The week's events
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Bystander Intervention Training Bystander Intervention Training
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March 28, 2023Date:
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 - 9:00am to 11:00am
Location:
Brody Large Private Dining room
MSU Graduate and Professional Students are invited to join a Bystander Intervention Training on Tuesday, March 28th from 9-11am in the Brody Large Private Dining room located in the Brody Square dining hall- breakfast included. Please let the host person know you are there for the POE Bystander Intervention Training-- you will not need to pay at the door. Presented by the Prevention, Outreach and Education Department, and facilitated by staff from the It's On Us national organization (https://www.itsonus.org), the Bystander Intervention workshop will discuss ways to challenge, interrupt, and prevent gender-based violence by being active bystanders. This workshop will explore what bystander intervention is, specific skills and behaviors to use, and opportunities to practice using scenarios.
Register here.
**Seating is limited to the first 40 registrants** For any questions regarding this event, please contact Michael Allensworth at poe.michaelallensworth@msu.edu.
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Professional DevelopmentETD Formatting Walk-In Help ETD Formatting Walk-In Help
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March 28, 2023Date:
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Location:
Chittenden Hall Room 220
Attention Master’s Plan A and Doctoral students:
Do you have questions regarding formatting your thesis or dissertation? Stop in during one of our help sessions to talk to Graduate School staff about any specific formatting questions you may have.
These are walk-in sessions. No registration is required.
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Broader Impacts Workshop Series- Broadening Participation in STEM Education and Careers: The Role of Inclusive Recruitment and Mentoring Broader Impacts Workshop Series- Broadening Participation in STEM Education and Careers: The Role of Inclusive Recruitment and Mentoring
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March 29, 2023Date:
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Zoom
A key National Science Foundation broader impacts goal is to increase the participation of historically underrepresented groups in STEM education and CAREERS. In this panel discussion, participants will learn about the critical role of inclusive recruitment and mentoring practices in broadening participation from faculty who have successfully recruited, mentored, and helped to launch the STEM careers of underrepresented students.
Panelists:Evangelyn Alocilja, Professor, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, College of Engineering
Ping Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, College of Human Medicine
M. Isabel Ayala, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Social ScienceModerators: Miles McNall and Steven Thomas
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WOC Graduate Student Lunch WOC Graduate Student Lunch
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March 30, 2023Date:
Thursday, March 30, 2023 - 1:00pm
Location:
Room 148 CAS (College of Communication Arts and Sciences)
WOCI invites all womxn of color-identified graduate students to meet with Colah over lunch. This informal conversation provides graduate students with an intimate setting to engage our artist-in- residence.
About WOCI: The MSU Womxn of Color Initiatives (WOCI) is an effort to organize events for womxn of color and their allies on the MSU campus and in the greater Lansing community. In doing so WOCI aims to create spaces for students to be in conversation with each other and engage with women of color faculty, guest speakers, staff, and community members. Since spring 2016, the WOCI speaker series has brought one nationally recognized woman of color academic, creative, and/or political speaker to the MSU campus each semester. For more information, visit https://woci.cal.msu.edu/
Registration: http://lnkiy.in/WOCIGradLunch
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Diversity and InclusionPlants, Race, and Class: A Conversation with Colah B. Tawkin Plants, Race, and Class: A Conversation with Colah B. Tawkin
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March 30, 2023Date:
Thursday, March 30, 2023 - 7:00pm
Location:
WKAR Studio A, College of Communication Arts and Sciences
We invite the community to attend a keynote conversation between the director of the Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston and expert in Black girlhood and land, Dr. Tamara Butler and Colah B. Tawkin. Attendees have an option of joining us in-person or watching via live stream. The first 25 people to register will receive a copy of Black in the Garden coloring book.
About WOCI: The MSU Womxn of Color Initiatives (WOCI) is an effort to organize events for womxn of color and their allies on the MSU campus and in the greater Lansing community. In doing so WOCI aims to create spaces for students to be in conversation with each other and engage with women of color faculty, guest speakers, staff, and community members. Since spring 2016, the WOCI speaker series has brought one nationally recognized woman of color academic, creative, and/or political speaker to the MSU campus each semester. For more information, visit https://woci.cal.msu.edu/
Registration: http://lnkiy.in/WOCIConversation
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Graduate School Write-In Graduate School Write-In
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March 31, 2023Date:
Friday, March 31, 2023 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location:
Chittenden Hall Room 110 and Zoom
Graduate School Write-Ins are co-sponsored by the Graduate School and The Writing Center at MSU. The write-ins are hosted and facilitated to provide writers with an opportunity to write in a shared writing space where other writers are present, and a writing center consultant/staff member is present to provide consultations for writers who would like to have a consultation appointment during the session.
Along with this, the write-ins provide an opportunity for facilitators to promote and share information about upcoming events hosted by the Graduate School, Writing Center, and other campus partners such as the University Outreach and Engagement Office and to provide resources and information that can be used to form graduate writing groups, have writing center appointments or attend workshops (provided by the Graduate School) cater to graduate students based on goals they may share during the write in.
Event will be held at the Graduate School- Chittenden Hall room 110. Zoom link will be shared with registrants prior to the date of the workshop.
*Food and activities are based on registration numbers. Please note that your registration is a commitment to attend.
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Collaboration Summit Collaboration Summit
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April 1, 2023Date:
Saturday, April 1, 2023 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
Location:
Erickson Hall Kiva
This event is part of the 2023 Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration Series
Invest in your collaboration skills while learning from colleagues across campus at this half-day summit. Dr. Lotrecchiano will open with a keynote and interactive work covering “Seven Things to Know about TeamWork.” After lunch, we will explore how people in different fields navigate common collaboration challenges through a panel discussion and audience engagement. Participants will gain awareness of best practices from the collaboration literature and from collected experience and begin applying these insights to their own work. Snacks and lunch will be provided.
Cost: $10
RCR credit: 1-hour discussion-based basic training, or 3-hours annual refresher training (the differential amount is to ensure that students receive basic education in a variety of topics, not mainly this one).
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