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| Tips for Grads: Communication Researchers and scholars must be ready to convey the social value of their work to broad audiences, from policy-makers to the general public. Yet engaging the public can be challenging if we are more accustomed to communicating with peers, or unsure of how to navigate public communication. Recently, the Graduate School and the Morgridge Center for Public Service brought UW-Madison faculty together in a panel on communicating with public audiences. Below, we share tips that emerged from this discussion, as well as some resources for improving your public communication skills. - Make sure you are comfortable. You may be unsure about your abilities, or maybe you just don’t do crowds. Improve your public speaking skills, and learn about how to actively listen to avoid conflict. Know your work and why it is valuable, and prepare to defend it.
- Engage in interdisciplinary communication. Your closest colleagues may understand the jargon, but will those folks on the far side of campus? Connect outside your discipline, whether in the arts, humanities, or sciences. Join the Go Big Read conversation or an interdisciplinary reading group.
- Turn complex ideas into teachable concepts. The Writing Center offers a workshop on preparing a concise summary of your work, and you can even compete in the 3-Minute Thesis contest. Life Sciences Communication offers courses for any background, or you could even make it your minor.
- Consider how to visualize your work. Good visuals can make your work more creative, understandable, and engaging overall. DesignLab offers consultations, or you can look to the Writing Center to improve your posters or PowerPoints. Digital Humanities Initiative is a network on campus that integrates research with IT and new media.
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DiscoverPD is an innovative tool for UW-Madison graduate students to advance their academic and professional goals. Reviewing the nine facets of professional development, complete a self-assessment, and get a customized report and recommendations.
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Upcoming Professional Development Events
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Versatile PhD: Ask Me Anything with Peter Fiske
Wednesday, October 11 - Friday, October 13
Online | Career DevelopmentVersatile PhD’s 2017-2018 event schedule will consist of four extended Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions with PhD career experts. Rather than the more common rapid-fire AMAs, each of these events will be active for three days, plenty of time for a wide range of questions, answers, and follow-up.
Peter Fiske (Ph.D., Geochemistry and Materials Science, 1993) is a seasoned executive with over two decades of experience founding startups and commercializing new technologies. He also wrote the science careers classic, “Put Your Science to WORK!” and regularly speaks to early-career scientists at universities across the country.
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Communicating your research to a non-specialist audience is an essential career skill, whether you’re preparing for job interviews, networking at a conference, or just trying to explain to family and friends what you do with your time. This workshop, sponsored by the Writing Center and the Graduate School Office of Professional Development, will help graduate students from all disciplines to prepare an accessible, intriguing three-minute talk about their research. If you’re interested in learning how to craft a concise, general explanation of your research, or if you plan to participate in the 3MT® Three-Minute Thesis competition, this workshop is for you.
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| Find more Graduate School Professional Development events here.
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| FAFSA Frenzy
Friday, October 13 | 9:00 - 11:00 am
Caucus Room, Student Activity Center (SAC) | Personal Effectiveness
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| A Writer's Retreat
Thursday, October 12 | 5:00 - 9:00 pm
Room 6191, Helen C. White Hall | Communication Creating Research Posters, Part 1
Friday, October 13 | 1:30 - 3:00 pm
Writing Center Commons, Helen C. White Hall | Communication | Disciplinary Expertise and Interdisciplinary Connections
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| R for Researchers - Condensed
Wednesday, October 11 | 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Room 3218, Sewell Social Sciences Building | Disciplinary Expertise and Interdisciplinary Connections | Inquiry, Discovery, and Creation STS: CSS 2
Wednesday, October 11 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Room B1144A, DeLuca Biochemistry Building | Managing Projects and People
R for Researchers - Condensed
Thursday, October 12 | 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Room 3218, Sewell Social Sciences Building | Disciplinary Expertise and Interdisciplinary Connections | Inquiry, Discovery, and Creation STS: MATLAB 1
Thursday, October 12 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Room B1144A, DeLuca Biochemistry Building | Managing Projects and People Stata for Researchers
Friday, October 13 | 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Room 3218, Sewell Social Sciences Building | Disciplinary Expertise and Interdisciplinary Connections | Inquiry, Discovery, and Creation R for Researchers - Condensed
Friday, October 13 | 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Room 3218, Sewell Social Sciences Building | Disciplinary Expertise and Interdisciplinary Connections | Inquiry, Discovery, and Creation STS: Illustrator in a Day
Sunday, October 15 | 1:00 - 5:30 pm
Room B1144A, DeLuca Biochemistry Building | Managing Projects and People STS: Cool Tools
Monday, October 16 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Room B1144A, DeLuca Biochemistry Buidling | Managing Projects and People
Managing Your Citations with EndNote Basic
Tuesday, October 17 | 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Room 3218, Sewell Social Sciences Building | Disciplinary Expertise and Interdisciplinary Connections | Inquiry, Discovery, and Creation
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For more technology courses from Software Training for Students (STS) click here.
