Graduate student seminars answer some of the big picture
questions about graduate life. The seminars target specific age groups (grad
years, not biological) as well as the general population. If you have any suggestions
for seminar topics or format, please send mail to the graduate
student seminar coordinator, graduate
student coordinator, or the faculty graduate student advisor (Anna Karlin).
Contents:
A varied assortment of grad students at different stages of the quals
process will discuss how to pick an advisor and topic, how to balance
coursework and your research, when to do all these things, and will answer all
your questions. Come to learn from
their experience with quals or to offer your own quals wisdom.
Fall Quarter:
-
Last Year's Job Hunt Experiences - Monday, November 4, 3:30, in Sieg 322.
Zack's webpage on interviewing. Craig and Zack's slides from the seminar.
-
How to Get a Job -
Thursday, December 5, 2002, 4:30 pm, Sieg 134.
Denice Denton, Susan Eggers, and David Notkin...
Winter Quarter:
- Grad Student Feedback Tuesday,
January 7, 2003 4:30 pm, Sieg 134
The department is soliciting feedback from graduate students regarding what
it is doing well and where it needs improvement in all aspects of its
operation, from classes, research, and advising to facilities, support, social
aspects, and more.
Not every computer science program cares enough about its grad students to
listen to their concerns; you should take advantage of this opportunity to make
your voice heard and affect the department. Anna Karlin and others take careful
notes, and they make real changes based on student input. Tell them both what
works and how it can be made even better. The life you improve may be your own.
- Getting Along with Your Advisor Tuesday,
January 28, 2003 2:30 pm, Sieg 134
- What's Hot 2003 Slides
Spring Quarter:
Future Topics
This is a list of potential
future seminar topics. If you see something that you really want covered, or
there is something you'd like to hear about which isn't on this list, please
suggest it to the graduate
student seminar coordinator! We need your feedback to make this series as
useful as possible.
- Conferences and Networking:
paper presentation tips, travel trips, schmoozing tips, Networking on
the Network
- Everything you need to know
about Funding: TAs, RAs, and Fellowships (with the focus on securing
Fellowships during your grad school tenure)
- What
to do with undergrads participating in your research -- Various grad
students who work and research with undergrads talk about how to get
undergrads involved in research and how to structure projects so everyone
benefits.
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