updated 5/13/24
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This Week’s Events:
None at this time
Administrative Announcements:
1. 2024 FUTURE FACULTY DIVERSITY PROGRAM – 3rd posting
2. FREE ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES – 3rd posting
Jobs:
3. APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR GPSS RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIR POSITION FOR
2024-2025 – 1st posting
Funding Opportunities:
4. FULBRIGHT POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS FOR U.S. CITIZENS
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Volunteers and research participants sought:
5. EVALUATION OF RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – 1st posting
6. EXPLORING STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY IN ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMETS WITH GENERATIVE AI – 2nd posting
7. OLDER ADULT PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR A RESEARCH STUDY ABOUT COGNITION – 3rd posting
Upcoming Events:
8. INSIGHTS ON THE FACULTY JOB MARKET: PREPARING FOR THE FALL APPLICATION SEASON AND BEYOND – July 22
9. SCIENCE ON TAP: WHAT MAKES A HOME? ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING TECHNIQUES HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE THREATENED SPECIES LIVE – July 25
10. CIRTL WORKSHOP: NAVIGATING THE ACADEMIC HAND-OFF: GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS AS SCIENTIFIC TRAINERS – July 31
0. Ongoing Services – updated 08/28/23
- GRADUATE SCHOOL: Graduate School summer hours: In-person advising, drop-off or pick-up of documents and materials, and a space to study and take a break! Visit 120 GLC, summer walk-in hours will be held on Monday and Thursday 9:00-4:00pm. The Graduate School offices will be open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. for the summer. Staff will be available by phone 540 231-8636 or email grads@vt.edu. If you prefer Zoom advising: request one-on-one assistantship or academic advising by using our online request form to set-up a Zoom session.
- CAREER ADVISING: Schedule career advising appointment via https://career.vt.edu/job-search/Handshake.html ; GLC drop-in hours in GLC 120 will not be held in the summer and will resume Fall 2024.
- COOK COUNSELING: COOK COUNSELING: Drop-in hours for Summer: Tuesdays 10 am to 12 pm. Location: Room 49 at the GLC. For consultations by Zoom e-mail hkatie19@vt.edu. Students seeking services can schedule a triage appointment by calling 540-231-6557.
- WRITING CENTER SERVICES: Schedule an appointment at https://vt.mywconline.com/
- GRADUATE OMBUDSPERSON: contact for appointment at gradombud@vt.edu, 540-231-9573
0. Ongoing Services – updated 5/13/24
This Week’s Events
None at this time
Administrative Announcements
1. 2024 FUTURE FACULTY DIVERSITY PROGRAM – 3rd posting
Applications are now open for the 2024 Future Faculty Diversity Program (FFDP) at Virginia Tech. Applications are open through August 16, and the program will take place October 6 to 9, 2024. FFDP aims to identify graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who, through their backgrounds, experiences, and achievements, can demonstrate their ability to: work with diverse communities of faculty, staff, and students; contribute to InclusiveVT, the institutional and individual commitment to Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), in the spirit of community, diversity, and excellence; support Virginia Tech’s Principles of Community; exhibit their potential to succeed as a faculty member at Virginia Tech based on their research and teaching experience. Transportation, lodging, and food expenses are covered by Virginia Tech for invited scholars. Apply today on the FFDP website: https://inclusive.vt.edu/ffdp. For more information: https://www.inclusive.vt.edu/Programs/FDP/FFDP.html.
2. FREE ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES – 3rd posting
Publication academy courses are a great opportunity for students to pursue and develop skills that can be useful in your current and future professional settings. Students are able to access these courses for free until November 1, 2024. Find more information here: https://graduateschool.vt.edu/student-services/professional-development/publication-academy-course.html.
Jobs
3. APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR GPSS RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIR POSITION FOR 2024-2025 – 1st posting
Prior to the event, held in the last week of March, co-chairs will work together to hire a speaker for the event, handle the bulk of necessary planning, and coordinate the event. Planning will include coordinating the keynote speaker, providing food for attendees, collecting abstracts, finding judges, and marketing the event. Applicants must be currently enrolled in a graduate education program and able to complete work over two semesters: Fall 2024 and Spring 2025, the period of appointment for the position runs September 15- April 1. Applicants must be able to attend the Graduate Research Symposium (last week of March). This position is not an assistantship, but does offer a stipend. To apply: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=hGiVYK0Q-kCGPU8yweOjeqI0_MNCpRNGsmooGXbKsw9UQlZaOTAxQjZQRllTVVNLRzQ5NUtDVTBDMi4u
Funding Opportunities
Funding opportunities sponsored by the graduate school can be found here:
https://graduateschool.vt.edu/funding/funding-sponsored-by-the-graduate-school.html
All external funding opportunities that we are aware of can be found here: https://graduateschool.vt.edu/funding/scholarships-and-fellowships.html.
