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GPSC Newsletter April 6, 2016
Highlight Event!!!:
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Events:
1.    GPSA WEEK!!

2.    NAGPS Western Regional Livestream

3.    Spring Cyclovia Tucson Volunteers Needed!
4.    Launching Your Career Symposium

5.    Civic Engagement Survey
6.    Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health Event Title: Film Showing to kick-off the 2016 Social Justice Symposium
7.    Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health Event Title: Social Justice Symposium
8.    U of A Take Back the Night
9.    Fearless Expression
10. Spring Fling is HERE!
11. Poetic Justice

Resources:
12. Ombuds Program
13. Child Care Reimbursement for Graduate and Undergraduate Students $$$
14. GPSC/Campus Health Prescription Medication Assistance Program $$$
15. SafeRide Spring 2016 Schedule
16. Psychology Study for Couples- Compensation Included!
17. Survey on Lactation Resources

18. Queer(ing) Arizona: A Graduate Conference- Call for Papers

Socials:
19. GPSC @ Gentle Ben’s

20. Family Pool Party at the Rec

Workshops:

21. GPSC GEP Workshop: Queering Campus Classrooms

22. Think Tank: Graduate Student Workshops

23. “Strategies for Faculty Job Applications" Brown Bag Discussion Series

24. Interactive Teaching Workshop
25. Increasing Openness & Reproducibility in Quantitative Research (Clinical and Biological Workshop)
26. From ABD to PhD Workshop Series
27. Interactive Teaching Workshop

Stay up to date with GPSC! Check out our accounts on Facebook, Instagram, & Snapchat
Like the Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) on Facebook at www.facebook.com/UAGPSC<http://www.facebook.com/UAGPSC> for information related to funding opportunities, academic and social events, and other graduate and professional student concerns. Also follow us on Instagram @UAGPSC and add us on Snapchat at UAGPSC.

GPSA WEEK!!
We appreciate all our graduate and professional students and want to invite you to a fun filled week dedicated to you!

NAGPS Western Regional Livestream
The National Association of Graduate and Professional Students (NAGPS) Western Regional Conference<http://nagps.org/events/2016-nagps-western-regional-conference-colorado-school-of-mines-april-8-10/> will take place April 9th, and the conference will be livestreamed. If you'd like to attend the livestream, GPSC will pay for your ticket - simply e-mail gpsc at email.arizona.edu<mailto:gpsc at email.arizona.edu> with your request!
Date: 04/09/16
Time: 12PM
Spring Cyclovia Tucson Volunteers Needed!
Looking to boost your resume with volunteer experience? Want an opportunity to learn about event coordination and volunteer management?

The Living Streets Alliance (LSA) puts on Cyclovia twice a year -- opening 5 miles of city streets to biking and walking for a day, and supporting a variety of other community events throughout the route. LSA wants to conduct a short survey of attendees.

The next Cyclovia will be on Sunday, April 10th, and we need volunteers to help from 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM. The route starts in the Lost Barrio, then winds up Highland towards the 3rd Street Bike Path, and then ends at Himmel Park. You can see the route here: http://www.cycloviatucson.org/the-route-2/

We could use folks to either help administer a short, easy survey and you will get a spiffy, free t-shirt out of the process as well!

If possible, let Laura Still (laurastill at email.arizona.edu<mailto:laurastill at email.arizona.edu>) know ASAP

Date: 04/10/2016
Time: 11:00 am

Launching Your Career Symposium
Women in Optics and Women in Physics are hosting the Launching Your Career Symposium on April 16, 2016 in the Meinel Optics Building. This free, full day event (lunch included) features a panel of women scientists and engineers, poster session with prizes, and a workshop on "Practices for Personal and Professional Presentation" led by a Walt Disney Imagineer!

If you interested in attending, please register through the Launching Your Career website.
http://launchingyourcareer.weebly.com/

Date: 04/16/2016
Time: 10:00 am
Venue: Meinel Building

Civic Engagement Survey
The GPSC would like to encourage all students to vote in upcoming presidential and state elections. To accomplish this, we would like to help you navigate the voting process with the aid of an informational brochure on voting in Arizona. We need your help to do this though. We are asking for your response to this quick survey (expected time to complete: 3 minutes) to discover what parts of the voting process students have the most questions about to create informational materials on topics most relevant to graduate and professional students.
Link to survey:
http://studentvoice.com/az/gpsc2016
Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health Event Title: Film Showing to kick-off the 2016 Social Justice Symposium
The 2016 Social Justice Symposium will kick-off with a free showing of "This Changes Everything," a film that attempts to reimagine the vast challenge of climate change. Join us April 8th as we start a conversation involving social justice, climate change, and health.

The film will be followed by a panel of local leaders who will discuss climate change adaptation and other related issues.

