This Week’s Events:
0. Ongoing Services – updated 01/03/22
1. FREE ONLINE TRAINING IN COMPUTING, PROGRAMMING AND DATA ANAYSIS
2. GLC CAFÉ
Administrative Announcements:
3. SUBMISSIONS NEEDED FOR ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY (ACM) WORKSHOP- 2nd posting
4. REGISTER NOW FOR SPRING 2022 LEADERSHIP COURSES – 2nd posting
5. RESEARCH TOOLS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS SERIES – 3rd posting
Jobs:
6. GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP OPPORTUNITY IN CONTROLLER’S OFFICE FOR SPRING 2022- 3rd posting
Volunteers and research participants sought:
7. PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR INTERVIEW STUDY: TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED RECREATION – HABITS AND PERSPECTIVES BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER COVID-19 – 3rd posting
8. PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR BEHAVIORAL STUDIES ON COLLABORATIVE ONLINE CONTENT AUTHORING – 3rd posting
Upcoming Events:
9. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND MET-ANALYSIS DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP – January 10-13
10. INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES – January 19
11. SAVE THE DATE: TIMBERBEAST SPORTS COMPETITION – February 26
0. Ongoing Services – updated 01/03/22
- GRADUATE SCHOOL: In person drop-off or pick-up of documents and materials M-F 9:00-4:00pm, 120 GLC. Request one-on-one assistantship or academic advising by using our online request form to set-up a Zoom session or come by during our office hours.
- CAREER ADVISING: schedule career advising appointment via https://career.vt.edu/job-search/Handshake.html ; In-person drop-in advising every Wednesday, 1-4pm in the Graduate School (120 GLC). NOTE: Career Advising has ended for the semester and will resume in February.
- COOK COUNSELING: Drop-in Zoom hours, Tuesdays 10am-12pm and Thursdays and Fridays 3pm-5pm, Zoom links found here. To make an appointment, visit: https://vt-ucc.titaniumhwc.com/ScheduleGraduateFirstCookConnect (Students must pay the summer health fee or daily use fee which can be reimbursed through Aetna. Students must be in Virginia)
- WRITING CENTER SERVICES: Schedule an appointment at https://vt.mywconline.com/
- GRADUATE OMBUDSPERSON: contact for appointment at gradstudentombud@vt.edu, 540-231-9573
1. FREE ONLINE TRAINING IN COMPUTING, PROGRAMMING AND DATA ANAYSIS
Tuesday, January 4, Wednesday, January 5 and Monday, January 10, Time varies, Online
The University Libraries and partners are hosting 3 Software Carpentry workshops on Zoom in January: Command Line Programming and Version Control with Bash & Git (1/4), Programming with Python (1/5), and Programming with R/RStudio (1/10). No experience is necessary and they’re a great way to jump start learning a programming or statistical language for your next project! Details and registration at https://calendar.lib.vt.edu/calendar/events (search for Carpentry) or contact Nathaniel Porter (ndporter@vt.edu). And as always, feel free to reach out to dataservices@vt.edu for help with your research data!
2. GLC CAFÉ
Thursday, January 6, 3:30-5pm, GLC Reading Room
Enjoy coffee, tea, cookies and conversation with graduate students and Graduate School staff. Bring your own mug if you can! The GLC Café occurs every Thursday and the 2nd and 4th Wednesday from 3:30-5pm.
3. SUBMISSIONS NEEDED FOR ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY (ACM) WORKSHOP- 2nd posting
Submissions are invited from caregivers, researchers, and/or practitioners working in the research domain of technology & media for children for a virtual workshop/brainstorming session titled “Technologies for children at Home” at ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work ’22. Workshop CFP is live at https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/acmgroup2022workshop/home. Submissions may discuss topics around the role of technology in young children’s life in the home, gratifications sought by caregivers through children’s use of technology, successes and failures of current technologies and media in providing sought gratifications, the tensions and connections between screen media and voice agents, novel ways to communicate and interact with emerging technologies in the home, and empirical research studies in this area, including critiques of current practices of research in this domain. We welcome a variety of submission formats: abstracts, position papers, pictorials, speculative fiction pieces, opinion pieces, case-studies, or a summary of participants’ interest and experience in this research space. Please submit your ideas to neelma@vt.edu by January 15, 2022. Participation in the ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work ’22 virtual workshop is free and open to everyone. Participants for the in-person workshop in 2023 will require formal registration. We encourage participation of academic parents who do not study this space, and researchers who study children’s technology, but are not parents themselves to attend because of their personal connection to the workshop theme.
4. REGISTER NOW FOR SPRING 2022 LEADERSHIP COURSES – 2nd posting
All graduate students are invited to enroll in the following Leadership courses for the Spring 2022 semester: LDRS 4984 (CRN 21513) online: Essential Skills NPO LDRS – Understand the skills required to be a successful leader in nonprofit organizations. LDRS 5454 (CRN 20911) face-to-face: Leadership Diverse Contexts – Identification and definition of leadership in formal and non-formal education settings, communities, & organizations. LDRS 5464 (CRN 16906) online: Leadership in a Global Society – Identification and development of the personal and professional competencies required for effective leadership in an increasingly global, diverse and multicultural society. LDRS 5544 (CRN 20605) face-to-face: Leading Teams through Change – Theory and techniques for leading tactical, creative, and problem-solving teams through change. Role of social capital and adaption-innovation theories. LDRS 5554 (CRN 16907) online: Leading Social Change – Theories, processes and strategies employed to facilitate social and organizational change. ALCE 5224 (10284) online: Team Science, Cooperation, and Interdisciplinary Work – Theoretical and conceptual basis for thinking about, guiding, and supporting team science and cooperative processes for interdisciplinary research, programming, and outreach. If you have questions about these courses, contact Dr Jerald Walz at jhwalz@vt.edu.