4. FULBRIGHT POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS FOR U.S. CITIZENS – DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Fellowships are open to researchers in all academic disciplines and support research programs in Israel for up to 20 months (two academic years). These are the primary benefits of the fellowship: $95,000 scholarship ($47,500 per academic year). Basic health insurance for the grant, Reimbursement of up to $1,700 for airfare expenses for Fulbright fellows (and spouses), Partial reimbursement of education expenses for children. Visit the program page: https://fulbright.org.il/USPostdoc. For further information or inquiries, please contact: Noa Turgeman, USprograms@fulbright.org.il.
Volunteers and Research Participants Sought
5. EVALUATION OF RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – 1st posting
The Code World-no Blanket group is looking for participants for a user study on a recommendation tool. The tool is related to the Python library dependency management system. The study will take up to 30 minutes to complete. If you want to participate, please contact Dibyendu Brinto Bose at brintodibyendu@vt.edu. The study is in person and will take place in Gilbert 4102. To participate, you need to be 18 years or older, have Python programming experience or familiarity with Python libraries. Participation in this study is entirely voluntary. This study was approved by the Virginia Tech Institutional Review Board (IRB #24-624).
6. EXPLORING STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY IN ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS WITH GENERATIVE AI – 2nd posting
The purpose of this survey is to explore students’ experiences and perceptions of the Community of Inquiry framework in online computer science courses, as well as their views on using generative AI in these courses. We are seeking participants who have previously taken online computer science courses. The survey includes multiple-choice and Likert scale questions, along with optional open-ended questions for additional feedback. Completing this survey will take approximately 7 – 15 minutes. By completing this survey, you will have a chance to win one $10 Amazon gift cards, with the odds of winning being about at least 10% (1 in 10 participants will be selected). Access the survey through: https://virginiatech.questionpro.com/AXib7Z3RGq.
7. OLDER ADULT PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR A RESEARCH STUDY ABOUT COGNITION – 3rd posting
The MEM lab (Williams Hall) is recruiting participants for a 2-session study of older adult cognition. Eligible participants should be able to quickly read visually-presented English words and are between the ages of 60 to 80. Participants will be compensated $10 for the first session (30-45 min) and $25 for the second session (1 hour). Please contact vtmemorylab@gmail.com or call and leave your name and number at (540) 231 – 9538 to learn more. Biomedical Research Alliance of New York Institutional Review Board (BRANY) Protocol #VT18-1077-568. For more information email Erica Shafer at vtmemorylab@gmail.com.
Upcoming Events
8. INSIGHTS ON THE FACULTY JOB MARKET: PREPARING FOR THE FALL APPLICATION SEASON AND BEYOND
Monday, July 15, 3-4:30pm, Zoom
In this talk Chris Smith, postdoctoral affairs program administrator at Virginia Tech, will speak about resources and insights that could be useful to graduate students and postdoctoral associates planning to apply for faculty positions in Fall 2024. He will share data from a faculty applicant survey ran annually from 2018 to the present and highlight a data dashboard the team created to assist applicants in benchmarking their competitiveness for faculty positions. Register here: https://www.research.vt.edu/about/postdoctoral-associates/postdoctoral-events-programs/2024/insights-on-the-faculty-job-, –preparing-for-the-fall-appli.html
9. SCIENCE ON TAP: WHAT MAKES A HOME? ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING TECHNIQUES HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE THREATENED SPECIES LIVE
Thursday, July 25, 5:30-7pm, Rising Silo Brewery
Find out how satellites and math can be used to answer questions about where threatened species live and how we can protect their homes. Ph.D. student Conner Hughes from Virginia Tech’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation will help us learn about some of these species that might be our neighbors and what they need to thrive. Then we’ll get to try finding homes for some picky house hunters.
10. CIRTL WORKSHOP: NAVIGATING THE ACADEMIC HAND-OFF: GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS AS SCIENTIFIC TRAINERS
Wednesday, July 31, 1-2:30pm, Zoom
Passing down scientific knowledge is a common but often overlooked part of work for advanced graduate students and postdocs working with more junior student researchers. In this one-part online workshop, you will apply teaching and learning strategies to streamline your research training, develop training resources, and assess your trainee’s learning. Together, we’ll explore how to identify knowledge bottlenecks, how to articulate training needs and goals, and how to improve collaboration on training with the various trainees you’re guiding through these processes. Cap: 40; registration closes when capacity is reached. Register here: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEscOisrTkuGNBdTURq2ydl_llGEEFySwzr#/registration