History 2010-2011
Fall 2011 PLAN EVENTS
Event: New Graduate Student Orientation
Description: This orientation provides basic information about graduate school and resources for all incoming graduate students. Includes sessions on SIGS, PLAN, and being a university GTA, among others.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Various
Date: August 16, 2011
Time: 3:00-9:00pm
Venue: SAC
Event: Graduate Student Insurance Information Session
Description: This event will familiarize students with the policies of the health insurance program available to graduate students. It is an opportunity to address any specific questions about insurance coverage with an insurance representative.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Linda Westenhoffer
Date: August 23, 2011
Time: 2:00-3:00 pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building 139
Event: Peer Mentoring Workshop I
Description: This workshop provides mentoring pairs the opportunity to learn about what makes a successful and productive peer-mentoring relationship, and to network with other mentors and mentees from across the departments. Both seasoned mentors and those interested in taking on the role of mentor are encouraged to attend, and bring their mentees if possible.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Michelle Rodems
Date: August 31, 2011
Time: 12:00-2:00 pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building 139
Event: Finance 4 U workshop I
Description: This is a series of workshops that consists of budgeting, credit and financial aid/ management, financial behavior modification, and investing/saving/planning for the future.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Sherry Duffy
Date: September 8, 2011
Time: 5:30-7:30pm
Venue: Rausch Planetarium
Event: Blackboard Basics for GTAs
Description: Blackboard Basics provides the foundational skills to use UofL's course management system. Using Blackboard fosters increased student interaction with the instructor as well as each other. It affords the opportunity to enhance lectures with engaging activities and provides a means to organize and post materials for students to access anytime, anywhere. You'll learn to login and navigate the system, work within the control panel, add announcements and Documents, as well as get a basic introduction to the Grade Center in the first session.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Delphi Center
Date: September 12, 2011
Time: 10:00-11:00am
Venue: Delphi Center
Event: GTA Academy Welcome Session
Description: The GTA Academy is a series of monthly workshops that last almost a year. To participate in the GTA Academy, you should apply when the event is advertised, well in advance of the first event. You cannot register for the subsequent workshops without approval from SIGS.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Michelle Rodems and Marie Kendall-Brown
Date: September 12, 2011
Time: 4:30-6:30pm
Venue: Shumaker 139
Event: International Student Academic Orientation
Description: This event is targeted specifically at meeting the needs of international students as they transition into US academic culture--particularly the academic culture and standards at U of L. This is an opportunity to ask a faculty panel your questions about the US university and to meet other international students with whom to network.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Amy Lueck, Shyam Sharma, Travis Gault, and Yanfang Zhu
Date: September 13, 2011
Time: 4:00-6:00pm
Venue: Shumaker 139
Event: Blackboard Advanced for GTAs
Description: In a continuation of learning and understanding the foundational skills provided in Blackboard Basics, this session will focus on adding staff information, Communication tools (Send Email, Discussion Boards), and Assignments to your course. We will briefly discuss methods to reduce email use in favor of functions in Blackboard. Also, included will be Grade Center settings and uploading and downloading grades.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Delphi Center
Date: September 14, 2011
Time: 10:00-11:00am
Venue: Delphi Center
Event: Finance 4 U workshop- II
Description: This is a series of workshops that consists of budgeting, credit and financial aid/ management, financial behavior modification, and investing/saving/planning for the future.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Sherry Duffy
Date: September 15, 2011
Time: 5:30-7:30pm
Venue: Rausch Planetarium
Event: Reading and Responding to Grad Level Scholarship
Description: This workshop will focus on the distinctive demands of reading and responding to writing for graduate-level courses and research. We will cover concepts such as the genre conventions of scholarly writing and how understanding those can help you navigate your way through scholarly work, strategies for reading and responding to unfamiliar or difficult scholarly texts, and expectations of professors for how graduate students are expected to use the scholarship they read in class discussions and in the students' writing.
