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Monday, March 7, 2022

 

Emory Day of Giving Offers

Opportunities to Get Involved

 

Emory Day of Giving (EDOG) is coming up March 30 - 31, 2022, and there are opportunities for Advancement Ambassadors and for student organizations to raise money.

 

EDOG raises funds that can be applied toward Laney-specific scholarships, fellowships, and awards that directly impact our students and community members.

 

Be an Advancement Ambassador for Emory’s Day of Giving

Through outreach and communications over a variety of channels (text, email, social, etc.), student, staff, and faculty volunteers called Advancement Ambassadors garner excitement and solicit donations.

 

In 2021, more than 800 volunteers helped generate $180,000, ultimately inspiring 1/3 of EDOG online gifts!

 

Interested in becoming an EDOG Advancement Ambassador to raise awareness for the Laney cause that is most meaningful to you?

  • Learn more
  • Contact Allyson Michael to sign up

 

Raise Money for Your Organization 

For a second year, student organizations will be showcased on the Emory Day of Giving site. This increased visibility will allow you to market your student organization through student matches and challenges. With our training and toolkits, plus your organization’s members and network, you can raise more support to expand the impact of your student organization. Don’t miss out!

  • Learn more about how you can fundraise for your organization through Emory Day of Giving on March 30. 

Please join us for an exciting Emory Day of Giving! 

 

Reminder: Emory University requires all students, faculty, and staff to be vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19, regardless of work or study location, with exceptions only for those with approved medical or religious exemptions. Upload vaccine and booster documentation into the Student Health Services Portal. 

 

Get the latest updates on COVID-19 info for the Emory community at Emory Forward and the LGS COVID-19 Resource Page.

 

 

Contents

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  1. Events
  2. Opportunities & Reminders 
  3. Fellowships
  4. Additional Resources
 

Upcoming Events 

 

Graduate Career Consortium Virtual Career Expo 

The GCC’s Virtual Career Expo (VCE) is an online career expo connecting PhD & Master’s students, Postdocs, and Alumni to employers for a virtual networking and recruitment experience. Attendees will interact in real-time via chat sessions with top-notch employers seeking candidates with advanced degrees.

  • Date: March 9
  • Time: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Learn more and register here
 

Strengths-Based Networking Workshop

Confused by networking? This workshop provides a practical and fun approach to networking that encourages you to be yourself using your strengths to connect with others. We will discuss the goals of networking and practice strategies for starting, continuing, and ending conversations in ways that are both authentic and professional.

 

Please Note: Participants will need to have attended a previous strengths-based workshop or coaching session before registering.

  • Date: March 14
  • Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Register here
 

From Writing Blocks to Building Blocks Workshop

This workshop will focus on the common blocks that writers encounter: behaviors, beliefs, and feelings that frustrate efforts at scholarly productivity. The discussion will help participants identify and apply ways to chip away at a block and move beyond it. Hosted by The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence.

  • Date: March 16
  • Time: 12 - 1:30 p.m.
  • Register here
 

Spring into Wellness: Budgeting Workshop (Hybrid)

In this session of the LGS Spring into Wellness series, learn how to create and follow a budget with Maria Carthon from Emory’s Financial Aid team. If you have specific questions you'd like Maria to address, please enter them here by noon on March 15.

  • Date: March 17
  • Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
  • Location: Emory Student Center, N302, or via Zoom
 

Dobes Award Session: Practicing Compassionate Pedagogy in the College Classroom

Dean’s Teaching Fellow Luke Hagemann will introduce Laney Graduate students to the practice of compassionate pedagogy. Participants will equip themselves with a framework for incorporating kindness into their course designs in order to make the classroom more accessible, supportive, and equitable.

  • Date: March 17
  • Time: 5 - 7 p.m.
  • Learn more about the session
  • Register here
 

New! ORISE Information Session

Join us to learn more about ORISE! The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) connects talented and diverse college students, recent graduates, postdocs, and faculty to programs closely aligned with the interests of a variety of research facilities, including those managed for the U.S. Department of Energy and many other federal agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

  • Date: March 23
  • Time: 1 – 2 p.m.
  • Register here
 

New! Developing Your Own Personal Branding for Career Success

Being able to clearly articulate your unique strengths and abilities is crucial to career success. This workshop will focus on how to develop your own personal brand and what distinguishes you from the competition.

