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Welcome to the Graduate School’s listserv for sharing events, services, administrative announcements and job opportunities for graduate students. Messages are posted on Mondays. Graduate students may submit items for posting by 5:00pm Friday before the Monday on which the posting is to appear by emailing it to grads@vt.edu. Please put “GLC Weekly posting” in the subject line. The GLC Weekly postings are also available at https://webapps.graduateschool.vt.edu/glcweekly/
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Recurring Events:
1. WEEKLY DROP-IN SERVICES
This Week’s Events:
2. GLC CAFÉ
Administrative Announcements:
None at this time
Jobs:
None at this time
Volunteers and research participants sought:
3. PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR LIFTING STUDY WITH WEARABLE EXOSKELETONS – 1st posting
4. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SUMMER PROGRAM ACADEMIC COACH –3rd posting
Upcoming events:
— PART-TIME GRADUATE STUDENT GATHERING
Recurring Events
1. WEEKLY DROP-IN SERVICES:
– Career Advising: On hiatus for summer. See: https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/gradcareeropportunity/
– Cook Counseling: on summer hiatus
– Graduate School summer hours: MTThF 9:00am-4:00pm, W 9:30-4:00
– Immigration advising hours: MWF 1:00-4:00pm, TTh 9:00am-12:00pm, Room 120 GLC
– Writing assistance: reserve appointment at https://www.lib.vt.edu/spaces/writing-center.html
This Week’s Events
2. GLC CAFÉ
Thursday, Jun 20, 3:30-5:00pm, GLC Reading Room
GLC café continues every Thursday throughout the summer when the university is open. Stop by for the usual coffee, tea and cookies and the occasional surprises brought to you by the Graduate School! We will not be having Wednesday café during the summer.
Administrative Announcements:
Jobs:
Volunteers and research participants sought:
3. PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR LIFTING STUDY WITH WEARABLE EXOSKELETONS – 1st posting
Participants are sought for a research study about lifting with and without wearable exoskeletons. Must be 18-35 years old with no recent or prior musculoskeletal disorders or back injuries (at least for 12 months). A height range of 5′ 4″- 6 2′ is preferred. Should be able to comfortably lift a box (~10% of the body weight) from the floor to the waist height. Will be asked to perform a variety of lifting tasks both with and without the exoskeletons. Training session takes about 1 hour and the data collection session takes about 3-4 hours. The compensation rate is $10/hour. Those willing to take part in this study should email Saman Madinei at madinei@vt.edu.
4. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SUMMER PROGRAM ACADEMIC COACH – 3rd posting
Volunteers needed to act as an academic coach for the STEP summer program. Volunteers will meet with a group of incoming first-year students for 10-30 minutes once a week starting on June 23 and ending July 26. Although there is no compensation, all volunteers will receive a free t-shirt. If interested, please contact Karis Boyd at karisb@vt.edu.
Upcoming events:
PART-TIME GRADUATE STUDENT GATHERING
Tuesday, Jun 25, 5:00-6:30pm, The Cellar (upstairs), 302 N. Main St., Blacksburg
Come gather, meet, and chat in an informal setting with other part-time graduate students. Contact Lia Kelinsky-Jones, part-time PhD student in Agricultural, Leadership and Community Education at liak9@vt.edu with any questions.
Have a great week!
Sue
Sue Kass
Student Services Coordinator
Virginia Tech Graduate School
540-231-4558
sjkass@vt.edu
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This is the Virginia Tech Graduate School – GLC Programs listserv. The subscription list is updated each semester based on enrollment. Messages are posted on Mondays. Graduate students may submit items for posting by Friday before the Monday on which the posting is to appear. If you do not wish to receive these messages, you may unsubscribe at any time by logging into google.com, groups, your groups, and changing your subscription status for this or any other VT-managed list. The GLC Weekly postings are also available at https://webapps.graduateschool.vt.edu/glcweekly/.
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