Sidra Khalid | Alumni Spotlight Pakistani immigrant and Laney Graduate School Class of 2018, Sidra Khalid is the first in her family of doctors to pursue a career in global development.
To prepare for it, Khalid enrolled in the Master’s in Development Practice at Emory University, graduating in 2018.
Khalid’s accomplishments during and after her time at Emory led her to be included among the 2023 Emory 40 Under Forty alum award recipients. The award program shines a light on a select number of notable alumni who are becoming pioneers in their fields. |
LGSC General Body Meetings Upcoming LGSC General Body Meeting: Dec. 21 | 12pm – Zoom only Next Meeting: Jan. 18 – hybrid | AMUC Harland Cinema or Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97474314351
Meeting ID: 974 7431 4351 |
Job Position- Graduate Curator Assistant, African American Collections
Under the supervision of the Collection Development Archivist of African American Collections and other Rose Library staff, the Curator Assistant of African American Collections will work independently on projects, to promote the use and knowledge of the Rose Library’s African American collections. They will describe and identify materials in ArchivesSpace and other databases to create and update libguides to serve as a discovery tool. |
2024 ATLANTIS Symposium
The ATLANTIS Symposium serves as a central platform for researchers, providing a dedicated opportunity to share ideas, showcase innovative techniques, and contribute to the advancement of kidney, urology, and hematology research. With a focus on networking, collaboration, and career development, the symposium will feature a keynote speaker and a variety of trainee presentations, all focused on KUH research. March 14, 2024 | 9am – 4pm Health Sciences Research Building
Register Here Submit You Abstract Here |
Applications Now Open! Heal with the CWE Applications Open
Heal with the CWE is a cohort-based program dedicated to holistic healing practices. This program includes weekly sessions featuring meditation, yoga, journaling, and more to engage mind, body, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Deadline: Jan. 24, 2024 |
PAID TA POSITIONS – GH521 Qualitative Research Methods – Spring 2024
We are recruiting multiple Teaching Assistants (TAs) for the Spring semester courses on Qualitative Research Methods in the Global Health department of RSPH. These courses will be taught in-person with asynchronous content on Canvas. TAs will assist with group activities, mentor students, review course assignments and assist with course logistics. Interested graduate students must have experience with qualitative research methods for this position by having completed a graduate course in qualitative research. These are paid positions.
There are two sections of this course that meet as follows, each TA would only need to be available for one of these sections: Section 1: Mondays Class is 8am -10.50am OR Section 2: Mondays Class is 3pm - 5.50pm
If interested, please send an email describing your experience with qualitative research and your CV to the instructor: Dr. Hennink at mhennin@emory.edu or contact Dr Hennink for questions. |
Halle Institute Graduate Assistant Position The Halle Institute for Global Research (Halle Institute) in the Office of Global Strategy and Initiatives (GSI) is seeking a graduate assistant for the 2024 spring semester to support the strategic aims and website content development needs of the office. Duration and compensation: - Paid Graduate Assistantship: $20/hr
- Duration of assignment: January 2024 to August 2024
- Hours per week: 10
Who can apply: Open to all Emory graduate students
Deadline to apply: Applications are being accepted until position is filled How to Apply: Send resume and statement of interest to Kelly Richmond Yates, kyates2@emory.edu |
The Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) Workshop Survey
The Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) is currently circulating a campus-wide survey to gather information about future workshop and training offerings that might be of interest to faculty, staff, and students—both graduate and undergraduate!
What do YOU want to learn?
The Emory Center for Digital Scholarship wants to know your thoughts! We invite faculty, staff, and students to shape our future workshop series & digital training offerings by sharing your insights in our survey below:
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Applications Now Open: Grad500
Karen Siegel at RSPH and Jonathan Crane, SOM, Laney and Center for Ethics, are co-teaching “Eating Ethics” in Spring 2024. This award-winning course is designated as a GRAD500R (class # 5717), and thus is open to all Emory students: under/graduate, certificate, and non-degree students alike. |
Merck 2024 Summer Internship Opportunities Merck is accepting applications for 2024 Summer Internships in Analytical Research & Development. Apply using buttons below. |
Listing 1: Quantitative Theory and Methods Teaching Assistant Position
The Department of Quantitative Theory and Methods (QTM) is recruiting teaching assistants for Spring 2024 to support QTM 100: Intro to Statistical Inference. Lab TAs instruct one weekly lab section, attend weekly TA meetings, supervise an undergraduate teaching assistant, and provide general course support. New QTM 100 TAs are expected to attend lectures. The position requires 10-15 hours effort per week, and compensation is $2,625 per semester. Knowledge of introductory statistics is required (e.g., basic probability, t-tests, chi-squared tests, ANOVA, linear regression); knowledge of R and previous teaching experience are preferred but not required.
Additional details can be found on the QTM website.
Please apply at https://forms.office.com/r/0pUwPWSy0q. |
Student Intervention Services Responder Recruitment
Campus Life’s Student Intervention Services is seeking new SIS Responders to join the SIS team. Students who are second year graduate students and beyond are encouraged to join. The SIS Crisis On-Call Team is staffed 24/7 and responds to students’ active crises. Compensation is provided and SIS Team Responders receive ongoing training and support.
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The LGS Handbook has been updated for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Why it matters: To ensure everyone follows current policies and procedures, we encourage all to read the handbook linked below. Please find it on the LGS website. |
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🌐 Elevate Your Graduate Communication Skills! - Are you currently crafting a manuscript, gearing up for a presentation, or just wanting to polish your academic English language skills in general?
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The English Language Support Program (ELSP) offers elective language classes for multilingual doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows.
- Tailored specifically for graduate and professional tasks and for users of English as an additional language, ELSP courses can provide you with skills you need to excel in academic and professional settings.
📅 Spring 2024 ELSP Courses Now Forming Learn more and express interest here: https://forms.office.com/r/jEQ52HKefk
Contact: Heather Boldt, ELSP Director, 📧 hboldt@emory.edu |
Academic Success Resources
Are you looking for some help related to procrastination, imposter syndrome, test anxiety, perfectionism, or attention and concentration challenges? Check out the resources available on CAPS’ website. In addition, the LGS Student Affairs Team is here to support every phase of your educational journey, so reach out any time! They can connect you to resources, answer questions you might have, or discuss concerns.
Explore these topics and other student affairs-related topics by contacting an LGS Student Affairs team member:
Dr. Jennifer M. Cason, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs & Deputy Title IX Coordinator
Emily Neutens, Assistant Director of Student Affairs for GDBBS |
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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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