IN THIS BULLETIN:
Meetings/Workshops/Events:
1. SLATE IMPLEMENTATION – TRAINING SESSION
2. ASSISTANTSHIP MANAGEMENT 101 TRAINING
3. SAVE THE DATE: GRADUATE SCHOOL RECRUITMENT, PROGRAMMING, AND CLIMATE WORKSHOP
Administrative Announcements:
4. REGISTRATION OPEN FOR FALL 2019 GTA WORKSHOP – RESTRICTIONS APPLY
5. NEW REQUIREMENT FOR STUDENTS PURSUING GRAD DEGREES AT VT
Deadlines/Dates to Remember:
JUL 5: Summer I classes end
JUL 9: Summer II classes begin
Meetings/Workshops/Events:
1. SLATE IMPLEMENTATION – TRAINING SESSION
The Graduate School is migrating from Connect to Slate for recruitment communications by August 1. We are offering training sessions on how to use Slate for recruitment and migrating any existing communications in Connect to Slate. This session is for any program that has communications to prospective students in Connect as well as any program that would like to start using Slate to send recruitment communications. Register at https://doodle.com/poll/rsz2eprisyi94sit; a confirmation email will be sent to you closer to the training date with additional information.
Tuesday, June 18 10:30am-12:00pm in 238 GLC
Thursday, June 20 3:30pm-5:00pm in 238 GLC
Friday, June 21 10:00am-11:30am in Zoom
2. ASSISTANTSHIP MANAGEMENT 101 TRAINING
Tuesday, June 25, 10:00am-11:30am, GLC Room B
For anyone new to the assistantship process or for those who would like a refresher on the process. Will provide an overview of policies and technical details of various administrative stages of an assistantship and the responsibilities of departments, students, and the Graduate School from the time a position is offered through funding of the position. This training will also be made available on Zoom. To enroll, go to https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bf1KKCv4eELPpPL. If you have any questions, contact Sue Kass at sjkass@vt.edu or call (540) 231-4558.
3. SAVE THE DATE: GRADUATE SCHOOL RECRUITMENT, PROGRAMMING, AND CLIMATE WORKSHOP
Thursday, August 22, 9:00am-12:00pm, Newman Library-Multipurpose Room 101
The Graduate School is hosting an interactive workshop to share information from our various offices with you as well as discuss how we can support you and your unit. RSVP at https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_008MW4XdcXeDqzr. Contact Shernita Lee at shernita@vt.edu with any questions.
Administrative Announcements:
4. REGISTRATION OPEN FOR FALL 2019 GTA WORKSHOP – RESTRICTIONS APPLY
Registration site (https://secure.graduateschool.vt.edu/gtaworkshop/) for Fall 2019 GTA workshop (GRAD 5004) is now open. All new GTAs are required to take this course and should be registered by dept. graduate coordinators (they cannot register themselves). Coordinators please register your students using the above site by August 6, 2019. Please be aware of a special situation – Squires is not available this fall for the Phase I fall workshop. Therefore, the Phase I workshop will be held in the GLC, with capacity limited slightly vs. past fall sessions. If you have a student for whom it would be nice to take GRAD 5004 this fall, but not essential, please consider registering that student for the spring 2020 GRAD 5004 course. GTA workshop sessions focus on themes important for new GTAs, including oral presentation skills, ethics, pedagogical techniques and skills, conflict resolution, threat assessment, handling student personal information, using campus research tools, and computer security. Phase I is held on a single day, Tuesday, August 20, 2019 between 8:30 am and 4:00 pm; ALL REGISTERED STUDENTS MUST ATTEND THIS FULL-DAY WORKSHOP IN ORDER TO PASS THE COURSE.
5. NEW REQUIREMENT FOR STUDENTS PURSUING GRAD DEGREES AT VT
The Commission on Graduate Studies and Policy recently approved a new requirement for students pursuing graduate degrees at Virginia Tech: an inclusion and diversity education component as part of their studies. This requirement aligns with the Graduate School’s goal of providing all students with an affirming, inclusive, and diverse education program that helps prepare them for the challenges they will meet in their post-graduation careers. Four topics must be included in the plans: the University’s Principles of Community; the impact of personal actions and words; avenues of redress and shared responsibility as active bystanders to recognize and disrupt bullying; and a process of individual introspection and reflection leading to awareness of one’s own words and language. Other topics also may be included. Each program, department, or college may develop its own plan for meeting the requirement, and all plans must be approved by the Graduate School after submission by the unit’s Graduate Program Director or its equivalent. For more information about the requirement, including whom to contact for assistance and questions, please visit the Graduate School’s Inclusion and Diversity Requirement webpage at: https://graduateschool.vt.edu/faculty-and-staff-resources/inclusion-diversity-requirement.html.