May 2024: Issue 40

Event

Get a Jumpstart on Your Thesis

Two days of writing time, expert presentations and writing supports designed to help Masters and PhD students focus and build momentum towards their thesis writing goals!

Participants must commit to June 6 & 7 from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

(lunch provided)

Registration closes May 29.

Event

Startup 101 Bootcamp Pitch Finale Winners

Congratulations to the pitch finale winners!



First place: Aaron Gerein, Samuel Oyedemi and Dr. Denise Stilling

• Making Trusted Alternatives to Single-use Plastics by EcoFlex+

Second place: Joshua Adams and Colin Rieger

• Developing New Solutions to Combat Antibiotic Resistance by Aureus Pharmaceuticals

Third place: Trevor Tessier

• An AI Tool to Better Understand Illnesses by Health Link Direct

Event

Want to Have a Great Relationship With Your Supervisor?

The main indicator of graduate student success is a positive relationship with their supervisor. Join us to learn how to establish expectations, develop communication skills and use the support tools available for graduate students.

*This event will take place on Zoom and the link will be provided to registrants day-of.

Wednesday May 8, 12-1 p.m.

Event

Watch the 3MT Western Regional Competition

Biology PhD student Michael Mensah, the winner of the 2024 U of R 3MT Competition, will represent the institution with his presentation, "Fresh Solutions for Salty Cows," at the 2024 Western Regional 3MT Competition being hosted by the University of British Columbia Okanagan:

May 8, 2024

2-5 p.m.

The event will be livestreamed!

Event

FGSR Excellence Awards Call for Nominations

Do you know a graduate student who is doing cutting-edge research or going above and beyond to serve in the community or is a stellar teaching assistant? FGSR invites you to help us recognize students across these categories each year. The deadline to nominate a student for the Excellence Awards is Aug. 23.

Diversity

The Diversity Group would like to highlight:

Asian Heritage Month

All May long

National Day of Awareness MMIWG2S for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People

May 5

Mother's Day

May 12

Aymen Ben Said (Computer Science, supervised by Dr. Malek Mouhoub)

Thesis: Implicit and explicit approaches for efficient healthcare scheduling

Lord Ikechukwu Ugwu (Process Systems Engineering, supervised by Dr. Hussameldin Ibrahim)

Thesis: Application of density functional theory and machine learning in the prediction of efficient catalysts for the oxidative coupling of methane with reduced CO2 production at low temperature

Luyao Wang (Industrial Systems Engineering, supervised by Dr. Liming Dai)

Thesis: Application of data-driven and physically-driven models in predicting vibratory responses of nonlinear dynamic systems

Reminders

Thesis Submission Deadlines:

Spring/Summer term PhD thesis submission deadline: May 30, 2024.

Spring/Summer term Master’s thesis submission deadline: June 21, 2024.

Convocation:

2024 Fall (October) Convocation application deadline: July 31, 2024.

For more information:grad.defense@uregina.ca

Opportunities

Opportunities

A new semester means a new main scholarship competition! Applications on GAP will open on May 1. You can explore the scholarships offered through our online database or on GAP. The deadline for completed applications is May 30.



• Tips for Funding and Scholarships
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Scholarships with May Deadlines

Workshops related to scholarships:

• GAP: How-to-Apply Session – May 8 at 2 p.m.
• GAP Drop-In sessions – May 22 from 2-2:45 p.m. and May 26 from 10:30-11:15 a.m. in CK 227

Do you have an event that you would like FGSR to help promote? Please email grad.engagement@uregina.ca by May 10 to be in the May mid-month update email scheduled to be sent to graduate students May 15.