  • Date: March 24
  • Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
  • Register here
 

Spring into Wellness: Debt Management Workshop (Hybrid)

In this session of the LGS Spring into Wellness series, learn terms, tips, and tricks for managing your student loans once you leave Laney. This session will be presented by Cortney Davis, Assistant Director of Financial Aid & Scholarships in the Emory School of Medicine’s Office of Medical Education and Student Affairs.

  • Date: March 24
  • Time: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.  
  • Location: Emory Student Center, N302, or via Zoom
 

New! From ABD to Early Career: Navigating Key Transitions in Grad School and Beyond

Does it feel like everyone else has a guide to grad school and you're just making things up as you go along? Many parts of grad school—especially key "transition" moments—have unspoken expectations (a “hidden curriculum”) that can be hard to decipher. Join Stanford Professor Tom Mullaney as he discusses two pivotal grad school transitions: the transition from coursework to dissertation research, and from "PhD Candidate" to "Early-Career Scholar" status.

  • Date: March 25
  • Time: 3 – 5 p.m.
  • Register here
 

Deadline Extended: Empowering Interdisciplinary Teaching and Scholarships Workshop

Emory’s Institute for the Liberal Arts is hosting a workshop for doctoral students to learn core interdisciplinary pedagogical strategies for designing and teaching classes that will help students see connections in new ways, building critical thinking skills, and laying the foundations for new perspectives. Participants will receive a $500 stipend for attending the workshop.

  • Application Deadline Extended: March 25 by 5 p.m.
  • Workshop Dates: May 4 – 6
  • Learn more about the workshop
  • Apply here
  • Questions? Contact Robyn Fivush 
 

LGS-EDGE Show Your Spirit Mixer

The EDGE Show Your Spirit Mixer is a great opportunity for LGS students to showcase their previous colleges and universities, fraternities and sororities, organizations, or favorite sports teams. Come dressed in your favorite paraphernalia and mingle with other LGS students. This unique networking and socializing experience will help you connect with LGS students across the campus!

  • Date: Tuesday, March 29      
  • Time: 4 – 6 p.m.
  • Location: Oxford Road Living Room and Patio
  • RSVP: Click here (hors d’oeuvres and spirits will be served)
  • Trumba Calendar: Add by clicking here
 

 

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Opportunities & Reminders

 

Nominations Open for LGS Eleanor Main Mentor Awards and The Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Graduate Education

Nominations are open for the LGS Eleanor Main Mentor Awards (one for a student and one for a graduate faculty member) and The Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Graduate Education. Awards will be conferred at commencement. Learn more about each award by clicking the links below. 

  • Nomination Deadline: March 14 by 5 p.m.
  • Eleanor Main Mentor Student Award
  • Eleanor Main Mentor Faculty Award
  • The Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Graduate Education
  • Questions? Email Jeffrey Staton
 

New! Emory Creative Writing Programs Contests Spring 2022

The Creative Writing Program sponsors annual contests to celebrate the best writing at Emory University. The Academy of American Poets Prize is open to any student in the university, undergraduate or graduate.

  • Deadline: March 23
  • Submission Form
  • Learn more
 

New! Digital Account Information for Emory Graduates

Are you graduating this semester? If so, congratulations! Make sure your Emory online accounts are ready. Learn more about your Emory account access . 

 

Graduate Student Writing Group

Are you working on a writing project? If so, our group can help you get it done, 25 minutes at a time. Join our weekly graduate student writing group (online via Zoom) for some dedicated writing time (through multiple pomodoros, i.e. focused writing intervals) as well as the opportunity to obtain feedback from a writing tutor if desired. Feel free to share the link with fellow LGS students and don’t forget to like us on Facebook.

  • When: Mondays 2 – 4 p.m. (except Spring Break)

  • Where:   Zoom
  • For more information, contact Heather Boldt
 

CFDE Class Engagement & Student Success Workshops

The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence is hosting weekly workshops to support class engagement, student success, and equitable assessment.

  • When: Every Tuesday in March at 10 a.m.
  • Register and view session details here
 

CAPS International Student Support Group 

A group intended to create a space for international students to support each other, facilitated by a member of Emory’s Counseling and Psychological Services. It's currently available via drop-in or Zoom. 

