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Graduate School Announcements:
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$500 Prize! Sesquicentennial Video Contest
Tell us how your research can shape the future
As part of the celebration marking Cornell University's Sesquicentennial, the Graduate School, in partnership with the Atkinson Center, is asking graduate and professional students to create 60-180 second videos showing how their research can help shape the future on a personal, institutional, regional, or global level in the following areas:
- Thinking Sustainably
- Thinking Globally
- Thinking Otherwise
- People's Choice
Learn more...
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Conference Travel Grant Applications
The Graduate School provides grants to all graduate students who are invited to present papers or posters at professional conferences. Award amounts are based on geographic location, not actual expenses (i.e., a student attending a conference in Italy may receive the full $675, but a student attending a conference in Washington, D.C., may receive $225). Awards will not, under any circumstances, exceed $675. The Graduate School tries to fund most requests from students who meet the eligibility criteria and observe the application procedures.
Application: Conference Travel Grant Application
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Graduate School Finance & Fellowship Programs:
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Financial Literacy Festival
Jump in Cornell's Cash Can and Test Your Financial Literacy IQ
Join us on Tuesday, October 7, in the Willard Straight Memorial Room to test your financial knowledge in Cornell's Cash Cab.
Win an iPad, restaurant gift cards, Big Red Bucks...all participants receive a T-shirt and a money management book.
Join us for lunch or snacks throughout the day and get information and materials about personal finance, including tax information, coping with changing financial circumstances, financial emergency resources, managing credit and debt, trading your time and skills for services from others, home buying, fellowships, negotiating salary, child care, resources for international travel, and more.
The event starts at 11:00 with the Cornell Cash Cab throughout the day; lunch is available beginning at 11:30 through 2:00. Please pre-register here if you plan to join us for lunch.
If you are interested in helping us staff this event (for an honorarium), email Jan.Allen@cornell.edu.
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Getting What You Deserve! How to Negotiate Salary and More
Join us on Tuesday, October 7 at 1:00pm in Willard Straight Memorial Room for discussion of the art and science of negotiation, including practical strategies to help you be a better negotiator.
Please pre-register here if you plan to join us for lunch.
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Getting Funding! Writing a Competitive Fellowship Application
Join us on Tuesday, October 7 at noon in Willard Straight Memorial Room for an overview in 20 steps, from identifying funding sources to submitting a competitive fellowship application.
Please pre-register here if you plan to join us for lunch.
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Getting Essential Tax Information!
What Graduate Student Fellowship and Assistantship Recipients Should Know
Join us on Tuesday, October 7 at 3:00pm in Willard Straight Memorial Room for discussion of tax information, status, and obligations of graduate fellowship and assistantship recipients.
Please pre-register here if you plan to join us for lunch.
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October 16: Fellowship Essay Writing Consultation
October 16 (Thursday) 2:30 to 5:30 in 341 Caldwell Hall.
Come at any time; bring your questions. To participate in a peer-to-peer consultation, bring your draft essays.
Beyond the October 3rd deadline, submit a draft of your application essays for review and feedback.
You may schedule an appointment with the Graduate Writing Service at Knight: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute/walkin/GWS.htm
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Fellowships 101: Writing Competitive Fellowship Applications
Join us for an overview of the 20 essential steps to write a competitive fellowship application. Tip sheets, examples, and a template for starting your application will be distributed.
Register here....
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Graduate School Programs:
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Attention First Year Students - Pizza and Conversation...
As part of the Transitions - Navigating Graduate School for First-Year Students, every Wednesday (including October 8th), from 4:00 - 5:30 PM, first-year students can join others for a networking opportunity at the Big Red Barn for pizza and conversation. This is a dedicated time and space for first-year students to meet and mingle with one another. Please RSVP |
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Perfectionism - Friend or Foe?
- Thursday, October 9th
- 12:30 - 1:30; lunch served at 12:15
- 102 Mann Library
- Please RSVP here.
Do you have a friend or would you describe yourself as one with "perfectionist tendencies?" Learn the characteristics and definition of being a perfectionist, how this can impact your performance as a graduate student, and, more importantly, how you can make a change. Presenter: Wai-Kwong Wong, PhD, Gannett Counseling and Psychological Services
This session is a part of Perspectives: The Complete Graduate Student, where the focus is on promoting health and wellness of our graduate and professional students.
