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September 1, 2020In this issue: Online professional development resources, Fall 2020 virtual career fairs, and more.
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Tips for Grads: Online Professional Development Resources
This semester looks different from any we’ve ever experienced, but the format also opens up new opportunities for advancing your personal and professional development with online tools. Hundreds of students attended our virtual Welcome Week events, which covered topics from developing a mentor network to mental health, and the recordings are now available for those who couldn’t make it to the live events. You can also look forward to a full slate of virtual professional development events this fall semester. You can stay up to date with graduate student professional development opportunities by reading GradConnections Weekly and checking the Graduate School Events Calendar.
The Graduate School also offers a wide array of tools, resources, and services to help you succeed academically and excel professionally, regardless of your discipline or career aspirations. Below are a few of the many valuable resources available to you as a graduate student:
- DiscoverPD generates customized professional development recommendations based on a self-assessment of your skills and includes a searchable database of 400+ professional development resources hand-picked for UW–Madison graduate students.
- myIDP is a career planning and strategic goal-setting resource designed for graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. The website matches your interests, skills, and values with career paths in the sciences and includes tools to help you build a personalized Individual Development Plan (IDP).
- ImaginePhD facilitates career exploration for graduate students in the arts, humanities, and social sciences by assessing your skills, values, and interests, identifying potential career options, and helping you plan your next steps academically and professionally.
- Aurora by Beyond the Professoriate is an e-learning platform with on-demand, self-paced learning modules that allow you to explore non-academic and faculty career options while identifying and honing the transferable skills you have gained in grad school.
- The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) offers webinars and advice designed for aspiring and current faculty, but most of their content is applicable to graduate students of all career aspirations. Click here to activate your NCFDD account through the UW–Madison institutional membership.
GradConnections Weekly is looking for fresh perspectives on the graduate student experience.
If you have advice, counsel, or tips for UW grad students, you’re invited to write a guest column for “Tips for Grads.”
If you’re interested, check out our infographic for details and email gspd@grad.wisc.edu to let us know.
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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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Upcoming Professional Development EventsAll event times and deadlines are listed in Central Daylight Time (CDT).
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| Welcome Week event recordings available
In case you couldn’t join us live, captioned recordings of some of our Graduate Student Welcome Week events are now available for on-demand viewing:
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Fall 2020 Virtual Career Fairs
Registration is required and sessions are limited. All sessions will be held online on the Handshake virtual fair platform.
- Food & Agricultural Fair: Tuesday, Sept 15 | 3 – 7 pm
- Public Service Fair: Wednesday, Sept 16 | 3 – 7 pm
- Computer Sciences Fair: Monday, Sept 21 - 23 | 3 – 7 pm
- Finance, Accounting, & Real Estate Fair: Thursday, Sept 24 | 3 – 7 pm
- Data & Technology Fair: Thursday, Sept 24 | 3 – 7 pm
- Client Relations, Analytics, & Marketing / Communications Fair: Wednesday, Sept 30 | 3 – 7 pm
- Risk & Insurance Career Fair: Thursday, Oct 1 | 3 – 7 pm
- Scientific Development & Research Fair: Tuesday, Oct 6 | 3 – 7 pm
- Supply Chain, Logistics, Analytics, Operations & Technology Fair: Tuesday, Oct 6 | 3 – 7 pm
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- Using Honorlock with 3rd Party
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Special Events & Symposia
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Senior graduate students are invited to register for the Postdoc Symposium, which will be a synchronous, virtual event this year. The symposium includes a keynote address from Dr. Mindi Thompson, associate professor of Counseling Psychology and director of the UW Work and Wellness Lab. If you have questions, contact Ali Deatsch (deatsch@wisc.edu), Alyssa Adams (amadams4@wisc.edu), or Cara Moravec (cmoravec@wisc.edu).
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Tuition and Fee Payment Deadlines- Friday, Sept 11: Student Account payments (tuition and segregated fees) due for Fall 2020
- Friday, Sept 11: BadgerPay first installment due
- Friday, Dec 4: Graduate assistant segregated fee deferred due date for TAs, PAs, RAs, and LSAs
Enrollment Dates and Deadlines- Friday, Sept 4: Deadline for students to begin initial Fall term enrollment without $50 late fee
- Wednesday, Sept 9: Deadline for students to drop a Fall term course and have no record of it on the transcript (after: will show as DR)
- Wednesday, Sept 9: Deadline for students to withdraw for the term and have no record of it on the transcript (after: will show as W)
- Friday, Sept 11: Deadline for students to drop a Fall term course and receive 100% tuition adjustment
- Friday, Sept 11: Deadline for students to add, swap, or change sections in a Fall term course (after: need department permission)
Benefits Enrollment Deadline for Graduate Assistants
Graduate assistants (TAs, PAs, RAs, and LSAs) who wish to enroll in benefits through UW–Madison must sign up within 30 days of the start of their assistantship appointment.
UW Libraries resources, appointments available
The Libraries are excited to welcome our campus community back for the fall 2020 semester! We recognize the vital role access to library resources has in the ability of researchers and students to continue their academic endeavors. We will have to do things differently, but we are here to help you have the resources for a successful academic year.
