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Grad Slam registration now open. See details near the end of the listing.

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GPSC Newsletter
February 22, 2018

In this issue...
GPSC

GPSC Elections
GPSC Events
New Resources
Launching Your Career Symposium
UA to introduce +/- grading system?
DRC Academic Aide
Global Health Competition
Old Resources

Public Health Research or Community Engagement Abstract
GRA Selection/ Application

UA Choir
Workshops

Workshop: "Paving Your Path to Successful Careers and Relationships Through Communication"
2018 Graduate Writing Institute (GWI)
WSIP FREE Regular Writing Workshops
Grad Slam Workshops and Competition Registration Open
Spring Seminar Series: Reducing Time to Doctoral Degree
>From ABD to PhD Workshop Series

GPSC Elections

Get involved in self-governance and get your voice heard by casting your vote in the GPSC Elections. Packets have already been released, February 28th!

See attached flier for more information and dates.

Visit our website<http://gpsc.arizona.edu/elections> to download a petition form

Launching Your Career Symposium

Women in Optics is proud to invite you to our annual Launching Your Career Symposium!  Mark your calendars:  The event is on Saturday, March 24, 2018.

This is a full-day networking event featuring a panel of women scientists and engineers, poster session, keynote presentation by Michelle Higgins of the UA STEM Learning Center, and an interactive workshop hosted by Dr. Iwona A. Palusinski of The Aerospace Corporation. Join us during lunch and coffee breaks to mingle with industry professionals, faculty, and fellow participants.

Registration is recommended due to limited space. Both men and women across all career stages and STEM fields are encouraged to attend!  For more information and to register, please visit our website: launchingyourcareer.weebly.com<http://launchingyourcareer.weebly.com>."

UA to introduce +/- grading system?

The UA Undergraduate and Graduate Councils are considering a proposal to introduce +/-'s to our grading system for both undergraduate and graduate students (e.g., A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, etc.).  Proponents of the change argue that the new system will allow for greater accuracy in evaluation of student work.  We would like to get a sense of graduate and professional student opinion on this proposed change.  Please take a minute to complete this very short survey that will inform discussion on this proposal.
https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6n8JQwtC6HfnIQ5

DRC Academic Aide

The Disability Resource Center is seeking to hire an academic aide for a graduate statistics course for Spring semester 2018. The role of the aide is to work one on one with a student who requires disability related assistance with accessing course content. The position will require that the aide attend class on Thursdays from 3:30pm-6pm and an additional 2-3 hours during the week at a mutually agreeable time between the student and aide. For more information, please contact Jayci Robb at the DRC at jaycir at email.arizona.edu<mailto:jaycir at email.arizona.edu> or 520-621-1425

Global Health Competition

We hope that you have at least seen information regarding the Global Health Competition we are working to develop. The leadership team is very excited and ready for a fun and successful competition in March. We encourage all students to register for the event. This will be a very fun and exciting competition, and don't forget there will be lots of free food and goodies! Not to mention this is a great opportunity to work on your professional development skills.
Please remember that this competition is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Therefore, we STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE PARTICIPATION OF ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS! We would even like to see teams with a combination of graduate and undergraduate students to promote more integration between university wide programs. In addition, please don't be shy and reach out to other students in other disciplines to add diversity and an interdisciplinary nature to you team. This will only help make your team more successful in winning the 1st or 2nd place prize of $200 and $50, respectively.
Please spread the word and remember to register by the March 1st deadline! If you have any questions and want more information, please see our homepage at sites.google.com/email.arizona.edu/uaghc<http://sites.google.com/email.arizona.edu/uaghc>

Public Health Research or Community Engagement Abstract

The deadline to submit an abstract describing public health research or community engagement is Friday, February 23rd, by 5 PM, and the event will be held on Friday, April 6.

See attached file of our Call for Abstracts: PHPF2018_call for abstracts

Visit our main website<https://publichealth.arizona.edu/calendar/2018-public-health-poster-forum> for more information

Visit our Abstract submission page<https://publichealth.arizona.edu/2018-public-health-poster-forum-abstract-submission>

We accept abstracts from graduate students of all UA colleges, as long as there is a public health application or focus, and would love to reach a wide audience of potential presenters.

