Events & Opportunities: Week of July 24

Summary

Upcoming events and opportunities of interest to College of Education graduate students, week of July 24.

Events

ETD Formatting Walk-In Help
Attention: Master’s Plan A and Doctoral
July 24, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Do you have questions regarding formatting your thesis or dissertation? Stop in during one of our help sessions to talk to Graduate School staff about any specific formatting questions you may have. Chittenden Hall, Room 220. Learn more via the Graduate School

Barbenheimer: A Special Collections Pop-Up
July 27, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. 
Enjoy this summer’s unlikeliest media mashup with a selection of Barbie memorabilia and vintage nuclear texts from MSU Libraries Special Collections. Ponder the existential parallels between Barbie’s universe and atomic wastelands. Decide on your viewing order for a Barbie/Oppenheimer double feature. And please share your movie reviews if you’ve already been! Special Collections Seminar Room (Main Library, 1 West). Learn more via MSU Libraries

Keep the Momentum Going Writing Session
July 27, 3 to 5 p.m. 
Whether you are working on the competencies for your Certification in College Teaching, your Diversity Statement or your Teaching Philosophy Statement, join for an in-person writing session. Please come to this working and scaffolding session prepared with questions, identify your needs so you can set goals to complete your work or make progress on your ongoing documents (e.g., teaching philosophy), and provide resources and feedback. Chittenden Hall, Room 110. Learn more via the Graduate School

ETD Formatting Walk-In Help
Attention: Master’s Plan A and Doctoral
Aug. 2, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Do you have questions regarding formatting your thesis or dissertation? Stop in during one of our help sessions to talk to Graduate School staff about any specific formatting questions you may have. Chittenden Hall, Room 220. Learn more via the Graduate School

Community-Engaged Scholarship Write-In
Aug. 4, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 
Are you working on an outreach or engagement journal article, grant proposal, book chapter, thesis, dissertation, curriculum, or portfolio? Would some quiet space and time away from your office help? Join us for three hours of dedicated writing time to advance your community-engaged scholarship. Register by: Aug. 2. Learn more via University Outreach & Engagement


Opportunities

Grant & Fellowship Support 
Are you planning on submitting a grant or fellowship proposal for external (non-MSU) funding? Please reach out to the Office of Research Administration (ORA) to let us know as soon as possible, keeping this timeline in mind. We can also support you in finding funding opportunities. You can set-up a one-on-one appointment (email rlockart@msu.edu), visit our grad student Teams page for more info, subscribe to our monthly newsletter, or schedule a presentation for a group of grad students.