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January 17, 2023

IN THIS BULLETIN:

Meetings, Workshops, & Events

  1. Jigsaw Connect: Graduate School Data Update: Resources and Responses
  2. Welcome Back/New Student Connect Lunch

Deadlines & Dates to Remember

  1. Graduate School Funded Fellowship Nominations
  2. Dean’s Diversity Assistantship Nomination Period is Open
  3. McNair Graduate Assistantship Nomination Period is Open
  4. Powell Fellowship Nomination Period is Open

Policy Updates

Administrative Announcements  

  1. Reminder about the Graduate School’s Updated Forms
  2. Virginia Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowships

Meetings, Workshops, & Events

  1. Jigsaw Connect: Graduate School Data Update: Resources and Responses

February 22nd at 11 a.m. via Zoom

 A series focused on Recruitment and Retention Support for Graduate Programs. The next session is entitled “Graduate School Data Update: Resources and Responses” with Kacy Lawrence, Director of Assessment and Strategic Data Initiatives. Register at https://virginiatech.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAode6srD4iE92T5ULl8BCXG3buggLG3v0i.  If you have questions, please contact Shania Booker at sbooker1@vt.edu.

  1. Welcome Back/New Student Connect Lunch

Thursday, January 26, 2023 from 12-1 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room, GLC

Join us for a welcome connect event for new and returning students and Graduate Program Coordinators. Lunch will be provided. Register at https://virginiatech.questionpro.com/2023GSwelcome. If you have questions, please contact sbooker1@vt.edu.

Deadlines & Dates to Remember

  1. Graduate School Funded Fellowship Nominations

Nominations for Graduate School Fellowships are now being accepted for the 2023-2024 academic year. For eligibility, nomination information, and deadlines, please visit each opportunity listed on the Funding Sponsored by the Graduate School page: https://graduateschool.vt.edu/funding/types-of-funding/funding-sponsored-by-the-graduate-school.html. Please note that, as of the spring 2023 graduate admissions cycle, the Cunningham Fellowship has been revamped to be a supplement to departmental funding, meant to enhance the appeal for the very best candidates. This restructuring will broaden the impact to many more students. We will be piloting the new structure this year, and the detailed procedure is the result of valuable feedback from Graduate Program Directors.

  1. Dean’s Diversity Assistantship Nomination Period is Open

Applications are currently being accepted for the Dean’s Diversity Assistantship program. For eligibility and nomination information please visit https://graduateschool.vt.edu/funding/types-of-funding/funding-sponsored-by-the-graduate-school.html. The deadline is March 3, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Please contact Shernita Lee at shernita@vt.edu if you have any questions.

  1. McNair Graduate Assistantship Nomination Period is Open

Applications are currently being accepted for the Ronald E. McNair Graduate Assistantship program. For eligibility and nomination information please visit: https://graduateschool.vt.edu/funding/types-of-funding/funding-sponsored-by-the-graduate-school.html.  The deadline is March 17, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Please contact Shernita Lee at shernita@vt.edu if you have any questions.

  1. Powell Fellowship Nomination Period is Open

Applications are currently being accepted for the Powell Fellowship. For eligibility and nomination information please visit https://graduateschool.vt.edu/funding/types-of-funding/funding-sponsored-by-the-graduate-school.html. The deadline is March 24th at 11:59 p.m. Please contact Shernita Lee at shernita@vt.edu if you have any questions.


Policy Updates


Administrative Announcements

  1. A Reminder about the Graduate Schools’ Updated Forms

Please check the links to Graduate forms on your department webpages. The Graduate School updated all its forms in summer 2022 and created a new forms page: https://graduateschool.vt.edu/forms.html that is easier to navigate and includes information about each form. If you link to Graduate forms, you may want to link to the Forms page instead of individual forms. If you choose to link to individual forms, please use the URL you will find for that form on the Forms webpage. The Graduate School is deleting all of the old forms to avoid confusion. If you have questions, please reach out to Cathy Grimes (cathg14@vt.edu).

  1. Virginia Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowships

The Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) is accepting applications to its 2023-2024 VSGC Scholarship and Fellowship program. Major goals of the VSGC are to help produce the engineers and scientists of the future and to diversify the STEM workforce. The Graduate Research STEM Fellowship Program provides fellowships of $6,000 to graduate students to supplement and enhance basic research support. Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a program of study in STEM and have a specific faculty-mentored research project that has NASA or aerospace relevance. Link: https://vsgc.odu.edu/graduatefellowships/.  The application deadline is January 27, 2023.