|
|
|
January 8, 2019In this issue: Project management workshop for grad students, NCFDD benefits for UW students, and more.
| |
|
Tips for Grads: Personal Effectiveness
By Matthew J. Zinsli, PhD student
UW–Madison now has an institutional membership to the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD), an independent organization that provides professional development, training, and a mentoring community to graduate students, postdocs, and faculty members.
Even if you do not ever plan to pursue a faculty career, NCFDD has great resources that are useful to all graduate students, regardless of discipline, career stage, or degree goal. Here are some of what is available once you activate your individual account through the UW–Madison institutional membership. (Note: The links below require you to be logged in to your individual account.)
| |
| 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
| |
| Do you often start the semester or term with high hopes for your projects, but end disappointed by your actual productivity? Do you want to figure out how to be more productive AND enjoy your life this semester? The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity offers this planning webinar at the beginning of each semester so that you can identify your personal and professional goals, create a strategic plan to accomplish them, and identify the types of support you need to make this your most productive and balanced semester ever!
| |
| Project management is a set of skills that can be applied in academic, non-profit, laboratory, business, and many other settings. Learn principles of project management and apply them to a project or context relevant to your substantive case in this collaborative, day-long program. You will think creatively, define a problem, establish project goals, create a plan, and prepare for implementation. Since no project runs perfectly, the program will also address how project leaders manage change and other common challenges. You will leave better prepared to lead a team and deliver results.
Students will also have the chance to hear from and network with a panel of successful project managers as well as learn from each other. Panelists include Wendy Crone (Engineering Physics), Ajay Sethi (Population Health Sciences), and Janean Dilworth-Bart (Human Development & Family Studies). Complimentary lunch will be provided.
| |
| This week's Software Training for Students (STS) courses: - Getting Started with Canvas
- File Management in Canvas
This week's Social Science Computing Cooperative (SSCC) courses:
| |
| Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering: 2019 Workshop
The Graduate School is hosting a competitive process to fund two UW-Madison graduate students to learn about science policy and advocacy at the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) workshop in Washington, D.C. This year's workshop will be March 24-27. The workshop, sponsored by a coalition of scientific groups including the AAAS and AAU, teaches STEM graduate and upper-class undergraduates about the structure and organization of Congress, the federal budget and appropriations process, and tools for effective science communication. Applications are due Feb. 10. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and for the steps to apply. Global Health Symposium seeks abstract submissions
The UW-Madison Global Health Institute invites abstract submissions for podium and poster presentations at the Global Health Symposium in April. This year’s symposium explores the theme of “Health in Balance: Acting Now for a Healthy Tomorrow.” Faculty, staff, clinicians, and students are welcome to submit abstracts to present their global health research, education, and outreach. Abstracts are due Feb. 18. Trans-Asia Graduate Student Conference seeks paper presentationsThe Trans-Asia Graduate Student Conference, established by graduate students in the Asian Languages and Cultures and History Departments, provides a forum for graduate students studying Asia to present their research. From now through Feb. 15, students can submit presentation proposals on topics related to either Asian or Asian-American studies from a variety of disciplines for presentation at the conference in April. Interested graduate students may submit individual abstracts for paper presentations or proposals for panels of three papers. Email tagsconference@rso.wisc.edu with questions about abstract submissions. Submit a proposal to the 2019 UW-Madison Teaching & Learning Symposium The annual Teaching and Learning Symposium provides an opportunity for the UW-Madison teaching and learning community to share best practices, celebrate accomplishments, and discuss new learning and teaching practices and theories in a forum dedicated to enriching the student learning experience. This year's Symposium will be held on May 16 from 8:30 am - 5 pm. The Symposium is currently seeking proposals for engaging presentations and posters that spotlight learning across campus. The deadline to submit proposals is Jan. 28. Contact Sheila Stoeckel, co-chair of the Teaching and Learning Symposium, with questions at sheila.stoeckel@wisc.edu. Transcend UW competition application openRegistration for the 2019 Transcend Madison Innovation Competition is now open! All UW-Madison students are encouraged to compete in the country’s largest student-run innovation competition. Last year, at the third annual competition, $55,000 in prizes was awarded. The competition seeks to bring students all across campus together to demonstrate their novel ideas and creations, including well-developed ideas and those still at an initial stage. Find more information on the competition website and submit an application by Feb. 1.
| |
|
Mental Health Resources for Grad StudentsAccording to the 2016 UW-Madison Healthy Minds Study, 94% of UW-Madison students do not think any less of a peer who seeks mental health care, and 90% of students who used mental health care found it helpful. As a student, there are a variety of mental health resources available to you at no cost. A few of these resources are listed here. SilverCloud: A self-guided mental health resource that provides treatment options 24 hours a day, no referral from a mental health or medical provider needed. It includes evidence-based learning modules on anxiety, depression, body image, and stress, designed to help students manage day-to-day stresses and improve resilience. YOU@WISC: An online portal with information and resources for resilience and well-being. It covers stress management, self-care and social support, anger management, suicidal thoughts, mindfulness, and more.
| |
|
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 Dean of Students Office's Graduate Student Assistance Specialist Elaine Goetz-Berman directly, email egoetz2@wisc.edu.
| |
|
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.
| |
|
Project Assistant, WISC Lab
Qualifications: Student in Communication Sciences and Disorders, experience in analysis of spectral and temporal speech acoustic data
| |
| The Data Incubator is a Cornell-funded data science training organization that runs a free, advanced eight-week fellowship for master’s students, PhDs, and postdocs seeking industry careers as data scientists. A variety of innovative companies partner with The Data Incubator for their hiring and training needs, including LinkedIn, Genentech, Capital One, Pfizer, and many others. The program is free for admitted Fellows. Fellows have the option to participate in the program either in person in New York, the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, or Washington, D.C., or to participate online. The next program period is April 1 through May 24. Anyone who has already obtained a master's or PhD or who is within one year of graduating with a master's or PhD is welcome to apply.
| |
|
Follow us on social media to connect with more opportunities and resources:
| |
|
|
|
|
