The SUNY ESF Graduate Student Association Professional Development Committee is pleased to announce the following events being sponsored by the Syracuse University Career Services Office. We encourage you to attend! Please forward any questions about the event to Rosanne Ecker of the SU Career Services Office here.
ACADEMIC JOB SEARCH FOR PHD STUDENTS and POSTDOCS: Fridays, Oct. 7, 14 and 21 from 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. in Bowne, room 218. Session #1 (Oct. 7): Fine tune your CV and learn to do a “close reading” of job ads for faculty positions. Learn to make your CV best match the positions you’re applying for! Session #2 (Oct. 14) : What constitutes a compelling academic cover letter and teaching statement? Learn key places to be strategic in highlighting the match between you the college or university you are applying to. Session #3 (Oct. 21) : Learn to become a more competitive interviewee. An interview is far more that showing up and answering questions. What else is it? How can you shine? Come find out! To sign up for any or all of these sessions, just click on this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SX9ZBWD PS If your deadlines for applying for faculty jobs are very soon and you’d like some tips or a review of your materials, you can set up an individual meeting with me in September by calling 443.3616. The receptionist has my schedule. PPS We held our first meeting of first generation PhD students during the summer and began a very good conversation. We will be holding the second conversation over lunch later in September. If you are a doc student or post doc from a non-college educated family, and are interested in joining the conversation, please send me a direct email. We will meet in September around the schedules of those who respond. The GSA is currently soliciting your input on a variety of issues through a comprehensive survey. Please take a minute out of your time to respond. It's a critical link in ensuring that the GSA is working on, and funding, the issues that are important to you.
What: A primer on successful graduation from an ESF program
Where: 110 Moon Library When: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., September 23rd. Greetings to all future graduates of ESF! For anyone who has ever wondered about the specifics of the graduation process from A - Z, this event is for you. Scott Shannon and Suzette Vandeburg of the Office of Graduate Studies and fellow graduate students who have successfully graduated will share their knowledge and experience at this lunchtime informational session. Light refreshments will be served, but we invite you to bring your lunch along! Please contact Whitney Lash Marshall with questions. This event is sponsored by the GSA Professional Development Committee (www.esfgsa.com) and the Office of Instruction and Graduate Studies. The New York Water Environment Association is Calling for University Research Papers by students to present at the Annual Winter Meeting in February 2012 in NYC. Students intending to respond to the call should copy Doug Daley, Advisor to the NYWEA Student Chapter. The Annual Winter Meeting is in February 2012 in NYC. Deadline for submission is September 15, 2011.
ESF graduate students should have received information from Dean Shannon regarding the Presidential Management Fellows program application process. Just a reminder that the Nomination Form, Federal Resume, Essay and Veterans documentation are due to Dean Shannon electronically or via paper to 227 Bray Hall by September 26, 2011. Relevant information can be found under Members > Funding > Other Funding Opportunities. Have a good week!
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