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Save the Date: Grad Student Appreciation Week is April 1-5, 2024
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Grad students, mark your calendars and prepare to be appreciated! Grad Student Appreciation Week (GSAW) is celebrated the first week of April each year and will be observed April 1 - 5. The purpose of this week is to celebrate and emphasize the contributions, impact, and value of our graduate and professional students. Click the link below to get details on the daily events and offerings.
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Grad Student's Aerospace Journey Propelled by Exclusive Fellowship
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From a young age, Matteo Giacani exhibited a keen interest in building things, including small planes and rockets. His fascination with scientific subjects like mathematics and physics naturally led him to pursue an education in aerospace engineering. Fall 2023 marked the beginning of Giacani’s graduate journey at Georgia Tech. He is also the recipient of the exclusive Domenica Rea D’Onofrio Fellowship, which is only awarded to native Italian citizens.
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Athena Receives Prestigious Stafford Energy: Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Georgia Tech MBA Career Services Ranked No. 1 Globally by the Financial Times
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The Financial Times recently ranked the Georgia Tech Full-time MBA program No. 1 in the world for MBA career services. The Jones MBA Career Center provides support to MBA students in career strategy development, interview prep, networking, employer recruiting sessions, and more.
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New Professional Headshot Photo Booth Located in the Student Center
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Graduate Students looking for a way to take a quality headshot for their LinkedIn or CareerBuzz, profiles for free? Look no further. Come use the Iris Booth, a headshot photo booth, on the third floor in the John Lewis Student Center, right outside of the Grad SGA office. With our new self-service professional headshot photo booths, you can stop by Monday – Friday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. to take your headshot with no appointment needed.
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Networking Series for Master's Students: Maintaining Connections (Virtual)
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Current master's students should attend if they are looking to explore strategies for nurturing and sustaining valuable contacts to fuel long-term career success.
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| Resume Lab for Ph.D. Students (In-Person)
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Experience a resume workshop like no other! We provide you with a table, not just a seat. Bring your laptop and get ready to actively update your resume with personalized guidance. You'll be working right at your table, making real-time improvements to your resume with our expert support.
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"Know Your Worth" Offer Negotiations Strategies for Experienced Professionals (Virtual)
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It's time to advocate your worth with our tailor-made workshop for experienced professionals! Learn how to evaluate and negotiate job offers effectively for your career transition. Gain the confidence and skills needed to make an informed career decision. The format of this event is a virtual lecture with Q&A.
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| Funding Opportunity: JP Morgan P.h.D. Fellowship
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The JPMC AI Research Ph.D. Fellowship program is intended to support novel and impactful thesis work of Ph.D. students and enables opportunities for Ph.D. students to engage with research professionals at JPMC. A JPMC Ph.D. Fellowship includes a yearly award that partially supports tuition and stipend. Student awardees will receive a connection in the JPMC AI Research team. Awardees are expected to commit to do a summer internship at JPMC. Students must be nominated by Georgia Tech via internal submission. The deadline to Submit an Application for Non-CoC students is March 11,2024.
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Apply for the National Endowment for the Humanities
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These fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research in the humanities that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. The deadline: April 10, 2024
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The Google Ph.D. Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising Ph.D. candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Students must be nominated by Georgia Tech via internal submission. The deadline for Non-CoC students is April 22, 2024. The deadline for CoC students is April 15, 2024.
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The Quad Fellowship is open to exceptional master's and doctoral students in science and technology who demonstrate academic excellence, exceptional results in their field, and a desire to use their talents to promote collective good. The Quad Fellowship is a first-of-its-kind fellowship designed to build ties among the next generation of scientists and technologists. It offers an unparalleled blend of financial support ($40,000), cross-cultural exchange, and networking.
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| Wellness Opportunity: March is Nutrition Awareness Month
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March is Nutrition Awareness Month. This month's tip sheet is all about Nutrition Awareness, and empowering you to explore resources around intuitive eating while bidding farewell to the restrictive diet mentality.
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Grad Students, take some time away from academics and indulge in some self-care. Join the Grad Lounge on March 12, 2024 from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. in the Beth Cabrera Reflection Space for a yoga class. Bring your own mat and/or towel. To stay up to date on all Grad Lounge events and programs, follow GTGradLounge on Instagram.