Organizer(s): SIGS/University Writing Center
Presenter(s): Bronwyn Williams
Date: September 20, 2011
Time: 12:00-1:30pm
Venue: Houchens 105
Event: Blackboard Basics for GTAs (repeat session)
Description: Blackboard Basics provides the foundational skills to use UofL's course management system. Using Blackboard fosters increased student interaction with the instructor as well as each other. It affords the opportunity to enhance lectures with engaging activities and provides a means to organize and post materials for students to access anytime, anywhere. You'll learn to login and navigate the system, work within the control panel, add announcements and Documents, as well as get a basic introduction to the Grade Center in the first session.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Delphi Center
Date: September 20, 2011
Time: 2:00-3:00pm
Venue: Delphi Center
Event: Blackboard Advanced for GTAs (repeat session)
Description: In a continuation of learning and understanding the foundational skills provided in Blackboard Basics, this session will focus on adding staff information, Communication tools (Send Email, Discussion Boards), and Assignments to your course. We will briefly discuss methods to reduce email use in favor of functions in Blackboard. Also, included will be Grade Center settings and uploading and downloading grades.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Delphi Center
Date: September 22, 2011
Time: 2:00-3:00pm
Venue: Delphi Center
Event: Finance 4 U workshop III
Description: This is a series of workshops that consists of budgeting, credit and financial aid/ management, financial behavior modification, and investing/saving/planning for the future.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Sherry Duffy
Date: September 22, 2011
Time: 5:30-7:30pm
Venue: Rausch Planetarium
Event: GTA Academy II: Designing Activities, Assignments and Projects to Stimulate Critical Thinking
Description: The GTA Academy is a series of monthly workshops that last almost a year. To participate in the GTA Academy, you should apply when the event is advertised, well in advance of the first event. You cannot register for the subsequent workshops without approval from SIGS.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Michelle Rodems and Marie Kendall-Brown
Date: September 26, 2011
Time: 4:30-6:30pm
Venue: Delphi Center
Event: Finance 4 U workshop IV
Description: This is a series of workshops that consists of budgeting, credit and financial aid/ management, financial behavior modification, and investing/saving/planning for the future.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Sherry Duffy
Date: September 29, 2011
Time: 5:30-7:30pm
Venue: Rausch Planetarium
Event: Effective Research Presentation Skills
Description: This workshop will prepare students to give scientific presentations. Scientific presentations most often include conference presentations, however, the workshop will help students have the confidence for a thesis or dissertation defense as well. Students will learn practical strategies for dealing with stage fright as well as the best approach to layout and design for communicating scientific information.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Jennifer Gregg
Date: October 4, 2011
Time: 3:00-5:00pm
Venue: Shumaker 139
Event: Dissertation and Thesis Info Session (Belknap)
Description: This workshop is for you if you are writing your dissertation, thesis, or a similar project a copy of which you will need to submit to the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies. Participants will learn how to implement the university's submission guidelines about format, layout, etc. Students who are beginning to write or even anticipating to start writing dissertation/thesis are also highly encouraged to take advantage of this workshop, because if you can save great amounts of time if you begin with a correct format as opposed to fixing problems later on.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Courtney Kerr
Date: October 5, 2011
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Venue: Houchens 105
Event: Dissertation and Thesis Info Session (HSC)
Description: This workshop is for you if you are writing your dissertation, thesis, or a similar project a copy of which you will need to submit to the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies. Participants will learn how to implement the university's submission guidelines about format, layout, etc. Students who are beginning to write or even anticipating to start writing dissertation/thesis are also highly encouraged to take advantage of this workshop, because if you can save great amounts of time if you begin with a correct format as opposed to fixing problems later on.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Courtney Kerr
Date: October 6, 2011
Time: 4:00-5:00pm
Venue: K2006
Event: Critical Thinking Workshop
Description: As instructors, we commonly assume critical thinking is embedded in the courses and assignments we design. However, sometimes our attention on covering content gets in the way of helping students focus on the fundamental and complex thinking skills and concepts at the heart of our courses. This session will guide instructors through a set of prompts which will inform their design of activities and assignments in order to focus on the learning they value most. We will spend time in this session deepening our understanding of critical thinking skills and how we can help students master these skills in our classroom activities, assignments and course projects.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Patty Payette
Date: October 12, 2011
Time: 12:00-1:30pm
Venue: Houchens 105
Event: Career Workshop: Academic Job Search
Description: Are you preparing materials to go on the market this spring? This workshop is designed to demystify the process, and to address the specific needs and questions of those from both the sciences and humanities who are embarking on this exciting (if a little scary!) part of the graduate student experience. Though the job search can be a daunting process for students still in the midst of research and teaching obligations, this workshop is a resource to support you in this effort, to help you identify and effectively present yourself as a candidate to the academic job of your future.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Dr. Beth Boehm
Date: October 13, 2011
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Venue: Houchens 105
Event: Role of Argument and Evidence in Graduate Level Writing
Description: Scholarly writing is rarely limited to simple reporting of data or summary of research. Most scholarly writing you, as a graduate student will be ask to do carries with it the expectation that you will take a position, through analysis, evaluation, or theorizing. In other words, most scholarly writing is expected to contain a coherent argument supported by relevant evidence. In this workshop we will discuss how argument works in different kinds of scholarly texts and how you can can produce writing that fulfills these expectations.
Organizer(s): SIGS/University Writing Center
Presenter(s): Dr. Bronwyn Williams
Date: October 18, 2011
Time: 12:00-1:30pm
Venue: Shumaker 139
Event: Grantsmanship workshop
Description: At some time in your career, it is likely that you will want to secure funding for your research or a special project that you want to undertake. This workshop will look at the marketplace of funding opportunities and some of the basics you need to know to navigate that marketplace and successfully compete for those funds.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Kim Lalley
Date: October 20, 2011
Time: 2:00-3:30pm
Venue: K2006
Event: GTA Academy III: Strategies for Using Rubrics
Description: The GTA Academy is a series of monthly workshops that last almost a year. To participate in the GTA Academy, you should apply when the event is advertised, well in advance of the first event. You cannot register for the subsequent workshops without approval from SIGS.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Michelle Rodems and Marie Kendall-Brown
Date: October 24, 2011
Time: 4:30-6:30pm
Venue: Shumaker 139
Event: User-Friendly Collaborative Studying
Description: This session will detail how graduate students, with lots to do and little time to do it, can effectively work with each other outside of class using easily-accessible online resources like Google Docs and Wikis. As its primary example, it will describe how a cohort of doctoral students collaboratively prepared for comprehensive exams by using these Google Docs to facilitate the creation of study guides and databases with a minimum of necessary "face time." This not only gave them a useful resource for their own studies, but created a framework for the easy sharing of materials and information that can be extended to successive generations of graduate students. The applications of this presentation range beyond studying for exams and into any collaborative effort by graduate students, including class projects, conference panel proposals, independent peer review, establishing a database for teaching materials, etc. A primary focus will be on making use of online resources that do not require any specific expertise to use, and thus allowing students of all technological experience levels to easily and effectively work with each other.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Matthew Wiles
Date: October 25, 2011
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Venue: Houchens 105
Event: Reading and Responding to Graduate Level Scholarship (HSC)
Description: This workshop will focus on the distinctive demands of reading and responding to writing for graduate-level courses and research. We will cover concepts such as the genre conventions of scholarly writing and how understanding those can help you navigate your way through scholarly work, strategies for reading and responding to unfamiliar or difficult scholarly texts, and expectations of professors for how graduate students are expected to use the scholarship they read in class discussions and in the students' writing.
