August 18 – 24, 2025

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0.   Ongoing Services – updated August 2025    

This Week’s Events: 

  1. HOW DO I GET INFORMATION SOURCES FOR FREE? COME SEE THE MANY WAYS! – Tuesday
  2. COMMUNITY BUILDING FOR NEW GRADS – Thursday
  3. NO GLC CAFÉ THIS WEEK– COME TO MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME INSTEAD!Thursday
  4. MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME – Thursday
  5. HEALTH INSURANCE SIGN-UPS – Friday
  6. GPSS WELCOME BACK SOCIAL – FREE FOOD AND FUN! – Friday

Administrative Announcements:   

  1. UPDATE ON M365 STORAGE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS – 1st posting
  2. NEW CYBERSECURITY TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR STUDENT EMPLOYEES – 1st posting
  3. UPDATED GUIDANCE FOR GENERATIVE AI – 1st posting (1/2)
  4. RAISING AWARENESS OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OMBUDS – 1st posting (1/2)
  5. GRADUATE STUDENTS – ENROLL NOW IN ECE 5984 ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP – 1st posting (1/1)
  6. COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOR GTA INSTRUCTORS OF RECORD – 1st posting
  7. CIRTL NETWORK TEACHING-RELATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES – 1st posting
  8. ALCE 5884 – INTERNATIONAL COURSE: SOCIAL CHANGE COMMUNICATION – 1st posting
  9. LDRS 5464 LEADERSHIP IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY – 2nd posting
  10. GRADUATE STUDENT HANDBOOK AND PLANNERS ARE AVAILABLE – 2nd posting
  11. TAKE YOUR RESEARCH TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH GRAD 5124! – 3rd posting
  12. REGISTER NOW FOR FALL 2025 LEADERSHIP COURSES – 3rd posting
  13. VAST’S FAST TRACK TO SEMICONDUCTOR CAREERS PROGRAM REGISTRATION (FALL SESSION) IS NOW OPEN! – 3rd posting

Jobs:

  1. APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR GPSS RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIR POSITION FOR 2025-2026 – 1st posting
  2. WAGE POSITION: VIRTUAL REALITY/WEB PLATFORM INTEGRATED WITH MULTIMODAL LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL AND SYMBOLIC AI DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT – 2nd posting

Funding Opportunities:

  1. P.E.O. SCHOLAR AWARD – DEADLINE: August 22, 2025

Volunteers and research participants sought: 

  1. LOOKING FOR SECOND AND FIFTH GRADERS TO PARTICIPATE IN A VIRGINIA TECH LEARNING STUDY (IRB PROTOCOL #24-1349) – 1st posting
  2. RECRUITING FOR A PAID RESEARCH STUDY ON USING GESTURES FOR LEARNING – 1st posting
  3. RIPPLES OF CHANGE ARTIST CALLS FOR ONLINE GALLERY – 1st posting
  4. SEEKING PARTICIPANTS FOR AN ONLINE USER STUDY ON EVALUATING QUESTION-ANSWER PAIRS – 1st posting
  5. MENTHOL SMOKING STUDY – 1st posting
  6. AN EXPLORATION INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISABILITIES & SEXUALITIES – 2nd posting
  7. PARTICIPATE IN A 45-MINUTE AUGMENTED REALITY EMOTIVE CAPTIONING STUDY – 2nd posting (1/2)
  8. VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR DRONE CONSPICUITY PROJECT – 3rd posting

Upcoming Events:    

  1. DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP COLLABORATION HOUR – August 25
  2. TEACHING WITH DIGITAL EXHIBITS: A WORKSHOP WITH DR. P. GABRIELLE FOREMAN-  August 26
  3. FACULTY SEARCH COMMITTEE PERSPECTIVES PANELS – August 26
  4. BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES FACULTY SEARCH COMMITTEE PANELAugust 26
  5. LYRIC THEATRE TOUR – August 26
  6. MEET THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESAugust 27
  7. NEW FACULTY HIRE CONVERSATION WITH CHRISTO THOMAS – August 27
  8. GROCERY BINGO – August 27
  9. GET CAREER FAIR READY: WHAT GRADUATE STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW – August 28
  10. LET’S MAKE LUNCH – September 2
  11. GET YOUR RESUME READY: ESSENTIALS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS – September 2
  12. FINDING RESOURCES FOR LITERATURE REVIEWS IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES – September 2
  13. ALL-DAY WRITING RETREAT – September 3
  14. INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT – September 3
  15. DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP COLLABORATION HOUR – September 8
  16. TIPS & TRICKS FOR LITERATURE REVIEWS IN ENGINEERING – September 9
  17. COMPS, QUALS, & PRELIMS, OH MY! – September 15
  18. DEFENSE PRACTICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATING STUDENTS  – September 19
  19. FLIP THE FAIR 2025 – September 25
  20. OMBUDS FORUM: SETTING EXPECTATIONS- OCTOBER 22

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