Week of December 13, 2016
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Tips for Grads: Campus Resources Over Winter Break 
If you're planning to be around campus at all over winter break, you know how nice and quiet it can be. But you may also know that many of the resources and spaces you may use on a daily basis are also on break. There's nothing worse than showing up to the gym ready for a workout only to find it closed. Check out the winter break hours for some of the most popular resources on campus: 
Recreation: 
  • The SERF and Nat will be closed from December 24 through January 2. They will be open with limited hours between January 3 and January 15. 
  • Still looking for a place to work out during break? The Shell is closed December 24, 25, and 31 and January 1, but will be open the rest of break!
  • The Arboretum is open and will be hosting many events and specialized tours throughout winter break. 
Also note: Student Lockers at the SERF and the Nat expire on Friday, December 23. Make sure you renew or clean out your locker by then or risk a $15 fee. 
Libraries & Study Spaces: 
  • Many of the larger libraries around campus will have limited winter break hours. See when College LibraryMemorial Library, and Ebling Library will be open. 
  • Check with your program or department to find out if program offices will be closing or departmental libraries will have reduced hours over break. 
Unions:
  • Memorial Union will be closed from December 24 until January 4. It will reopen on Thursday, January 5 with limited hours.
  • Union South will be closed December 24 until January 4. It will reopen on Monday, January 5 with limited hours. 
GradConnections: 
  • We'll be on winter break for the next 2 weeks. Check your inboxes on January 3 for the next edition!
Winter break is a great time to step off of campus and find some community resources that might fill some of these gaps. Try the Madison Central Library for a new study space or the Goodman Community Center for a low-cost, drop-in gym. 
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.
Upcoming Professional Development Events
Cool Tools Workshop 
Thursday, January 12  |  9:30 – 11:00am
B1144A DeLuca Biochemistry Building 
or*
Thursday, January 19  |  9:30 – 11:00am
B1144A DeLuca Biochemistry Building
*The content of the two workshops is identical
Disciplinary Expertise and Interdisciplinary Connections  Managing Projects and People  |  Personal Effectiveness  
Need to streamline your workflow this semester? Learn about all the best tools and skills to increase your productivity and decrease your stress. Cool Tools covers a multitude of programs, from file organizers to annotation software, from note-taking tools to tools-on-the-go, and more! Workshop will include both tablet and desktop applications. All graduate students are welcome.
Find more Graduate School Professional Development events here.
Teaching
Managing Grades in Canvas
Tuesday, December 13 | 9:00 - 10:30am
B207 Computer Sciences 
  Managing Projects and People 
Active Teaching Lab: Learning Analytics-Study Pattern
Friday, December 16 | 8:30 - 9:30am
120 Middleton Building
|   Managing Projects and People 
Special Events & Conferences
Leadership in the Academy
Tuesday, December 13 | 1:00 - 2:00pm
Online (register here
| Leadership 
In this installment of the National Research Mentoring Network's Career Development Webinar Series, Dr. Collins Airhihenbuwa talks on the topic of "Leadership in the Academy."
Mandatory Training for Teaching Comm-B Courses, Spring 2017
To help teaching assistants and instructors plan and teach Communication-B courses, the university will be offering a sequence of three training workshops this coming spring semester. All three workshops are required for all new Comm-B TAs, but are open to all Comm-B TAs, faculty and lecturers. 
  • Part I: Monday, January 9, 2017, 9:00am - 12:15pm, 7191 Helen C. White Hall
  • Part II: Tuesday, January 10, 2017, 9:00am - 12:15pm, 7191 Helen C. White Hall
  • Part III: Will be scheduled for the third or fourth week of classes
Register in advance here. If you have questions or a scheduling conflict, contact Brad Hughes (bthughes@wisc.edu).
Looking for writers for American Society for Microbiology career blog
The American Society for Microbiology has launched a new career blog and is looking for volunteer writers. Writers receive full recognition for their post, and can contribute just a single piece or be a regular contributor. Those interested should contact Shilpa Gadwal (sgadwal@asmusa.org) for more information.
Campus Software Library
UW-Madison provides no-charge software through our Campus Software Library and low-cost software at the DOIT Tech Store.
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.

Employment

Fellowships & Grants

4W Engagement Grants for Emerging Scholars
Application Due January 6, 2017
4W Engagement Grants for Emerging Scholars are intended to flexibly support graduate and professional students in any relevant discipline, who are engaged in research related to women and wellbeing in Wisconsin and/or around the world. The grants of up to $2,500 can be used for project expenses or travel related to community-based research or practice, including internships, independent study projects, pre-dissertation or pre-thesis groundwork.
Great Lakes Commission-Sea Grant Fellowship
Application Due February 17, 2017
The Great Lakes Commission-Sea Grant Fellow will be housed at the Great Lakes Commission offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and will work with members of the Great Lakes' science, policy and information/education communities to advance the environmental quality and sustainable development goals of the Great Lakes states. Eligible applicants include students who, at the time of the application, are enrolled in a graduate or professional degree program in public policy, public health, natural resources, aquatic sciences or other related field at a US accredited institution of higher education in the United States, or have completed their graduate or professional degree within the six months immediately prior to the time of application.
BloodCenter of Wisconsin is the recipient of a long-standing, highly successful institutional Training Grant that supports postdoctoral research training in transfusion medicine and benign hematology. Citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. are invited to apply for one open position on the T32 Training Grant Program.
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