Organizer(s): SIGS/University Writing Center
Presenter(s): Dr. Bronwyn Williams
Date: October 31, 2011
Time: 4:30-5:30pm
Venue: K2035
Event: Time Management
Description: Do you have a piles of articles to read? Do you miss getting more than a few hours of sleep a night regularly? Do you have trouble remembering the last time you spent quality time with friends or family? Managing time during graduate school can be incredibly challenging, but there are ways to better balance the scales. In this workshop, attendees will learn how to better manage their time, leaving with suggestions, resources, and a plan for putting their own balancing system in place.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Michelle Rodems
Date: November 2, 2011
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Venue: Houchens 105
Event: Diversity in the Classroom: Moving from Equality to Equity in Teaching
Description: As educators, we have a professional obligation to treat our students fairly, so it is natural to think that this means treating everyone the same. This workshop will explore the multiple ways that the assumptions we make as teachers can privilege certain groups while disadvantaging others. We will see that when we fail to critically examine these assumptions, treating everyone the same will not lead to an equitable learning environment. We will also learn about what we can and cannot do for students with disabilities and the resources the DRC provides.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Manuel Medina
Date: November 8, 2011
Time: 12:00-1:30pm
Venue: Houchens 105
Event: EndNote Citation Management Software
Description: This workshop introduces students, staff, and faculty to EndNote Citation Management software for Windows and Apple computers. Attendees will learn how to download and install the free version of EndNote X5 from the iTech Xpress online store; configure it to work with the University Libraries; search and retrieve citations using EndNote's search engine; import citations from Internet databases and library catalogs; organize references, PDFs, images, and other files; create custom groups, including smart groups that update automatically as references are added; create instant bibliographies in Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, and OpenOffice.org Writer; find and attach full-text articles automatically; and create a limitless number of reference libraries of any size. Citation management software has emerged in recent years as an essential tool for students, scholars and researchers, and EndNote has become the industry standard software tool worldwide for publishing and managing bibliographies.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): John Chenault
Date: November 10, 2011
Time: 3:00-4:30pm
Venue: Houchens 105
Event: Writing a Literature Review
Description: The literature review is one of the most common genres of scholarly writing, yet one that can be frustrating if you're not used to producing them. In this workshop we will cover purpose the literature review serves in scholarly writing, some of the important conventions of the genre, and strategies for how to approach writing the strongest literature review possible.
Organizer(s): SIGS/University Writing Center
Presenter(s): Dr. Bronwyn Williams
Date: November 15, 2011
Time: 12:00-1:30pm
Venue: Houchens 105
Event: Peer Mentoring Workshop II
Description: This session is for anyone interested in developing, getting involved with, or facilitating peer mentoring within and across departments. Building on the input and suggestions from participants from the first peer mentoring workshop, we will discuss best practices for peer mentoring relationships, share experiences, and meet with other students interested in and experienced with mentoring.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Amy Lueck and Michelle Rodems
Date: November 2, 2011
Time: 3:00-4:30pm
Venue: Houchens 105
Event: Academic Job Search: Making the Cut
Description: Get the inside scoop and strategies on how to "sell yourself in 30 minutes or less." This workshop will provide tips for both phone and in-person academic job interviews. In addition, you will get to observe faculty as they conduct a mock interview of an actual job candidate!
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Dr. Beth Boehm
Date: November 17, 2011
Time: 3:00-4:30pm
Venue: Houchens 105
Event: Be Searchable: Creating an Online Portfolio for the Job Search
Description: What is your web presence like? Are you only visible on Facebook, or do you have a professional online presence? If you are going on the job market (or planning early for that distant day), the answer to these questions could set you apart from other applicants. This workshop will discuss why you should consider developing an online portfolio or posting an online cv, what documents or information should be included, and how even the busy or technologically-challenged can build an online presence starting today. Acknowledging the varying levels of experience or need with building online content, this workshop will be presented in two parts.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Amy Lueck, Shyam Sharma, Shannon Howard
Date: November 21, 2011
Time: 1:00-2:30pm
Venue: Ekstrom W102
Event: Stress Resiliency
Description: Lively and interactive session will provide practical and immediate applications to each participant's life goals. Explore the six dimensions of wellness, develop a personal wellness vision, become familiar with the resources available to graduate students in Campus Health and select a resiliency target for the next six months.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Karen Newton
Date: November 22, 2011
Time: 2:00-3:00pm
Venue: Houchens 105
Event: Writing a Literature Review (HSC)
Description: The literature review is one of the most common genres of scholarly writing, yet one that can be frustrating if you're not used to producing them. In this workshop we will cover purpose the literature review serves in scholarly writing, some of the important conventions of the genre, and strategies for how to approach writing the strongest literature review possible.
