{"id":7306,"date":"2021-05-31T10:41:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T17:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=7306"},"modified":"2021-05-31T10:41:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T17:41:21","slug":"gradupdate-designing-your-graduate-school-strategy-graduate-writing-retreat-writing-personal-statements-virtual-job-and-volunteer-fair-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-7306","title":{"rendered":"GradUpdate – Designing your Graduate School Strategy, Graduate Writing Retreat, Writing Personal Statements, Virtual Job and Volunteer Fair, and more."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
GradUpdate<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this issue, Designing your Graduate School Strategy, Graduate Writing Retreat, Writing Personal Statements, Virtual Job and Volunteer Fair, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seats still available<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Interviews<\/strong>
\nWednesday, Jun 2 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Register<\/a><\/p>\n

Doctoral Defence: Doctoral Examination and Virtual Defence Procedure<\/strong>
\nWednesday, Jun 2 | 2:00 – 3:15 PM Register<\/a><\/p>\n

Getting the Most Out of Your Academic Experience: Designing Your Grad School Strategy <\/strong>
\nThursday, Jun 3 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM Register<\/a><\/p>\n

Project Management (Mitacs Training) <\/strong>
\nMonday & Tuesday, Jun 7&8 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Must commit to both full days | Registration<\/a> by lottery, to be drawn Tuesday, Jun 1 @9:00 AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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The following highlights some upcoming events. Please find more on community.grad.ubc.ca <\/a>and grad.ubc.ca\/current-students\/professional-development<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND SUCCESS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Using Zotero for Citation Management<\/strong>
\nThursday, Jun 10 | 12:00 – 1:30 PM Register <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAREER EXPLORATION<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Your Next Step Virtual Career Fair: How to Prepare <\/strong>
\nMonday, Jun 7 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n

UBC Virtual Job and Volunteer Fair<\/strong>
\nWednesday, Jun 9 | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Featuring 50+ employers who are looking to fill openings for both paid and volunteer positions
\nRegister<\/a><\/p>\n

Your Next Step Virtual Career Fair – Now What? Leveraging Your Experience<\/strong>
\nThursday, Jun 10 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Learn more<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

COMMUNITY AND NETWORK BUILDING<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Can We Cut Emissions Fast Enough? With Joyce Msuya, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNEP Deputy Executive Director<\/strong>
\nWednesday, Jun 9 | 9:30 – 10:30 AM Register<\/a><\/p>\n

Panel Moderators and Rapporteurs needed for “Re-Imagining Agenda 2063: A Socio-Legal Foundation for the Africa We Want” Conference<\/strong>
\nApply by Friday, Jun 11 | Conference is June 21 – 24 Learn more<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

RESEARCH SKILLS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Introduction to Docker<\/strong>
\nMonday, Jun 7 | 1:00 – 2:30 PM Register<\/a><\/p>\n

Understanding Spatial Data: Map Projections <\/strong>
\nTuesday, Jun 8 | 1:00 – 3:00 PM Register<\/a><\/p>\n

Visualizing Data in ArcGIS Online <\/strong>
\nThursday, Jun 10 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM Register<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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WordPress & Wiki Clinic (Drop-In) <\/strong>
\nThursday, Jun 10 | 1:00 – 3:00 PM Register<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WRITING AND COMMUNICATION<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Clear, accurate, concise writing<\/strong>
\nMonday, May 31 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Register<\/a><\/p>\n

Personal statements: writing<\/strong>
\nTuesday, Jun 8 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Register<\/a><\/p>\n

Graduate Writing Retreat<\/strong>
\nWednesday & Thursday, Jun 9 & 10 | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Register<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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GradUpdate In this issue, Designing your Graduate School Strategy, Graduate Writing Retreat, Writing Personal Statements, Virtual Job and Volunteer Fair, and more. Seats still available   Interviews Wednesday, Jun 2 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Register Doctoral Defence: Doctoral Examination and Virtual Defence Procedure Wednesday, Jun 2 | 2:00 – 3:15 PM Register Getting the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7307,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7306\/revisions\/7307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}