September 14 - September 27, 2026 |
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 and GSA events
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Opportunities to connect with other graduate students, staff, and faculty
- Relevant university and campus events, hand-picked for graduate students
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🧑💻 indicates resources also available virtually.
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Hello Graduate Students! We hope you are staying healthy with everything going around right now. As a reminder, the deadline to accept or deny the Baylor Graduate Student Health Insurance is approaching quickly on September 19th! You should continue to receive Outlook emails from Academic Healthplans if you still have an outstanding action step to accept or deny coverage.
As always, the Graduate School would not be what it is without YOU. Thank you for all you contribute to Baylor, whether here in Waco or beyond!
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September 14 @ 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Active Media Lab)
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In this session, Ian Grigsby (Mathematics), Nadine Welch (Communication Sciences and Disorders), Lauren Weber (Theatre Arts) will share what they find joyful about teaching, how to maintain or rediscover joy in teaching, and how teaching joyfully can be an act of resistance, a journey to wholeness, and a method of effective pedagogy.
Hybrid Event
In person: Moody 104 (Active Learning Lab)
Online: Zoom link will be sent to registrants
https://buytickets.at/academyforteachinglearning/2332676
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September 17 and 18 (Armstrong Browning Library / Remote)
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🧑💻Armstrong Browning Library & Museum 75th Anniversary Symposium |
The Armstrong Browning Library & Museum proudly presents a symposium featuring scholars from around the world who have researched in our archives over the course of their careers, and whose publications have expanded inquiry into the works and lives of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Symposium sessions will be held both in-person and virtually via Zoom Webinar. If you plan to attend the symposium in person, please register. You can find both the in-person and Zoom registration links here!
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| September 18 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Penland Dining Hall)
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Christian Scholars Fellowship Lunch |
Are you a graduate student or faculty member looking for an opportunity to talk with others about what it means to be a Christian scholar and teacher?
Christian Scholars Fellowship brings together Baylor graduate students and faculty for regular conversations about Christian scholarship, teaching, and academic vocation. Through shared readings and discussion, participants explore how Christian faith informs the work of researching, teaching, and learning in the university.
For more information on the event, please click here!
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| September 22 @ 2:00 PM CT (Virtual)
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🧑💻Mentoring from the Middle
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Mentoring From the Middle is a three-part workshop series put on by the National Postdoc Association designed for doctoral students and postdocs. The series provides practical strategies for building productive mentoring relationships, supporting learning, and addressing problems before they become unmanageable. The goal is to help you find balance between being a supportive mentor and protecting your own time, research, and professional development. For more details and to attend virtually click here.
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| September 24 @ 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Moody 104 (Active Learning Lab)
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SET: Who Are Baylor Students, Anyway? |
Each institution has its distinct student population. And although each student is unique, the students in our classrooms (and online) at Baylor have many shared traits, backgrounds, and experiences. Teaching effectively often means understanding and accounting for these characteristics.
In this session, we’ll hear from Mary Herridge (Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management) and Dr. Marcie Moehnke (Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, College of Arts & Sciences; Teaching Professor, Biology), Baylor professionals involved in recruitment and enrollment, as they describe Baylor students and discuss implications for your teaching. Register here!
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| September 25 @ 12:00 - 1:00 PM (Armstrong Browning Library / Remote)
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🧑💻Baylor Libraries Author Series: Black at Baylor: Vital Voices of the First Generation |
Black at Baylor: Vital Voices of the First Generation explores the stories of thirteen of the first Black students to enroll at Baylor University in the 1960s and early 1970s. Each chapter chronicles an individual student’s account of their lived experience of integration within spaces segregated for over a century at the oldest university in Texas. The thirteen students varied in upbringing, hometown, major, and extracurricular activities and included Waco resident Choice Richardson and Sandra Minor. Zoom Registration is available for the event here.
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| September 25 @ 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Jones 200)
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Academic Job Application Bootcamp |
Are you planning to enter the (higher ed) academic job market within the next year? Join us to hear from search committee members about what they tend to look for from applicants, learn how to dissect a job ad, and receive instruction on how to compose effective cover letters and teaching philosophy statements. You will also have time to analyze your own materials.
Participants will be added to a Canvas course and asked to brainstorm and prepare (very) rough drafts or elements of their cover letter and teaching philosophies for a real job ad PRIOR to the workshop day. You will receive helpful questions and other information about how to prepare upon registration. Register here!
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🧑💻 Grad Student Resources |
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Want to get involved in one of our GPS workshops? Many of the workshops are also recorded and stored for students to watch anytime! View our upcoming events and past recordings here.
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| The Bobo Spiritual Life Center offers free coffee from 8am-10am every Monday-Thursday and is a great study space if you need a place on campus!
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| 🧑💻The Division of Graduate Writing offers weekly drop-in hours in-person and online. Meet with a consultant to chat about concerns you have with your project without an appointment! (Drop-in consultations are meant for discussions less than 30 minutes long; otherwise, please make an appointment.) More information here!
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🧑💻Sign up for Handshake! |
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Have you signed up for Handshake? Have you ever logged into Handshake? It’s a platform you access with your Baylor account that shows relevant jobs, events, and employers near you. You can also use it to schedule an appointment with a Career Services Professional at Baylor, try out our AI tools to build a resume and look for job postings, or view tabling sessions on-campus. Set up your profile today!
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University Events & Announcements |
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Sept. 19 - Baylor Football home game vs. LA Tech
Sept. 19 - Last day to accept or deny Baylor's Graduate Student Health Insurance!
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