Graduate School Announcements
October 24, 2016
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News:

Union Information Websites from Students

 

Numerous students are requesting information about the different perspectives on union representation for graduate assistants (RA, GRA, TA, GA), should the union be able to secure permission to hold an election.  

 

Two websites prepared by graduate students provide information on this issue:

At What Cost is a team of Cornell graduate students concerned about CGSU/NYSUT/AFT's unionization effort on Cornell's campus. Cornell graduate student volunteers who are leading the At What Cost effort focus on facts about the unionization effort at Cornell that they believe are critical to a voter's decision. They suggest that interested students contact them with any questions, and check back frequently for new and updated information.

 

Cornell Graduate Students United (CGSU), affiliated with American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), is a body of graduate workers at Cornell who are organizing a union to participate as equal partners on the decisions that affect working conditions.  CGSU maintains a website with a FAQ that changes periodically, and other resources and contact information.


 

The Graduate School encourages all graduate students who will at any time in their graduate studies hold an assistantship (TA, RA, GRA, RA) to become informed about the issues so that, if a union representation election is held, you will be an informed voter.  See also additional union representation information from the Graduate School and the Dean of Faculty.


 

Please send any questions to [email protected] .

How Has Graduate Student Life Improved?

Update: Graduate and Professional Community Initiative, 2013

 

The Graduate and Professional Community Initiative (2013), created by the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, is a framework for strategic discussions to identify and address issues related to graduate and professional student life. This report provides a summary of progress on GPCI-related issues.

 

Accomplishments: 

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View Five Facts about Graduate Student Debt

New Questions and Answers

Question: 

Why is the Pie with Deans event for first year students only? Others like pies and deans just as much as first year students!


Question:

Why do doctoral fields differ in the years of funding offered to students at the time of admission?

 


Send us your question, and you will get a personal response from the appropriate dean. Some responses will be made anonymous and published. Send to [email protected].
Three Receive Fellowships for Dissertation Research

Three Cornell graduate students have received U.S. Department of Education fellowships to support their international research. 

Ryan Buyco will travel to the Philippines to conduct oral history interviews with immigrants from Okinawa, Japan, and their descendants. Indigenous Okinawans left Japan in large numbers during the last century and settled in the Philippines, Hawaii, California, and other locations.

David De Micheli will conduct his research in Brazil. A fourth-year PhD candidate in Cornell's government department, De Micheli is interested in the ways in which Brazilians' attitudes toward racial identity are changing, and what that means for political behavior.

Katie Rainwater will spend much of next year in Thailand studying the shrimp industry there. Rainwater is a fifth-year PhD student in Cornell's development sociology department. She previously spent nine months examining the shrimp industry in Bangladesh.  

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Registrar:

Important Course Enrollment Dates!

 

Spring Enrollment Pre-Course Enrollment for Spring 2017 begins at 7:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 26th and ends at 4:30 Friday, October 28th. Please take advantage of this opportunity to enroll in your required courses for Spring 2017.

 

In Absentia Spring 2017

 

Submit In Absentia Request Now if You'll be Away for Spring 2017
 
If you plan to be engaged in full-time study at least 100 miles from campus during the spring semester you may apply for in absentia status. Please review the In Absentia form for general Information, requirements and checklist items.  Requests received after November 1st are subject to finance charges and additional fees.
 

Graduate School Programs:
Ethics Caf�
October 26, 2016, Big Red Barn, noon to 1:00 pm
Join us to discuss responsible mentoring, authorship, peer review, intellectual conflicts of interest, acknowledging the work of others in research and academic papers and publications as well as your questions about responsible research and scholarship. Limited to 12 research master's and doctoral students.
 
Please pre-register here

CA$H COUR$E - Wise Use of Credit

Thursday, October 27  |  12:30 - 1:30 pm  (lunch served at 12:15 pm)  |  203 Philips Hall  |  Please RSVP

 

Maintaining good credit is more than just paying off your balance.  Understand the different credit resources available.  Learn how to obtain, interpret, and improve your credit score.  Most importantly, learn how to successfully create a budget plan to minimize worry, prepare for unplanned expenses and achieve your short and long term financial goals.  


 

Presenter:  Brendan Wilbur, IDA/ Financial Counseling Program Director, Alternatives Federal Credit Union

Job Search Discussion Group

Tuesday, November 1 | 12:00-1:30 pm | G01Biotech

This year, we are once again gathering a supportive community of peers where you can discuss your experience on the academic job market. Bring questions, problems, and things you've always wondered about.

