Graduate students, mark your calendars for these important graduation deadlines, funding opportunities, professional development workshops and events.
Graduation Deadlines
Oct. 1 (final deadline)
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Graduate students must apply online to graduate through on the 鈥渁pply for graduation鈥� card in order to have the degree awarded in December. This is required even though there is no university-wide ceremony. PhD students must enter their dissertation title as part of the online graduation application; you may update the title through the portal until this date. This title will appear on your transcript after your degree is awarded.听
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Funding Opportunities
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Workshops & Events
听Sept. 25, 12 鈥� 1 p.m.听听Zoom
What's your career goal? What do you need to do to be competitive? How do you know? Join us for a workshop on planning your career and learn how to chart a path that will prepare you for the career听you听want!听
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听Sept. 25, 3 鈥� 4 p.m.听听Center for Community (C4C), Flatirons Room (N301)听
Effectively communicating complex research to an unspecialized audience can seem like a tall order. You've got to get the information out accurately and succinctly without losing people. But like the rest of the characteristics of a good researcher, it's a skillset that can be learned and refined. So, here's a crash course based on what听听has learned in his own adventures in SciComm. Open to all graduate students. Light refreshments will be provided.
听Oct. 1, 12 鈥� 1 p.m.听听Zoom
Writing a Literature Review can be challenging. Where do you start? Where do you stop? This workshop led by Seth Vuletich (scholarly communications librarian) and Brianna Buljung (teaching and learning librarian) will help you answer these questions and develop strategies to take on this sometimes-onerous task more effectively.
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听Oct. 3, 11 a.m. 鈥� 12:30 p.m.听听Zoom
Emotions are data points that can help us influence and direct our behavior in positive ways. Highly effective leaders and individuals can use emotions as an intelligence source. This course explores the benefits and use-cases of social and emotional intelligence using research studies, neuroscience and personal reflection.
听Oct. 10, 12 鈥� 1:30 p.m.听听Zoom
Have you ever felt like an imposter? Join听, director of graduate community and program development to discuss imposter syndrome in graduate school and beyond. You'll learn strategies to recognize and manage feelings of self-doubt and inadequacy that often accompany academic challenges. You'll also gain tools to build confidence and resilience, fostering a more positive and productive graduate school experience.
听Oct. 10, 4 鈥� 4:50 p.m.听听Zoom
To increase communication and transparency within the Graduate School, Dean Adler will be hosting an open forum on Oct. 10 from 4 to 4:50 p.m., via Zoom (a separate link will be sent to you over email). This event will include special guest Provost Russell Moore and will provide an opportunity for attendees to ask questions and engage in a dialogue regarding the activities of the Graduate School and Academic Affairs at CU Boulder.
听Oct. 16, 4:30 鈥� 5:30 p.m.听听CASE Auditorium
Academia is occupied by many people who are 鈥淥nlys.鈥� The only of their race, ethnicity, gender or disability in their department, college or division. At this session, Angela Neal-Barnett, national award-winning professor of psychology from Kent State University, will invite participants to explore what it means to be an Only and the outward impacts that it has on the CU Boulder community.
听Oct. 23, 12 鈥� 1 p.m.听听Zoom
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs is pleased to offer a proposal writing webinar on the importance of knowing your audience. Incorporating funder language and directly addressing stated review criteria increases proposal competitiveness. This session will address where this language can be found and provide methods for addressing review criteria. Click 鈥淚鈥檓 Interested鈥� to register.
听Oct. 24, 12 鈥� 1:30 p.m.听听Zoom
Dr. Josiane Broussard, a researcher at both CSU and CU Anschutz, runs a highly successful research lab. Dr. Broussard and her team will talk at this session about one of the keys to their success: radical candor. What is it? How do you do it? And in what ways might it help you communicate with others more successfully?
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听Oct. 31, 10 鈥� 11:30 a.m.听听CASE E390 (CTL Suite)
Determining whether mentees understand core concepts about the research they are doing is critical in a productive mentoring relationship鈥攖hough this is surprisingly difficult to do. Developing strategies to assess how well mentees understand the purpose of their project, underlying principles and the context of their work is an important part of becoming an effective mentor. Moreover, it is important for mentors to be able to identify the causes for confusion and develop strategies to address misunderstandings.