University Graduate School August Newsletter
Upcoming events from the University Graduate School
Mark your calendars!
2022 Graduate Student Orientation
June 22 • Canvas
Graduate Student Orientation to IU
The Canvas-based 2022 Graduate Student Orientation to IU will be available starting June 22. The self-enroll link is available now
News from IU Libraries
August 17 • 3:00-5:00 p.m. • Scholars' Commons, East Tower, Wells Library
Graduate Reception! Food, Networking, and Free Headshots!
Come join us on August 17 for the Graduate Student Reception from 3-5pm in the Scholars’ Commons, East Tower, Wells Library. There will be food, opportunities to learn about important graduate student services and meet librarians and graduate students in other disciplines. In addition, you can sign up for a free headshot. Please RSVP!
Sage Research Methods database
Need a data set to manipulate and practice with before you tackle your own? Maybe you need to figure out the best way to collect the data you need or even what kind of data would be best for your research question. The Sage Research Methods database provides books, videos, case studies, and datasets to help you get started with a variety of research projects whether they are ethnographic, literary, or randomized, controlled trials.
Research Guides—Created For You by Librarians
Each subject area at IU has a research guide or webpage created by the subject librarian. These guides list library databases and other resources that you should be familiar with as well as contact information for the subject librarian who can answer your research questions.
In addition, there are guides for particular needs such as "Essential Tools for Graduate Students": https://guides.libraries.indiana.edu/graduate-tools or Streaming media: https://guides.libraries.indiana.edu/streaming-video You will want to explore and bookmark your favorites!
Online Newspapers Free To You Courtesy Of IU Libraries
Don’t miss out! Your affiliation with IU means that you have the ability to read the online editions of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and the Washington Post for free! Each of these papers has a slightly different way of setting up access. For more information, see the library webpage for each title.
The Graduate Commons on the 8th floor of Wells Library is a silent study space reserved for graduate students. Access to the space is via Crimson Card. There is also a printer and computers available.
For more information on any of the above, please contact Anna Marie Johnson, amj42@iu.edu
Upcoming Fall 2022 Internal Fellowships and Awards Deadlines
For all awards (except FFTF), nominations must be submitted by a department or school to the UGS Fellowships & Awards Canvas course. Nominations must come from a department or school. Student self-nominations will not be accepted except for FFTF.
September 26 • 12 p.m.
University Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award
According to the plans developed by faculty committees and approved by the Graduate Council, each degree granting program of The University Graduate School may nominate one "truly outstanding" master's thesis for consideration by a committee of faculty reviewers. The Awards Committee of the Graduate Faculty Council will consider such criteria as originality, documentation, significance, accuracy, organization, and style.
In addition to recognizing outstanding master's theses, the University Distinguished Master's Thesis Award competition is also to solicit competitive applicants for nomination to the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS)/ProQuest Distinguished Master's Thesis Award. The 2022 fields of competition are Social Sciences and Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering.
October 10 • 12 p.m.
Grant-in-Aid of Doctoral Research (fall competition)
Grant-in-Aid of Master of Fine Arts Projects (fall competition)
These 2 separate awards provide Bloomington MFA and doctoral students funding for unusual expenses incurred in connection with MFA projects or doctoral dissertation research. The maximum award is $1,000.
October 17 • 12 p.m.
Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship (FFTF) (student deadline)
The Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship (FFTF) program at Indiana University provides advanced Ph.D. and M.F.A. students opportunities to observe and experience faculty responsibilities and faculty life at a variety of academic institutions. Fellows teach a full academic year at campuses throughout Indiana.
November 7 • 12 p.m.
The Wells Graduate Fellowship
Through his legacy, Chancellor Wells continues to support Indiana University. In his estate, he provided for an annual graduate fellowship. The fellowship will be awarded each year to students who demonstrate the qualities for which Chancellor Wells was renowned: leadership abilities, academic excellence, character, social consciousness, and generosity of spirit. One fellowship will be awarded each year, although more than one award may be possible during a given year.
GradGrants Center
Summer Services
The GradGrants Center is open through the summer and is offering the following services for graduate students.
- Proposal consultations and funding search appointments - Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (by appointment only). Schedule an appointment.