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Facilitating Cooperative Work:
How to Assess Active Learning ExperiencesFriday, October 10, 2014 from 12:00-1:30 pm
701 Clark Hall
Lunch will be provided
RSVP by October 8During cooperative work, students work together on problems and develop both teamwork skills and subject matter competence. Are you challenging the brightest students without leaving behind under-prepared ones? How do you know that all students are participating? This lunchtime workshop will discuss common challenges to facilitating and evaluating group work and offer proven strategies for encouraging effective problem-solving as a team. Come prepared with questions about facilitating cooperative work in your discipline. Optionally, bring specific examples of cooperative assignments in your courses for group discussion. Part of the new PREPARE workshop series for a certificate in "Assessment Practices for the STEM Classroom."
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Center for Teaching Excellence:
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CTE's Fall 2014 GET SET Programs
Upcoming Opportunities for: Graduate Students, Future Educators, and Teaching Assistants
GET SET Workshop: "Flipping the Classroom" as a TA
(Certificate: Innovative Approaches in Pedagogy)
Thursday, October 9, 4:45-6:00 p.m. (143 Plant Science)
Flipping the classroom is a form of blended learning in which course content is moved out of the class to an online format. This workshop will explore how to adapt your teaching to provide a more interactive and engaged learning experience in the classroom.
Register here
GET SET Discussion: Setting Boundaries - Prioritizing Responsibilities as a TA
Thursday, October 9, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (421 CCC)
Balancing your responsibilities as a graduate student and TA can sometimes be difficult. How can you learn to say 'No'? Join other graduate students for a lively discussion on strategies that you could use.
Pizza provided, limited to 20 grads/postdocs. Please register here before 9 a.m. on Thursday (Oct 8) to hold a spot!
Fall 2014 GET SET University-wide Teaching Conference
Saturday, October 18, 2014 (8:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. in 251 Malott Hall)
Plenary Sessions:
- "What Have We Learned from Developing MOOCs" - Stephen Wicker, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- "Engaging Students in Large Lectures" - Melissa Hines, Chemistry
A unique opportunity to:
- Interact during lunch-time discussions with peers and renowned Cornell faculty
- Earn a certificate of participation in the U-wide
Please register here for the conference
Bring a $5 refundable deposit before 10 a.m. Friday, October 17, to 420 CCC to reserve your registration.
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Careers Workshops and Fairs:
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Registration Open for the Expanding Your Job Search Skills Workshop
- Tuesday, October 14
- 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
If you are a doctoral student or postdoc interested in a career outside of academia, attend this intensive workshop to learn about interviewing skills, the art of career networking, resources for your job search, how to develop a resume from your CV, and more. Pre-registration is required and is limited to postdocs and doctoral students at any stage of their studies that are considering a job search outside the academy.
To sign up for the program, go into your CCNet account (http://cornell-students.experience.com/experience/login) and click on "Career Center Calendar" at the Calendar tab.
Click on 10/14/2014, and look for the Employer Workshop/Special Event called "Expanding Your Job Search Skills Workshop." Click on the event name, and at the next screen simply click on "Sign up."
If you have difficulty with this process, send an e-mail message to Emily McFarland (elm246@cornell.edu) to inform her of your interest.
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Case Mock Madness
- Tuesday, Oct 7
- 10 am - 3 pm
- 103 Barnes Hall
Register for a mock case interview through CCNet
http://www.career.cornell.edu/career/events/calendar.cfm?event=976&view=future&y=2014&m=9&d=26
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Cornell's Non-Academic Career Resources for Grad Students and Postdocs
- Wednesday, October 8
- Noon-1 pm, 102 Mann Library
If you are a graduate student or postdoc interested in a career outside of academia, attend this workshop to learn about resources both within and outside of Cornell.
http://www.career.cornell.edu/career/events/calendar.cfm?event=932&view=future&y=2014&m=9&d=26 |
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Job Search Strategies: Summer Jobs and Internships
- Thursday, Oct 16
- 4:30 pm
- Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith
Learn strategies for how to search for summer job opportunities.
http://www.career.cornell.edu/career/events/calendar.cfm?event=45&view=future&y=2014&m=10&d=6
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Sustainable Global Enterprise Immersion Program: Applications Due October 10
The Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Johnson School is currently accepting applications from graduate level students from across all schools of Cornell for the Immersion Program. The Immersion program is open to all Cornell graduate students, regardless of major. Students work in multi-disciplinary teams on sponsored projects. 10 competitive slots are open for this academic experience Email your CV, statement of interest, and recommendation to Amanda Simpson (arp88@cornell.edu) by October 10th. Additional information about the program can be found here: https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/Center-for-Sustainable-Global-Enterprise/Students/Curriculum
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English Language Support Office Programs:
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New Conversation Program for International Graduate and Professional Students
To support conversational English, the English Language Support Office (ELSO) hosts Game Time, a weekly event from 4:30-5:30 on Thursdays in the Big Red Barn (during International Coffee Hour). During this event, we play team games that encourage spoken English, such as Taboo and Apples to Apples. Not familiar with these games? No problem -- we explain the rules at the beginning of the event.
