Day: September 9, 2013

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Graduate Program Opportunities Speakers

GPS workshops: Copyright, Thesis Submission, Doctoral Exam Prep + Re-orientation

On Oct 8th from 1 – 2 PM we will be hosting a keynote presentation by Alexandra Samuel, VP of Social Media at Vision Critical, titled “Create Your Career Opportunities in Graduate School”.  This will be part of a 3-hour graduate student workshop (details to be posted soon, registration for students to open Monday, September 30th).  The keynote will take place at the Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to graduate.pathways@ubc.ca .

Did you miss new graduate student orientation?  A schedule of orientation events through September including campus tours, salsa, international student orientation and re-orientation may be found at http://orientation.grad.ubc.ca/schedules/september-2013/ .

Registration is now open for the following GPS events:

Tuesday, September 17th

9:00 AM to 11:00 AM:  Copyright for your Thesis

For a complete session description, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10599-gpslibrary-session-copyright-your-thesis

To register see http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2ae7.

 

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Doctoral Exam Preparation

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Submitting your Thesis

For a complete session description, please visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10613-gps-session-submitting-your-thesis-doctoral-exam-preparation

To register for one or both of the above sessions, see http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2aee

 

Thursday, Sept 19th

9:30 AM to 10:45 AM Doctoral Exam Preparation (via webinar)

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Thesis Submission (via webinar)

For a complete session description, please visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10615-gps-session-doctoral-exam-preparation-submitting-your-thesis-webinar

To register for one or both of the above sessions, see http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2af0

 

For upcoming GPS events, see www.grad.ubc.ca/gps .

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Talk of interest: Science Education

Andrea Woody, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington

“Chemistry’s Periodic Law: Rethinking Explanation and Representation through the Turn to Practice”

Thursday, September 12, 5:00-6:30, Buchanan Tower 1197

Abstract: In this talk, I reflect on the significance of “the turn to practice” for contemporary philosophy of science. After briefly characterizing the practice turn and its inherent challenges, I discuss chemistry’s periodic law, drawing on its establishment in the nineteenth century to illustrate how attention to practice is relevant for understanding scientific representation, and considering the subsequent entrenchment of the periodic table within chemistry to argue for the inter-relation between representation and explanation. I suggest this example’s significance is best appreciated by taking a functional perspective on scientific explanation and conclude by highlighting philosophical gains enabled by attention to practice.

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EDCP Peer Mentor Program

What is the Peer Mentor Program?

The EDCP Peer Mentor Program is designed to ease your transition to graduate school and the UBC community. The Peer Mentor Program will match a new graduate student with an upper-year graduate student in the EDCP department. Your mentor is someone who can help you with questions about academic and social challenges, such as selecting courses, how to get involved in the department, UBC and Vancouver community, and how to get used to graduate school. This person can become your “go to” for questions, but remember it is an informal relationship and they are speaking from personal experience. Your mentor has probably experienced many of the challenges that you will face. Plus, it is always nice to have a friendly face on campus or someone you can grab coffee with!

I am new to UBC – how do I sign up to get a mentor?

Follow the link and fill out an online application. We will match you with a mentor as they become available.

Application: tinyurl.com/NewStudentApp

I am an upper-year student – how do I sign up to be a mentor?

Follow the link and fill out an online application.

Application: tinyurl.com/UpperYearApp

We will send you information and Frequently Asked Questions to help get you started. We will match you with a mentee as they identify they would like mentors.

Remember, you can also ask any questions to the Peer Advisors and we would be happy to help you as well!

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International Student Support

Please contact Espen (gisseduc@gmail.com) if you need support.

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