GSO Newsletter – March 29, 2023
GSO Bi-Weekly Update
These newsletters should provide information on relevant news and events for graduate students. Got suggestions on what we should include? Email gso@bu.edu
GSO Events
Coffee Hours
Our bi-weekly coffee hours are this Thursday, March 30! 9:30-10:30am in the GSU Link Lobby. Swing by to say hi and get some free hot Pavement coffee to sustain you!
Pub Night
Our first GSO Pub Night of the semester will be Friday, April 7 at 6pm! We will be handing out $1 drink vouchers good for any beverage up to $7. See you there!
Campus Events
Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week
The 2023 Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week at BU will be held April 3-7, 2023. Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week was started in 1993 by the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS) to demonstrate appreciation for graduate and professional students nationwide. In collaboration with our university partners, BU is celebrating with a series of virtual and in-person events, a small gesture to demonstrate the University’s appreciation for the important role graduate and professional students play within our community. The event schedule can be found here. These events are free and open to all BU graduate and professional students. Please be sure to register!
NEW CISS Invites Proposals for Summer Mini-Grants (Due April 24)
The Center for Innovation in Social Science is pleased to release a call for proposals for small grants to support faculty (tenure-track and full-time lecturers), postdoc, and graduate student research in the social sciences. The grants are intended to help foster new research or enhance in-progress projects. (See Summer 2022 recipients here). Guidelines and instructions for proposals are provided in the featured article on our website here. This is a rapid-turnaround process, to help facilitate Summer ’23 research productivity. Proposals are due April 24, 2023; decisions will be issued by May 15, and funding starts June 1, 2023. Funding may be used through December 31, 2023. IRB approval for funded proposals must be approved/pending prior to June 1. (for PDF of call, click here: CISS Summer 2023 Minigrant Call).
PDPA – Making the Most of Elevator Pitches and Lightning Talks
2-3:15pm, March 30, Zoom RSVP
In this webinar, participants will learn about how to maximize the potential of a short duration to present such as a lightning talk. When you have a minute or less to respond to questions such as “tell me about yourself,” you are pitching about yourself. And the same goes for when people ask you about your research. How can you talk about your research in an engaging manner in a minute? Through activities and discussion, we will explore the topics of creating engaging lightning talks and elevator pitches.
PDPA – Teaching Statements
11am-12pm, April 4, Zoom RSVP
The Teaching Statement is a description of your teaching philosophy, accomplishments, and a discussion of potential of your teaching for the future. It is a common part of academic job applications that allows you to share how enthusiastic you are about your teaching and how you envision your growth as an educator. During this one hour workshop, you will learn about the main purpose and contents of a teaching philosophy statement, and will get tips about how to format, organize, write and revise your teaching statements.