Additional Information for the Public Lectures at the XXVI International Conference on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions

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Graduate assistant health insurance rate and enrollment information for Fall 2009 will be posted here by the end of July. Please check back!

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Upcoming Workshops

Graduate School and Stress:
Toward a Productive Alliance

PRESENTER: Dr. Scott Gaynor, Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology, Western Michigan University

Date:      Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Time:       2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Putney Lecture Hall, Fetzer Center

[More Information]

[Register Here]

 

Financial Management for Graduate Students: How to Maximize Your Dollars

Presenter: Dr. Judy Swisher - Chairperson, Department of Business Finance & Commercial Law, WMU Haworth College of Business

Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Location: Fetzer Center
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

[More Information]

[Registration Coming Soon]

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Fall Semester Dates Set for New Graduate Student Training
and
Graduate Student Orientation Information

Wed. 9/2/09: Graduate assistant training for new graduate assistants and new graduate teaching assistants. Three sessions will be offered in Brown Hall [Click here for additional information]

Thurs. 9/3/09: New Graduate Student Welcoming Fair, 3 to 6 p.m., Bernhard Center East Ballroom (opposite the One-Stop Convenience Center). [This replaces the new graduate student orientation program of recent years.]

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The Graduate Center for Research and Retention announces
Virtual Office Hours

If you need a quick response to your general questions, you may now send an Instant Message to Dr. Marianne Di Pierro, Director of the Graduate Center for Research and Retention, on Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

You can use either AOL or Yahoo Instant messengers by contacting the following usernames:

For Yahoo IM use: GraduateCenterWMU

For AOL Instant Messenger use: GradCenterWMU

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Job Opportunity: Mentor Coordinator/AGEP

This is a part-time, temporary position without University benefits. Continuation of the appointment will depend upon development of the program and AGEP funding. Master’s degree.  Ph.D. preferred.  The preferred major is in a science/technology/engineering/mathematics
   discipline or in the social, behavioral, or economics sciences. Download the full job description here:

MentorAGEPCoordinator.doc

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Dissertation Award Competition Opportunity

Recovery Act Limited Competition: NCMHD Dissertation Research Award to Increase Diversity (R36)

This dissertation research award announcement is intended to stimulate the participation of individuals from the following groups:

A. individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups;
B. individuals with disabilities; and
C. individuals from socially, culturally, economically, or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds that have inhibited their ability to pursue a career in health-related research.

The mission of the NCMHD is to promote minority health and to lead, coordinate, support, and assess the NIH effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities. In this effort NCMHD conducts and supports basic, clinical, social, and behavioral research, promote research infrastructure and training, foster emerging programs, disseminate information, and reach out to minority and other health disparity communities.

Individuals can apply. DUE June 30.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-09-008.html

 

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