  • When: Tuesdays from 4 – 5 p.m.
  • Questions? Email mpalan2@emory.edu 
  • See additional programs offered by CAPS here
 

Wellness Coaching

Wellness coaching is a free service for all graduate students at Emory that provides support for navigating a variety of concerns, challenges, and life transitions. A coach works with you to maximize your personal and professional potential, and helps you focus on achieving goals that are meaningful for you. Whether it’s being more active, succeeding in the classroom, making connections, or other concerns, a coach can help you build a plan to reach your well-being goals.

  • Learn more and sign up
 

EDGE Talk Time

Laney EDGE (Emory Diversifying Graduate Education) wants to connect with you about opportunities and challenges related to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in your program and at Laney. Set up some time to talk today!

  • Appointments for Laney Graduate School Students
  • When: See appointment calendar, linked below:
  • Dr. Amanda Marie James , Associate Dean, Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement
 

LGS Student Affairs Appointments

The Laney Graduate School Student Affairs team wants you to know they're here for you and are happy to meet in person or virtually if you want to connect. They can help connect you to resources, answer questions you might have, or discuss concerns. Feel free to reach out any time.

  • Appointments for Laney Graduate School Students
  • When: See appointment calendars, linked below:
  • Dr. Jennifer Cason, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
  • Claire Beaudro, Assistant Director of Student Affairs and Student Wellness
  • Emily Neutens, Assistant Director of Student Affairs for GDBBS
 

Let’s Talk

Let’s Talk is an informal, free, and confidential consultation service that allows students to speak with a clinician and receive support for any challenge they may be experiencing. Although Let’s Talk consultants are mental health professionals, these  consultations are not mental health treatment but can be used to receive short-term support and resources. 

  • Appointments for Laney Graduate School Students Weekly on Wednesdays
  • Time: 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
  • Schedule a HIPAA-compliant video appointment on Microsoft Bookings here.
 
 

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Fellowships

 

Emory University Women’s Club Memorial Fellowship in Graduate Research

The Emory University Women’s Club Memorial Award in Graduate Research awards $5,500 to a doctoral student to support research, writing or living expenses related to the student’s dissertation. Applicants must be doctoral candidates in good standing. Any student from any program in the Laney Graduate School is eligible.

  • Deadline: March 11
  • Learn more
 

Robertson Graduate Fellow in Science and Society

The Nat C. Robertson Endowment in Science & Society, in collaboration with the Institute for the Liberal Arts (ILA), requests applications for this inaugural year-long graduate student fellowship from September 1, 2022-August 31, 2023. This opportunity is open to any Laney Graduate School students in candidacy for their PhD and can be used in addition to existing funds.

  • Application Deadline: March 18
  • Learn more here
  • Questions? Contact Robyn Fivush
 

Sheila Carson Dissertation Completion Fellowship for History PhD Students 

The Sheila Carson Dissertation Completion Fellowship supports a student enrolled in the History doctoral program to finish their dissertation. The purpose of the Sheila Carson Dissertation Completion Fellowship is to support timely completion of Ph.D. work; it is designed for students whose work is far enough advanced so that completion and final approval of the dissertation during the academic year can be assured.

  • Deadline: March 18
  • View application guidelines here
 

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Program

Applications are open for the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Program. 

  • Internal Application Deadline: March 21
  • View application guidelines
 

Berlin Graduate Exchange Student Program

The Laney Graduate School maintains a graduate student exchange program with the Freie Universität Berlin (FUB). The program seeks to promote strong academic and cultural ties between the two institutions. One student may be selected to represent Emory at the FUB for the 2022-23 academic year (October 1, 2022 - July 31, 2023). Selection is based on a competitive process.

  • Deadline to apply: March 25
  • Learn more
 

New! Post-Doctoral Fellowship Opportunity: Biomedical or Biological Science Doctoral Degree (or Equivalent)

The Center for Cystic Fibrosis and Airways Disease Research (CF-AIR) – a joint entity within Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) – is currently seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the laboratory of Kathryn E. Oliver, PhD. Dr. Oliver is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Emory University School of Medicine, and her appointment includes affiliation with CF-AIR and the CHOA Pediatric Institute. She is presently funded by the National Institutes of Health and strong institutional support.

  • Learn more and apply here
 

View more at our Fellowships and Grants website.

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Additional Resources

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Emory Student Telehealth
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Emory Flexible Teaching Toolkit

The toolkit is a collection of resources

designed to support the development of

flexible courses from CFDE, TLT, ATS,

and Library Services. Resources are

helpful to graduate students involved in

teaching at every level.

Read here.

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