GradUpdate – Effective Communications, Intro to Financial Planning, Research Data Management, Statistical Analysis with R, Exploring Zoom, and more.

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This Friday, August 13th, is the deadline for work learn 2021 applications.  As you likely know, these positions run from Sept to April and are ~ 10 hours/week opportunities.  There are many opportunities specifically for graduate students such as work working with me as a Special Projects Coordinator with GPS or working with the Graduate Student Society.  You can view some of the opportunities here https://community.grad.ubc.ca/forums/student-work-experiences however there are many more students can view at Careers Online. Please let your students know about these on campus work experiences.

Below is this week’s GradUpdate, including the link to the online version. I appreciate you sharing this with your graduate students.

Have a wonderful week,

Jacqui.

GradUpdate

In this issue, Effective Communications, Intro to Financial Planning, Research Data Management, Statistical Analysis with R, Exploring Zoom, and more.

Seats still available

Applying for a Vanier or Doctoral Canada Graduate Scholarship – Competition Details and Application Procedures
Thursday, Aug 19 | 3:00 – 4:15 PM Register

Doctoral Tri-Council Workshop: Writing the Research Proposal
Tuesday, Aug 17 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Register

Events and Opportunities

The following highlights some upcoming events. Please find more on community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development

ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND SUCCESS

Using Zotero for Citation Management
Thursday, Aug 19 | 12:00 – 1:30 PM Register

CAREER EXPLORATION

Effective Communications
A Student Biotech Network event | Industry Ready Workshop | Wednesday, Aug 18 | 5:00 – 6:00 PM Register

P/T Work at UBC, Sept to Apr
Work with us in Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. We have open positions for a Special Projects Coordinator and a Marketing and Recruitment Assistant.
Check out the many work learn opportunities available to graduate students | 10 hrs/week Learn more and apply

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Budgeting 101: An Introduction to Financial Planning
Tuesday, Aug 17 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Register

RESEARCH SKILLS

Introduction to ArcGIS Pro
Monday, Aug 16 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Register

Geospatial Analysis & Visualization with Python
Tuesday, Aug 17 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Register

Research Data Management
Tuesday, Aug 17 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Register

Creating XML files from Newspapers in Oxygen
Thursday, Aug 19 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM Register

Statistical analysis with R
Thursday, Aug 19 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM Register

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT

Exploring Zoom
Tuesday, Aug 17 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Register

WordPress & Wiki Clinic (Drop-In)
Thursday, Aug 19 | 1:00 – 3:00 PM Register

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