Organizer(s): SIGS/University Writing Center
Presenter(s): Dr. Bronwyn Williams
Date: November 28, 2011
Time: 4:30-5:30pm
Venue: K-2035
Event: GTA Academy IV: Creating a Learning-Centered Syllabus
Description: The GTA Academy is a series of monthly workshops that last almost a year. To participate in the GTA Academy, you should apply when the event is advertised, well in advance of the first event. You cannot register for the subsequent workshops without approval from SIGS.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Michelle Rodems and Marie Kendall-Brown
Date: November 28, 2011
Time: 4:30-6:30pm
Venue: Shumaker 139
Event: GTA Academy V- Classroom Management Techniques
Description: The GTA Academy is a series of monthly workshops that last almost a year. To participate in the GTA Academy, you should apply when the event is advertised, well in advance of the first event. You cannot register for the subsequent workshops without approval from SIGS.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Michelle Rodems and Marie Kendall-Brown
Date: December 5, 2011
Time: 4:30-6:30pm
Venue: Shumaker 139
Spring 2011 PLAN EVENTS
Event: GTA Academy Session V: Teaching for your Peers
Description: The GTA Academy is a series of monthly workshops that last almost a year. To participate in the GTA Academy, you should apply when the event is advertised, well in advance of the first event. You cannot register for the subsequent workshops without approval from SIGS.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Marie Kendall-Brown
Date: January 13, 2011
Time: 4.30-6.30 pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building 139
Event: Preventing Plagiarism Workshop
Description: As GTAs, you often face the challenge of how to help students avoid plagiarism as well as what to do when a student has apparently plagiarized. And as graduate students, you may also want to learn about the more complex connections between blatant plagiarism and ethical use of other people's ideas. Instead of being a black and white issue, plagiarism has to do with cultural and disciplinary differences, in perception and practices, about the ownership and use of intellectual resources. This session will give you the opportunity to learn about a simple to complex range of issues about plagiarism as well as well as discuss how to deter and deal with plagiarism in your teaching. Graduate students, both international and mainstream, are highly encouraged to attend this event.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Allison Ratterman and Elizabeth Langston
Date: January 19, 2011
Time: 11.30am-1.30pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: Technology for Effective Teaching
Description: The "Technology for Effective Teaching" workshop is designed to help GTAs learn about, choose, and integrate classroom technologies that will help them teach more effectively. A panel of graduate students from engineering, education, English, and psychology will demonstrate, through hands-on activities, how to integrate a range of technologies in order to enhance the goals and process of teaching. The event was first organized in Spring 2010 and it was well attended and participants found it highly useful.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Shyam Sharma, Jared Hatfield, Amanda O'Bryan, and Brandy Jones
Date: January 24, 2011
Time: 11.30am – 1.30pm
Venue: Ekstrom Library W104
Event: Navigating Ethical Issues in the University
Description: The hard part of graduate work is completing the degree, right? Not so fast! We will explore the ethical dilemmas that arise in the University: in the classroom, in the research arena, in professional interactions, and discuss opportunities for resolution.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Allison Ratterman
Date: January 24, 2011
Time: 11.30am – 1.00pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: Grantsmanship Workshop
Description: At some time in your career, it is likely that you will want to secure funding for your research or a special project that you want to undertake. This workshop will look at the marketplace of funding opportunities and some of the basics you need to know to navigate that marketplace and successfully compete for those funds.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Kim Lalley
Date: February 3, 2011
Time: 11.30am – 1.00pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: GTA Academy VI: Classroom Assessment Techniques and Active Learning
Description: The GTA Academy is a series of monthly workshops that last almost a year. To participate in the GTA Academy, you should apply when the event is advertised, well in advance of the first event. You cannot register for the subsequent workshops without approval from SIGS.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Faculty
Date: February 2, 2011
Time: 4.30-6.30pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building, 139
Event: Diversity Workshop: Putting Inclusive Teaching into Practice
Description: This will be an interactive workshop for graduate students who already possess a basic understanding of the principles of inclusive and equitable pedagogy. Participants will hear from a panel of faculty who are recognized for excellence in inclusive teaching practices. Part of the workshop will be devoted to a Q&A with the faculty panelists, so participants should come prepared with specific questions regarding the practical application of inclusive teaching principles in their classrooms.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Faculty Panel
Date: February 9, 2011
Time: 11.30am – 1.30pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: Classroom Management and Dealing with Difficult Students
Description: What do you do when students disrupt your class? How do you prepare for and prevent disruption before it occurs? This workshop will focus on strategies for dealing with difficult students, with a particular focus on preventing disruptive behaviors before they start.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Dr. Beth Boehm
Date: February 16, 2011
Time: 11.30am – 1.30pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: Dissertation and Thesis Information Session (HSC)
Description: This workshop is for you if you are writing your dissertation, thesis, or a similar project a copy of which you will need to submit to the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies. Participants will learn how to implement the university's submission guidelines about format, layout, etc. Students who are beginning to write or even anticipating to start writing dissertation/thesis are also highly encouraged to take advantage of this workshop, because if you can save great amounts of time if you begin with a correct format as opposed to fixing problems later on.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Courtney Kerr
Date: February 17, 2011
Time: 4.00 – 5.00pm
Venue: HSC K-2006
Event: Granstmanship Workshop (HSC)
Description: At some time in your career, it is likely that you will want to secure funding for your research or a special project that you want to undertake. This workshop will look at the marketplace of funding opportunities and some of the basics you need to know to navigate that marketplace and successfully compete for those funds.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Kim Lalley
Date: February 21, 2011
Time: 3.30-5.00pm
Venue: HSC K-2038
Event: Dissertation and Thesis Information Session
Description: This workshop is for you if you are writing your dissertation, thesis, or a similar project a copy of which you will need to submit to the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies. Participants will learn how to implement the university's submission guidelines about format, layout, etc. Students who are beginning to write or even anticipating to start writing dissertation/thesis are also highly encouraged to take advantage of this workshop, because if you can save great amounts of time if you begin with a correct format as opposed to fixing problems later on.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Courtney Kerr
Date: February 23, 2011
Time: 12.00– 1.00pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: Career Workshop- Resume and Cover Letter
Description: How many pages should a resume be? What about a CV? Can a cover letter be longer than one page? Get the answers to these questions and others as we discuss formats and strategies for getting your documents noticed!
