Events
ETD Formatting Walk-In Session
April 10, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Do you have questions regarding formatting your thesis or dissertation? Stop in to talk to Graduate School staff. Walk-in session (registration not required). Chittenden Hall, Room 220
ORA Brown Bag: Ask anything (about grants & fellowships)!
April 11, 12 p.m. Do you have questions about grants and fellowships? Not sure how or when to get started looking for practicum, dissertation, or other funding? Or do you have specific questions about putting together a compelling proposal? Come to the next ORA Brown Bag to get answers to your questions! VIRTUAL EVENT: Attend via Zoom (passcode: g&f)
GTA TLC Workshop: Living Syllabus Session with Dr. Sabina Vaught
Attention: Graduate Teaching Assistants
April 11, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Learn how syllabi can be revolutionary experiments in reimagining and restructuring a small part of the vast educational project. Join to learn about and discuss one model for engaging a living syllabus, one that unfolds through collective processes in the context of one course. VIRTUAL EVENT: Learn more via the Graduate School
Creating Cultures of Wellbeing in Your Class
April 11, 7 to 8 p.m. Join Dr. Megumi Moore, MSU’s Director of Graduate Student Life & Wellness, for an interactive discussion on wellbeing and your classroom culture. Learn more about evidence behind wellness as a foundation for student success, reflect on your supports and barriers to building humanizing spaces, and identify simple actions you can take in your everyday practice. VIRTUAL EVENT: Register to attend via Zoom
Therapy Dog Thursday
April 13, 3 to 5 p.m. Take a study break and pet a dog. Main Library, South Lobby, 1st Floor. Learn more via MSU Libraries
Night at the Museum
April 14, 6 to 8 p.m. Enjoy an all-ages evening of science and art-inspired activities. Learn more via Broad Art Museum
Graduate School Write-In
April 14, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. This event is an opportunity to write in a shared space with others present. A Writing Center consultant/staff member will be available to provide consultations. Registration required. HYBRID EVENT: Learn more via the Graduate School
Beal Botanical Garden Tour: Ethnobotany at the Beal Botanical Garden
April 13, 12:10 to 12:55 p.m. Meet Beal’s new Education Program Director, Maeve Bassett, and learn all about the origin of ethnobotany, the study of the relationship between people and plants. Tour will cover topics such as herbals, doctrine of signatures, role of botanical gardens, and a few weird plant stories. Learn more via MSU
Free Pre-Finals Childcare
April 15, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For MSU students with children ages 2-10 years old at Peoples Church Preschool. Registration required. Learn more via MSU COGS
Meet Your Campus Art Museum
April 15, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Stop by the MSU Broad Art Museum to meet MSU students who work at the museum, wander through the galleries, and visit the education wing for hands-on art-making. Learn more via Broad Art Museum
Opportunities
Call for instructors for EAD 315
Do you want to gain experience with teaching? Consider teaching a course on Student Leadership for undergraduate students at MSU. This is a teaching apprenticeship that offers cohort-style and mentored teaching experience to first-time and experienced instructors. To view the details of the call, sample courses, meet the Course Coordinator for questions, or apply, go to https://linktr.ee/ead31. Apply by: April 26. Contact Sanfeng Miao (miaosanf@msu.edu) with questions.
Volunteer as a UURAF Evaluator
The 2023 University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) will be held April 14 at the Breslin Center. UURAF is seeking graduate student volunteers to provide feedback to undergraduate student presenters. There are multiple category sections available: virtual, complete any time April 12-14; in-person on April 14. Expertise in the category is not required. Learn more about the event and register to volunteer via SignUp.com
Represent MSU with University Communications
University Communications is looking for students who are passionate about MSU and are open to sharing their Spartan experience to help us recruit a new generation of Spartans. Involvement might include participation in a photo session, TV production, videos on campus or contributing to user-generated content in social media. Interested? Please join us! Indicate your interest in participating via Qualtrics
CIRTL Teaching & Learning Opportunities
The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning is offering teaching and learning programming throughout April. Check out events on driving your own professional development, and on the various career paths that CIRTL alumni have pursued in and beyond academia. Finish out the term with the annual Teaching-as-Research presentations. Learn more via the Graduate School
Online Master’s Graduate Q&A
Attention: Online Master’s
Are you a College of Ed online master’s student graduating this spring? The Office of Academic & Student Affairs would like to hear from you! Our team is looking for graduating online students to share their stories and experiences with prospective students. If you’d like to participate in this marketing initiative, share your information in this short Qualtrics survey (it should take less than 5-10 minutes to complete). Learn more via Qualtrics
Certification in College Teaching Institute
Attention: Doctoral
The Graduate School invites doctoral students, MMs, MFAs, and postdocs interested in working toward the Certification of College Teaching to join the CCTI 2023. Learn more via PDF