Issue 4, Fall 2023

News & Announcements

• Start-to-Finish Mentorship Program
• Graduate Student Congress' Ice Cream Social (9/20)
• High Performance Brain Training for Graduate Students (09/22)
• Interested in Joining a Graduate Writing Group? (9/27)
• Careers Beyond Academia: A Fall Workshop Series (9/29)
• SGA Graduate and Professional Student Walk & Talk Series (9/29)
• Workshop for TAs: Classroom Management Strategies to Create a Positive Learning Environment (10/13)

Reminders

• Course Repeatability
• For Graduating Master (Plan A & Plan B) and Specialist Students: Degree Audit
• Responsible Conduct of Research
• Graduate-Level Fellowships & Funding Opportunities
• Thomas D. Clark Graduate Study 
• Graduate Student Resources 

Start-to-Finish Mentorship Program

Ice Cream Social Hosted by

the Graduate Student Congress

High Performance Brain Training

for Graduate Students (09/08-09/29)

The Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) invites you to join a program that provides professional and graduate students with state of the art information about high performance brain functioning.

Please follow the link [https://bit.ly/uk-hpbt ] to the BBNvolved event page to learn more and to RSVP for we have limited space. We are also partnering with UK Invests, so attending each session contributes to your account.

Graduate Writing Group

Facilitation Session (9/27)

Are you interested in joining or starting your own graduate writing group?

Writing groups are an excellent way to boost your writing productivity by holding you accountable to a regular writing practice through goal-setting, tracking of progress, and sharing encouragement with fellow group members.

In this session we will share the practices of effective writing groups, hear from a panel of folks who relied on writing groups to successfully complete their theses/dissertations, and put you in touch with other graduates like you who are interested in participating in a graduate writing group. There will be no pressure to join, but you'll have the opportunity to express your level of interest and the meeting pattern that might work for you.

Wednesday, September 27

from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

via Zoom: https://uky.zoom.us/j/82406268926

Careers Beyond Academia:

A Fall Workshop Series

All workshops are held in person only from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in Gillis Building Conference Room (104)

PhD Career Exploration: Where to Begin (Friday, Sept. 29)

You hear about people with advanced degrees having “so many options” and “getting great non-faculty jobs” - but how can you begin to explore the option of work that uses your skills and takes into account your values? This session is useful for any graduate student or postdoctoral scholar thinking about options in their future beyond work as a professor.

Save the Date for the Following Forthcoming Sessions in the Series:

Conducting Useful Informational Interviews (Thursday, Oct. 5) 

If you are a career explorer or a job hunter, this workshop is for you. Participants will learn about the power and magic of learning from someone with an experience different from your own. You will leave with strategies to identify, persuade, and gain insight from people who work for organizations of interest.

Converting Your CV to an Effective Resume (Thursday, Oct. 19; repeated Nov. 14)

If you are seeking a job in industry, data science, the nonprofit world, consulting, policy work or any job other than professor, transforming your academic document (CV) into a resume is an important first step. Your time is valuable, so bring any CV/resume document with you; Patti will provide constructive coaching on how to improve it.

Networking: Why Do It and How to Do it with Ease (Thursday, Nov. 2)

Develop a networking strategy for positioning yourself for your next step, whether as a career explorer or a job hunter. Whether you are just curious about what networking really is or you are ready to practice skills so that you can meet some people who can help you along your way, this is the session for you.

Putting Your PhD to Work: Establishing a Job Search Strategy (Thursday, Nov. 9) 

This hands-on workshop will guide you to establishing a search strategy and agenda for your next steps to finding your job beyond the academy. Come with your ideas; leave with a plan.

SGA Graduate and Professional Student Walk & Talk Series

Classroom Management Strategies to Create a Positive Learning Environment Workshop for TAs

The Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) and the Graduate School’s Office of Graduate Student Professional Enhancement (GSPE) are offering a fall series of teaching and learning workshops for graduate teaching assistants. The offerings provide an opportunity to discuss teaching practices and connect with TAs across colleges and departments.

Friday, October 13

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

via Zoom

Instructors can face challenging situations in the classroom that can leave them feeling unprepared on how to handle the situation in the moment. This workshop will discuss common challenges and approaches to addressing classroom management issues before, during, and after they arise.

Reminders

Course Repeatability

It is important to be familiar with the repeatability limits of courses.

If a student exceeds the limit, the Registrar’s Office will not assign academic credit to the course. The Graduate School cannot support petitions for exceptions to this policy.



For Graduating Master (Plan A & Plan B) and Specialist Students: Degree Audit

Conducting a degree audit is critically important during the semester you intend to graduate. Checking at the start of the semester gives you a view of the requirements you have satisfied and those that are remaining.

If you discover a course that was wrongly assigned to a requirement, or not credited, you should bring this to the attention of your DGS (Director of Graduate Studies) or your program advisor. The program should contact the student affairs officer for the area/ discipline well in advance of the final examination to resolve. If there are requirements that have not been met, then you and your program will need to decide it there are substitutions that will fulfill that requirement.

Responsible Conduct of Research

Graduate-Level Fellowship & Funding Opportunities

The Graduate School's office of Finance, Funding, and Analytics maintains a webpage of fellowship opportunities available through the university. They also keep a list of some external funding sources.

Additionally, UK Research's Proposal Development Office is a great resource to discover extramural research funding and award opportunities.