- Drop-in services: Tuesdays to Thursdays, 10 am to 2 pm.
- Grant-Writing Accountability Groups: Mondays, 10 am – 12 pm; Thursdays 2 – 4 pm.
- Boot camps: Introduction to Grant Writing and Fulbright U.S. student boot camps. All boot camps are online and self-paced.
June 20 - August 8 • Canvas
Fulbright US Student Program Boot Camp
The GradGrants Center (GGC) Fulbright U.S. Student Program Bootcamp is a self-paced, online, Canvas-based course. Participation is voluntary however, students who fully engage with the course materials will develop complete Fulbright proposals for both types of awards: Open Study/Research and English Teaching Assistant. The Bootcamp includes weekly readings and assignments to guide you through the application process. The course objective is to help you draft your materials early; Fulbright polls show that successful applicants spend a minimum of two months on their applications. Interested students may enroll using this link https://iu.instructure.com/enroll/MJFLHB .
Contact gradgrnt@indiana.edu for questions related to this course.
The Graduate Mentoring Center
The Graduate Mentoring Center is hosting a bi-weekly summer event every other Thursday until August 11 at 3:00 pm. This is an opportunity to meet with others every other Thursday to talk about your summer projects and build a community around accountability to reach your goals. If interested, please see more in this flyer. Join the event at https://iu.zoom.us/j/89312547200 or below.
Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) Events
Fall 2022 Associate Instructor Orientation
Graduate students who will have instructional roles in the upcoming academic year are invited to attend the following events as part of the Associate Instructor Orientation, which will be on Wednesday, August 17, in the Indiana Memorial Union. Both new and experienced AIs are welcome to participate. Registration for each workshop and lunch is required; click the links below to register.
| Learning: A Social and Cognitive Activity 9 – 10:15 AM Frangipani Room, IMU | ||
| Instructor Identity, Calling-In, and Balancing Boundaries 10:30 – 11:45 AM Oak Room, IMU | “We are in this Together:” Shaping Teacher-Learner Interpersonal Relationships and Communication 10:30 – 11:45 AM Dogwood Room, IMU | A Healthy Balance: Creating Empathy and Boundaries in the Classroom for Students and Yourself 10:30 – 11:45 AM Walnut Room, IMU |
| AI Orientation Lunch 12 – 1 PM Frangipani Room, IMU | ||
| Practical Guidelines for STEM Lab AIs 1 – 2:15 PM Frangipani Room, IMU | Lead Analysis Based Discussion through Collaboration 1 – 2:15 PM Oak Room, IMU | Creating Active Learning in Classrooms 1 – 2:15 PM Dogwood Room, IMU |
| Teaching with Instructional Technologies in the Post-Pandemic World: An Introduction for New AIs 2:30 – 3:30 PM Frangipani Room, IMU | ||
Only register for the events you will attend. If you have an IU login, you can register for the events. If you do not yet have an IU login, locate the event you would like to attend, click “register,” then “I am NOT an employee or student of IU/IUPUI,” and it will take you through the steps of creating a guest account so you can register.
Graduate Student Learning Communities
This fall we are offering four Graduate Student Learning Communities (GSLCs) . GSLCs are cohorts of graduate students regularly gathering to discuss a teaching and learning topic of interest while forming a supportive community. During these learning communities, we ask questions about teaching and learning, try out teaching innovations, reflect on the effectiveness of our practice, and/or create new models of practice. We share a question or an interest, and then deepen our knowledge by interacting on an ongoing basis. Participants will be required to prepare for, attend, and actively participate in learning community meetings (likely to happen twice per month). Applications are due Wednesday, August 24th at 9 AM ET. Our learning communities include:
Community Engaged Teaching and Learning
Community engaged teaching and learning, AKA service-learning, is a form of experiential learning that combines learning goals and community service in ways that produce multiple benefits for students, community, and instructors. In this GSLC grad students will learn about building curricular partnerships with community entities, using critical reflection for student learning, civic engagement, and community-engaged scholarship. A focus will be on incorporating manageable elements of community engaged pedagogy into classes you may currently be teaching.
Engaging All Learners
This Graduate Student Learning Community takes a practice-based approach to exploring Universal Design for Learning. UDL is “a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.” Our goal is to develop our own equitable teaching practices, while creating and promoting accessibility to the campus community. Emphasis will be placed on the teaching and learning technologies and IU resources.