GRA Selection/ Application

The Graduate Resident Assistant (GRA) is a live-in graduate student leadership position reporting to the Program Manager of Graduate Experience. The term of the GRA agreement is July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019. The GRA is a member of the La Aldea Graduate community and Residential Education Team. The position is essential in creating a caring and inclusive community, enforcing residential policies and procedures, and serving as an on call staff member for the La Aldea Community.

Graduate Resident Assistants receive a two-bedroom apartment, $1,000/semester in meal plan/CatCa$h. (No tuition remission is included as compensation for this position).

Interested applicants should visit the full job posting available on our website<http://www.life.arizona.edu/jobs/graduate-resident-assistant> by Sunday, February 26, 2018. Questions can be directed to laaldea at email.arizona.edu<mailto:laaldea at email.arizona.edu>

UA Choir

Do you like to sing?  UA graduate students interested in choral singing are welcome and invited to join the UA Faculty-Staff Choir!  This mixed voice choir, under the direction of Christian Giddings (a UA grad student in Vocal Conducting), is non-auditioned and accepts all singers who wish to participate.  We sing a wide range of choral works, including classical, folk, spiritual, novelty, Broadway, and seasonal music.  We perform several times each year on campus and around the Tucson area.

We rehearse on Mondays and Thursdays, 12:10-12:50 pm, in the Music Building, Room 106.  Come join us anytime.  First meeting for Spring 2018 will be January 11, and then again on January 18.

Take a singing break twice a week with the Faculty-Staff Choir and enjoy fellowship with UA employees and grad students through choral music!

To learn more, visit our website<http://facultystaffchoir.arizona.edu/home> or email UAfscpresident at gmail.com<mailto:UAfscpresident at gmail.com>.

Yes, grad school is a busy time, but remember: if you're too busy to sing, you're too busy.

Workshop: "Paving Your Path to Successful Careers and Relationships Through Communication"

Speaker: Jack Harris, Internationally-known Speaker, Workshop Facilitator, and Trainer
February 28, 2018, 3PM to 5 PM - Student Union Kiva Auditorium
Event contact: hoit at email.arizona.edu<mailto:hoit at email.arizona.edu>
Communication skills do make a different - they are key to conflict resolution, minimizing misunderstandings, interacting well with others, team work, customer service, dealing with differences and achieving meaningful results (in both our professional and personal lives). This presentation is for people who want to communicate more effectively, build better relationships, and understand the power of perceptions and assumptions. In other words, this is for people who want to learn practical skills they can apply to everyday, real-life situations.
See attached flier: Jack Harris

2018 Graduate Writing Institute (GWI)

Each June, the Writing Skills Improvement Program (WSIP) offers the Graduate Writing Institute (GWI) to help UA graduate students complete scholarly writing projects. The application process for this year's GWI is now open.

Dates:        June 4 - 22, 2018 (3 weeks)
Location:   University of Arizona, Tucson
Times:       MW, 9:00am - 12:00pm; MW afternoon times vary; TThF times vary
Fee:            $20 nonrefundable application processing fee (does not guarantee
                   acceptance into GWI; application will not be reviewed or considered
                   without payment of this fee)

Who Is Eligible: Any registered University of Arizona graduate student is eligible. Acceptance to the program is competitive, however, and participants are selected based on a careful review of their application materials.

Application Deadline: Monday, 23 April 2018; 11:59pm (U.S. Pacific Time)

For more information and to apply to the 2018 GWI, please go to the following link: http://wsip.arizona.edu/graduate-writing-institute.

Optional Pre-GWI Information Sessions

If you would like more guidance with your application process and/or have other questions about the GWI, WSIP will be offering two* information sessions:

  *   Monday, February 12th, 3:00pm - 4:00pm, Geronimo 216 (Register<https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Hc4QaCuMZmggK1>)
  *   Friday, March 16th, 10:30am - 11:30am, Geronimo 216 (Register<https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e9BwNZ6c3XI9Vc1>)

Information sessions are optional; if you would like to attend one, please register by clicking on the appropriate "Register" link above. *An additional information session via Zoom might be arranged for online attendees.

