Writing Workshop for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
Presented by Dartmouth GrantGPS
DATE: Monday, December 12, 2016
TIME: 8:30 AM – 12:00 Noon
LOCATION: Dana Library, room 334 (37 Dewey Field Road) PRESENTER: John Maguire
DESCRIPTION AND BIO:
John Maguire is returning to Dartmouth to present a half- day workshop on “Readable Writing.” His focus will be on writing and editing for readability. He will cover five fundamental editing skills, and how they are combined to produce clear and vivid papers. Note: the emphasis is on writing in general and not scientific writing.
Mr. Maguire is a science editor who began college as a physics major but then switched to English and became a science news reporter. He has covered science for three daily newspapers, and taught writing for several decades
at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the Boston area, including at Boston University. He currently freelances as a science editor for academic institutions and an engineering firm. He has edited RO1 and PO1 grant applications for NIH, and proposals for NSF. Recent clients include Harvard University School of Public Health, University of Michigan Medical School, and the Dartmouth College Biochemistry Department. He has written several short books, including John Maguire’s College Writing Guide. In April 2016 he delivered a two-day editing workshop for graduate students and post-doc researchers at Dartmouth. His website is www.readablewriting.com.
In his teaching and coaching, he focuses on these five issues:
1. Concretenessvs.abstraction(nouns) 2. Activityvs.Inertness(verbs)
3. Dramaticvs.impersonal(names)
4. Shortwordsvsover-longwords
5. Sentence-lengthcontrol
To register for the workshop, please email Cindy Stewart
([log in to unmask]). Space is limited to 14 participants.
ATTENTION YEAR 2 GRADUATE STUDENTS: Mr. Maguire will provide 30-minute individual coaching and editing sessions for Year 2 students writing their Specific Aims page. Sessions will be scheduled from 1:00 – 5:00 PM (Monday, December 12) and from 8:30 AM – 12:00 noon (Tuesday, December 13). To sign up for a session, contact Cindy Stewart ([log in to unmask]). Note: priority will go to students who have attended Mr. Maguire’s workshop on December 12 (see above for details).

TA Orientation is an opportunity to learn from experienced TAs about a variety of topics, such as the first day of class, connecting with students, time management, resources at Dartmouth, diversity in the classroom, lesson design, grading, and tricky situations. You will also have the opportunity to do some practice teaching.

The Orientation will be on two days:

Tuesday December 6, 9am-4pm, including lunch

Wednesday December 7, 10am-1pm, including lunch
Date:
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Time:
9:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
DCAL, 102 Baker Library
Campus:
DCAL
Categories:
DCAL
http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/2759496



A follow up to the TA Orientation designed for international students.
Date:
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Time:
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Location:
DCAL, 102 Baker Library
Campus:
DCAL
Categories:
DCAL
http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/2759511

Please join us for a workshop on 12/5/16 from 3-4:30 PM focused on creating STEM lesson plans for high school classrooms. Local high school science teacher Erica Wallstrom (Rutland HS) and a math teacher will lead this event, which will help graduate students and postdocs learn how to share their research through well-crafted lesson plans that specifically address next generation science standards (NGSS) and Common Core. The teachers will discuss the elements of a good lesson plan (e.g., what teachers need in their classroom) and how to choose standards that are most relevant to your research. Time will also be allotted for small group work for participants to discuss the standards relevant to their research. This event is co-sponsored by the Institute of Arctic Studies' Joint Science Education Project and the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning.
Date:
Monday, December 5, 2016
Time:
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location:
DCAL, 102 Baker Library
Campus:
DCAL
Categories:
DCAL
http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/2969795

Your Research Identity
Develop your digital identity as a researcher in this Thayer winterim short course, 12/6 & 12/7, 9 am-noon, MacLean 201
Register at: https://engineering.dartmouth.edu/academics/courses/short-courses by Monday November 28th
Making, managing, and measuring the impact of your public identity as a researcher and scholar is critical in the digital age. In this course, you will make or modify your public researcher profile. You’ll use tools such as ORCID, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Google, RefWorks, Web of Science, SherpaRoMEO and more, to make the best decisions for your own researcher identity. We will also address copyright issues regarding what full text you can share on your researcher site, and the role of social media like Twitter, Facebook and blogs in the researcher identity ecosystem. You can use what you learn to help promote the work of your whole research group as well.
Bring your laptop.
Coffee & refreshments provided
Benefits and requirements:
This course would benefit your research team and lab colleagues
Permission of your advisor is required

In order to cultivate a community focused on teaching and learning amongst graduate students and postdocs, DCAL has established a Learning Community for Future Faculty (LCFF). The focus of this group is to share the rewards and challenges of college teaching, while digging a bit deeper into best practices and techniques for teaching. The LCFF meets monthly on the 2nd Monday of the month.
Date:
Monday, December 12, 2016
Time:
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
DCAL, 102 Baker Library
Campus:
DCAL
Categories:
DCAL
http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/2697931