January 21 - January 31, 2024 |
Happy Tuesday, graduate students! 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
- 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 to online & hybrid students.
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Welcome Back, Graduate Students! |
Happy New Year, and welcome back for spring semester! The Graduate School wishes you the best as you begin a new semester and new rhythms, on- and off-campus. As always, please let us know if there is a way we can support and come alongside you in your Baylor graduate school journey.
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Students who have met all of the requirements of their degree and wish to declare their intent to graduate must apply to graduate in BearWeb. Please see the instructions.
If you have any other questions, please contact Alana Schaeper.
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January 25, 2025 @ 10:00 AM (BCDD Clinic)
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The Baylor Center for Developmental Disabilities has launched the Flourishing Futures Workshop Series. These training workshops cover transition to adulthood assessment and planning for youth and young adults with disabilities.
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January 27, 2024 @ 7:00 - 8:30 PM (Willett Reading Room, HRC)
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The HRC and the Honors College will host Jonathan Tran, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Faculty in the Honors College and Associate Professor of Great Texts, for the first Formation Series lecture of the semester. The title of his talk is: "Time of Your Life: Infamous Parting Words after 20 Years.”
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January 27, 2025 @ 1:00 and 3:00 PM (Online and In-Person, Moody Library 104)
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Finding new and innovative ways to connect with learners is an important goal, but what to choose in a veritable sea of available options? This SET will discuss one emerging strategy to connect with students, enhance learning, and deepen your own personal skillset as we explore options for using audio and video podcasting as instructional tools. Join professor and podcaster Toby Brooks as he explains the background/theory, practical aspects, and ai-assisted tools that he is using to enhance learning for undergraduate students in this hour-long workshop. Register for Online at 1pm or Register for In-Person (3pm).
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The Graduate School offers several free, interrelated workshops each academic year designed to help our students succeed throughout their academic journey at Baylor and even beyond graduation. The workshops are branded as GPS Workshops: Grad Pathways for Success under the auspices of the Baylor University Graduate School.
Many of our workshops can be seen on our mediaspace channel, so be sure to check them out if you're looking for some professional insight!
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| PERSONAL WELLBEING & HOLIDAY EVENTS |
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Every Saturday @ 9:00 AM (500 Washington Ave.)
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January 21, 2025 @ 7:30 PM (Waco Hall)
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Australian phenom violinist Ray Chen has become a social media superstar over the past decade where his creative and hilarious videos have sparked a new generation of music lovers. Chen will join Maestro Lawrence Loh and the Waco Symphony to perform Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. Visit Waco Symphony online to view performance details and purchase tickets.
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On November 6, the Graduate School honored the Outstanding Graduate Student Award winners for 2023-24, celebrating 14 students from 12 departments whose scholarly work stood out among their outstanding peers in the Graduate School. Read more about the winners here.
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The Graduate School is eager to support students and their original research through two kinds of travel support to students who are formally registered for credit hours: Travel to Professional Meetings and Travel to Support Doctoral Research. **ALL applications must be submitted at least four weeks prior to travel to be considered.** Please see more here.
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Deadline to Register for May Graduation
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Stay connected with the Baylor Graduate School
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