We hope you can join us! Come to the Big Red Barn, grab some free food, and look for us in the main room. In Fall 2014, this event is held on: September 25; October 9, 16, and 23; and November 13 and 20.
For more information, go to http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute/international/ELSO%20Game.htm.
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Apply for Spring 2014 Writing and Speaking Courses
The English Language Support Office (ELSO) is offering courses on writing and speaking for international graduate and professional students this spring:
- WRIT 6100 Oral Communication for International Graduate Students Sections: (1) Tues/Thurs 8:40-9:55 am (2) Tues/Thurs 2:55-4:10 pm
- WRIT 6400 Academic Writing for International Graduate Students Sections: (1) Tues/Thurs 10:10-11:25 am (2) Tues/Thurs 1:25-2:40 pm
- WRIT 6600 Advanced Academic Writing for International Graduate Students Section: Mon/Wed 8:40-9:55
These courses are all 3-credit, S/U, and enrolled by permission only. For more information about these courses and the application process, go to http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute/international/writing_speaking.htm.
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Mellon Conservation Paid Internships at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
October 15th deadline for the Spring 2015 session!
New Conservation Internship program open to students currently enrolled in or recent graduates of a degree program at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and other institutions with an evident interest in the conservation and curatorship of African American heritage.
Deadlines for applications are as follows: February 15 for the Summer session to begin on June 1; July 15 for the Fall session to begin on September 15 and October 15 for the Spring session to begin on January 15.
SPRING 2015 DEADLINE COMING UP: October 15, 2014!
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U.S. Borlaug Fellows Graduate Research Grant
Application Deadline: Monday, November 10, 2014
The U.S. Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security graduate research grant supports exceptional graduate students who are interested in developing a component of their graduate research in a developing country setting and in collaboration with a mentor from an International Agricultural Research Center (IARC) or a qualifying National Agricultural Research System (NARS) unit. U.S. citizenship is required, and applicants must be enrolled in an accredited U.S. graduate program at the time of application.
A program summary is attached, and application materials are available at the program website.
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Presidential Management Fellow Program
Applicants should carefully read the application process information (http://www.pmf.gov/become-a-pmf/application-process.aspx) before submitting because the application and process have changed substantially from previous years. There is now an on-line assessment that must be completed; recommendation letters and a nomination from the Graduate School are no longer required or accepted as part of the PMF application.
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Cornell Libraries Workshops
Learn more at http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/workshops
- Thursday, 10/16/2014 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm - Introduction to Zotero for PDF and Citation Management
- Friday, 10/17/2014 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm - Finding Images and Visual Media
- Tuesday, 10/21/2014 - 4:30pm - 5:30pm - Publishing in a Networked Era: Open Access Open Data
- Thursday, 10/23/2014 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm - Wikipedia Editing Workshop
- Friday, 10/24/2014 - 10:30am - 12:00pm - Working with Cornell's Special Collections: An Introduction to Archival Research
- Tuesday, 10/28/2014 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm - Get Started with Evernote
- Wednesday, 10/29/2014 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm - Designing Effective Presentations
- Thursday, 10/30/2014 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm - Advanced Zotero
- Friday, 10/31/2014 - 10:00am - 12:00pm - Introduction to ArcGIS I
- Wednesday, 11/05/2014 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm - Organize, Safeguard, Update: Managing your digital research files workshop
- Friday, 11/07/2014 - 10:00am - 12:00pm- Introduction to ArcGIS II
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Expanding Your Horizons (EYH)
Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) is a 1 day conference aimed at getting 7th, 8th, and 9th grade girls interested in science, math, and engineering. We are looking for enthusiastic undergraduate and graduate students to put together and lead math, engineering, and science workshops at the 2015 conference to take place on Saturday, April 18th.
For examples, see the descriptions as well as some lesson plans from previous applications. If you are interested in coming up with and leading a workshop, formal applications will be due by Friday, November 7, 2014. The application, a cover letter with more details, and examples from the past are available at the EYH Workshop website: http://workshops.eyh.cornell.edu.
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Connect Across Cornell with Lync
Instant messaging and web conferencing for students, faculty, and staff.
Cornell Lync is an easier way to stay in touch with the people you work with at the university. It's one application for instant messaging, audio or video web conferencing, and sharing your computer desktop. Plus, as part of Cornell's Office 365, Lync is connected to the Cornell Active Directory, so it's easy to find and add new contacts.
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| Being Vegetarian or Vegan and Meeting your Health Needs
Monday, October 6th 7pm-8pm
Willard Straight Art Gallery
Myra Berkowitz, MNS, RD, CDN Cornell Healthy Eating Program at Gannett Health Services.