For further information, please see the attached flier. If you have any questions, please call (520-621-0374) or email (ldupont at email.arizona.edu<mailto:ldupont at email.arizona.edu>) Dr. Leslie Dupont, GWI Coordinator.

WSIP FREE Regular Writing Workshops

Spring 2018
Visit our website<http://wsip.arizona.edu/workshop-series>  or call 621-5849<http://wsip.arizona.edu/workshop-series%20or%20call%20621-5849> for more information.

Monday Workshops (2:00pm - 2:50pm, Geronimo 216)

Mar. 12th: Sentence Length and Variety

Mar. 26th: Developing Your Vocabulary Skills

Apr. 9th: Improving Grammar and Style (In case you missed it the first time!)

Wednesday Workshops (10:00am - 10:50am, Geronimo 216)
Feb. 28th: Basic Prep for Article Publication
Mar. 21st: Improving Organization and Content
Apr. 4th: Whittling down Wordiness

See attached Flier: WSIP_Regular Workshops

Grad Slam Workshops and Competition Registration Open

Grad Slam is a campus-wide competition for the best 3-minute graduate student presentation of a research or creative project. It is an excellent opportunity for students to enhance their communication skills and is an effective way of showcasing to the UA community and the public the innovative research and creative work associated with graduate education at the UA. Competitors have the opportunity to win up to $3,000. Registration for the competition is open through February 26. Register at https://gradcenter.arizona.edu/ua-grad-slam.

In addition to the competition, the Graduate Center and the Graduate & Professional Student Council are hosting a series of workshops on a variety of topics and skills to help students enhance their public speaking skills. From visual design to overcoming public speaking jitters, this series was created to prepare students for the professional world. This professional development series is part of Grad Slam, although you do not need to be registered for Grad Slam to attend the workshops. Information sessions will also be held for those interested in learning about Grad Slam. Workshops and information sessions run from January 29 to March 15. Full workshop descriptions are available at https://gradcenter.arizona.edu/ua-grad-slam/workshops .

Spring Seminar Series: Reducing Time to Doctoral Degree

The Graduate College cordially invites the Graduate Students Community to a Special Seminar series on Reducing Time to Doctoral Degree this Spring semester. A great group of excellent on-campus and visiting guest speakers will present and discuss key issues, activities and strategies that they have developed and/or are available to help doctoral students complete their degrees successfully and in a timely fashion.

Highlights of the seminar series include presentations by guest speakers Dr. David Wilton (Texas A& M University), Dr. James Brockmole (Notre Dame University) and a special Panel Discussion Session led by Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Associates.

If you are interested in meeting/talking with invited speakers Dr. David Wilton and/or Dr. James Brockmole after their talks, please contact seminar organizer, Dr. Patricia Stock<mailto:spstock at email.arizona.edu> (spstock at email.arizona.edu<mailto:spstock at email.arizona.edu>)

This seminar series is open to graduate students, postdocs, faculty mentors, program directors and deans of all campus units.

For all sessions, space is limited to 80 participants.

View the Speaker Series schedule & RSVP form<https://grad.arizona.edu/forms/spring-2018-seminar-series-registration-reducing-time-doctoral-degree> to register<https://grad.arizona.edu/announcements/2018/01/spring-seminar-series-reducing-time-doctoral-degree>.

>From ABD to PhD Workshop Series

Purpose: Provide writing support for ABD (all but dissertated) students, discuss shared concerns about the dissertation process, and introduce strategies to facilitate writing. All participants should come prepared to write and work collaboratively with peers from diverse disciplines.

Thursday, February 22nd: 4:30pm - 6:30pm - Location TBD
Topic: Writing In-depth Analyses to Support Your Research

Thursday, March 29th: 4:30pm - 6:30pm - Location TBD
Topic: Revision and Grammar Special Topic: Sentence Fluency

See attached flier for more information: ABD_Workshops_Spring_2018

GPSC Events

GPSC Social
Friday, February 23rd
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Gentle Bens

Executive Board Meeting
Monday, February 26th
6:00 - 8:00 pm
SUMC CSIL Conference Room

GPSC Election Packets Released
Wednesday, February 28th
8:00 am

Graduate & Professional Student Council

gpsc at email.arizona.edu<mailto:gpsc at email.arizona.edu>
SUMC 323

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