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  1. New! Opportunities
  2. New! Fellowships
  3. Additional Resources

Upcoming Opportunities

 

New! The Hatchery: VIP Experience

The Hatchery supports all Emory students with courses, training, and a place to learn and use innovation in all fields. They also support the creation of media, tech, podcasts, or 3D printing. Join The Hatchery as they challenge strategies, develop ideas, and innovate more inclusive, equitable, and progressive solutions together.

  • Date: July 14
  • Time: 1:30-3:30 PM
  • Register here

New! NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education Professional Development Events

 

Writing Personal and Research Statements for Graduate Programs

This workshop will guide you through the process of planning and writing the personal statements that will be an important component of your applications for graduate school admission.

  • Date: July 14
  • Time: 1-2:30 PM
  • Register here

CVs, Resumes, and Cover Letters: Essential Job Search Documents

This workshop will highlight the critical elements and structure of CVs and resumes and cover letters. These important job documents serve as the foundation for all job searches and knowing how to create them based on the employment sector and published position description is essential.

  • Date: July 15
  • Time: 1-2 PM
  • Register here

New! Shaping Critical Data Science for a Diverse World

This workshop hosted by ICQCM (Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, & Mixed Methodologies) will cover ways to employ quantitative and computational methods that are situated in context, history, material social relations, and as a product of material and discursive formations.

  • Date: July 15
  • Time: 1 PM

New! Career Coaching Drop-in Session with Ariela Freedman

Career coach Dr. Ariela Freedman, will be available to provide advice on navigating graduate school and planning for your career. Students may submit questions in advance or ask them on the fly. This is a drop-in session, so you can come in at any time. The session will not be recorded so that session conversations remain private. 

  • Date: July 20
  • Time: 11 AM-12 PM
  • Register here

New! 2021-2022 EDGE Fellowship and Ambassadorships

Laney Graduate School is accepting applications for the LGS-EDGE Fellowship and Ambassadorships for the 2021-2022 academic year. The fellowship and ambassadorships are open to all currently enrolled LGS students. An ideal applicant would have a passion and appreciation for establishing, maintaining, and enhancing a diverse graduate community at Emory. 

  • Application Deadline: August 16
  • View details here

New! Genentech Postdoc Program

Genentech is seeking motivated recent and pending PhD graduates to join them as Postdoctoral Fellows and key contributors to their mission. Applicants are provided the freedom to select three potential Genentech postdoc mentors that they are most interested in working with in order to propel the next stage of their scientific career.

  • Application Deadline: July 30

New! The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence – Graduate Assistant Position

The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence seeks a graduate student in the Laney Graduate School to fill a part-time position for AY 2021-2022 as assistant to the director of engaged learning, Dr. Vialla Hartfield-Méndez. This position will support activities related to community-engaged learning and scholarship as well as certain community partnerships. 

  • Application Dates: July 30
  • Time: 5 PM
  • Apply here

Writing Your Faculty Job Application Materials – Part I & II

This two-part session explains the purpose, format, and content of the Curriculum Vitae (CV), cover letter, and research, diversity & teaching statement, which are the common elements for a faculty job application. Participants will also learn about the importance of a strategy for your overall application package. 

  • Dates: July 15 & 20
  • Time: 9-10:30 AM (EDT)
  • Register here

Mellon Humanities PhD Interventions Project: Public Humanities Workshops 

The Mellon Humanities PhD Interventions Project, in conjunction with the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, invites graduate students to attend a series of three workshops on Public Humanities at the Fox Center with Christopher Sawula, Visual Resources and Spatial Art History Librarian, in the Art History Department at Emory University. 

  • Dates: July 14, & 16
  • Time: 1-2:30 PM (EDT)
  • View details and register here

Emory’s Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) Internship Program

The OTT Internship Program is designed to help prepare students for career alternatives outside of a traditional research lab by balancing formal training in technology transfer, marketing, intellectual property protection, licensing, and contracts with projects that expose interns to the day-to-day workings of a technology transfer office.

  • Application Deadline: July 18
  • View flyer here
  • Contact: Sean Kim hyeon.s.kim@emory.edu

MDP Teaching assistantship 

The MDP Program seeks one Development Practice Teaching Assistant for the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 terms. The TA will provide instructional support to the MDP Director and Assistant Director for MDP core courses. 

  • View role description here

  • Application Deadline: July 20

Summer Writing Support for Laney Graduate School Students

Graduate and undergraduate tutors from the Emory Writing Center will be available remotely this summer to support Laney Graduate School students. Tutors can assist with a range of projects, including seminar papers, dissertation chapters, conference proposals, articles, posters, abstracts, grants, job application materials, and teaching documents.

  • Date: Monday-Thursday until August 6
  • Time: 8 AM - 8 PM (EDT)
  • Make an appointment here

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Fellowships

 

  • Mellon Public Writing Fellowship
    • Deadline: July 16
  • New! EDGE Fellowship and Ambassadorships
    • Deadline: August 16

View more at our Fellowships and Grants website.

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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.

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