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): James Atkinson
Date: March 2, 2011
Time: 11.30am – 1.00pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: Career Workshop- Cover Letter (HSC)
Description: How many pages should a resume be? What about a CV? Can a cover letter be longer than one page? Get the answers to these questions and others as we discuss formats and strategies for getting your documents noticed!
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): James Atkinson
Date: March 3, 2011
Time: 11.30am – 1.00pm
Venue: HSC K-2035
Event: GTA Academy VII: Test Development and Item Analysis
Description: The GTA Academy is a series of monthly workshops that last almost a year. To participate in the GTA Academy, you should apply when the event is advertised, well in advance of the first event. You cannot register for the subsequent workshops without approval from SIGS.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Faculty
Date: March 3, 2011
Time: 4:30-6:30pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building, 139
Event: Designing a Teaching Portfolio
Description: What is a teaching portfolio and why do you need one? What do you need to do to get started creating your own portfolio? Many employers now require applicants to demonstrate evidence of their teaching effectiveness so graduate students who are hoping to assume full-time teaching positions will benefit from interactive workshop session. Join Drs. Patty Payette and Marie Kendall Brown of the Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning as they provide tips and strategies for organizing and starting your own teaching portfolio.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Marie Kendall-Brown
Date: March 8, 2011
Time: 12.00-2.00pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: Career Workshop- Job Search (HSC)
Description: Learn to construct an effective job search that will produce results in this career development workshop. How much does networking play into it, and is it really necessary? We will discuss the power of face to face and on-line networking.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): James Atkinson
Date: March 9, 2011
Time: 11.30am – 1.00pm
Venue: HSC K-2034
Event: Career Workshop- Job Search
Description: Learn to construct an effective job search that will produce results in this career development workshop. How much does networking play into it, and is it really necessary? We will discuss the power of face to face and on-line networking.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): James Atkinson
Date: March 10, 2011
Time: 11.30am – 1.00pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: Developing a Teaching Philosophy
Description: Teaching philosophy statements serve several purposes. They offer an opportunity for self-reflection, offer an introduction to one's teaching portfolio, provide a means of communication with one's students, and are increasingly a requirement in job applications. In this workshop session, led by Dr. Marie Kendall Brown, you will be given the opportunity to reflect upon your philosophical approach to teaching and learning by comparing and responding to sample teaching philosophy statements. You will also learn strategies for writing a successful statement and be given time to begin work on your own statement.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Marie Kendall-Brown
Date: March 22, 2011
Time: 12.00 – 2.00pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: Finance 4 U- Session I
Description: This series of workshops consists of budgeting, credit and financial aid/ management, financial behavior modification, and investing/saving/planning for the future. Dinner provided for those registered.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Sharon Kerrick
Date: March 22, 2011
Time: 5.30-6.30pm
Venue: University Club, Library Room
Event: Research Proposal Writing Workshop
Description: Writing a literature review can be challenging and sometimes downright frustrating. Faced with the task of writing about a large body of research in a limited amount of space, writers often wonder how to start, organize, and word their reviews. The Writing Center would like to invite you to our workshop where we will talk about helpful moves and strategies that you can use as you write your literature review. By the end of the workshop, we hope that you will have some new tools to draw on and that you come to see the literature review as an effective means to show others that you understand the conversations of your discipline and that your research contributes to that conversation in an original way.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Mary Rosner
Date: March 23, 2011
Time: 11.30am – 1.30pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: Counseling Workshop I
Description: This workshop will review some of the causes of stress in the life of graduate students, the effect of stress on the body, and strategies for stress reduction and management.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Kathy Pendleton
Date: March 28, 2011
Time: 2.00-3.30pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: Finance 4 U- Session II
Description: This series of workshops consists of budgeting, credit and financial aid/ management, financial behavior modification, and investing/saving/planning for the future.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Sharon Kerrick
Date: March 29, 2011
Time: 5.30-7.00pm
Venue: University Club, Library Room
Event: Graduate Student Symposium
Description: The Graduate Student Symposium is an all day event where graduate students from different academic departments/disciplines present conference posters and papers before an audience comprising of other students and faculty members. Based on the assessment of a panel of judges/faculty members, one student from each academic unit will be awarded a cash prize. The Graduate Students Council will advertise the event (via UofL Today and mailing lists). You are highly encouraged to submit a proposal for a paper or poster and take advantage of this opportunity on campus. In past years, this event has been a great success and you can expect this to be a good opportunity to network and share ideas with other graduate students and faculty members who will also be invited to the event.
