interest are chemistry-related energy research (renewable sources, sequestration, etc.), and new or green approaches to chemical synthesis and processing, both with a clearly stated relation to the environment.
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