Myra will talk about how to meet your nutritional and energy needs as a vegetarian or a vegan.
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by Cornell Minds Matter and Students for Eating
Disorder Awareness, Support and Recovery
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Relax for Success: Make Better Use of Your Time by Recharging!
Tuesday, Oct. 7th , 4:30 - 5:30
5th Floor Lounge, Willard Straight Hall
Learn about your own mind, breathing techniques to de-stress and experience a deep guided meditation all in just one hour! Delicious Refreshments and give-aways provided.
Open to all undergraduate and graduate students
Sponsored by Cornell Minds Matter
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| Need Help? Consider "Let's Talk"
Do you have a concern, problem, or issue that you would like some insight from a trained professional that is free, confidential, and you do not need to make an appointment? Consider the Let's Talk program as counselors can help provide insight, solutions, and information about other resources. Counselors hold walk-in hours at sites around campus Monday through Friday; times and locations occasionally change throughout the semester.
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| Student Child Care Grant Program Accepting Applications!
We are pleased to announce the availability of child care grants to subsidize childcare expenses for full-time Cornell student families who fall within the eligibility guidelines. Applications are available now and will be due on Friday, October 17, 2014 (awards to be made in early December 2014). More details and application available on this site: http://studentparents.dos.cornell.edu/ Please email Laura Weiss (lbw26@cornell.edu), Associate Dean of Students, with any questions.
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| Time Out - Join us for Cornell's Monthly Meeting for Student Parents
Are you a student trying to juggle the responsibilities of being a student and also a parent? If so, come to our newly designed monthly meetings for student parents to build community and to share information and strategies for success!
This event is sponsored by the Graduate School and the Students with Families Advisory Committee.
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| Preparing for Baby Workshop Series
As you prepare to welcome your baby, you may feel overwhelmed at times (even if it is your second or third child!). The Preparing for Baby workshop series will help you sort through all of the information available for new parents and guide you in making the best decisions for your family. Workshops center around three themes: Prenatal and Birth Preparation, Postpartum Adjustment, and Breastfeeding.
These programs are open, free of charge, to all Cornellians and their partners. Click here for additional information about the series (including presenter bios) and register here. Questions may be directed to Michelle Artibee at wellbeing@cornell.edu or 255-5298.
Sponsored by Career/Life Services, Human Resources & Safety Services
- October 10: Beyond the Birth Day: What To Expect in the Immediate Postpartum - 12-1:00 p.m., 163 Day Hall
- October 24: Postpartum Relationship Changes - 12-1:00 p.m., 163 Day Hall
- November 7: Breastfeeding Basics - 12-1:00 p.m., 163 Day Hall
- November 14: Pumping with Success - 12-1:00 p.m., 163 Day Hall
- November 21: Returning to Work as a Breastfeeding Mother - 12-1:00 p.m., 163 Day Hall
- December 5: Cornell New Parent Meet 'n Greet - 12-1:00 p.m., Location TBA
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| Sang-Hyun Song
President of the International Criminal Court
"Preventive Potential of the International Criminal Court"
- Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 4:30PM
- Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
Admission is free and open to the public For more information see: https://einaudi.cornell.edu/node/9433
Organized by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies in collaboration with Cornell's Law School
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Winter Greeting Card Contest
Call for Entries
President David Skorton and Professor Robin Davisson invite all Cornell Students to submit original artwork for consideration in the design of their 2014 winter greeting card to be given to university alumni, trustees, and other friends. The winning image will accompany a haiku written by President Skorton and Professor Davisson, and its artist will receive a $500 cash prize.
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Do you speak Arabic, Japanese, Mandarin, French, German or Spanish?
Whether you are still learning or already fluent, please consider joining the Cornell Language House for one of their weekly meals. Every week, each language section meets for dinner on West Campus with a House Fellow and other native speakers, in order to share their language skills and cultural knowledge.
For the weekly schedule and more information, please visit: http://alicecookhouse.cornell.edu/languagehouse/programming/weeklymeals.cfm
For more information about the Native Speaker positions, please visit: http://alicecookhouse.cornell.edu/languagehouse/people/nativespeakers.cfm
Questions: Contact Language House Director, Astrid Jirka at asj1@cornell.edu
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From Cornell Cinema
Need a break? Go see a film right on campus in a classic movie theatre, with state-of-the-art projection, in Willard Straight Hall. Regular ticket price for grad students is just $5 (less with a Six Pass). If you'd like to receive Cornell Cinema's weekly e-blast directly, which includes links to trailers and special event information, sign-up at their website: cinema.cornell.edu, where you'll also find show times. Weekly Schedule
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