Date: 04/08/2016
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: The Loft Cinema

https://loftcinema.com/film/this-changes-everything

Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health Event Title: Social Justice Symposium
The Social Justice Symposium is a day-long event to engage faculty, students, community members, and health professionals in dialogue to raise awareness and foster social change. The Symposium is run entirely by students at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona.

This year’s theme of climate change and human health is focused on providing insight, research, and analysis on the realities of climate change and its impact on local, national, and global communities.  The symposium will expand beyond climate change to involve individuals and organizations that participate, work, research and advocate for the betterment of human rights and social justice.

Admission is free and open to the public. Lunch is included with registration.

To register, please visit: https://publichealth.arizona.edu/sjs

Date: 04/15/2016
Time: 8:00 am
Location: UMC Duval Auditorium and College of Public Health
https://publichealth.arizona.edu/sjs

U of A Take Back the Night
SPEAC is excited to announce that we will be holding the University of Arizona’s Take Back The Night on Tuesday, April 12 to support survivors of sexual assault on campus. The event will take place from 5:30-8:00 pm in the Women’s Plaza of Honor. There will be a solidarity march at 5:30 pm and the event will begin at 6:00pm.

At the event, survivors will be invited to tell their stories. In order to allow all survivors to tell their stories, we are also promoting an anonymous submission form for those who would like a SPEAC intern to anonymously read their story. The link is below:

Date: 04/12/16
Time: 5:30-8pm
Location: Women’s Plaza of Honor
https://docs.google.com/a/email.arizona.edu/forms/d/1Zrm5wqBnkQLv4RuPFl5xOCP6SPXpNIwNUZP9cgQ8seI/viewform?c=0&w=1

Fearless Expression

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Date: 04/06/16
Time: 5-6pm
Location: Gallagher Theater

Spring Fling is HERE!
Spring Fling will return to the University of Arizona Mall April 8th-10th. We wanted to make sure that the campus community is properly informed of several changes that will be implemented in the coming weeks.  Spring Fling is the largest student-run carnival in the nation and crucially fundraises for over 40 campus clubs and organizations each year.
In addition, we would like to alert the campus to trafficking restrictions and general campus changes that will occur starting Monday, April 4th at 6 am until Tuesday, April 12th at 6 pm.  University Blvd (on the UA Mall) will be closed between Cherry Ave and Campbell Ave. In order for Spring Fling to begin configuring the event area, temporary fencing will be erected on this portion of the mall for the entirety of the closure.
Spring Fling Operational Hours
· Friday, April 8th: 4 pm – 11* pm
· Saturday, April 9th: 11 am – 11* pm
· Sunday, April 10th: 11 am – 6* pm
*Admission closes one hour before closing time.
Date: 04/8/16-4/10/16
Time: See schedule above
Location: UA Mall
Poetic Justice
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Four of Arizona's top Slam Poets at Modern Languages 350 on April 8th at 5pm. Raffles included for a bike and more! Come join this fantastic event hosted by the Adalberto & Ana Guerrero Student Center, the Common Ground Alliance, and more!
Date: 04/08/16
Time: 5pm
Location: Modern Languages 350

Ombuds Program
The UA Ombuds Program offers a safe and confidential space for talking through and constructively addressing concerns, challenges, difficulties, and conflicts that arise for members of the campus community. Whether it’s a difficulty between a student and faculty member, problem with a roommate or group project member, workplace concern, or other issue, the Ombuds Program is here to help people work through the situation in a skilled and constructive way. An Ombuds can assist in identifying the issues at play and analyzing the situation, as well as help to identify and evaluate options for effectively addressing it.
The program provides facilitation and informal mediation, as well as coaching on effective communication and conflict resolution skills. Ombuds can help to clarify University policies and procedures, and refer visitors to other resources and services that may be helpful in their situation. The program offers training, workshops, and presentations on effective communication and conflict management skills and can help to prevent negative conflict through early intervention. It also helps to create positive change by reporting issues and trends to management, in a way that protects the confidentiality and anonymity of the visitors.
To make an appointment please contact the program director at 520-626-5589. For further information about the program please visit http://ombuds.arizona.edu/.