Organizer(s): Graduate Student Council
Presenter(s): Graduate Students
Date: April 1, 2011
Time: 9.00am-4.00pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building
Event: Finance 4 U- Workshop III
Description: This series of workshops consists of budgeting, credit and financial aid/ management, financial behavior modification, and investing/saving/planning for the future.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Sharon Kerrick
Date: April 5, 2011
Time: 5.30-7.00pm
Venue: University Club, Library Room
Event: GTA Academy Session VIII: Generational Differences and Student Development
Description: The GTA Academy is a series of monthly workshops that last almost a year. To participate in the GTA Academy, you should apply when the event is advertised, well in advance of the first event. You cannot register for the subsequent workshops without approval from SIGS.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Faculty
Date: April 7, 2011
Time: 4.30-6.30pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building, 139
Event: The IRB from the Inside
Description: Do you intend to go on to a career in research or academia, or think you'll be applying for or working on federal funds? The IRB is going to be part of your future. What does the IRB do? Who are these people judging the acceptability of your research proposals anyway? Tara Schapmire and Rebecca Clark, two students in the Ph.D. program in Social Work who serve as student members of the IRB, will give their insiders' perspective on the way the IRB works, help to demystify the review process and discuss strategies for navigating it successfully. Join Tara, Rebecca, and Research Integrity staff for lunch and conversation about research ethics regulations, the ethics of review, and how these matters affect your research.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Research Integrity
Presenter(s): Tara Schapmire, Rebecca Clark
Date: April 14, 2011
Time: 11.30am – 12.30pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: Email Writing Workshop (HSC)
Description: How often do you think about the choices you make when writing an e-mail-be it font, emoticons, salutations? As sending and answering e-mails have become part of our everyday routine, more of us have started to pay a little less attention to how we write them. We all have stories (ours or someone else's) of poorly constructed e-mails that led to what could have been avoidable conflicts and misunderstandings. Join the University Writing Center for an e-mail writing workshop on April 18th, at Noon, on the Health Sciences Campus, in the Instructional Building, room 102. (For more details, you can contact Adam Robinson at writing@louisville.edu.)
Organizer(s): SIGS/University Writing Center
Presenter(s): Adam Robinson
Date: April 18, 2011
Time: 12.00 – 1.00pm
Venue: HSC, HB 107
Event: GTA Graduation Reception: Come Learn About the Program
Description: What is the GTA Academy? Designed to help UofL Graduate Teaching Assistants conduct better classroom teaching and develop professionally as future teachers, the GTA Academy is a series of monthly workshops that are held over the course of an academic year. Individual workshops, which are presented by some of UofL's best teachers and experts, focus on a variety of topics such as creating learner-centered syllabus, integrating critical thinking, developing evaluation rubrics, stimulating active learning in the classroom, classroom management, and student learning styles and generational difference.
How can I participate in it? To participate in this program, students must apply when it is advertised in August. The School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies (SIGS) will advertise the Academy via channels like graduate students mailing list and UofL Today. Applicants will need to submit a letter and recommendation from their departments along with an application letter. If you have any questions, please email Jackie Fryer at jackief@louisville.edu.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Genter
Presenter(s): GTA Academy Participants
Date: April 21, 2011
Time: 4.30-6.30pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building, 139
Event: Wellness Workshop
Description: With finals starting please join us for a free relaxing massage, free yoga certificate, and a nice quiet place to study at the Calm Cafe, located in the Campus Health Services Building , which is located between the SAC and the Houchens building. We will be there between 11:00 am and 5:00 pm. Hope to see you there!
Organizer(s): Campus Health Services
Presenter(s): Various
Date: April 26, 2011
Time: 11.00am – 5.00pm
Venue: Campus Health Services Building
FALL 2010 PLAN EVENTS
Event: International Students Focus Group
Description: This event is a meeting among a small group of current international graduate students (new students are welcome) organized for gathering feedback on what kinds of PLAN events this particular group of graduate students would like to attend. The discussion, to be led Shyam Sharma, himself an international student, will also cover issues of academic transition for international graduate students. It will be a source of feedback for PLAN in general and for the International Graduate Students Academic Transition Workshop to be organized on September 17, 2010.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): Shyam Sharma and Kate McAnulty
Date: August 2, 2010
Time: 11.00am – 12.00pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: Graduate Orientation
Description: Graduate Student Orientation is an essential event for new graduate students. Participation in this event is required for all graduate assistants (TA, RA, GA). To access the resources provided at the event, please log on to Blackboard with your U-Link ID and password and access the "organization" titled "GTA Orientation" at the bottom of the home page. This event includes general orientation for graduate students (SAC Multipurpose room), orientation for GTAs (mandatory, SAC Multipurpose room), and Graduate Student Social (Red Barn, near SAC).
