October 20th, 2011 Update: The Professional Development Committee is pleased to announce that a number of successful grant proposals (including many listed under Other Funding Opportunities) can now be checked out from the Office of Instruction and Graduate Studies (Bray 2nd Floor). These proposals are a great opportunity to see the kinds of work being funded here at ESF.

The Professional Development Committee was initiated to identify the needs of ESF graduate students and fill in the gaps of what is offered on campus in terms of professional development through hosting panels, workshops, and the co-hosting the Spotlight on Student Research.

The first panel of the 2012 semester will be Friday, February 3rd, and is directed at students graduating this year and beyond; it's never too early to become acquainted with the process! See below for the full advertisement:

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We all plan on graduating sometime!

  Whether you’re planning on graduating this semester, taking your candidacies, or just planning ahead 
for completing your degree in the future, there is a specific process and paperwork involved. 
To help you navigate this process, we invite you to join us for a

Lunchtime Learning Seminar: So you want to graduate?
Friday February 3rd 
12:00-1:00pm in 110 Moon Library

We'll go over the details of the timeline of requirements for completing your degree 
with Scott Shannon and Suzette Vandeburg of the Office of Instruction and Graduate Studies 
and open it up for any questions you may have. 
Light refreshments will be served, but feel free to bring your lunch!

This event is sponsored by the GSA Professional Development Committee and the Office of Instruction and Graduate Studies
Questions? Email Whitney at wglash@syr.edu 

The Professional Development Committee will sponsor two grant workshops this year, one each in the fall and spring. The fall grants workshop was held October 13 in 105 Marshall and featured an all-star cast of graduate students and faculty, including David Kieber, Colin Beier, Michael Amadori, Bruno Takahashi, Giorgos Mountrakis, Mark Teece, and Art Stipanovic. Many thanks to all of them! We also initiated a sign up sheet for students interested in creating a group for review and edit of fellow student grant writing work. E-mail Jesse Robinson if you are interested in joining that list. The Sample Grant Writing Timeline from our event is included below.

Check below to find the handout from our recent Spring 2011 grant writing workshop. It's loaded with great tips as well as a list of grants that ESF students have successfully applied for.

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.