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Like our academic work, our reputations as scholars have increasingly become web-based. Before your graduate career comes to an end, take time to improve (or create!) your digital identity so that it better reflects your career interests, goals, and personality. A cursory Google search by a review committee could make or break your application. Inside HigherEd’s Gradhacker blog offers a few guiding principles to get you started.
- Be consistent. Think of your digital identity as part of your academic brand. If you are using multiple sites, make sure you provide the exact same information (such as your name or dissertation title) across all platforms.
- Be engaged. Your social media presence should be just that: social. Reach out and respond to scholars about events, discussions, or issues that influence your field of study. Online networking early and often will pay off as your career develops.
- Be professional. The internet has a long memory and your words or actions online can last much longer than they do offline. Avoid complaining about or harshly criticizing your committee members, colleagues, and home institution on your personal blog, Facebook or Twitter accounts.
If you don’t have a digital presence yet and want to get started, it’s not too late. DoIT’s Software Training for Students (STS) offers free courses that teach web-development software throughout the academic year. The Graduate School has invited The Professor Is In’s Karen Kelsky to host a webinar on the topic of digital identity at the end of September. Be on the look-out for information about this event at the beginning of the fall semester.
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The Graduate School wishes to welcome back current graduate students as well as welcome newly admitted graduate students with a series of Welcome Week events the week before classes begin:
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| Join guest speaker Anne Krook for this three-hour session where you will learn how non-academic employers think about graduate students as potential employees, how to get ready for the non-academic job market while you are still in graduate school, and how to conduct a job search. We will also review a tool (provided after the session) that assesses all your skills - not just academic ones - and review a resume and discuss how to write yours. All graduate students are welcome to attend.
Reception to follow from 5:00 – 6:00 pm in the Sterling lobby.
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| 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.
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We all are coming to graduate school with different backgrounds and experiences that have made us the successful students UW-Madison programs want. While our academic work is important for success, the ability to work with people who have different backgrounds will also enable our success in graduate school and beyond. Come to one of these convserations to get to know your fellow students and gain a better understanding of how all of your unique backgrounds and experiences are valuable.
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Thursday, September 1 | 5:00 - 7:00pm
Gordon Dining and Event Center
The Multicultural Graduate Network, through the Graduate School at UW-Madison, kicks off the start of a new school year with a large celebration to invigorate the vibrant community of graduate students on campus.
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| Get your semester off to a fast start! Join fellow graduate students, faculty, and staff for the first annual Degree Dash hosted by the Graduate School. Set your goal for 5.7 miles for the Doctoral Derby (no, you don't have to be in a Ph.D. program to participate), or for 1.75 miles for the Master's Mile (for those who need to "graduate" early). You will meet fellow students, faculty, and staff, tour campus, come away with a t-shirt, and gather information that will help you to start your semester off quickly. And the best part is, whether you come in first or last place, you'll get a diploma. All are encouraged to participate in this run, walk, or roll event - new and current graduate students, faculty, staff, and family members. Both routes are wheelchair and stroller accessible. Please sign up individually. Participants have the option to form a race team on-site. You do not need to indicate whether you intend to this when you register. Signed waiver forms are required for participation in the event. You may either print this form, sign it, and bring it with you to the race OR forms will be available for you to sign at the race check-in table.
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| Find more Graduate School Professional Development events here.
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Special Events & Conferences
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| Mandatory Training for Teaching Communication-B Courses, Fall 2016
Monday, August 29 | 9:00am - 12:15pm AND
Tuesday, August 30 | 9:00am - 12:15pm
6191 Helen C. White
All *new* Communication-B TAs are required (and experienced Comm-B TAs are welcome) to attend a sequence of three training workshops this coming fall semester. The first two parts of the workshop are scheduled for Welcome Week in August (you must attend both Monday and Tuesday). The final part of this training, which will focus on responding to and evaluating student assignments, will be scheduled for the third or fourth week of classes during the fall semester. Registration is required. If you have question, a scheduling conflict, substantial previous experience teaching writing or have completed a comparable training, contact Brad Hughes, Director of Writing Across the Curriculum (bthughes@wisc.edu).
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The Center for Techonlogy Commercialization is hosting National Science Foundation's Division Director, Dr. Barry Johnson, for a free workshop about the variety of funding programs offered by NSF. This free event will discuss such programs as Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Techonology Transfer, GOALI, I-Corps, and Parternships for Innovation as well as funding through the National Institutes of Health. Due to limited space, participants are encouraged to register early.
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How to Successfully Apply for Federal Fellowships
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is hosting an hour-and-a-half virtual information session about applying for federal fellowships on Wednesday, August 24, 12:00 - 1:30PM. Representatives from the Smithsonian Institution, NASA, NIH, and NSF will offer tips and advice about writing a successful application. A Q&A will follow the presentations. Registration is required.
WARF Ambassador Program
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is seeking graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in scientific or technical disciplines who have completed most of their coursework to serve as Ambassadors for the 2016-17 academic year. WARF Ambassadors help enhance the vital connection between research and tech transfer by increasing WARF's visibility on campus. Applications are due Friday, August 26.
Child Care Tuition Assistance Program (CCTAP) The UW's Office of Child Care and Family Resources has opened the Fall Child Care Tuition Assistance Program. This program provides financial assistance to income-eligible UW-Madison student parents for their child care expenses. You are encouraged to apply early, since funds are limited and applications are approved on a first come, first served basis.
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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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Fellowships & Grants
Are you a postdoctoral researcher or a graduate student who has an idea for a project that requires teaming up with someone outside your field? Consider applying for the Discovery Challenge Research Award, which seeks to foster unconventional new collaborations across the UW–Madison campus. Two winning groups will receive $7,500 and have the opportunity to present their work at the 2017 Discovery Challenge Research Symposium. Eligibility and application information can be found here. All doctoral students and students in fields where a Master's degree is the terminal degree, such as an MFA in art, who are planning a career in higher education are eligible to be nominated by a faculty member for this award. The awards provides financial support for graduate students to attend the AAC&U's Annual Meeting, which will be January 25-28, 2017, in San Francisco.
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