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s): SIGS (Dr. Boehm, Christian Gamm, Kate McAnulty, and a panel of graduate students)
Date: August 12, 2010
Time: 4.00 to 8.00 pm
Venue: SAC and Red Barn
Event: Blackboard Training (Advanced)
Description: In a continuation of learning and understanding the foundational skills provided in Blackboard Basics, this session will focus on adding staff information, Communication tools (Send Email, Discussion Boards), and Assignments to your course. We will briefly discuss methods to reduce email use in favor of functions in Blackboard. Also, included will be Grade Center settings and uploading and downloading grades.
Organizer(s): SIGS, Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Steve Dwinnels
Date: Sept. 2, 2010
Time: 2.00 to 3.00 pm
Venue: Ekstrom Library 244
Event: Blackboard Training (Basic)
Description: Blackboard Basics provides the foundational skills to use UofL's course management system. Using Blackboard fosters increased student interaction with the instructor as well as each other. It affords the opportunity to enhance lectures with engaging activities and provides a means to organize and post materials for students to access anytime, anywhere. You'll learn to login and navigate the system, work within the control panel, add announcements and Documents, as well as get a basic introduction to the Grade Center in the first session.
Organizer(s): SIGS, Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Steve Dwinnels
Date: Sept. 9, 2010
Time: 2.00 to 3.00 pm
Venue: Ekstrom Library 244
Event: GTA Academy Workshop I (September)
Description: The GTA Academy is a series of monthly workshops that last almost a year. To participate in the GTA Academy, you should apply when the event is advertised, well in advance of the first event. You cannot register for the subsequent workshops without approval from SIGS.
Organizer(s): SIGS and Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Faculty
Date: September 9, 2010
Time: 4.30pm – 6.30pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building, Room 139
Event: Wellness Workshop I
Description: Lively and interactive session will provide practical and immediate applications to each participant's life goals. Explore the six dimensions of wellness, develop a personal wellness vision, become familiar with the resources available to graduate students in Campus Health and select a resiliency target for the next six months.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Health Promotions
Presenter(s): Karen Newton
Date: September 14, 2010
Time: 11.30am – 1.00 pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: Blackboard Training (Basic)—repeat
Description: Blackboard Basics provides the foundational skills to use UofL's course management system. Using Blackboard fosters increased student interaction with the instructor as well as each other. It affords the opportunity to enhance lectures with engaging activities and provides a means to organize and post materials for students to access anytime, anywhere. You'll learn to login and navigate the system, work within the control panel, add announcements and Documents, as well as get a basic introduction to the Grade Center in the first session.
Organizer(s): SIGS and Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Steve Dwinnels
Date: September 15, 2010
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am
Venue: Ekstrom Library 244
Event: Finance 4 U Workshop I
Description: This series of workshops consists of budgeting, credit and financial aid/ management, financial behavior modification, and investing/saving/planning for the future.
Organizer(s): SIGS/ClassAct
Presenter(s): Sharon Kerrick
Date: September 15, 2010
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building, Room 139
Event: International Student Academic Transition Workshop
Description: This workshop is designed to facilitate new international graduate students' acclimation into American higher education. The workshop consists of participant-centered discussions, overview of academic practices in American universities-including classroom practices, research, technology, teaching, and various support systems- and sharing of experience and success stories by current students. This interactive event will also help international students reflect on the academic culture in their home countries and consider how they can "incorporate" the ideas, skills, experiences, and perspectives that they bring from those backgrounds in order to perform their best while "transitioning" into the new system.
Organizer(s): SIGS, Graduate Student Council (support also provided by International Center)
Presenter(s): Shyam Sharma, Travis Gault, Nancy Ayash (along with Dr. Boehm and Dr. Geoghegan)
Date: September 17, 2010
Time: 3.00pm – 5.00pm
Venue: Humanities Building 300
Event: Blackboard Training (advanced)—repeat
Description: In a continuation of learning and understanding the foundational skills provided in Blackboard Basics, this session will focus on adding staff information, Communication tools (Send Email, Discussion Boards), and Assignments to your course. We will briefly discuss methods to reduce email use in favor of functions in Blackboard. Also, included will be Grade Center settings and uploading and downloading grades.
Organizer(s): SIGS, Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Steve Dwinnels
Date: September 23, 2010
Time: 10.00 – 11.00am
Venue: Ekstrom Library 244
Event: Critical Thinking Workshop
Description: As instructors, we commonly assume critical thinking is embedded in the courses and assignments we design. However, sometimes our attention on covering content gets in the way of helping students focus on the fundamental and complex thinking skills and concepts at the heart of our courses. This session will guide instructors through a set of prompts which will inform their design of activities and assignments in order to focus on the learning they value most. We will spend time in this session deepening our understanding of critical thinking skills and how we can help students master these skills in our classroom activities, assignments and course projects.
Organizer(s): SIGS and Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Patty Payette
Date: September 23, 2010
Time: 12.00pm – 2.00pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: GRE Workshop
Description: The School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies and REACH are hosting a FREE half-day GRE test information workshop on Saturday, September 25 from 8:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. The workshop will be held in the Shumaker Research Building, room 139. UL alumni and staff, post-baccalaureate students, current graduate and undergraduate students, and community members are invited to attend.