Child Care Reimbursement for Graduate and Undergraduate Students $$$
The University of Arizona's Life & Work Connections provides eligible UA students child care/housing subsidies and vouchers, and thanks to the efforts of GPSC and your student services fee, these subsidies/grants have been greatly expanded.
The program awards 100 individuals $1,000 grants per year, and is still open to about 50 applicants. Please take advantage of this opportunity which can be found at: http://lifework.arizona.edu/cc/student_child_care_subsidy_program
For more information about LWC childcare options, check out the resources here: http://lifework.arizona.edu/cc
And for more resources for family life, see our online directory as well: http://gpsc.arizona.edu/resources-childcare

GPSC/Campus Health Prescription Medication Assistance Program $$$
The Prescription Medication Assistance Program was designed to assist graduate and professional students at the University of Arizona with extraordinary prescription medication costs. The Program is structured to award $250 in financial assistance to graduate or professional students who have shown total out of pocket prescription expenditures of at least $1250 within the six months immediately prior to application.
For additional information and application process, please click on the link below:
http://gpsc.arizona.edu/prescription-medication-assistance-program
SafeRide Spring 2016 Schedule
SafeRide, the free driving service on and around campus for students, faculty and staff, will reopen for the Spring semester on Wednesday, January 13th.
From that date forward we will resume our normal hours, from 6:30 P.M. - 1:00 A.M. Sunday through Thursday, and 6:30 P.M. - 9:30 P.M. on Friday.
This semester SafeRide will be closed the following dates:

  *   Wednesday, May 4th, the day before Reading Day.

Psychology Study for Couples- Compensation Included!
I am in the process of recruiting couples for my dissertation study. The study is a brief, internet-based couples intervention designed to improve problem solving communication skills. The intervention is delivered once per week for a total of four weeks. Participation is free and couples will be compensated for their time. To be eligible, couples will have to be in a romantic relationship (married or unmarried, live with their partner, and have regular access to the internet.
Please contact me at austingrinberg at email.arizona.edu<mailto:austingrinberg at email.arizona.edu> or at 623-696-0573 if you are interested or would like additional information. Thanks!

Survey on Lactation Resources
The Commission on the Status of Women's (CSW) Family Care Group partnered last year with campus departments to enhance lactation rooms and resources on campus. We would like your input on the renovated lactation rooms and resources.

If you have ever breastfed or pumped on campus or think you might in the future, please fill out our anonymous survey:
https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8omk23FcFEhKhtX

For more information, please contact Cazandra Zaragoza at cazstar7 at email.arizona.edu<mailto:cazstar7 at email.arizona.edu> or Elise Lopez at eclopez at email.arizona.edu<mailto:eclopez at email.arizona.edu>.

Queer(ing) Arizona: A Graduate Conference- Call for Papers

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Queer(ing) Arizona is a one-day graduate student conference at the University of Arizona to showcase work across disciplines that engages in or with queer theory and queer studies. We interpret queer as relating to gender, sex, and sexuality variance, deviations from heteronormativity, and as emergent political ways of being. We hope to facilitate cross-disciplinary dialogue with submissions across the University, including humanities, sciences, arts, and activism, that place themselves in relation to queer. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

·         Affect

·         Animality

·         Becoming

·         Biopolitics

·         Capitalism

·         Culture and cultural studies

·         Family structures

·         Fashion(ing)

·         Fetish

·         Health

·         Homelessness

·         Identity politics

·         International politics

·         LGBT politics

·         Marriage

·         (New) Materialisms

·         Race

·         Performance

·         Queer art production

·         Queer history/ archiving

·         Queer migrations

·         Queer ontologies

·         Queer politics

·         Queer science

·         Queer time and space

·         Queer youth

·         Queer(ing) borders

·         Regional politics

·         Technology/social media

·         Trans*

Submission Guidelines:
All individual proposals must be submitted by email to queerarizona at gmail.com<mailto:queerarizona at gmail.com> by 5pm MST on April 15, 2016. Please use “Queer Studies” as the subject line of the email. We will consider proposals for creative work and work presented in nontraditional academic formats. Attach a single document in .DOC, or .DOCX format with the following:

Paper Title.
Name; department affiliation; email address; and phone number.
Abstract of the content and rationale of the paper/presentation: up to 250 words. (Presentation time for papers is 20 minutes maximum)
Brief (2-3 sentence) scholarly biography of presenter.
Indicate any audiovisual needs or special accommodations.

Date: 05/06/16
Location: Kiva Room, Student Union

GPSC @ Gentle Ben’s
The GPSC has been coordinating a weekly graduate student gathering at Gentle Ben's Happy Hour (located on University and Tyndall next to campus). It is a great opportunity to meet fellow graduate students from other departments in a casual setting. Come for FREE appetizers, stay for the competitive games, like large Jenga. Prizes are awarded to the department that signs in the most people. The Happy Hour is located upstairs, Fridays from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Check out the GPSC Happy Hour Facebook group for updates and information.
Hope to see you there!
Date: 04/08/2016
Time: 5:30pm
Location: Gentle Ben’s on University
Family Pool Party at the Rec
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Queering Campus Classrooms
Creating LGBTQA+ Inclusive Academic Environments
In this workshop, participants can expect to learn more about the experiences of LGBTQA+ students on university campuses, with emphasis on experiences at the University of Arizona. We will discuss concrete practices and tools that teaching assistants, professors, and staff can use to make their classrooms and departments more welcoming to and supportive of their LGBTQA+ students.
Light refreshments will be provided.

