April 16, 2024

IN THIS BULLETIN:

Meetings, Workshops, & Events

1. CIRTL Network Events on Preparing for the Academic Hiring Process
2. CIRTL Network Events on Exploring Careers Inside and Outside Academia

Deadlines & Dates to Remember

Policy Updates

Administrative Announcements  

1. Pregnant Workers Fairness Act takes effect June 27
2. National Name Exchange Invitation

Meetings, Workshops, & Events

1. CIRTL Network Events on Preparing for the Academic Hiring Process

The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Network is offering events this spring focused on preparing for the academic hiring process. The next event is “Writing Your Research Statement for the Academic Job Market” and “Writing Your Teaching Statement for the Academic Job Market” in April. You can find the full CIRTL Network event schedule, including descriptions and registration information, at https://cirtl.net/events/. The events are offered online and at no cost. To learn more about the CIRTL Network, visit https://cirtl.net/. If you have questions about CIRTL at Virginia Tech, email cirtl@vt.edu.

2. CIRTL Network Events on Exploring Careers Inside and Outside Academia

The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Network is offering events this spring focused on exploring careers inside and outside academia. Upcoming events include “Exploring Teaching Careers at Research Universities with CIRTL Alumni,” “Exploring Teaching Careers at Teaching Intensive Universities with CIRTL Alumni,” “Exploring Non-faculty Careers in Academia with CIRTL Alumni,” “Careers Outside of Higher Education,” and “Exploring Careers Outside Academia with CIRTL Alumni.” You can find the full CIRTL Network event schedule, including descriptions and registration information, at https://cirtl.net/events/. The events are offered online and at no cost. To learn more about the CIRTL Network, visit https://cirtl.net/. If you have questions about CIRTL at Virginia Tech, email cirtl@vt.edu.

Deadlines & Dates to Remember

Policy Updates 

Administrative Announcements

1. Pregnant Workers Fairness Act takes effect June 27

GRAs, GTAs, and GAs are considered “workers” under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Please let your faculty and staff know that accommodations must be made including flexible working hours, appropriately-sized uniforms and safety apparel, exemption from strenuous activities or other adjustments. Please see here for resources available at VT.

https://news.vt.edu/notices/2023/06/oea-pregnant-workers-fairness-act.html

2. National Name Exchange Invitation

The Graduate School wishes to solicit your assistance in identifying domestic URM students to invite to participate in the National Name Exchange. The NNE program aims to help underrepresented undergraduate and master’s students learn about, apply to, and matriculate into graduate programs. The students considered “underrepresented” by NNE are racial and ethnic minorities, first-generation students, veterans, women in STEM fields, rural students, students with disabilities, and students from low-income backgrounds. Students are nominated to participate by their current institution but they need to take the steps to accept the invitation. The benefit for students is to support them in their process of considering and applying to graduate school. In full transparency, the benefit for Virginia Tech is that once two students from VT have enrolled, VT gains access to the entire list of students and can participate in targeted recruitment. The link for students to use to enroll is: https://cgsnet.org/national-name-exchange-for-students-enrollment-form#/webform/nne-profile.

Please see the invitation letter here: NNE Invitation Letter 2024.pdf