The LGS Weekly Roundup includes reminders of upcoming meetings and events. Future listings will be sent each Monday and will temporarily replace The Grad Report.

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May 4, 2020

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1. Ongoing Events
2. Opportunities
3. Remote Teaching Resources
4. Additional Resources

Ongoing Events

• Fireside Chats with Laney EDGE and PDCP
  Laney EDGE and Professional Development & Career Planning
  • Wednesdays: 1 pm-2 pm
  • Virtual “Fireside Chats” are for LGS scholars who want to connect.  
    
    
• Let's Talk: CAPS Drop-in Consultation Service
  • Wednesday: 2:30 pm- 4 pm
  • Fridays: 12 pm-1:30 pm
  • Contact: (404) 727-7450
    
    
• Virtual Graduate Weekly Writing Group
  • Tuesday: 12 pm-2 pm
  • Facebook
    
    
• Virtual Office Hours
  Please contact Amanda Marie James or Rob Pearson directly to confirm an appointment and receive a Zoom link .
  • Amanda Marie James, Chief Diversity Officer & Associate Dean, Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement:
    • Office Hours- Tuesdays: 1 pm-2:30 pm
    • Contact: amandamariejames@emory.edu 
  • Rob Pearson, Assistant Dean, Professional Development and Career Planning Virtual Office Hours:
    • Office Hours- Thursdays: 12 pm-1:30 pm
      
    • Contact: robert.pearson@emory.edu 
      
      
• Virtual Dissertation Boot Camp
  • Fridays beginning 4/17- 5/8
  • 10 am- 2pm
  • RSVP here
    
    
• One-on-One Career Coaching
  
  • Coaching provided via phone call or Zoom.
  • Click this  link to schedule an appointment.
    
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Opportunities

• New!  Beyond the Professoriate LinkedIn Group

  Beyond the Professoriate is launching a new community space on LinkedIn Groups, free for any graduate student or PhD to join. The group will share weekly prompts and challenges to help move people along in their job search, resources and articles for discussion, and unique Beyond the Professoriate content.

  • Join here .

• Deadline Approaching!  National Humanities Center Graduate Student Summer Residency
  The Mellon Humanities PhD Interventions Project will support up to ten doctoral students’ participation in the National Humanities Center Remote Summer Residency Program. This five-day virtual residency will model best practices for undergraduate teaching in the digital world. 
  
  • Deadline: Monday, May 4
  • Find application details here .

• Deadline Extended!  US DOE - Office of Science Graduate Student Research

  The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science has extended its application deadline for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program 2020 Solicitation 1. The SCGSR program provides doctoral dissertation/thesis research opportunities for graduate students at DOE national laboratories.

  • Deadline: Wednesday, May 20 - 5pm (EDT)
  • Questions? Contact the SCGSR Program Manager, Dr. Ping Ge, at sc.scgsr@science.doe.gov.
  • Apply  here .

• Congressional Fellowships on Women and Policy
  The program places fellows in the Washington, D.C. offices of Members of Congress and congressional committees. Fellows meet once a week at issue seminars with women’s advocates, congressional staff, researchers, and lobbyists. This program is the only graduate-level fellowship program on Capitol Hill geared toward women.
  • Deadline: Wednesday, June 3
  • Register/RSVP here.

• Data Incubator Summer 2020 Data Science Fellowship Application
  The Data Incubator is an intensive eight-week fellowship that prepares masters and doctoral students, and postdocs in STEM and social science fields for industry careers as data scientists.
  • Session Dates: June 29-August 21
  • Deadline: May 2
  • Apply here.
    
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Remote Teaching Resources

LGS teaching assistants and teaching associates may attend the upcoming webinars and utilize resources for teaching in remote environments. Recordings of past webinars from the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence are accessible on the remote teaching website.

• Preventing “Zoom-Bombing”
  • Emory College Remote Teaching Zoom Page website
  • Zoom Blog 
• Recording Video: Best Practices:
  • Best practices in asynchronous instruction
  • Using Zoom to record content
  • Using Canvas Studio to record content
    
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Additional Resources

       Please visit the contacts and resources below for questions and/or additional information:

• LGS Leadership Team Members 
• Emory University COVID-19 Updates
• LGS COVID-19 Updates
• LGS Full Calendar of Events
  

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