Articles
Networking matters more for women in academe - Inside Higher Ed
Looking for new employment can be especially daunting these days, but Brandy L. Simula recommends four practices that can help you come out ahead. - Inside Higher Ed - "Developing practices to manage your job search strategically, building a job-search support network, planning for how you’ll respond to requests for information about your job search and drawing on effective self-care strategies can help job seekers flourish even in today’s challenging job market."
Create a postcard for display at the Valley Library: Postcards to Campus project promotes creativity and community - "OSU community members are encouraged to share art, writings and sentiments on their postcards that range from personal to OSU-specific. Many of those submitted so far have reflected people’s pandemic experiences and what they miss about being on campus."
Should the COVID-19 pandemic be addressed in doctoral writing? And if so, how? - Doctoral Writing SIG - "Is the thesis a place where the COVID-19 pandemic should be present?"
Aomawa Shields describes how she found her voice to speak the truth about systemic exclusionary and racist attitudes -- and the importance of other professors doing so, as well. - Inside Higher Ed - "Indeed, several months ago, in one of my first faculty meetings since becoming tenured, I spoke up in ways I never have before in that environment."
Defining Behaviors - OSU GEMM Blog - "Talking through what that work would look like reminded me that we cannot answer every question and trying to assess all exciting side projects can cause us to lose focus on the main questions."
Meet superspreader Chegg, which has become the most valuable edtech company in America by connecting college students to test answers on demand. - The Atlantic - ""It’s called "chegging."" College students everywhere know what it means. "If I run out of time or I’m having problems on homework or an online quiz," says Matt, a 19-year-old sophomore at Arizona State, "I can chegg it.""
Generalized Additive Models in R: A free interactive course - Noam Ross
What do professors do during a writing session? - Inside Higher Ed - "The underlying assumption is that writing will start flowing once you sit down. We’ve all heard variations of this advice: "Just start writing." "Get your butt in the chair and you’ll write." "Just write one sentence/750 words/freewrite." But such pieces of advice don’t answer the question of what professors actually do during writing time, so the question persists."
Upcoming Events
March 26 - Non-academic career options for humanities and social sciences
What can grad students in the humanities and social sciences do with their Ph.D.? Join L. Maren Wood, Ph.D. (Founder of Beyond the Professoriate) as she talks to three humanities and social science Ph.D.s about their career paths.
After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
- Identify growing sectors for Ph.D.s coming out of the humanities and social sciences
- Coordinate successful networking with other professionals
- Recognize common challenges for humanities and social science Ph.D.s transitioning to non-academic careers
Register for non-academic career options for humanities and social sciences Ph.D.s.
Grad students: Submit entries by April 1 for Visualize Your Bibliography Competition
Submissions should creatively display 20+ sources used in a thesis, dissertation or other scholarly work. Displays might range from a series of erasure poems made for each source to a multimedia timeline of your sources. Be creative.
Prizes: 1st place is a whopping $750, 2nd place is a very cool $500, and 3rd place earns $250. The deadline is April 1. Learn more and enter.
Interested in editing Wikipedia?
Join the Women in STEM Wikipedia Editathon on March 19. This event is part of a series of Wikipedia editathons put on by OSU Libraries and various partners.
In this informal drop-in editathon, you can learn more about the Wikipedia gender gap, how to edit Wikipedia, talk with faculty teaching with Wikipedia and much more. March 19, 1-5 p.m. See the schedule and register.
Grad Appreciation Week
April 26 to 30, 2021 - Join us in celebrating the remarkable talent and hard work of our graduate students at Oregon State!
Get all the details and registration links on our Grad Appreciation Week page.
- Research Photo Competition Winners Announced - Monday
- Workshop with Hugh Kearns: The Balanced Researcher - Monday
- Writing Funding Proposals - Tuesday
- Pilates and Mobility Fusion Class - Tuesday
- CV and Resume Review - Wednesday
- Pet and Plant Pageant! - Wednesday
- Workshop with Hugh Kearns: Imposter Syndrome - Thursday
- Campus Discovery Walk - Friday (add coupons for free Death by Donuts)
Resources
Graduate writing support
Whether you are writing seminar paper, developing your thesis or dissertation, or writing proposals and applications, the Graduate Writing Center offers graduate students a supportive, low-stakes environment for creating high stakes scholarly and professional documents. Make an appointment today for a written or one-to-one remote session with a highly-trained Graduate Writing Consultant. Schedule a session.
Career preparation resources from Aurora and the Career Development Center
Everyone at Oregon State has access to Aurora. Aurora's online tools and videos help you navigate the job market through two programs: faculty careers and professional careers. Each month we highlight Aurora resources around a theme.
This month we are focusing on Leveraging your online presence for the job search. We've dug around in Aurora to highlight articles and videos we found most useful and hope you like.
Log in to Aurora before clicking the links below.
How Ph.D.s can use LinkedIn effectively during a job search (VIDEO)
Ten reasons for academics to use social media and Twitter (ARTICLE) Curating your online career presence (ARTICLE)
BONUS: Check out the LinkedIn section of the CDC Career Guide for graduate students.
Graduate Student Commons virtual services
Appointments at the Grad Commons run from week 2 to week 10 of winter term.
Writing help - Representatives from the Graduate Writing Center are available for expert online writing consultations. Please make an appointment to schedule a time.
Short Format Statistical Consulting - Stats got you stuck? Online consulting is available to students working on projects. Get help designing or analyzing your next study. To learn more and sign up for a consultation, please visit the statistics consulting website.
CAPS single session clinic for graduate students - Meet with a counselor for a one-time only session to discuss a current problem or concern. The counselor will help you clarify your problem and work with you to develop skills and strategies to create a personalized action plan.
When you go to the Single Session Clinic web page, find the link "Click here to schedule graduate students." In fall term, blocks of time are reserved for grad students, Thursdays 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and Fridays 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Grad students can schedule for any available appointment throughout the week, but these blocks of time are reserved only for them.
Teaching support for GTAs from the Center for Teaching and Learning
T4 is a series of interactive teaching workshops that introduces a wide range of pedagogical techniques and educational technology. T4 is open to all OSU community members including GTAs. Whether your course is remote, blended, on-campus only, or Ecampus these sessions will have something for you.
Winter and spring 2021 sessions are held via Zoom 10 to 11:50 a.m. (PST) on Tuesdays. Recordings are available the following Friday. Registration is not required and feel free to attend one, some, or all of them. Check out the T4 website for the schedule, Zoom and resource links, and information on how to earn a non-credit certificate of completion.
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