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| No matter how carefully you chose your courses as an undergrad, or how many skills you've tried to pick up through coursework as a graduate student, there are bound to be some areas where you find holes in your knowledge or skills. While you could always audit a course, you may be better off looking into a MOOC, a Massive Open Online Course, for a cheap, usually free, way to learn what you need. Hanna Peacock at GradHacker points out some of the most helpful attributes of MOOCs:
1. They work well with busy schedules: Since they are designed to be online courses, you can often go at your own pace and log on only when it's convenient for you.
2. The courses aren't intimidating: Most MOOCs don't assume much, if any, background knowledge on the subject. You also don't have to worry about grades ending up on your transcript.
If you're interested in finding a MOOC to fill in one of your knowledge gaps, check out Coursera, EdX, Udemy, or Khan Academy.
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| Interdisciplinary Graduate Reading Groups
Are you a graduate student looking to connect with other students outside of your department? Well, here’s your opportunity! The Libraries, in partnership with the Graduate School Office of Professional Development, are organizing and hosting interdisciplinary graduate reading groups at the Memorial Library Commons.
If you find yourself at all intrigued by the idea of connecting with peers in other disciplines, please fill out this very brief questionnaire to learn more, provide suggested topics, and/or indicate your own level of interest in participating. Based on the responses to this questionnaire, we will determine reading group topics, dates, and times.
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| Dissertation Writing Camp - 2016 Winter Intersession - Now Accepting Applications
The UW-Madison Writing Center and the Graduate School Office of Professional Development are now accepting applications to the Mellon-Wisconsin Dissertation Writing Camp, which will take place January 4 – 8, 2016. Facilitated by Writing Center senior staff, the week-long Camp offers a structured opportunity for dissertators to make significant progress on their dissertations by drafting a substantial amount of writing. Dissertators from all disciplines are invited to apply. Acceptance in the program is competitive, and participation is limited to twenty dissertators.
The application deadline is November 2, 2015 at 12:00pm (noon).
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Transferable Skills: What You Get When You Get a PhD and What Employers Want
Wednesday, October 14 | 4:00 - 5:30pm
Union South, Check TITU
As a postdoc or PhD candidate you develop skills that are important for your career development and will be useful whether you stay in academia or pursue other careers. These “transferable skills” that you acquire can be used in many different types of jobs and are valued by employers. In this session, you will have the opportunity to identify these skills, discover career fields that are a good fit for your skills, and learn tips for presenting your skills to potential employers.
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| | Careers in Publishing
Monday, October 19 - Friday, October 23
Versatile PhD Online Panel Discussion
Versatile PhD will host a free web-based asynchronous panel discussion on Careers in Publishing. All panelists are PhDs from Humanities or Social Science fields:
- A Humanities PhD who has served in several roles at an academic digital press and is currently its Director of Strategic Initiatives
- A Historian who is now Editorial Director at a major academic press, and formerly the executive director of a small scholarly press
- A Political Scientist who is Manager of Content at a digital service and app distributing global newspaper content, and formerly Digital Content Strategist at an educational publisher
- A Philosopher who is currently Senior Acquisitions Editor at an academic press, and formerly Associate Editor at an independent trade/academic publishing house
You can interact with panelists throughout the week on the site, or follow the discussion via email. All questions welcome, from the most general to the very specific.
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Creating an individual development plan (IDP) encourages you to think about what you need to do next - and over the next year few years - so that you achieve your goals. We will discuss how to define achievable goals, identify resources, and develop strategies for implementing and sustaining your plans. Participants will begin to create a personalized plan that takes into account career interests and addresses the development of knowledge and skills for professional growth.
This event is co-sponsored by the Delta Program.
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| | Interviewing for Faculty Positions
Tuesday, October 27 | 12:00 - 1:30pm
1111 Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building
Successful interviewing relies on effective preparation. What should you know to prepare for faculty position interviews? What expectations will institutions have of you? What type of meetings might occur during the interview process? This session will focus on thinking through the process of preparing for interviews. A panel of new faculty who have recently gone through the interview process and seasoned faculty who have interviewed many applicants will give tips and answer your questions.
Find more Graduate School Professional Development events here.
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| Friday, October 16 | 10:00 – 11:00am 231 Memorial Library Friday October 16 | 11:15am – 12:00pm 231 Memorial Library Friday, October 16 | 12:00 – 1:00pm (with Q&A to follow)
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Teaching, Writing & Research
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| Tuesday, October 20 | 12:00 – 1:30pm 105 Steenbock Memorial Library
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Special Events & Conferences
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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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| Competition held November 20
Will you be the next $1 million winner? The Hult Prize is a start-up accelerator for young emerging social entrepreneurs from the around the world. The 2016 Hult Prize "President's Challenge" is Crowded Urban Spaces and will focus on economic inclusion, more specifically, doubling the incomes of the residents who live in some of the toughest conditions in the world through improved mobility and increased connectivity to people, products, services and capital by 2022.
For more information, come to an information session on Wednesday, October 14 from 12:15 - 1:00pm, 2510 Grainger Hall.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Applications Due October 26 - October 30
The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees. Fellows benefit from a three-year annual stipend of $32,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees (paid to the institution), opportunities for international research and professional development, and the freedom to conduct their own research at any accredited U.S. institution of graduate education they choose.
The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship
Applications Due November 3
The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers nine to twelve months of support to graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled in PhD programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research on non-US topics. Eighty fellowships are awarded annually. Fellowship amounts vary depending on the research plan, with a per-fellowship average of $20,000.
The Provost’s Office is soliciting outreach, translational, and community-based research and public engagement proposals from UW-Madison faculty, staff, and students through Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment for two types of awards (Projects and Mini-Grants). The endowment allows faculty, staff, and students to advance their knowledge and expertise in partnership with off-campus audiences in the tradition of The Wisconsin Idea – the notion that the knowledge and solutions generated at the University benefit the people of Wisconsin, our nation, and our world.
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