One-on-One Consultations
Do you need assistance with career services, finding funding, developing an IDP or have questions but don't know whom to ask or where to go? Click
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ND Calendar & Events
For a full listing of events on the Notre Dame campus for the week of August 29, 2016 - click
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Academic iNDex
- A secure, easily accessible, online repository for your academic and professional information
- An index of your publications, presentations, grants, work history, and other academic achievements
- A resource for identifying scholars eligible for specific grant and fellowship opportunities
- A tool to quickly create personalized CVs, resume, lists of publication or presentations, and more
For more information about Academic iNDex and how to use it, click
here.
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National Postdoctoral Association (NPA)
The NPA is a member-driven organization that provides a unique, national voice for postdoctoral scholars. Since 2003, they have taken on the ambitious agenda to enhance the quality of the postdoctoral experience in the US. They have assumed a leadership role in addressing the many issues confronting the postdoctoral community that are national in scope and requiring action beyond the local level.
- The University of Notre Dame is a sustaining member of the NPA.
- ND Postdocs can join the NPA for free.
- Learn about the benefits of a NPA membership here.
For more information about the NPA and to become a member, click
here.
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Versatile PhD - Humanities & Social Sciences
- Discover interesting career paths as an alternative to the faculty track
- Join a large community of post-academics to consult about your situation and the versatility of your PhD, MA, or postdoctoral appointment
- Read job listings appropriate for postdocs
- Network with successful post-academic PhDs nationwide
For more information about Versatile PhD and how to use it, click
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The Nth Degree: Postdocs Can Take Risks While Seeking Their Niche
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Tamara Fitzwater, MA '04, PhD '08, is in her second postdoc position at Binghamton University. |
Tamara Fitzwater, MA '04, PhD '08, spent an undergraduate summer combing through patient records for a spina bifida study. Later, she milked cows as part of a project on mastitis. And when she finished her doctorate in psychology at Binghamton, she went right back to work as a postdoctoral fellow.
"It's like being born and raised by your scientific parent," Fitzwater says. "You have to go live in someone else's household and see the way they live their life and the way they think. It opens some doors and allows you to step outside your little box."
The postdoc route has become a well-worn path for many researchers. There were fewer than 20,000 U.S. postdocs in science, engineering and health in 1980. By 2000, there were 43,000, and in 2014 - the most recent figure available from the National Science Foundation - there were more than 63,000.
Click here
to read the full article by Coker.
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You Don't Know Your Students. This Professor Hopes to Change That.
t's near midnight on a Friday at Kansas State University, and an associate professor of anthropology is out with his students, sneaking onto the rooftop of a campus building - or at least trying to.
A security guard is right on their heels - announced by the jingle of keys in his pocket. So one of the students starts talking loudly about his homework, and the guard loses interest and peels off. Relieved, the students and their professor look for another building to climb.
The professor is Michael Wesch, and that scene comes from his new podcast,
"Life 101." It's an unusual project. After years as an award-winning teacher, Mr. Wesch felt that he had lost that sense of what students were going through as they walked into his large introductory classes, and that made it harder for him to connect and be an effective teacher.
Click here
to read the full article by Young.
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The ND Postdoc Newsletter wants to share your research or article you have written with the ND Postdoc Community. If you would like to submit an article for the newsletter, please email Kim Patton.
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by Laura N. Schram for Inside Higher Ed
While in graduate school, I participated in a learning community of graduate student teaching consultants at my campus's teaching center. We consulted with graduate student peers across the campus on their teaching and engaged in dialogue about our consulting practices. Our group's facilitator and mentor --
Mary Wright, now director of the Sheridan Center of Teaching and Learning at Brown University -- designed a range of professional development activities for us to grow as reflective teachers.
One of her activities, designed as a process to help us uncover our teaching philosophies, was transformational for my career development. We brought our draft teaching philosophy statements to one of our learning community meetings, but rather than exchanging them to share feedback, we began with a generative interviewing exercise Wright created. It involved partnering with a colleague and taking turns playing the role of interviewer.
Click here
to read the full article by Schram.
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I love it when we get into the nitty-gritty of campus visits. Tiny interview dilemmas - as in all things related to professionalization - actually have a huge impact on the performance outcome, as well as the candidate's sense of confidence. But career advice rarely drills down this far. So I'm glad to have the opportunity. What do you do about a dark room and a wobbly podium?
Click here
to read the full article by Kelsky.
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- Language Translation, Sept. 19-23 in the Humanities forum
- Cultural Resource Management, Nov. 14-18 in the Humanities forum
- Think Tanks (Humanities edition), Mar. 6-10 in the Humanities forum
Humanities and Social Science Postdocs - learn more of what Versatile PhD can assist you with by clicking here.
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All postdocs are invited to The World on Tap, a social at Rohr's held every first Wednesday of the month. Free appetizers will be served, and the first 50 attendees will receive a free drink ticket valued up to $6. Please bring a valid photo ID to this event.
- Date: September 7, 2016
- Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
- Location: Rohr's at the Morris Inn (map)
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Second Annual
Scientific Writing Retreat
- Date: November 16-20, 2016
- Application deadline:September 9, 2016
- Decisions returned: September 23, 2016
The Meetings & Courses program at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is pleased to announce the second iteration of its annual Scientific Writing Retreat. The retreat is aimed at postdocs and independent investigators who are actively working on professional writing projects such as manuscripts, grant proposals, applications, and research/teaching/personal statements. It includes a mix of formal sessions as well as less structured, individual writing time. The goal is for participants to make significant progress on their writing projects while improving their written communication skills.
Application instructions, including links to online forms, are described here and generous financial aid is available.
For more information, please see the retreat's Web page or contact Charla Lambert from the CSHL Meetings & Courses program.
