The KSU Provost, Charles Taber, will be attending the February GSC meeting. The Provost would appreciate a chance to answer your questions. Please submit your specific questions, and provide context, to the GSC.

Join the GSC for the first General Meeting of the spring semester on Monday, February 1st from noon to 1 pm.

Deadline for April Travel
Travel award applications are due February 1st for travel to professional events OR registration fees for virtual events that begin any time in April. If you are new to the travel award process, please review the information provided on the Graduate School webpage.

At this time, travel awards may be used to cover registration fees for virtual events or physical travel to events if travel is approved with the university.

Welcome Back Social Hour

Join the GSC Student Affairs Committee for a Welcome Back Social Hour on Tuesday, February 2nd at 6:00 pm.

Participate in the annual Three Minute Thesis Competition

Any masters or doctoral student completing research as part of their graduate program of study may participate. Participants will submit a video of their three-minute presentation with a single, static slide. The competition consists of two rounds, in which video presentations will be played live in a Zoom session. Final round judges will select first and second place winners, and the audience will select a people's choice award winner. The first-place presenter will represent K-State in the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) 3MT® Competition.
 

Interested in participating? Join a virtual prep session!
If you’re considering participating in the 3MT, you’re encouraged to participate in one of the following sessions to learn more about the competition and how to create your video, as well as receive tips for a creating a successful 3MT presentation. Click on the “learn more and register” button below for more information and access to sessions.

January 28, 1:00pm
February 4, 11:00am
February 10, 1:00pm

The K-State GRAD Forum is an annual showcase of K-State graduate student research, scholarly work, and discovery. The event which would be held virtually this year, would provide graduate students from all disciplines an opportunity to share their work with the K-State community and to gain experience presenting their work in a professional setting.

Abstract submission begins January 11th, 2021 and end on February 12th, 2021 at 11:59pm.
Abstracts should be submitted via the submission portal, linked below. Late submissions will NOT be accepted.

The presentations are scheduled for the following dates: 
March 31st, 2021- Oral Presentations
April 1st, 2021- Poster Presentations

Students interested in submitting an abstract should visit https://www.k-state.edu/grad/student-success/student-council/research-forums/kgrad.html for submission materials and guidelines. Students can also send an email to egsc@ksu.edu if they have questions.

Housing Guide Survey
Securing housing is often one of the biggest stressors in the transition process for new graduate students. The GSC Student Affairs Committee is calling on current graduate students to improve the housing search process for future K-State graduate students.

If you currently live in Manhattan, or have lived in Manhattan recently, we encourage you to complete a brief survey to share your Manhattan housing experiences. Survey responses will be used to develop a Manhattan housing guide specifically for K-State graduate students. The housing guide is being created with the help of VeryApt, an emerging startup in the real estate tech industry.

A few notes:

• Survey responses are anonymous
• Chance to win a gift from Radina’s – At the end of the survey, you will see a “Confirm Identity” page. If you wish to be entered into a drawing, record your name and email address on the “Confirm Identity” page.
• Multiple reviews accepted – If you have lived at more than one residence in Manhattan, you may complete the survey more than once to review multiple properties (but do not submit multiple reviews for a single property). The “confirm identity” page includes a note about avoiding duplicate entries. We have confirmed with VeryApt that students may submit more than one review if each review is for a different property.

Thanks in advance for sharing your housing insights to support the next generation of K-State graduate students.