Moderators: Christine Holmes, Director of Postdoctoral Studies & Colleen McLinn, CU-CIRTL Director

 

Lunch will be served RSVP required: Register

Navigating Your Future: Submitting Your Thesis or Dissertation

Monday, November 7 | 12:00- 1:00 pm | 423 ILR King-Shaw Conference Center

 

During this program, students will learn about the administrative aspects of submitting your thesis or dissertation. The Graduate School has requirements for achieving this milestone. This information will be presented by Jason Kahabka, Associate Dean for Administration and Janine Brace, Student Services Administrative Assistant.

 

RSVP: http://tiny.cc/Cornell_NYF

 

Interviewing & Negotiating for Academic Positions

Wednesday November 16, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm,  102 Mann Library

 

An important part of the job search is interviewing then negotiating the offer, come learn about the art of interviewing:

  • Learn about the different type of interview
  • Prepare to answer tough questions
  • Understand why and how to negotiate

 We will provide drinks and cookies; feel free to bring your own lunch.  RSVP required: REGISTER

 

Teaching and Future Faculty:
Center for Teaching Excellence Get Set Programs

 

GET SET Workshop: Developing Critical Thinking Skills
(Certificate: Understanding Undergraduate Learners)
Monday, October 24, 1:00-2:15 p.m. (B02 Warren Hall)

This workshop discusses teaching strategies that promote effective learning and develop your students' critical thinking skills.
 

GET SET Workshop: Effective Problem-based Learning

 Approaches
(Certificate: Innovative Approaches in Pedagogy)
Saturday, October 29, 10:00-11:15 a.m. (143 Plant Science)

This workshop explores and demonstrates problem-based learning approaches that are relevant to students' lives.
 

GET SET Workshop: Establishing Your Professional Online Presence
(Certificate: Developing a Professional Identity in Teaching)
Saturday, October 29, 11:30-12:45 p.m. (143 Plant Science)

This workshop investigates different ways to organize and showcase your teaching and research accomplishments.


GET SET Discussion: Enhancing Teaching with Technology

Thursday, October 27, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (421 CCC)

Participants will discuss the benefits and challenges of incorporating technology in a classroom.


Fellowships, Postdocs, and Awards:
 

INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS

Who may apply: Women pursuing full-time graduate or postdoctoral study in the United States who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents

Funding: $18,000-$30,000

Deadline: December 1

 

Switzer Fellowships 

 

The Switzer Fellowship provides:

  •  a one-year $15,000 cash award;
  • access to other Switzer grant programs and career support, and
  • membership in the Switzer Fellowship Network, an active and engaged community of nearly 600 environmental leaders in the U.S. and around the world.

The Call for Applications describes the Fellowship program and its requirements. 

 
Careers, Internships, and Jobs:

2017 - Military Veteran Internship Program (MVIP).

  

Our target populations are those Student Veterans who will be graduating in December 2016 and those Student Alumni who have graduated within the last 5 years from Undergraduate & Graduate Programs.  JP Morgan Chase & Co. five Lines of Business have opened 80 internship roles for recently graduated military veterans to show case their abilities to our managers over a 12 week period of time.   The purpose of this internship is to identify talent for full time opportunities at the conclusion of the internship rotation.

  

How To Apply

Visit jpmorganchase.com/careers to see all Campus Recruiting Programs and Experienced Professional positions

Email [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> to learn more

Apply directly at https://jpmchase.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl

Job Number 160089117

Career Events Listing


 
Preparing Materials for Positions in Design and Visual Arts

Monday, October 24     4:45 pm     B1 West Sibley Hall


 

A list of all events may be found at the following link to the Career Services calendar:

http://www.career.cornell.edu/events/calendar.cfm

Wellness:

Weekly Safety Tip - Silent Witness Form
 

To report non-emergency criminal or suspicious activity at Cornell University that you are aware of, please go to https://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/en/report_custom.asp?clientid=6357.  All information will be kept confidential.

Around Campus:

From Cell to Cell: The Prison in Television and Peformance
Saturday, October 29 10am-7pm
Film Forum, Schwartz Center
Free and open to the public

From cell to cell poster
Halloween Party at the Big Red Barn

Friday, Oct 28, 9:00pm - 1:00 am. Following TGIF, keep the fun going at The Graduate and Professional Student Halloween Party!

 

Dance the night away with DJ DotPE and gorge on festive sweets, pizza and of course $1 beers and $3 wine! Plus free drink ticket for anyone in costume. 

Science Immersion Program


 

The Science Immersion Program is an intensive, three-day series of workshops on research skills for master or doctoral students in the life or physical sciences. The program will be held in Mann Library from January 18-20 and is tailored for students who have matriculated in the past two years.

 

The program aims to provide participants with practical technologies, tools and research skills to become more efficient scholars. 

A complete itinerary of the program will be available at the end of the Fall 2016 semester.  

