Upcoming Adobe Connect Chats with our Graduate Student Emissaries!

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Have you decided to come to IU for graduate school, but need more information on preparing for the move? Or are you considering applying to IU, but aren’t sure what IU and Bloomington has to offer? Find out more about IU and Bloomington by chatting with our Graduate Student Emissaries! We’ll cover the following topics as they relate to ‘Life in Bloomington’:

  • Housing in Bloomington
  • Cultural Centers
  • IU  and Bloomington resources
  • Life in the lab/stacks: What is graduate student research like?
  • Balancing act: Finding the time to do it all

Join us during either session:

Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 1:00pm-2:00pm eastern with the following emissaries:

  • Viridiana, Psychological and Brain Sciences
  • Tony, Learning and Developmental Sciences

Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 3:00pm-4:00pm eastern with the following emissaries:

  • Ahmed, Political Science
  • Amy, Curriculum and Instruction
  • Tony, Learning and Developmental Sciences

To participate in an on-line chat session, follow these instructions:

  1. Go to http://breeze.iu.edu/gradchat at the scheduled time.
  2. Login as a guest. Students will be able to see and hear the emissaries on their screens.
  3. Submit questions to the emissaries using the chat feature.

Hope to see you there!

Call for Applications: Emissaries for Graduate Student Diversity, 2012-13

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The 2011-12 Emissaries for Graduate Student Diversity.

The Indiana University Graduate School has extended the deadline for applications for the 2012-13 Emissaries for Graduate Student Diversity program to March 30th, 2012. (http://www.indiana.edu/~gradlife/). This recruitment support program includes ten emissaries (Masters and PhD graduate students) who will serve as first contacts and initial resources for prospective graduate students, in addition to working and engaging in dialogue with graduate programs, departments, the University Graduate School and the GPSO.

The program promotes peer connections between individuals interested in IU graduate programs, especially science, technology, mathematics (STM) disciplines, and current IUB graduate students. Graduate student emissaries dedicate two semesters, and optional summer term, to serving as community-building liaisons between graduate studies and the graduate student body at IUB.

Applicants must be full-time graduate students in a Masters or Ph.D. program at IUB, be in good academic standing, and demonstrate involvement in program, departmental, university or community organizations.  Preference will be given to graduate students who are involved in diversity-building activities and programming. An in-person interview is required.

Students must submit the following by 5pm on March 30, 2012, in order to be considered:

  1. data form  ( http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YSQRBSZ );
  2. a curriculum vitae/resume; and,
  3. a 1-page essay about past experience with similar initiatives, diversity-building efforts, cultural competency, community involvement or leadership skills.

Email the curriculum vitae/resume and 1-page essay to agep@indiana.edu.

If you have any questions regarding the Emissary for Graduate Student Diversity Program, please e-mail agep@indiana.edu.

Seven Doctoral Students Travel to South Korea for an IU AGEP Professional Development Tour

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This spring break, seven IU doctoral students along with University Graduate School Associate Dean Maxine Watson and Dean Yolanda Treviño, are headed to South Korea for a professional development tour.

Hosted by Sungkyunkwan University (http://www.skku.edu/eng/), the travelers will spend the week of March 8 to March 18, 2012, learning about the higher education system in South Korea and experiencing what it would be like to work abroad. Each student will be giving a presentation to SKKU colleagues in their discipline.

The visit is being sponsored by the IU AGEP program with the goal of increasing global literacy, gaining exposure to specialized training and practical experiences outside of the U.S., and increasing opportunities for international collaboration for a small group of advanced doctoral underrepresented minority students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

Now accepting applications for 2012-2013 Emissaries for Graduate Student Diversity

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The Indiana University Graduate School is now accepting applications for the 2012-13 Emissaries for Graduate Student Diversity program (Click here to see their blog) This recruitment support program includes ten emissaries (Masters and PhD graduate students) who will serve as first contacts and initial resources for prospective graduate students, in addition to working and engaging in dialogue with graduate programs, departments, the University Graduate School and the GPSO.

For deadline information, visit:
http://iugradschool.blogspot.com/2012/02/call-for-applications-emissaries-for.html

AGEP travels to Seoul, South Korea

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Seven advanced doctoral students in the STEM and SBES disciplines have been selected to participate in the 2012 Midwest Crossroads IU AGEP International Professional Development Program. These delegates will travel to Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Seoul, South Korea March 8-18th to learn more about South Korea’s higher education system, to network with SKKU research faculty and postdocs, and to present their own research. 안전한 여행이! (Have a safe trip!)SKKU University web site

Interested in learning more about student resources at IU?

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Participate in a live Adobe Connect chat session with our Emissaries for Graduate Student Diversity! This month’s topic is IU Resources for graduate students. Our Emissaries will be answering your questions about funding, campus services, teaching and research opportunities, and more! The first 2012 session will be held on February 20th at 3pm. The complete Spring 2012 is available on our website, http://www.indiana.edu/~gradlife/chat/.

To participate in an Adobe Connect Session, follow these instructions:

1.Go to http://breeze.iu.edu/gradchat at the scheduled time
2.Login as a guest
3.Type in your questions. You will see and hear the emissaries, but they will not see or hear you.

Hope to see you there!

IU Simon Cancer Center- Summer programs

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IU Simon Cancer Center’s summer program available to underrepresented populations

Application deadline is Feb. 17, 2012; program is May 31-July 27, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS — (December 7, 2011) — High school and college students from underrepresented populations interested in cancer research careers can gain hands-on experiences during next summer’s Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center Summer Research Program.

The cancer center’s annual Summer Research Program, held in partnership with the Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Center for Research and Learning, places students with a mentor physician or researcher for nine weeks (May 31-July 27) on the IUPUI campus. Students work with faculty who are conducting studies in the most progressive areas of cancer research.

The program’s primary goal is to increase the number of underrepresented populations engaged in basic, clinical, and prevention and control cancer research by providing positive and meaningful firsthand exposure to those fields.

Each student receives a stipend (payment) of $3,200. Students are responsible for their own housing arrangements.

The Summer Research Program provides students an opportunity to:

  • interact with any one of five cancer center research programs, 10 shared facilities and more than 100 world-renowned investigators
  • gain exposure to a wide-range of basic science, translational, and clinical research activities
  • continually interact with and learn from other students, clinical and post-doctoral fellows, and faculty
  • attend weekly workshops that deal with issues related to gaining admission to graduate and professional programs of study

Students are selected on interest in biomedical or behavioral science, grades, and personal interviews. High school students who participate must have completed at least their junior year and have maintained a grade point average of

at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Undergraduates in the program must have completed 24 hours of college credit, be majoring in a biomedical or behavioral science, and have maintained a grade point average of at least 3.2.

Additional information and an online application is available at  www.cancer.iu.edu/srp. Questions?  Contact the IUPUI Center for Research & Learning at (317) 274-8880.

The application deadline is Feb. 17, 2012.  Those students selected as finalists will be invited to campus for an interview on March 16, 2012.