September 22 - October 3, 2025 |
Happy Monday, graduate students! Â The Two Week Outlook is a weekly newsletter curated by graduate students for graduate students. Check it out every week so you don't miss:
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- GPS workshops
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Opportunities to connect with other graduate students, staff, and facultyÂ
- Relevant university and campus events, hand-picked for graduate students
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🧑‍💻 indicates resources also available to online & hybrid students.Â
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| September 24 @ 3:00 - 4:00 PM (GRC Classroom)
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Starting out your grad student journey and looking for insight into academic writing? Coming back after a break or at a new stage of your studies? Join the Division of Graduate Writing as we get back to the "basics" of writing in graduate school. In this session, we'll offer some practical advice and rhetorical considerations to keep in mind as you develop a research question and engage in the writing process, from brainstorming to revisions. This is a helpful refresher for students anywhere in their graduate school journey. Â RSVP here.
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| September 24 @ 5:00 - 6:00 PM (GRC Classroom)
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Join Dr. Dolan for an hour of discussing topics related to holistic wellness and success in graduate school. Â Each session will include information and skills for enhancing wellness, followed by group discussion. Â Hosted in the GRC Classroom, with snacks! Â Please RSVP here.
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| September 26 @ 10:00 - 11:00 AM (GRC Classroom)
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Graduate students bring unique skills and training to a wide range of professional fields. This workshop will highlight the Career Center’s specialized resources for graduate students and share strategies for exploring and pursuing alt-ac career paths. You’ll leave with practical tools for career exploration, job search strategies, and a clear sense of how our office can support you in every step of your professional journey.  RSVP here!
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| October 3 @ 10:00 - 11:00 AM (GRC Classroom)
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Conferences are vital to the academic career: they're where you share ideas, stay up to date on the latest research in your field, receive feedback on your work, and make important networking connections. It's important to put your best foot forward as your present your current research projects. This workshop will provide you with advice and best practices on the written components of your conference experience: abstracts, papers, and even visual presentations. Â RSVP here!
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| September 26 @ 12:00 - 1:30 PM PM (GRC Classroom 201B)
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September is Suicide Prevention month. The Baylor Counseling Center in conjunction with the Graduate School is offering a QPR Gatekeeper Training specifically targeting our graduate students in teaching positions, but any Baylor student, faculty, or staff are welcome to register. Pizza lunch will be served, and the Counseling Center will give t-shirts to attendees. Registration required. Sign up here.Â
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| September 26 @ 12:00 - 1:00 PM (Penland)
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Looking for an opportunity to talk about what it means to be a Christian and a scholar, or a Christian and a teacher? Christian Scholars Forum hosts biweekly meetings for graduate students to discuss books/articles exploring the implications of researching and teaching as Christians. This semester we are reading John Henry Newman's The Idea of a University. Email Anna Judd or Ariadne Lewis for details.  Lunch is provided!
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| October 1 @ 12:00 - 1:00 PM (GRC)
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Join Baylor GSA in the Graduate Research Center (located in the second floor hallway between Moody and Jones Libraries) or online via Zoom for our October Assembly Meeting! A pizza lunch will be provided. Join the Zoom here.
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| October 1 @ 1:00 - 6:00 PM (Hurd)
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Need an updated headshot for your LinkedIn, your web bio, or something else? Get a free professional headshot through the Career Center. Make sure you register for Career Day, and then visit the Camera Coach in the lobby of the Hurd to get your headshot on October 1.
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Stay connected with the Baylor Graduate School
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