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Special Events & Conferences
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Mellon-Wisconsin Dissertation Writing Camp Winter 2018 Application Now OpenThe UW-Madison Writing Center and the UW-Madison Graduate School are pleased to sponsor a Mellon-Wisconsin Dissertation Writing Camp during the 2018 Winter intersession. The camp will run from January 8 - January 12, 2018. Acceptance in the program is competitive, and participation is limited to 20 dissertators. Facilitated by senior staff from the Writing Center, this camp offers a structured opportunity for dissertators to make significant progress on their dissertations by drafting a substantial amount of writing. The deadline for application is Friday, October 27 at 12:00 pm (noon). Camp information and application instructions can be found here.
Open Forums Scheduled to Gather Input on Graduate Assistantship Policy Draft
A campus workgroup, charged with transitioning policy from the former Teaching Assistants Association contract to a Graduate Assistant Policies and Procedures document, will host forums to gather feedback on the drafted document. The group's purpose has been to develop a resource that will guide graduate students and supervisors on employment-related matters. Open forums will be held on Wednesday, October 25 at 6:00 pm in 1106 Mechanical Engineering and Friday, October 27 at 11:30 am in 260 Bascom. Additional information is available at grad.wisc.edu/studentfunding/gapp.
Mental Health Resources for Graduate StudentsOur campus offers many mental health resources for graduate students. To raise awareness of these among faculty who work with graduate students, the Graduate School recently emailed this memo to Directors of Graduate Study and Graduate Program Coordinators. We are sharing it here with you as well. Please do not heistate to take advantage of these resources. Contact Graduate School Associate Dean Lisa Martin ( lisa.martin@wisc.edu) with any related questions.
Registration Open for Morgridge Cartoon Contest for Bioethics The Morgridge Institute for Research will reward the most creative bioethical thinkers with up to $3,500 in cash prizes. Led by Morgridge bioethicist in residence, Pilar Ossorio, the contest invites graduate students and postdocs to create thoughtful cartoons involving everyday bioethics issues. Elibigle parties include any graduate student or postdoctoral fellow currently studying at or employed by UW-Madison or an affiliated institution; and any postdoctoral fellow currently employed by the Morgridge Institute. Participants must work in the biomedical sciences, including biomedical engineering, data and imaging sciences. Registration is open through November 1, 2017. Visit the website for a complete description of the contest.
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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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| This one-year fellowship allows Ph.D. candidates to prepare their dissertation, and may be used for fieldwork, archival research, analysis of findings, or writing. Applications will be selected based on the significance of the topic and its potential contribution to Buddhist studies. There is no citizenship requirement for the fellowships. These fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, particularly to help Ph.D. candidates complete their dissertation work. Eligible candidates must complete their dissertations during the 2018-2019 academic year, and be in a humanities or social science department.
This program privides one-year fellowships to doctoral students to support research at Smithsonian Institution facilities. Students must have completed all coursework for their program, be admitted into doctoral candidacy, and have completed all requirements except for the dissertation. Fellowships carry a stipend of $32,000 at the fellow's home institutions.
The American Bar Foundation (ABF), in partnership with AccessLex Institute, offers the fellowship to assist emerging scholars who are studying issues of access, affordability, or value in legal and higher education. Fellows will receive a stipend of $35,000 for one academic year, with the possibility of renewal. Fellowships are full-time and held in residence at the ABF. Applications are invited from outstanding students who are candidates for Ph.D. degrees, across a broad range of disciplines, who have completed all doctoral requirements except the dissertation by September 1, 2018. There are no citizenship requirements. The American Bar Foundation (ABF) offers this fellowship to encourage original and significant empirical and interdisciplinary research on the study of law and inequality. Fellows will receive a stipend of $35,000 per year for up to 24 months. Fellowships are held in residence at the ABF, and fellows are expected to participate fully in the academic life of the ABF. Applications are invited from outstanding students who are candidates for Ph.D. degrees who have completed all doctoral requirements except the dissertation by September 1, 2018. Only U.S. citizens are eligible to apply.
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