Foundational Course Design for Graduate Instructors
This GSLC is a modification of the annual Foundational Course Design Institute held annually in the summer. Participants will be asked to choose one course in any modality to develop or revise utilizing the backward course design and universal design for learning frameworks. By the end of the GSLC, participants can expect to have determined learning outcomes for their students, outlined a major final assignment (or exam), and aligned assignments to help students meet the specified learning outcomes. All participants will leave with the foundations of a course syllabus in place. Preference will be given to graduate students developing an IUB course, but students who are interested in developing a course for proposal or job materials are encouraged to apply.
Intensive Writing for Student Learning and Engagement
Are you interested in learning strategies for creating and teaching an Intensive Writing (IW) course? This GSLC will walk you through crafting effective writing assignments, building the writing process into an IW course, evaluating students’ writing fairly and efficiently, using rubrics effectively, commenting productively on student papers, using a variety of objects as writing prompts, managing the peer review process, and more. For those who are teaching a College of Arts and Sciences IW course, we will discuss those requirements and proposal strategies in some detail. However, this GSLC will be useful to graduate instructors teaching IW courses in any IUB school or department.
This Graduate Student Learning Community takes a practice-based approach to exploring Universal Design for Learning. UDL is “a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.” Our goal is to develop our own equitable teaching practices, while creating and promoting accessibility to the campus community. Emphasis will be placed on the teaching and learning technologies and IU resources.
Foundational Course Design for Graduate Instructors
This GSLC is a modification of the annual Foundational Course Design Institute held annually in the summer. Participants will be asked to choose one course in any modality to develop or revise utilizing the backward course design and universal design for learning frameworks. By the end of the GSLC, participants can expect to have determined learning outcomes for their students, outlined a major final assignment (or exam), and aligned assignments to help students meet the specified learning outcomes. All participants will leave with the foundations of a course syllabus in place. Preference will be given to graduate students developing an IUB course, but students who are interested in developing a course for proposal or job materials are encouraged to apply.
Intensive Writing for Student Learning and Engagement
Are you interested in learning strategies for creating and teaching an Intensive Writing (IW) course? This GSLC will walk you through crafting effective writing assignments, building the writing process into an IW course, evaluating students’ writing fairly and efficiently, using rubrics effectively, commenting productively on student papers, using a variety of objects as writing prompts, managing the peer review process, and more. For those who are teaching a College of Arts and Sciences IW course, we will discuss those requirements and proposal strategies in some detail. However, this GSLC will be useful to graduate instructors teaching IW courses in any IUB school or department.
In order to support the university’s goals of supporting diversity and equitable instruction on campus, the CITL offers the annual Classroom Climate Workshop (CCW) each fall. This program satisfies the requirements established by the Bloomington Faculty Council that all new Associate Instructors receive training in enhanced understanding of cultural diversity. In CCW, we orient graduate student instructors on compliance with federal laws and IU policies regarding classroom inclusion and equity, and provide opportunities to learn about and apply key concepts related to equitable and inclusive teaching.
For Fall 2022, CCW will be delivered by a set of asynchronous online modules. We are hopeful this format provides new AIs with more flexibility in their busy schedules at the start of the semester. Graduate students may self-enroll in the Canvas course and complete the training at their own pace. In order to allow the CITL to report on participation to the campus and schools, all work on the CCW modules should be completed by 8:00 am EDT, September 12, 2022.
The link for enrolling in the Classroom Climate Workshops Canvas site will be available on our webpage on July 18, 2022.
Writing Tutorial Services
WTS Grad Student Page
The WTS Grad Student page includes information about all the groups that are offered. In addition to the Dissertation and Article groups, which are by application only and are more limited, WTS also has two different drop-in writing groups during the semester:
The Wednesday Writing Workshop - open to all, but geared towards earlier career MA/PhD students
The Friday morning Scholarly Write-In - held in partnership with the Scholars Commons (including coffee!)
Grad students are of course also very welcome to make individual appointments with a grad tutor (listed on the schedule as "All Courses") during regular WTS hours: https://wts.indiana.edu/tutoring/schedule-appointment.html