Day: January 23, 2025

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January 21 – 26, 2025

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0.   Ongoing Services – updated 8/26/24   

This Week’s Events:   

  1. RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CIRCLES – Tuesday
  2. NEW YEAR’S METAL INTENTIONS – Tuesday
  3. “I HAVE A DREAM’: CREATING CONDITIONS FOR BELONGING AS ‘ONEVT’ COMMUNITY” – Wednesday
  4. GLC CAFÉ – Wednesday & Thursday
  5. KEYNOTE SPEAKER: LATASHA MORRISION – Wednesday
  6. NAIL SALON: WELCOME EDITION WITH NEW STUDENT AND FAMILY PROGRAMS – Thursday
  7. GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENT SENATE MEETING – Thursday
  8. SCIENCE ON TAP: FOOD FOR THOUGHT: HOW RETAIL SPACES SHAPE OUR CHOICES AND THE PLANET – Thursday
  9. 14TH ANNUAL MLK SEMINAR – DR. GENTRY PATRICK: “ A TALE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: HOW SEPARATE JOURNEYS BECAME ONE”– Friday
  10. LYRIC THEATRE TOUR – GET A FREE MOVIE PASS – Friday
  11. GOBBLERNIGHTS: NEW YEAR’S AFTER PARTY – Friday

Administrative Announcements:  

  1. GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS AND OUTSTANDING ADVISING/MENORING AWARD: DEADLINE: FRIDAY, 1/14    – 1st  posting
  2. ADVANCED RESEARCH COMPUTING SPRING WORKSHOPS – 1st posting
  3. FREE INDIVIDUALIZED NUTRITION COUNSELING – 1st posting
  4. STUDENT MEDICAL INSURANCE – 1st posting
  5. ASSOCIATE TEACHING PROGRAM – CIRTL AT VIRGINIA TECH – 1st posting
  6. REVIEWERS NEEDED FOR SPRING 2025 GPSS TFP CYCLE – 1st posting
  7. NOW ONLINE – LEADERSHIP THEORY COURSE – 1ST posting
  8. FREE FOOD RESOURCE FOR VT STUDENTS – 1st posting
  9. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: GPSS RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM – 1st posting
  10. LEADERSHIP COURSES – SPRING SEMESTER – REGISTER NOW – 2nd posting
  11. SUBSCRIBE TO THE MONTHLY UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES RESEARCH SERVICES NEWSLETTER – 2nd posting
  12. STUDENT INPUT FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY INITIATIVES – 2nd posting
  13. BOARD OF VISITORS GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE APPLICATION – 2nd posting
  14. UPCOMING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE CIRTL NETWORK – 2nd posting
  15. TAKE YOUR RESEARCH TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH GRAD 5124 – 3rd posting
  16. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION INITIATIVES JANUARY/FEBRUARY PROGRAMS – 3rd  posting

Jobs:

  1. VIRGINIA SCHOOL SURVEY PROJECT (SCHOOL OF EDUCATION) – 1st  posting
  2. GRADUATE RESIDENTIAL FELLOWS, HONORS RESIDENTIAL COMMONS – 1st posting
  3. GRADUATE RESIDENTIAL FELLOWS –  1st posting

Funding Opportunities: 

  1. CENTER FOR RETIREMENT RESEARCH DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM – DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2025
  2. RUNWAY STARTUP POSTDOC PROGRAM AT CORNELL TECH – DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2025
  3. SUMMER CUNNINGHAM FELLOWSHIP – April 1, 2025

Volunteers and research participants sought:

  1. PARTICIPANTS NEEDED: IRB#22-555 EMOTIONS AND TEAM HIERARCHY IN A ROBOT ESCAPE ROOM – 1st posting
  2. RAPID MODEL REFINEMENT NAP STUDY – 2nd posting
  3. INVESTING ALGORITHMIC BIASES FOR ML/AI- BASED BIOMECHANICAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS USING WEARABLE SENSORS – 3rd posting

Upcoming Events:  

  1. STUDY ABROAD INFORMATION BOOTH FEATURING DAN OBRIEN FROM THE EDUCATION ABROAD NETWORK – January 27
  2. LUNCH WITH THE DEAN – January 27
  3. FREE WORKSHOP: FINDING RESOURCES FOR LITERATURE REVIEWS IN THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES – January 27
  4. LEARNING LUNCH FEATURING JAHA KOO – January 28
  5. FREE WORKSHOP: AI TOOLS FOR RESEARCHERS & PUBLISHING TIPS –  January 28
  6. FREE WORKSHOP: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT- January 29
  7. GROCERY BINGO – January 29
  8. ALL-DAY WRITING RETREAT –  January 30th
  9. HAMILTON EXCURSION TRIP – January 31
  10. JANA KOO “CUCKOO” – January 31 & February 1
  11. GRADUATE STUDENT RESOURCE FAIR – February 5
  12. BEOWULF: THE EPIC IN PERFORMANCE – February 6 & 7
  13. APIDA + CONNECT LUNCH – FEBRUARY 7
  14. CLUELESS IN THE KITCHEN COOKING WORKSHOP – VEGETABLE SOUP – February 7
  15. LAKECIA BENJAMIN – February 14
  16. CZECH NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – February 18
  17. NATIVE COMEDY JAM –  February 22

 0. Ongoing Services – updated 08/05   

  • GRADUATE SCHOOL: Graduate School 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, walk-in hours  Monday – Friday. 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 be held on Wednesdays 1-4pm 
  • COOK COUNSELING: Beginning the Week of 10/14/24, drop in hours for Cook Counseling will be provided on Fridays from 1 to 3 only. Students can call 540-231-6557 to schedule an appointment with the Embedded Counselor at the GLC or the embedded counselor with their program.
  • WRITING CENTER SERVICES: Schedule an appointment at https://vt.mywconline.com/  
  • GRADUATE OMBUDSPERSON: contact for appointment at gradombud@vt.edu, 540-231-9573  

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