 

Space is limited as only 15 participants will be accepted.  The deadline for applications is December 1, 2016.  Application can be found here - https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/preview/SV_0pQSG1OCghKk5pP

 

Participants will be awarded a $150 stipend upon completion of the entire three-day program.  Food is provided. If you have any questions, please send a message to [email protected]  

 



All graduate students are invited to attend Cornell University Library's SPARK Talks event next Thursday, October 27th at 4pm in Olin Library, Room 107. 8 graduate students from across Cornell will be presenting 5 minute, jargon free talks on their research.

 

The 8 students presenting represent the English, Psychology, Architecture, Art & Planning, German Studies, Development Sociology, Information Science, and History Departments.

 

A reception with refreshments and time to network will follow the presentations.

Free - Weekend Beginner Bird Walks

These free beginner bird walks through Sapsucker Woods are guided by members of the Cayuga Bird Club

 

Walks take place each Saturday and Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. (note time change for the fall and winter). Walks last about 90 minutes. Meet outside the observatory and please dress for the weather. No walks are scheduled for Christmas and New Year's weekends. Check the club calendar for updates or cancellations.  

 

Check out our Lab tours and trail walks.

Women of Color Support Group

Meeting Time: Tuesdays, 2:30- 3:30 PM

 

Looking for a sense of community? This group provides a supportive space in which  women of diverse cultural backgrounds can discuss any topics relevant to their experience. 

 

Topics may include race relations, cultural adjustments, gender equality, media influences on self-esteem/body image, romantic relationships, and overall issues related to being a member of the Cornell and Ithaca community. Open to undergrads, grads, and  professional students at Cornell. 

 

Please contact one of the group facilitators by email or phone to receive additional information about how to join this group. (Phone: 607-255-5155; Allyson Regis: [email protected]; Summer Garcia: [email protected])  * Attending the group for the first time? A mandatory, 20 minute informational session will be provided prior to the group.

Attention all Grad Students!
The Bear's Den Pub at the Ivy Room is hosting a Coffeehouse on Thursday, October 27th at 6pm and we are searching for performers! Each performance will have an allotted time slot of approximately 15 minutes and no previous stage experience or auditions are necessary. If you are a musical artist, an aspiring poet, or a standup comedian and want to showcase your talent then contact us at [email protected]

Spring 2017 Course
 
ALS 6014: Theater Techniques for Enhancing Teaching and Public Speaking
Wednesdays, 4:15-6:15pm
1 credit, S/U grading only
Meets from January 25-March 17, plus a final presentation event to be scheduled
Instructors: Theresa Pettit (tp64), Colleen McLinn (cmm252)
 
Using the storytelling and character-development techniques of theatrical improvisation, this seven-week course aims to help graduate students enhance their classroom teaching and public speaking for both formal and informal environments. Participants will build decision-making skills and enhance their abilities to think creatively under pressure through engaging exercises. The goals for this course are to improve teaching presence in the classroom, form a learning community, and build the confidence necessary to connect with a variety of audiences in a range of educational settings. Due to the active and sequential nature of the class, please defer taking the course if you know in advance that your schedule will require you to miss more than one session.
 
Class number: 16982 (requires instructor consent)
 
 

Library Conversations in Digital Humanities

 

Game Design: Bridging Computing, Humanities and the Arts

Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 4:30 pm

Olin Library, Room 106G

 

The goal is to enrich and expand Cornell's DH community by connecting to people and programs on campus doing exciting work with digital technologies in research, teaching, and outreach. Walker White, PhD, director of Cornell's Game Design Initiative and faculty member in the Department of Computer Science (CIS); and Traci Nathans-Kelly, PhD, senior lecturer in the Engineering Communications Program, will discuss game design.  

 

All events sponsored by Cornell University Library, the Society for the Humanities, and the College of Arts and Sciences.

 

For more information, visit https://blogs.cornell.edu/dhconversations/

 

A Sea of Glass: Searching for the Blaschkas' Fragile Legacy in an Ocean at Risk

Book talk and opening lecture by Drew Harvell

Thursday, Oct. 27, at 4:00 pm 

Mann Library, Room 160

  

Opening reception for exhibit "Exploring a Sea of Glass," at 5:00 pm  

Mann Gallery, 2nd floor

In A Sea of Glass (University of California Press; 2016), Drew Harvell, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and curator of the Blaschka Marine Invertebrate Collection at Cornell, embarks on an amazing journey, taking readers along as she dives beneath the ocean's surface to reveal the unusual biology of some of the most ancient animals on earth. 

 

This event opens the fall 2016 exhibit, "Exploring a Sea of Glass: A Celebration of Art, Biology and History," which includes displays in the Mann lobby, Mann Gallery and Top Shelf Gallery. Further views of Blaschka artwork are available in the concurrent exhibit, Fragile Legacy, at The Corning Museum of Glass, as well as at several permanent displays on the Cornell University campus. 

Do you have kudos to share with the Graduate School community? Submit Kudos here

 


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