GSS Weekly Update (Week of January 25th)

As a way to reach more of our graduate student community, Weekly Update will also be featured on our blog!

For your convenience, items in RED denote announcements or reminders pertinent to Senators while items in GREEN apply to Senators and the larger student population.

MEETINGS

GSS Spring Meetings (Please note room change!)

Where: Memorial Hall, Room 127 (http://primus.nss.udel.edu/buildings/displayBuilding.action?building.code=NC32)

When: 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Dates: February 11th, March 11th, April 8th, May 6th

New Senator Orientation

This session is dedicated to new and prospective Senators. Please plan to attend this mini-orientation as the GSS Executive committee touches base with the rights and responsibilities of a Senator during a Senate session.

Where: Memorial Hall, Room 127

When: 4.30 - 5:00pm

Date: February 11th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Call for Questions re: Career Services for the February Meeting Guest Speaker

Marianne Green, the assistant director of UD's Career Services Center, will be at the February GSS meeting to discuss UD's Career Services resources, and to address specific graduate student career guidance needs. Please email any questions you have on the topic to George Szczepanski at gszcz@udel.edu. These questions will be forwarded to Ms. Green to help guide her talk toward graduate student concerns on the topic. A question and answer session will follow the talk.

Webinar series from the College Sustainability Report Card

From January to April 2010, the Sustainable Endowments Institute will present Beyond Grades, a free series of eight webinars (online seminars). The goal is to encourage sharing knowledge in order to advance sustainability in campus operations and endowment practices. Topics will cover Administration, Climate Change & Energy, Food & Recycling, Green Building, Investment Priorities, Endowment Transparency & Shareholder Engagement, Student Involvement, Transportation. Visit http://greenreportcard.org/webinar to register.

SPRING WORKSHOPS

Responsible Conduct in Research Training: February 2nd-3rd, 2010

This workshop, designed by the Research Office for grad students and postdoc Fellows, will provide information on a variety of topics relating to the proper conduct of research and an overview of University and federal compliance issues. There will also be sessions on effective preparation of job search documents, public speaking, the patent process, authorship issues, and researching funding opportunities.

• Participants may register for the entire seminar or for individual modules. Each module will have a separate non-credit course number, and participation will be noted on a student's transcript. Students completing all four of the half-day modules will receive a certificate of completion. Lunch will be provided each day.
• Please note that NIH- or NSF-funded students need to attend and should register for sessions 1a (Introduction to RCR) and 3a (Regulatory Issues in Research) unless they have already completed them.
• To register: http://www.udel.edu/researchoffice/rcr/

Grant Writing Workshops

The Office of Graduate & Professional Studies and Morris Library will provide a professional development workshop series for graduate students entitled “External Fellowships and Funding 101.” Workshop attendees will learn the “how-to’s” of locating funding sources; strategizing for the application process; and crafting successful proposals. The sessions will be hands-on and problem-based. Students should expect to end the workshop with a clear and tangible plan for completing a fellowship or grant application in the immediate future.

• Registration will be on a first serve basis. Please contact Mary Zielinski (zielm@udel.edu) to register. Graduate students are encouraged to sign-up early since spots will fill up quickly.
• Attendees are encouraged to bring laptops with wireless connections.
• In addition to the half-day professional workshops, the Office of Graduate and Professional Education can bring fund-raising and proposal-writing sessions directly to you. Facilitated by Vice Provost Debbie Hess Norris, these 90 minute sessions are geared to the needs of each department and program and will inspire graduate students to be their own best fund-raising advocates. Please contact Mary Zielinski (zielm@udel.edu) for more information.

Humanities and Social Science: February 18th, 1:00pm to 4:00pm

This grant writing workshop also includes Education and Urban Affairs/Public Policy

Morris Library Room 116A

Science and Engineering: March 11th, 1:00pm to 4:00pm

This grant writing workshop also includes Agriculture and Marine Sciences

Morris Library Room 116A

REMINDERS

University-Wide Committee Representatives

Any GSS active member or any Senator already serving on another committee is welcome to serve on these committees. Two committees still looking for GSS representatives are:

Newark City Council (http://www.cityofnewarkde.us/index.aspx?NID=62)

Parking/Transportation

Email Hudaa (hudaa@udel.edu) if interested.

Your faithful Executive Committee,

Laura, George, Hudaa & Maria

Did you know?

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