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National Postdoc Appreciation Week
The University of Notre Dame is proud to recognize postdoctoral scholars and the significant contributions they make to research and discovery. National Postdoc Appreciation Week will be filled with both social and professional development events for ND Postdocs!
- Tuesday, September 20th - Kickoff Breakfast
- Wednesday, September 21st - Munchie Bar
- Wednesday, September 21st - Exploring Career Options After Your Postdoc - Sponsored by the Postdoc Women's Committee
- Thursday, September 22nd - Ice Cream Social and ND Football Ticket Drawing
Mark your calendars to attend the above events. Click here for more information and to register for each event.
Thank you for all your hard work! We appreciate you!
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Rigor and Relevance in Scholarly Publishing -
Save the Date
- September 30 - October 1, 2016
- Hesburgh Library, University of Notre Dame
In the digital age, the landscape for scholarly communications is rapidly changing-ideas once considered part of the new frontier are now mainstream. As scholarly careers hang in the balance, we must understand and navigate these new realities or run the risk of being left behind.
- How do we evaluate electronic publishing in the sciences, engineering, and humanities?
- What is the role of other-than-article contributions?
- How should we evaluate article-level metrics as a measure of impact?
- What does post-publication review mean? Is this a new paradigm for evaluating scholarship?
- How do we manage grant funded and university public access mandates?
- How do we avoid predatory publishers?
Graduate students, post-docs and early-
career faculty will surely confront these issues on their career paths, especially those who publish in non-print formats. Committees on Appointments and Promotion and chairs of departments need to understand these issues when making recommendations.
This conference brings together researchers, administrators, and publishers to educate and collaborate on understanding the future of scholarly publishing and the subsequent tools for evaluation. Join us as we explore these and other key questions at the center of academic debate.
For more information, click here.
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Women in Science Conference
- September 30 - October 1, 2016
- Early Bird Registration: September 2nd
The Association for Women in Science - Notre Dame chapter (AWIS) is organizing the first regional Women in Science Conference
. This conference focuses on career and personal development as well as peer networking, through a variety of informative panels, workshops, and presentations. It provides an excellent opportunity to network, develop new skills, and explore career opportunities for individuals at early stages of their careers both in academia and industry.
For more information, click here.
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Society of Fellows - 2016-2017 Fellowships: Humanities, Arts, Sciences and Professions
The Michigan Society of Fellows was founded in 1970 through grants from the Ford Foundation and Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies for the purpose of promoting academic and creative excellence in the humanities, the arts, the social, physical, and life sciences, and in the professions. The objective of the Society is to provide financial and intellectual support for individuals holding advanced degrees in their fields, who are selected for their outstanding achievement, professional promise, and interdisciplinary interests. Eight fellowships are available. Four of these fellowships will be awarded in the humanities with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Applications will be reviewed by Society members and University faculty. Final selections will be made in late January by Senior Fellows of the Society. Fellows will be selected for three-year terms to begin September 1, 2017. The annual stipend will be $55,000.
More information on the fellowships and application can be found
here.
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ND Energy offers competitive fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral research associates to conduct energy-related research at Notre Dame. These fellowships support new advancements in energy technologies, while broadening the educational experiences for students and postdocs receiving these awards.
If you are interested in energy-related research and would like to apply for a postdoc fellowship, please click on the appropriate link below. For Postdocs, the applications will be accepted year round.
Click
here for the ND Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship Program application guidelines.
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Graduate School Professional Development Programs
All postdocs may take professional development
programs from the Graduate School.
For more information on programming or to register, please click
here
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Workshops from the Writing Center
Use Writing to Teach Critical Thinking
Want to transform your students into active learners, engage them in solving disciplinary problems, and foster their critical thinking? Research shows that one of the best ways to achieve these goals is to integrate writing assignments into your classes. The University Writing Center is pleased to offer consultations with instructors who want help designing and integrating writing assignments. We welcome instructors
from every discipline
, especially STEM subjects. Email
[email protected]
with the subject "Teaching Consultation" to set up a meeting!
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Workshops from the Kaneb Center
Are you interested in learning more about discipline-specific teaching and learning in the university setting?
The university offers workshops on university teaching and learning in various fields through the Kaneb Center! Consider enrolling in one of the workshops.
For workshop descriptions, click
here
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Workshops from the NCFDD
The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity is an independent professional development, training and mentoring community of over 71,000 graduate students, postdocs, and faculty members. The NCDFF is 100% dedicated to supporting academics in making successful transitions throughout their careers. They offer on-campus workshops, professional development training, and intensive mentoring programs.
The University of Notre Dame is an institutional member of the NCFDD. Through Notre Dame's membership, ND Postdocs may claim an Institutional Sub-account Membership at no cost and enjoy all the benefits of a NCFDD Individual Membership. Register
here to join NCFDD.
For a list of the Fall 2016 webinars, click
here.
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Hesburgh Libraries Workshops
The Hesburgh Libraries and Center for Digital Scholarship workshops are offered to all ND Postdocs.
Hesburgh Libraries Workshops
All CDS workshops take place in the CDS Classroom (Room 129), Hesburgh Library 1st Floor Northeast.
Thursday, September 1st
- Text Mining & Analysis, Eric Lease Morgan
- Introduction to Text Mining
- 12PM - 1PM
Friday, September 2nd
- Text Mining & Analysis, Eric Lease Morgan
- Introduction to Text Mining
- 12PM - 1PM
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English for Academic Purposes Workshops
The Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures' English for Academic Purposes program offers workshops that are open to all ND Postdocs.
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Disclaimer:
The views and opinions expressed in the media, articles, and comments included in this newsletter are solely the views and expressions of the original sources' authors and contributors, and do not necessarily represent those of the University of Notre Dame, The Graduate School, or the Office for Postdoctoral Scholars.
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