5. RESEARCH TOOLS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS SERIES – 3rd posting
There’s a lot to learn in graduate school, and the library can help! This spring, the library will offer a series of free instruction sessions (offered live via Zoom) to help you develop the research skills you need to succeed in graduate school. Learn about literature reviews and database searching, citation management, data management, and more. For registration links and detailed information about each session, visit guides.lib.vt.edu/gradworkshops.
6. GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP OPPORTUNITY IN CONTROLLER’S OFFICE FOR SPRING 2022- 3rd posting
The Controller’s Office is seeking a full-time (20-hour week) Graduate Assistant (GA) for the 2022 spring semester. The GA will work on-site in the North End Center office complex located in Blacksburg, VA. The successful applicant will collect data about current accounting operation procedures, outputs, and metrics to develop a baseline on our processes; analyze the process and propose suggestions to eliminate barriers, unnecessary workflows, and duplicative and/or redundant efforts; and assist in implementing improvements. Applicants must be graduate students in business or computer engineering. More information can be found here.
7. PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR INTERVIEW STUDY: TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED RECREATION – HABITS AND PERSPECTIVES BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER COVID-19 – 3rd posting
This study aims to learn about individual strategies, habits, and perspectives, with respect to using technology, to maintain connections with nature and loved ones, before, during, and after COVID-19. Individuals who are interested in participating in this study will be asked to complete a screener to determine their eligibility. If eligible you will be asked to provide consent and indicate your preferred day(s) and time(s) for participating in the interview. The interview study takes between 45 minutes to 60 minutes to be completed and will be conducted via Zoom. Only people 18-years and older and capable of providing consent are eligible to participate in the study. No risks are associated with participating in this study. If you agree to take part in this research study, we will reimburse you $10 in total for your time and effort. This study was reviewed by the VT IRB under protocol IRB-20-318. For more information, please email Derek Haqq at dhaqq@vt.edu
8. PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR BEHAVIORAL STUDIES ON COLLABORATIVE ONLINE CONTENT AUTHORING – 3rd posting
The Echo Lab at Virginia Tech is seeking individuals to participate in a collaborative writing (e.g., academic papers, project reports) study through which we aim to investigate the communication occurring between collaborators. Participants must be 18 years and older, can fill out a survey in English, uses online services, has written collaboratively with others, and can participate in the study across multiple sessions. Depending on the role assigned to you by the researchers, your duration of participation and compensation will change. For one role, duration be up to 240 minutes total: this includes a pre-survey, writing up two essay drafts, finalizing two essays, and filling out surveys after finalizing each essay. Participants in this role will be compensated with an electronic gift card of $50 after participating in the full study, and will have an opportunity to be paid a bonus of $100 if their essay is chosen as the winning essay. For another role, duration will be up to 140 minutes total: this includes a pre-survey, collaborating on two essays, and filling out surveys after collaborating on each essay. Participants in this role will be compensated with an electronic gift card of $20 after participating in the full study, and will have an opportunity to be paid a bonus of $50 if their essay is chosen as the winning essay. To participate in the study, please fill out this form.
9. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND MET-ANALYSIS DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP
Monday, January 10-Thursday, January 13, 10am-3pm, Zoom or Newman Library 101S
This workshop will walk participants through the major steps required for a systematic review (and meta-analysis) underscored by hands-on activities that allow participants to practice relevant skills and consider the many decisions that must be made for their own reviews. For more information and to register, visit: calendar.lib.vt.edu/calendar/events/SRMAdeepdiveWinter2022
10. INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Wednesday, January 19, 3:30-4:45pm, Zoom
Who can help me at the library? How many books can I check out? What support do you offer for data management? What kinds of technology is available? How can I get something the library doesn’t own? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this virtual information session. By the end of this session, you’ll be able to locate research help at the University Libraries, navigate the library’s website and Identify library resources that can help you succeed in graduate school. Please note that in this session, we won’t be covering how to use databases or search for information; if you’re interested in learning more about those topics, please sign up for one of the literature review sessions in this workshop series. Register for the session here.
11. SAVE THE DATE: TIMBERBEAST SPORTS COMPETITION
Saturday, February 26, 2022 8am-5:30pm
Timberbeast is a sports competition that showcases Virginia Tech and surrounding colleges/universities in both technical and physical outdoor events! Admission is free and open to the public! Come for events such as archery, axe throwing, crosscut, and more! A raffle giveaway for STIHL Equipment, will be offered with proceeds benefiting the Children’s Miracle Network through Log-A-Load. Sponsored by The Forestry Club at Virginia Tech. Questions? Contact Ryane Cronk, Graduate Ambassador at rlcronk06@vt.edu.