Organizer(s): SIGS and REACH
Presenter(s): Christian Gamm
Date: September 25, 2010
Time: 8.10am – 1.15pm
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Event: Finance 4 U – repeat
Description: This series of workshops consists of budgeting, credit and financial aid/ management, financial behavior modification, and investing/saving/planning for the future.
Organizer(s): SIGS/ClassAct
Presenter(s): Sharon Kerrick
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building, Room 139
Event: Graduate School Fair
Description: Hosted in Ekstrom Library, this event gives students considering going to graduate school the opportunity to meet with graduate program representatives from around the country and UofL.
Organizer(s): SIGS and Career Center
Presenter(s): Various
Date: September 30, 2010
Time: 11.00am – 2.00pm
Venue: Career Center
Event: Wellness Workshop II -- repeat
Description: Lively and interactive session will provide practical and immediate applications to each participant's life goals. Explore the six dimensions of wellness, develop a personal wellness vision, become familiar with the resources available to graduate students in Campus Health and select a resiliency target for the next six months.
Organizer(s): SIGS/Health Promotions
Presenter(s): Karen Newton
Date: October 5, 2020
Time: 11.30am – 1.00pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building, Room 139
Event: Career Workshop I – repeat (HSC)
Description: How many pages should my resume be? What about a C.V.? Can a cover letter be longer than one page? Get the answers to these questions and others as we discuss different formats and strategies for getting your documents noticed!
Organizer(s): SIGS and Career Center
Presenter(s): James Atkinson
Date: October 6, 2010
Time: 11.30am – 1.00pm
Venue: HSC Campus, K Wing, Room 2024
Event: Career Workshop I – repeat (HSC)
Description: How many pages should my resume be? What about a C.V.? Can a cover letter be longer than one page? Get the answers to these questions and others as we discuss different formats and strategies for getting your documents noticed!
Organizer(s): SIGS and Career Center
Presenter(s): James Atkinson
Date: October 7, 2010
Time: 11.30am – 1.00pm
Venue: HSC Campus, K Wing, Room 2024
Event: GTA Academy Workshop 2 (October)
Description: (see above)
Organizer(s): SIGS and Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Faculty
Date: October 7, 2010
Time: 4.30pm – 6.30pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building, Room 139
Event: Diversity in the Classroom Workshop
Description: “I just treat everyone the same”: Moving From Equality to Equity in Teaching. As educators, we have a professional obligation to treat our students fairly, so it is natural to think that this means treating everyone the same. This workshop will explore the multiple ways that the assumptions we make as teachers can privilege certain groups while disadvantaging others. We will see that when we fail to critically examine these assumptions, treating everyone the same will not lead to an equitable learning environment. We will also learn about what we can and cannot do for students with disabilities and the resources the DRC provides.
Organizer(s): SIGS
Presenter(s):
Date: October 19, 2010
Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building, Room 139
Event: Career Workshop II
Description: Learn to construct an effective job search that will produce results in this career development workshop. How much does networking play into it, and is it really necessary? We will discuss the power of face-to-face and on-line networking.
Organizer(s): SIGS and Career Center
Presenter(s): James Atkinson
Date: October 20, 2010
Time: 11.30am – 1.00pm
Venue: Career Center, Houchens LL 03G
Event: Finance 4 U Workshop III
Description: This series of workshops consists of budgeting, credit and financial aid/ management, financial behavior modification, and investing/saving/planning for the future.
Organizer(s): SIGS/ClassAct
Presenter(s): Sharon Kerrick
Date: October 20, 2010
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building, Room 139
Event: Career Workshop II – repeat
Description: Learn to construct an effective job search that will produce results in this career development workshop. How much does networking play into it, and is it really necessary? We will discuss the power of face-to-face and on-line networking.
Organizer(s): SIGS and Career Center
Presenter(s): James Atkinson
Date: October 21, 2010
Time: 11.30am – 1.00pm
Venue: Career Center, Houchens LL 03G
Event: Counseling Workshop (cancelled due to bad weather)
Description: This workshop will review some of the causes of stress in the life of graduate students, the effect of stress on the body, and strategies for stress reduction and management.
Organizer(s): SIGS and Counseling Center
Presenter(s):
Date: October 26, 2010
Time: 11.30am – 1.00pm
Venue: SIGS Conference Room
Event: Finance 4 U IV
Description: This series of workshops consists of budgeting, credit and financial aid/ management, financial behavior modification, and investing/saving/planning for the future.
Organizer(s): SIGS/ClassAct
Presenter(s): Sharon Kerrick
Date: November 3, 2010
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building, Room 139
Event: GTA Academy Workshop III (November)
Description: (see above)
Organizer(s): SIGS/Delphi Center
Presenter(s): Faculty
Date: November 4, 2010
Time: 4.30pm – 6.30pm
Venue: Shumaker Research Building, Room 139
Event: Visitation Day (tentative)
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Date: November 14, 2010
Time: all day
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Event: Visitation Day (tentative)
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Date: November 15, 2010
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Event: Career Workshop III
Description: This workshop will focus on choosing best answers to potential questions, how to dress and prepare for the interview, how to weigh different offers and how to plan for attending in-person and virtual career fairs.
Organizer(s): SIGS and Career Center
Presenter(s): James Atkinson
Date: November 18, 2010
Time: 11.30am – 1.00pm
Venue: Career Center, Houchens LL03G