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Tips for Grads: Personal Effectiveness
Next week is spring break, which is a great point in the semester to take some time for self-care. Too often as graduate students, we prioritize research, grading, and other work over keeping ourselves physically, mentally, and emotionally healthful. Practicing self-care habits now can improve focus, reduce stress, and set you up for life-long health. - University Health Services (UHS) is sponsoring 5 free wellness sessions over spring break. Meditate, practice yoga, learn to relax, examine your sleep habits, and feed your body and mind well next week. No-cost meningitis B vaccines and Dogs on Call will also be available.
- UHS also provides individual wellness sessions throughout the academic year. This is an opportunity for students to meet with a health-oriented professional to review personal habits and develop a wellness plan.
- Getting enough sleep is always a challenge for graduate students. UHS’s guide to sleep can help you to eliminate distractions and get a good night’s sleep so that you are more productive the next day.
- Did you know that UHS also offers massage therapy? Massage can decrease stress, aid relaxation, and relieve anxiety. Get a low-cost 50-minute session with UHS’s massage therapists.
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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.
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Upcoming Professional Development Events
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As you make progress toward finishing your dissertation, learn about the Graduate School's requirements for completing your Ph.D. degree and depositing your dissertation. We will offer a brief introduction to the new electronic process for submitting your dissertation, and present information to help you make decisions about your thesis publishing options. Bring your questions. Registration is required. Space is limited to 35 attendees.
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| When potential employers google your name, what do you want them to see? Building a personal website to showcase your skills and accomplishments can help you get ahead of the digital curve, whether you’re seeking a job in academia or beyond. This workshop will equip you to leverage your creativity to present your best digital identity. You’ll be introduced to the basic technical aspects of building a website, and learn some design tips and best practices for effective visual communication. Students are encouraged to bring their own digital content (photos, CV/resume, articles, and more) if possible, as the workshop will include time to start building your website and get feedback from presenters. It is also recommended to bring a laptop to maximize the usefulness of this workshop.
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Everyone knows what a brand is. Nike, Pepsi, Disney, Apple. It’s a buzzword thrown around a lot in career and job search conversations. Why should you care? Your potential employers are googling you and making decisions with the content they receive before you sit in the interview chair. You have the ability to manage your reputation both online and offline. Come to this workshop prepared to engage in individual and small group exercises to help you develop a 5 word personal brand. We will also cover ways to start establishing your brand online.
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| Do you want to plan fieldwork, finish your dissertation, finalize your capstone project, or lead a team project? Project management is a set of skills that can be applied in academic settings, as well as in non-profits, laboratories, and many others. Learn principles of project management and apply them to a project that you define in this collaborative short program comprised of two half-days. The first session (Sat. Apr. 8) will provide an overview of project management and the second (Sat. Apr. 15) will enable you to apply the concepts to your project. You will think creatively, define a problem, establish project goals, create a plan, and prepare to implement your project. Since no project runs perfectly, the program will also address how project leaders manage change and other common challenges. Leave prepared to deliver results to yourself and others. Students will also have a chance to have lunch and network with successful project managers at the end of the second session.
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| Find more Graduate School Professional Development events here.
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| Excel 2: Analysis
Tuesday, March 14 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
B1144A DeLuca Biochemistry Building | Managing Projects and People Dreamweaver
Wednesday, M arch 15 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
B1144A DeLuca Biochemistry Building | Managing Projects and People
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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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Enrollment deadline this Friday
Friday, March 17th is the last day that graduate students can do the following: - Convert from credit to audit
- Apply for pass/fail
- Drop a course
- Add a course, change credits, or change sections
For all enrollment deadlines see here. For the Graduate School policy regarding late adds, late course changes and late drops see here. Apply by Mar. 22 to showcase your research at the 2017 Wisconsin Festival of Ideas
The Wisconsin Festival of Ideas aims to showcase the groundbreaking research done at the UW-Madison by both faculty and students. Apply to be one of three student speakers who has their research highlighted. The event will be held on Sunday, April 2 in the DeLuca Forum at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. Apply to be one of the speakers before 11:59 pm on Wednesday, March 22.
Free childcare for student parents
The Graduate School shares the following solely as information, and it does not constitute an endorsement or other evaluation of the service. Students are responsible for conducting their own inquiry to determine whether to use the service. Kid's Time is a free childcare opportunity for student parents run through the Campus Women's Center at UW. In the program, parents will be paired with a volunteer who will come to their home once a week to watch their children. Kid's Time is a great way to connect with other students on campus and is fun for your children. If you are interested in signing up for this service, please fill out this form and the Campus Women's Center will be in touch.
Free wellness sessions during spring break
For those students not traveling during Spring Break, University Health Services will host five separate, no-cost wellness sessions, encouraging students to rest and reset. They also offer free, drop-in chair massages from 2:30-4:00 pm, as well as free meningitis B vaccinations.
Take the At-Risk online training University Health Services offers a free, online training called At-Risk, designed to help students to recognize peers experiencing distress, respond effectively, and refer to appropriate campus resources. The training uses interactive, virtual conversations and takes 30 minutes to complete, and can be revisited any number of times. Students who complete the training by May 15th will be automatically entered into a drawing for one of ten $20 Amazon gift cards. To access the At-Risk online trainings, visit this site, click on Create a New Account (enrollment key: uwmadison), and follow the on-screen instructions.
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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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American Family Insurance funds research initiatives that bring new perspectives for solving consumer problems and business challneges that are core or adjacent to insurance needs. There are two separate funds each year from which multiple projects are awarded: Customer & Business Pain Point Funds ($200,000) and Business Exploration Funds ($200,000).
The goal of the SCGSR program is to prepare graduate students for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) careers critically important to the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science mission, by providing graduate thesis research opportunities at DOE laboratories. The SCGSR program provides supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to pursue part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE laboratory in areas that address scientific challenges central to the Office of Science mission, for a period that may range from 3 to 12 consecutive months. The research opportunity is expected to advance the graduate students' overall doctoral thesis while providing access to the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at the DOE laboratories.
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