GradUpdate

In this issue, Leveraging your Strengths, Doctoral Defence Procedures, Public Scholars Award, Graduate Students in Teaching Conference, Celebrate Learning Week, and more.

Registration now open

Doctoral Defence: Doctoral Examination and Defence Procedures
Online | Tuesday, May 16 | 2 – 3:15 pm

Register

Leveraging your Strengths to Strategize for Success
Receive a free Gallup CliftonStrengths Assessment; learn your top 5 strengths
Online | Thursday, May 18 | 3 – 4:30 pm

Register

Seats available

Careers in Business and Consulting (Panel)
Online | SFU/UBC event | Thursday, May 4 | 4 – 5:30 pm Register

Events and Opportunities

A selection of upcoming events are highlighted below.  Visit  community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development for our full events calendar.

ACADEMIC

UBC Public Scholars Award
Applications close May 12th for UBC’s Public Scholars Initiative, a groundbreaking, award-winning scholarship program going to its ninth year. Public Scholars enjoy (1) continuous academic support, in particular with alternative dissertation ideas; (2) up to $20,000 financial support over 2 years and; (3) numerous professional development and networking opportunities.
Learn more and apply.

Choosing a Citation Management Tool
Online | Monday, May 8 | 4:30 – 6 pm Register

RESEARCH

Data Bites – Best Practices for File Naming
Online | Monday, May 8 | 12 – 12:30 pm Register

Introduction to the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)
Online | Monday, May 8 | 1 – 3 pm Register

Introduction to Oxygen XML editor
In-person | Tuesday, May 9 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

Introduction to R and RStudio (beginner)
Online | Wednesday, May 10 | 1 – 2 pm (+ optional 30 min practice) Register

Introduction to the Unix Shell
Online | Thursday, May 11 | 12 – 2 pm Register

TEACHING

Celebrate Learning Week
May 2 – 9 | Various formats | Power of Place in Teaching and Learning
Browse all events and register.

Graduate Students in Teaching Conference
Online | Tuesday & Wednesday, May 9 & 10 | 11 am – 12:30 pm
Free for UBC grad students | Register
Check out the program-at-a-glance; sessions include:

• Effective Communication for TAs
• How to Foster a Sense of Community
• How to implement Universal Design for Learning
• Using metaphors to build anti-racist teaching practices
• and many more

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop
In-person | Monday, Wednesday & Friday, June 12, 14 & 16 | 8 am – 5 pm
Apply by June 7 | See all upcoming sessions.