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March 1, 2022In this issue: Build your pillars, summer and fall jobs, and more.
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Tips for Grads: Build your pillars
Whether you just entered or are finishing your graduate program, we should all reflect on our values and principles that guide us through the unknown. Most of our actions are driven by personal and cultural values, whether we realize it or not. They motivate our aspirations and goals which offers a scope of measuring success and happiness in our lives. Identifying our core principles can be a pleasant reminder of our priorities, which, as a result, can help guide us through personal and professional journeys. Establishing our core principles is a reflective and self-determined activity that can help ground ourselves through the turbulence of life.
Navigating your principles come from the development of failures and successions. Take a moment, be introspective, and identify patterns you rely on through intuition. For instance, I discovered that values of connection, agency, being resourceful, and finding enjoyment out of life has been beneficial.
Connect: Take time to connect with yourself and others. Engage in communities that provide value. Reach out to your circles that empower and strengthen your character, whether this is your friends, family, or instructors. Perhaps consider expanding your involvement by joining other student or community-based organizations.
Agency: Trust in your abilities and intuition to know what is suitable for yourself. This is to say, allow yourself to take risks and reap the benefits and consequences. Allow yourself to act through authenticity without the judgment of others.
Resourcefulness: Take advantage of the organizations and support created for you. There is strength in asking for help and guidance, as life does not have a complete blueprint. Believe it or not, many people are eager to help folks out, especially on campus and within the community. Need assistance with accommodations? Get connected with the McBurney Disability Resource Center!
Enjoyment: The real secret of life is to be engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. Do something with your soul, your creativity, or something you love – put something of yourself into what you’re doing, whatever it may be. Discover enjoyment in the process of development.
Ultimately, finding your core principles is a reflective process that takes time and energy, yet doing so, will serve you well into the future. Good luck.
GradConnections Weekly is looking for fresh perspectives on the graduate student experience.
If you have advice, counsel, or tips for UW grad students, you’re invited to write a guest column for Tips for Grads.
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DiscoverPD is an innovative tool for UW–Madison graduate students to advance their academic and professional goals. Review the eight facets of professional development, complete a self-assessment, and get a customized report and recommendations.
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Upcoming Professional Development EventsAll event times and deadlines are listed in Central Time.
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Are you submitting resumes to online job postings but hearing nothing back? You’re not alone. Research shows that only 8% of resumes submitted to online job posts receive a request for an interview. Why is that? Chances are, it’s not your resume that’s failing you — it’s your job search strategy. Join Beyond Graduate School Founder L. Maren Wood, PhD, for this webinar for master's students on why your resume isn’t getting you interviews (and what you can do to change that).
Do you need to have a breakthrough in your writing and research productivity? Do you promise yourself every term that you're going to be highly productive, but end up falling short year after year? If so, join the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity for one of its most popular webinars where you will learn how to avoid the biggest mistakes academic writers make during the academic term, how to maximize your research and writing productivity, how to combat professional isolation and create a supportive writing community.
Don't leave money on the table! Before accepting any job offer, realize negotiation is a critical part of the process. In this virtual workshop, you will explore your values and interests in order to identify your "non-negotiables" before discussing strategies for negotiation. You can expect to leave this workshop with greater confidence in your negotiating skills, access to useful resources, and action steps to prepare for negotiations.
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Teaching
Explore more teaching-related professional development events from the Delta Program.
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- Excel 1
- Photoshop 2: Portrait Retouching and Color Correction
- HTML
- Excel 2: Data Visualization
- Stata Workshop: Presentable Bar Graphs
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Special Events & Symposia
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Morgridge Entrepreneurial Bootcamp accepting applications
The Morgridge Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (MEB) is a one-week intensive training program in technology entrepreneurship for graduate students in the sciences, engineering, and math. MEB students will work with case analyses, lectures, expert panels, and exercises in market assessments, and participate in lively social events.
For all content areas, MEB offers specific opportunities to:
- Develop your ability to use practical tools
- Deepen your conceptual ability to explore fundamental links between tech and business
- Broaden your factual knowledge about technology strategy and entrepreneurship
Applications are due March 10.
Humanities Grant Writing Camp - Call for Applications
The UW–Madison Graduate School is launching the Humanities Grant Writing Camp this May. Hosted by the Institute for Research in the Humanities and facilitated by the UW-Madison Writing Center, the 4-day camp (May 23–26, 2022, 9:00 am–3:30 pm) provides participants with a structured introduction to the nuts-and-bolts of writing funding proposals to support a wide range of humanities work, from research travel and dissertation writing to public humanities projects. Applications will be accepted until March 25 and require an advisor endorsement. Notifications will be made by April 15. Eligibility criteria include enrollment in a UW–Madison graduate program in the humanities or humanistic social sciences. For more information, see the call for applications.
Apply now for May Dissertation Writing Camp
Supported by the Graduate School and facilitated by Writing Center senior staff, the virtual Dissertation Writing Camp is scheduled for May 16-20, 2022. Camp offers an opportunity for dissertators to make significant progress on their dissertations by drafting a substantial amount of writing in a structured, collegial, virtual environment. Develop writing strategies, receive feedback, build peer support, and reserve uninterrupted time to focus on your dissertation. Applications are open now and are due by Friday, March 25, and require an advisor endorsement. Visit the Graduate School Dissertation Help webpage for detailed descriptions and application information.
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Protect yourself and others from COVID-19
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UHS services available remotelyUniversity Health Services is committed to supporting you. Many medical, counseling, and wellness services are available by phone and accessible online. Find out more on the UHS Remote Health and Connection webpage.
Mental Health Resources for Grad StudentsAccording to the 2019 Healthy Minds Survey, 93% of UW–Madison graduate students do not think any less of a peer who seeks mental health care, and 89% of UW–Madison graduate students who used mental health care found it helpful.
- Let’s Talk. Sign up for a free, informal, and confidential consultation about any topic at locations across campus. Common concerns include stress, sadness, relationships, academic performance, financial struggles, and family problems.
- SilverCloud. This online, self-guided resource provides treatment options 24 hours a day through evidence-based modules on anxiety, depression, body image, and stress. SilverCloud is designed to help students manage day-to-day stresses and improve resilience.
- Healthy Minds Program app. Train your mind to be more focused, calm, and resilient through meditation with the Healthy Minds Program. This program is informed by research from the Center for Healthy Minds at UW–Madison and is free to use.
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| Graduate Student Support and Assistance
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 Graduate and Professional Student Assistance Specialist Elaine Goetz-Berman directly, email egoetz2@wisc.edu.
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| Hostile and Intimidating Behavior
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is committed to preventing hostile and intimidating behavior (HIB) and will take prompt and appropriate corrective action whenever it learns that it has occurred. If you have experienced HIB, there are resources to help and staff available to talk.
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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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The Fulbright-Hays DDRA funds doctoral candidates (U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents) to conduct research in other countries in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of six to 12 months. For 2022 there are two areas identified as competitive preference priorities: projects that use the Less Commonly Taught Languages (defined as "any modern foreign language except French, German, or Spanish"); and projects conducted in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computer science, education (comparative or international), international development, political science, public health, or economics. Applications outside those competitive priorities are welcome and encouraged - and awarded.
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I spent nearly an hour looking up bird puns for this caption. I thought it would be a hoot, but then decided against it. I wouldn't want to wing it with a cheep joke and come across as a quack, or have anyone fly of the handle because they thought I was mocking birds. That would be my biggest egret. Anywhooo: These feathered friends are (R to L) Pika, Bloo, Snowy, and Derpy. They belong to Derek Ho from Biological Systems Engineering.
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