As a way to protect the health and safety of our campus and still provide the library tools, resources, and spaces you need, you’ll still have access to robust support and expertise of librarians via chat, email, phone, or video appointment. The Libraries continue to support your research and teaching needs virtually.
Additionally, our Library by Appointment system, which launched over the summer, will serve as the way the Libraries continue to operate this fall. With the support and guidance of the UW–Madison Smart Restart effort, Library by Appointment allows us to provide access to the Libraries consistent with physical distancing and health guidelines.
Please visit go.wisc.edu/LibraryRestart for the most up-to-date information and learn how the Libraries can support you this fall!
Bus pass and campus transportation updates
ASM will distribute fall student bus passes through an online order form and mail passes directly to students. When the order system is ready, ASM will send an email to all registered students who are enrolled in fall 2020 classes, so continue to check your wisc.edu email. You will need your Wiscard number and a residential mailing address (not a campus office address) to request your bus pass. In the meantime, you can use your Wiscard in lieu of a bus pass. Just show the driver your Wiscard when you board at the front of the bus. Remember, you can always ride campus routes 80, 81, 82, and 84 for free, no pass required.
Passengers are required to wear a face covering on the bus. Madison Metro is also performing increased, daily cleaning of all buses, and has put in place a 20-passenger limit on all buses. Campus routes 80 and 84 will also have yellow “trailer buses” following behind to pick up passengers if the main bus reaches capacity. See more information about campus bus service.
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Help prevent the spread of COVID-19
With your help, we can help limit the spread of the disease by following campus, local, state and federal guidelines for COVID-19. This includes maintaining at least six feet of distance from people you don’t live with, wearing face coverings, and getting tested for the virus if you have symptoms or have been in close contact with someone with COVID-19. COVID-19 Testing Information >>
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Wednesday, Sept 2 - Sept 13 | Times vary by class, registration is required
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UHS services available remotelyUniversity Health Services is committed to supporting you. Many medical, counseling, and wellness services are available by phone and accessible online. Find out more on the UHS Remote Health and Connection webpage.
Group Counseling for Graduate Students
University Health Services offers support/theme groups for graduate students, including groups for all graduate students, dissertators, graduate women, and graduate students of color. Support groups are a great way to share experiences around the challenges of grad school with other grad students. See the full Group Counseling Schedule for all options offered.
New this year, the Resilience through Connection for Grad Students workshop series explores managing workloads, personally thriving, and dealing with things you cannot control. Details for these workshops are located under the section Psychoeducational Groups & Workshops on the Group Counseling Schedule website.
Mental Health Resources for Grad StudentsAccording to the 2019 Healthy Minds Survey, 93% of UW–Madison graduate students do not think any less of a peer who seeks mental health care, and 89% of UW–Madison graduate students who used mental health care found it helpful.
- UHS 24-hour Crisis Services. On-call crisis counselors can help address your most pressing concerns, address your safety, and help you connect with follow-up service needs. It’s available every day, including weekends, holidays, and semester breaks. Call the UHS crisis line at 608-265-5600. For situations that are immediately life-threatening, call 911.
- SilverCloud. This online, self-guided resource provides treatment options 24 hours a day through evidence-based modules on anxiety, depression, body image, and stress. SilverCloud is designed to help students manage day-to-day stresses and improve resilience.
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The Dean of Students Office provides resources to students struggling with a variety of issues, and can be your go-to spot for assistance as a graduate student. To contact the Graduate and Professional Student Assistance Specialist Elaine Goetz-Berman directly, email egoetz2@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 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation invites proposals from multi-disciplinary teams that include scholars from the humanities, arts, and humanities-inflected social sciences for the Mellon Just Futures Initiative competition. The program will provide funding to support visionary, unconventional, experimental, and groundbreaking projects in order to address the long-existing fault lines of racism, inequality, and injustice that tear at the fabric of democracy and civil society. This call for proposals seeks to support teams whose work focuses specifically on and addresses racial inequality and its many manifestations. Grants of up to $5 million with a two- to three-year duration will be awarded to multi-disciplinary collaboratories with the intention of generating innovative research, projects, pedagogies, and curricula. The Foundation also encourages the formation of multi-institutional teams that may include partners from across the sectors of higher education and from outside the academy. The Center for the Humanities is coordinating proposals from UW–Madison for this initiative. If you are interested in submitting a proposal, a one-page pre-proposal is required. Send an email with a short description of your team and probable partners to Center for the Humanities Director, Russ Castronovo (rcastronovo@wisc.edu), as soon as possible and no later than Sept 4 at 2 pm. If you are interested in developing a proposal but need help finding partners, are interested in participating in another proposal, or would like to brainstorm your ideas with someone, please email Professor Castronovo.
In round one of this challenge, students are invited to submit a written project proposal for one of these two topics: sparking a global movement, or community impact from COVID-19. A number of participants will be asked to provide a fuller proposal in round 2. Up to 20 final entries will be selected as winners to be published in an online anthology. Winners will receive up to $25,000 as tuition scholarships through their institution.
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