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Uwill Mental Health Services
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Tech students now have access to new mental health support services. The Institute has partnered with Uwill, a leader in collegiate mental health and wellness services, to provide additional resources at no cost to our students. Through Uwill, students will have access to Umatch, Up to 5 free virtual counseling sessions with a licensed therapist with no need for referral, and Urise, an on-demand curated wellness event to complement therapy.
All Georgia Tech students are eligible to use these benefits. Visit the Uwill website and register yourself as a new user with your @gatech.edu email address.
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What’s 3.14 times more fun than staying home? Running or walking the Pi Day 5K with your friends! Join Campus Recreation at 7 a.m. on March 14 (Pi Day!) in front of the CRC and celebrate this Tech tradition. Pick up your free T-shirt after the race, get your finish time immediately on-site, AND enjoy the sweet reward of free pie. Grab your friends and sign up today, $25 for students and $35 for non-students.
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| Spring Break is almost here! The Wellness Empowerment Center is inviting you to start your break off right at Safe Spring Break on March 12 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Tech Green. Learn best practices for remaining safe while you travel, adventure, vacation, or whatever you decide to do with your time off. Plus we’ll have fun activities, giveaways, and more! Sign up or drop by.
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Attend the 2024 Sustainability Showcase, on March 7, and 8, 2024
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Sponsored by Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems and organized in close partnership with the Office of Sustainability, Strategic Energy Institute, Renewable Bioproducts Institute, Institute for People and Technology, Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business, the Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education, The Exchange at Georgia Tech, and other campus partners, this event will be an opportunity for Georgia Tech academics, researchers, students, and Institute programs to share their work in sustainability (spanning the full scope of United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals) and engage with each other and external participants to advance their work. This is an exciting opportunity to learn about the full spectrum of sustainability work across campus in a lively atmosphere.
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| RSVP For the 2024 Lavender Celebration
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You are invited to our formal recognition ceremony for LGBTQIA, and ally graduates and community members for their significant contributions to LGBTQIA community at Tech during our annual Lavender Celebration. This year, the LGBTQIA Resource Center will feature unique programming and we honor and celebrate the Resource Center’s 10-year anniversary. If you are a graduating student who would like to be recognized at the event or receive the senior gifts, you must fill out the Graduate Recognition Form. Students who finished their degree programs in fall or winter of 2023 or who plan to graduate in 2024 (May, August, or December) are invited to participate in this event. If you are a graduating student and would like to be recognized in person, you must also RSVP on Engage. by March 15.
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Register for the Women's Leadership Conference
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Join the Women's Resource Center for their Women's Leadership Conference on March 24, 2024! This year's theme is the Eight Dimensions of Wellness with guest speaker, Dr. Beth Cabrera! All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend. If interested, RSVP today! For any questions, contact Taylor Bischoff or Miranda Garcia
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| March 2024 Alumni Speaker Series
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We are excited to announce the new OMSCS Alumni Speaker Series as part of the program's 10th anniversary celebrations! This series highlights some of our amazing alumni as they share their expertise and experiences. Speakers will present on a variety of subjects from their careers, research, successes, challenges, and lessons learned. All events in the Alumni Speaker Series will be virtual and will take place on March 19 and March 26, 2024. Tuesday, March 19th series is entitled Maximizing the OMSCS Program for your Professional Career, led by Carlo Rafael Catalan. The presentation will show students how to get the most out of the OMSCS program for their professional growth.
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Introducing the OGs: Affinity group for "Older Graduate Students"
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Check out the newest connection group, the OGs (Older Graduate Students). The purpose of the OGs is to improve the experiences of older graduate students and ensure their success at Georgia Tech and beyond by creating a peer community that fosters inclusivity and belonging; by normalizing experiences of older graduates; and by developing and sustaining relationships within the group and the greater campus community.
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| The Grad lounge is Now Available for Event Rentals
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Looking for a space to host an exclusive event for graduate students? The Grad Lounge is now live in GT Events! Events must be booked three weeks in advance. Email gradlounge@stucen.gatech.edu if you have any questions!
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