[Neuropostdocs] Graduate College events this week: improving grad school experience, thesis deposit, academic job negotiation process

[Sam Beshers]

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>Exploring Ways to Improve the Graduate Student Experience
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>A surprisingly high proportion of doctoral students never complete their 
>degree. It is estimated that nationwide, only about 50% of entering 
>doctoral students actually obtain their degree after ten years. Why do 
>students leave? Is some attrition okay? Are changes in graduate education 
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>The Graduate College at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
>will present its fourth annual Symposium on Graduate Education entitled, 
>Journeys in Graduate Study: Exploring Ways to Improve the Graduate Student 
>Experience." This symposium, sponsored by the Graduate College, takes 
>place from 1-5 p.m. on the afternoon of February 20, and faculty, graduate 
>students, staff, and alumni are all invited to attend all or part of the 
>event.
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>Key event details:
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>·         Monday, February 20, 2006
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>·         1-5 p.m.
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>·         Illini Union Rooms A, B, & C
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>·         Come for as much or little of the program as you can
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>·         Fun wine and cheese reception to follow in the Illini Union 
>South Lounge
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>·         Full program available at 
><http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/CareerServices/Symposium/SymposiumHome.html>http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/CareerServices/Symposium/SymposiumHome.html
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>The symposium will feature keynote speaker 
><http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/aboutus/staff/golde.htm>Dr. Chris M. 
>Golde, a Senior Scholar at the 
><http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/index.htm>Carnegie Foundation for the 
>Advancement of Teaching, where she is research director for the 
><http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/CID/index.htm>Carnegie Initiative 
>on<http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/CID/index.htm> the Doctorate. For the 
>last decade her research has focused on doctoral education, particularly 
>the experiences of doctoral students.  Her dissertation work was on 
>doctoral student attrition, and she is the lead author of 
><http://www.phd-survey.org/>At Cross Purposes:  What the Experiences of 
>Todays Doctoral Students Reveal about Doctoral Education, the 2001 report 
>of the national Survey on Doctoral Education and Career Preparation, 
>funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts 
>(<http://www.phd-survey.org/>www.phd-survey.org).
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>Additional discussion items will include proactive faculty mentoring and 
>how graduate students can drive their own success.
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>Thesis Deposit Workshop
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>·         Tuesday, February 21
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>·         407 Illini Union
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>·         5:00-7:00 p.m.
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>·         Free to all UIUC graduate students; no registration required
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>·         Graduate students in the final stages of degree completion are 
>particularly encouraged to attend
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>All doctoral students and most master students must deposit a dissertation 
>or thesis in order to complete their degree. This workshop will last 
>approximately 1 hour with the presentation from 5:00-6:00 p.m. and 
>questions from 6:00-7:00 p.m.  The workshop is designed to provide 
>graduate students with the key information they need to achieve a 
>successful, low stress deposit and graduation experience.  It covers the 
>procedures and deadlines relating to deposit, required deposit materials, 
>and basic rules of thesis and dissertation format.
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>If you have any questions prior to the workshop you can call the Thesis 
>Office at 333-6278 or email at 
><mailto:thesis at uiuc.edu>thesis at uiuc.edu.  Please visit our website at 
><http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/thesis/thesisgc.html>www.grad.uiuc.edu/thesis/thesisgc.html. 
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>Academic Job Offer Evaluation & Negotiation
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>·         Wednesday, February 22
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>·         407 Illini Union
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>·         5:00-6:30 p.m.
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>·         Free to all UIUC graduate students; no registration required
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>Description:
>So you've received the job offer...now what? This workshop will discuss 
>offer evaluation, what aspects of the academic job offer can be 
>negotiated, and basic strategies for conducting a successful negotiation.
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>Additional details regarding these and other workshops for graduate 
>student professional and career development are listed at 
><http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/mastercalendar>www.grad.uiuc.edu/mastercalendar.

Samuel Beshers, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator, Neuroscience and
Research Associate, Dept of Entomology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
505 South Goodwin Ave
Urbana, IL  61801
217-333-4971 
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