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Graduate Student Newsletter:  January 2008

Past Issues

Important News: New Office Location for Degree Certification

News from Professional Development

Graduate Student Organization

Center for Career Services Programs

Financial Drop Deadline

In every issue:
 Funding opportunities:

Office of Sponsored Programs
http://osp.syr.edu/FundingOpps.php
Cornell University fellowship database:
http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/?p=132
 All about graduating:
http://gradsch.syr.edu/need2grad.htm
 Steps for your final semester:
Procedures for graduate students defending a thesis or dissertation:   http://gradsch.syr.edu/pdfs/Steps.pdf 
Thesis Format Guidelines:
http://gradsch.syr.edu/pdfs/FormatGuidelines.pdf

 Deadlines:
http://gradsch.syr.edu/pdfs/GraduationDeadlines.pdf

Citation support:  How to cite sources
http://library.syr.edu/cite/index.html  
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Important News:  New Office Location for Degree Certification
On January 10th, 2008, Graduate Degree Certification will be moving from the GEMC to the Registrar's Office.   After January 10th, all graduate students should submit their degree certification paperwork to 106 Steele Hall.
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News from Professional Development
Professional Development Seminars Spring 2008

Look for these upcoming Professional Development Seminars:
January 28        Portfolio Construction Workshop

January 30        The Digital You: Electronic Portfolio Workshop
February 5        Edutainment! Using Popular Culture in the Classroom
February 21      "Dissertation" Is Not a Four-Letter-Word: Managing the Doctoral Life
March 4            Getting Ready for the Academic Job Market
March 19          Publish and Flourish!  Tara Gray Presenting
April 7              Take It or Leave It: Deciding What to Put in Your Course
April 11            Stress Relief Night

 

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January TA Orientation

Friday, January 11 & Saturday, January 12, 2008

Orientation for all new Teaching Assistants will be held in Bowne Hall 111.  For more information contact Craig Martin at 443-3458 or cmartin.rel@gmail.com.

 

Teaching Fellow Award

The TA Program of the Graduate School invites applications for the 2008-2009 Teaching Fellow positions. The designation of Teaching Fellow signifies excellence in both teaching and graduate study and constitutes a notable academic honor.  We seek Teaching Fellows with a range of disciplinary backgrounds; fair representation in terms of nationality and gender is also crucial to the continued success of the TA Program.  All interested teaching assistants and teaching associates are invited to attend one of the information meetings listed on the reverse to learn more about this opportunity.  No pre-registration is necessary.

The largest responsibility of Teaching Fellows is to serve as the “core faculty” during the August Teaching Assistant Orientation Program. Teaching Fellows serve as small group leaders and mentors to approximately 350 new TAs each August.  For this work, Teaching Fellows will receive a stipend, some meals,  and if they wish, they may live on campus during the orientation.  Following the August orientation, Teaching Fellows are expected to participate, on a limited basis, in the development and implementation of TA Program activities throughout the academic year.

In order to be eligible for the Teaching Fellow award, you must attend one of the following information sessions:

Friday           January 18, 2008            9:00 – 10:20 a.m.              423 Bowne Hall
Wednesday    January 23, 2008            12:45 – 2:05 p.m.              423 Bowne Hall
Thursday        January 24, 2008           2:00 – 3:20 p.m.                423 Bowne Hall
Friday            January 25, 2008            2:15 – 3:35 p.m.       423 Bowne Hall

For more information, please contact Joanne Andrews at 443-1856 or jandre01@syr.edu.

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Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award

Have you worked with an outstanding faculty members at Syracuse University?  Consider nominating her or him for the Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award, which honors faculty members whose dedication to graduate teaching or mentoring have made a significant contribution to graduate education.  The deadline for nominations is Friday, February 29, 2008.  For more information, contact Craig Martin at 443-3458 or cmartin.rel@gmail.com.

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Graduate Student Organization
GSO has voted to endow a child care scholarship for graduate students. The specifics are still being worked out, but the organization is hoping that the endowment will be a lasting (and useful!) legacy for this year's GSO.
The graduate activity fee, despite its nomenclature, is not merely a fund for campus activities. It funds graduate campus-wide services, special initiatives, representation to the administration, speakers and conferences, and an array of other things chosen each year by elected representatives. These elected representatives are selected in each department by the graduate students themselves. Each department is allotted one senator to represent the interests of all enrolled students in that department. It is a senator’s responsibility to work with the members of her or his own department. Any concerns conveyed to a department senator then are brought to the GSO Senate for redress.
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Center for Career Services

For all doctoral students and master’s students interested in faculty positions!
Save the date! Do you want to hear the inside scoop on how to negotiate the terms of your future faculty position from those who have been on the other side of the negotiating table?
The members of our expert panel have served on a combined total of more than 50 faculty search committees and personally negotiated more than 20 faculty hires. The panel includes:
Dr. Kristi Andersen, Professor and Former Chair, Political Science Department
Dr. Gina Lee-Glauser, Associate Vice President for Research and CASE Center Director 
Dr. Richard Pilgrim, Professor Emeritus and Former Chair, Department of Religion
Dr. John Russell, Professor and Chair, Department of Biology
On Friday, Feb. 1st from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Schine Student Center, these panelists will help demystify the negotiation process. The panel will be followed by a networking lunch. Save the date! Information on how to register will follow in January via e-mail. 
Program co-sponsored by the Center for Career Services and the Graduate School
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Financial Drop Deadline

Monday, February 4, 2008
After the Add Deadline, Tuesday, January 22, adjustments may no longer be made through MySlice.   The Add/Drop form is used to adjust course registration during this time. Full tuition will be charged for courses dropped after Monday, February 4th, the financial drop deadline. Students may continue to drop regular semester courses through the academic drop deadline, Tuesday, March 18th but tuition refunds will not be granted.
The Office of the Registrar can provide the financial drop deadlines for fall or spring semester short courses.
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