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Day: April 7, 2014
Hi Education Graduate Students! Ready, set, present! Would you like an opportunity to present your research questions? Can you present your findings in 3 minutes or less? On May 14th, as part of the Office of Graduate Programs and Research's "Research Week 2014", you are invited to submit proposals to present your work in 3 minutes or less. Guidelines: * Target should be an educated but non-specialist audience * A single, static PowerPoint slide is permitted * No animations, movement, audio, video, laser pointers, costumes, laboratory equipment, musical instruments, etc. Just YOU! * Presentations are limited to 3 minutes maximum Audience members will vote for their favourite presentation, along with a jury of three Faculty of Education community members (who will assess for comprehension, engagement and communication). The decision of the adjudicating panel is final and faculty members' presentations will not be eligible for either people's or jury's choice awards. The Call for Presentations is now open. Please submit proposals to Adriana Briseno- Garzon (adriana.briseno@ubc.ca) by April 18th, 2014, 4:00pm. Please use the attached Call for Presentation form. I've been dusting off my presentations skills and I hope you will join me on May 14! Sincerely, Laura Teichert LLED PhD student Research Week Planning Team
The EDCP deadline will be April 14, 2014, NOON
Subject: Call for nominations: Montalbano Scholars Fellowship
Montalbano Scholars Fellowship: Supports PhD students in International Relations or International Law who are recipients of one or more of the following: Four Year Doctoral Fellowship; Killam Doctoral Fellowship; Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Research Award or Canada Graduate Scholarship; Natural Science and Engineering Council Postgraduate Scholarship or Canada Graduate Scholarship; or Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship or Canada Graduate Scholarship. Preference will be given to students entering their first year of the PhD program at the University of British Columbia.
Value: $10,000 per year, renewable for an additional two years upon satisfactory progress
G+PS Deadline: 4:00 p.m. Friday, 25 April, 2014
Nomination Procedures / Materials; To recommend a student for this award, please provide the following:
(i) a letter of nomination (maximum two pages) from the Graduate Advisor, Department Head, or student’s supervisor. The letter must specify (a) why the nominee is eligible for award and (b) qualities, etc., that make the nominee a strong candidate for the award.
(ii) copy of nominee’s CV (up to two pages)
(iii) copies of all university-level transcripts to at least 31 December, 2013 (print-out of Academic History from SISC is acceptable for UBC transcript).
The contact at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for this competition is Anne Brozensky (anne.brozensky@ubc.ca).
Course development
The Centre for Community Engaged Learning and the Faculty of Pharmacy
Job title: curriculum development assistant
Pay rate: $23.89 to $28.47 /hr, depending on experience
Hours per week: 10 to 20
Length of term: Summer 2014, potential for extension in the fall and winter
In September 2015 the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences will be offering a new experiential learning course which draws heavily upon community service learning pedagogy. Up until now, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences has offered these kinds of courses to twenty students in the first year of the BSc Pharm program. In 2015, the Faculty will be changing its degree program and community service learning will be mandatory for all 224 students in each of the first and second years of the Entry to Practice PharmD Program. The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, with the assistance of the Centre for Community Engaged Learning, will be working over the next year to structure these courses; we are seeking a graduate student to assist in this process.
Background: Community service learning (CSL) is a pedagogical approach in which students apply their academic learning while working in partnership with community-based partners to address community-identified priorities. CSL enhances students’ academic learning and their capacity for global citizenship, while strengthening civil society and advancing sustainability. CSL is one of the enriched educational experiences that are highlighted in UBC’s Place and Promise strategic plan.
Role:
The graduate student will work directly with staff and faculty from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences as well as from The Centre for Community Engaged Learning.
Duties:
The RA may be asked to assist in all stages of the research/evaluation:
– Exploring possible CSL models for a large number students
– Exploring CSL models in health careers
– Helping to create a curriculum that may work for the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
– Helping to create a strategy for building community partnerships to host 200+ students
– Working with results from pilot years to help structure the curriculum
The curriculum development assistant will participate in weekly meetings. During these meetings the team will discuss the work being done and collaboratively define the necessary next steps for the coming week.
Qualifications
1. Currently pursuing a graduate degree in Education (Curriculum and Pedagogy, Educational Studies, Human Development Learning and Culture, etc.)
2. Previous experience working in course development an asset.
3. Previous experience working with community an asset.
All of the CCEL’s work includes an aspect of community engagement; having a methodological understanding of community-university relationships is therefore, an asset.
Please apply with a resume and cover letter to Allyson Rayner by April 22, 2014. allyson.rayner@ubc.ca.