Date: 04/21/16
Time: 3pm - 5pm
Location: Student Union, Pima Room (3rd Floor)
Register http://goo.gl/forms/35oF2ze79m

Think Tank: Graduate Student Workshops
Come join Think Tank for an exciting workshop titled:
Manage Your Citation with RefWorks

Date: 04/12/16
Time: 2-3pm
Location: Main Library, Rm A112

“Strategies for Faculty Job Applications" Brown Bag Discussion Series
Please bring your lunch and join us to discuss matters related to applying for college and university faculty positions, particularly those elements that relate to teaching.  Open to all graduate students, post docs, and others interested in pursuing faculty positions. Coffee will be provided.
Developing your Teaching Statement
In this brown bag discussion, participants will discuss strategies for developing and refining your Teaching Statement as part of your letter of interest or as a separate Teaching Philosophy.  As colleges and universities are increasingly requesting evidence of teaching effectiveness as part of these applications, participants will also discuss what evidence is appropriate to include, how to compile Teacher Course Evaluations or other student ratings as part of a job application, and how to include evidence when you are not teaching your own course. Regardless of the type of institution, this discussion applies to anyone pursuing a college faculty position that will include teaching responsibilities.
Date: 04/11/16
Time: Noon to 1pm
Location: Student Union, San Pedro
Note: Only home-made and Student Union food allowed
Interactive Teaching Workshop
Five of the UA’s top teaching professors will share insights on interactive teaching. Attendees will learn techniques for implementing interactive teaching techniques into their teaching repertoire, regardless of classroom type. Panelists include professors Paul Blowers (Engineering), Albrecht Classen (German Studies), Lisa Elfing (Molecular and Cellular Biology), John Pollard (Chem & Biochem), and Ed Prather (Astronomy).
Questions: email bradshad at email.arizona.edu<mailto:bradshad at email.arizona.edu>.
Date: 04/13/16
Time: 3PM to 5:30PM
Location: EDUC 353

Increasing Openness & Reproducibility in Quantitative Research
The University of Arizona Libraries and the Center for Open Science is hosting two “Workshops for Increasing Openness & Reproducibility in Quantitative Research” this spring. Participants will learn easy, practical steps to increase the reproducibility of their work. The workshops will be hands-on and, using example studies, attendees will actively participate in creating a reproducible project from start to finish. This workshop will take place Thursday, April 21st, at 9am-12pm in 112A Computer Classroom, Main Library.
Please RVSP as space is limited. Participants can bring their own laptops, but computers will also be available.

Date: 04/21/16
Time: 9:00 am
Location: 112A Computer Classroom, Main Library
http://data.library.arizona.edu/blog/increasing-openness-reproducibility-quantitative-research-workshops-21-22-april-2016
Increasing Openness & Reproducibility in Quantitative Research (Clinical and Biological Workshop)
Announcement: The University of Arizona Libraries and the Center for Open Science is hosting two “Workshops for Increasing Openness & Reproducibility in Quantitative Research” this spring. Participants will learn easy, practical steps to increase the reproducibility of their work. The workshops will be hands-on and, using example studies, attendees will actively participate in creating a reproducible project from start to finish. This second workshop focuses on clinical and biological case studies, and will take place Friday, April 22nd at 9am-12pm in B109, Roy P. Drachman Hall.

Participants will need to bring their own laptop.

Date: 04/22/16
Time: 9:00 am
Location: B109, Roy P. Drachman Hall
Deadline: 04/04/2016

http://data.library.arizona.edu/blog/increasing-openness-reproducibility-quantitative-research-workshops-21-22-april-2016

From ABD to PhD Workshop Series
Topic: Review and Revise
Register at: https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bl5K
In this graduate writing workshop for ABD students, we will focus on strategies to enhance the revision process. We’ll discuss sentence level clarity, tone, and style. Students should bring a sample of writing from their discipline.
Date: 04/25/16
Time: 10-11:30 am
Location: Science/Engr Library 311

Interactive Teaching Workshop

Five of the UA’s top teaching professors will share insights on interactive teaching. Attendees will learn techniques for implementing interactive teaching techniques into their teaching repertoire, regardless of classroom type.

PANELISTS:
Paul Blowers
Distinguished Professor, Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Albrecht Classen
Distinguished Professor, German Studies

Lisa Elfring
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology

John Pollard
Associate Professor of Practice, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Edward Prather
Associate Professor, Astronomy

Date: 04/13/16
Time: 3:00-5:30 pm
Location: Education Building, Room 353

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