The Office of the Graduate Student Ombudsperson is a neutral, informal, and confidential place for graduate students to address concerns in their university lives.
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- 540-231-9573
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VT Graduate Student Ombudsperson A 2003 article worth revisiting: "The 5 Virtues of Successful Graduate Students"
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VT Graduate Student Ombudsperson A technology-free Thanksgiving?
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Do you plan to unplug for Thanksgiving? Will you leave the laptop at home as you travel to spend the holiday with family?Can you refrain from checking e-mail on your Blackberry, iPhone, or Droid?Is it ...
VT Graduate Student Ombudsperson A good article on why graduate students should learn about faculty/university governance. The article points out the career benefits: I would add that understanding the governance system also helps graduate students gain perspective on their advisor's lives, thus creating the possibility for understanding, etc. In ad...dition, the governance system gives graduate students insight into the political underpinnings of the institution in which they are studying.
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Graduate students and new faculty members will be helped in their careers by learning how their institutions work and how they can help shape policy, writes Terri Givens.
VT Graduate Student Ombudsperson A good blog posting on the importance of mentoring and how mentoring differs in industry and academe:
scienceblogs.com
Alice Pawley is an assistant professor of engineering education at Purdue University. She blogs at the intersection of women's studies and engineering, a pretty empty space but with potential to grow. She wants to be a feminist-but-tenured professor when she grows up.
VT Graduate Student Ombudsperson Title IX and family-friendly policies:
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Barack Obama, in the month before his election, promised an audience of members of the Association for Women in Science and the Society of Women Engineers that he would do more to enforce Title IX, which prevents sexual discrimination in educational programs and activities receiving federal funds. ....
VT Graduate Student Ombudsperson GTA strike begins in Illinois:
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The Graduate Employees Organization walks out as contract negotiations hit a snag. Students say tuition waivers are threatened; administrators say they plan no changes.
VT Graduate Student Ombudsperson A GTA picket line may be forming in Urbana-Champaign:
Graduate Teaching Assistants Are Poised to Strike at U. of Illinois - Faculty - The Chronicle of Hig
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Graduate students who teach and do research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign plan to go on strike early Monday.
VT Graduate Student Ombudsperson A compelling blog posting by a university professor/administrator somewhere in the U.S. about morale and what we think we deserve. An interesting perspective during a time of "low morale" at many institutions...
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I had a conversation with a colleague last week, the sort of conversation that often will happen around this time of the semester when everybody's feeling overwhelmed and stressed out and like the semester can't end quickly enough. ...
VT Graduate Student Ombudsperson The University of Toledo president has decided to interview candidates before recommending them for tenure before the governing board. Good idea??? Pros? Cons? http://bit.ly/3y5jy0
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A president says he'll interview every candidate before making a recommendation to the board and that he won't be a rubber stamp. Professors say this isn't how faculty members should win job security.
VT Graduate Student Ombudsperson A blog posting from someone who has carved her own path:
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A while back, FSP and Drugmonkey had posts about "ruining one's career". These really hit home with me in a deep and personal way and I've been trying to figure out how to blog about it ever since. ...
VT Graduate Student Ombudsperson Ever think you're a horrible grad student? This blog posting is for you...
biochemgradstudent.blogspot.com
I tend to place a lot of pressure on myself. If I work 16 hours one day, then I should at least that amount of time working the next day. If I spend all day running around trying to juggle half a dozen experiments, then I should spend the evening writing or reading. ...
VT Graduate Student Ombudsperson Is being a university professor the best job in the U.S.?
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That’s the verdict of this month’s Money magazine, which ranks the top occupations in a time of high unemployment, stagnant salaries and sluggish hiring. It finds that one of the best places to be is at the front of a university classroom.
VT Graduate Student Ombudsperson From @DanielPink: A Fascingting NYT graphic: What's the jobless rate for people like you?
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Not all groups have felt the recession equally.
VT Graduate Student Ombudsperson Second of two great blog posts on choosing a lab/advisor in grad school: http://tiny.cc/39w1g
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Prof-like substance is asking a good question:So, I would like to find out from you why you chose the lab you are in or got your degree from? Was it a good choice and would you do it differently now? Was ...
