Help kick of Graduate Student Mental Health week by attending the first event!

Managing Stress and Anxiety in Graduate School
Monday, March 6 @ 5 pm
028 Haldeman

A counselor from Dick’s House will provide an educational presentation and discussion on how to manage stress and anxiety while navigating graduate school.
Date:
Monday, March 6, 2017
Time:
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/3162805

Contemplative Teaching & Learning


Mindfulness practices benefit cognition, emotion, and creativity. After reviewing the contemplative pedagogy movement in higher education, participants will experience two short classroom mindfulness practices designed to cultivate attention, and creativity, and deep
engagement; consider the research supporting them; and discuss how implementing them might look in various classrooms. This session is part of GRAD Mental Health Awareness Week!
Date:
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
DCAL, 102 Baker Library
Campus:
DCAL
Categories:
DCAL http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/3184215

First Generation Grad Lunch

First Generation College Grad Students’ Lunch

Friday, March 3 @ 12 noon

location: 53 Commons - lunch provided

(First Gen students are those whose parents did not complete
a 4 yr college degree)

Are you the first in your family to go to college? If so, then perhaps navigating graduate school has its share of joys
and challenges.

Come enjoy lunch and talk to other first-generation college graduate students about their experiences.

If you are interested in reading a bit about the research on
First Generation Graduate Students here is an article...

http://www.academia.edu/474522/_Those_invisible_barriers_are_real_The_progression_of_first-generation_students_through_doctoral_education
or

Here's Smarty-Pants, Home for the Holidays

http://www.chronicle.com/article/Heres-Smarty-Pants-Home-for/136069/
Date:
Friday, March 3, 2017
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:53 Commons
http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/2964561

Greetings.

We have just initiated a search for the Associate Director position in the Academic Skills Center.

Enclosed is the position description. The link to apply is: https://searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/40891

Thank for you sharing this information with potential candidates.

I will be happy to answer any questions you have about this position, which provides academic coaching and manages the Study Group Program, serving hundreds of students each year.

Best,

Carl

Carl P. Thum, Ph.D.
Director, Academic Skills Center
224 Baker Library
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
603-646-2014 (P)
603-646-1629 (F)
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Outstanding Graduate Student Community Service Award 2017
http://graduate.dartmouth.edu/admissions-financial-aid/funding/grants-awards/graduate-community-award

The Graduate Community Award will be awarded annually to the graduate student(s) who best exemplify a deep commitment to serving the Dartmouth community. Successful recipients may have contributed in diverse ways such as participating in student governance, serving on campus-wide committees and in the development and promotion of programs that enhance the academic and social options of the entire community. The individual should combine personal qualities of dedication to inclusiveness, integrity and enthusiasm with effective service on behalf of the Dartmouth community.

Students currently enrolled in good standing in Dartmouth Master’s and Doctoral programs are eligible for the award.
Nomination Process

The recipient(s) will be selected by the Graduate Studies Office. Departments, individual faculty members or administrators, and graduate students are eligible to make a nomination in the form of a letter of nomination. All nomination letters must be submitted to the Graduate Studies Office (to the attention of Kerry Landers) no later than March 28.

Each nominee will then be asked directly by the Graduate Office to submit a curriculum vitae and a brief summary of their community service activities.

The recipient(s) of the award will receive a cash prize of $1,000.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kerry Landers in the Graduate Studies Office, 37 Dewey Field Road, Suite 6062, Room 437.

GRAD Faculty Mentoring Awards

The Graduate Student Council and the Office of Graduate Studies have joined to create the Graduate Faculty Mentoring Award. The award is designed to recognize and highlight the outstanding mentoring activities that are undertaken by faculty advisors at Dartmouth. The Faculty Mentoring Award will be awarded annually to a member of the Dartmouth faculty who exemplifies a deep commitment to fostering the professional and personal development of graduate students. Successful recipients may have contributed to graduate student development by advising graduate level research and promoting successful transition from the graduate studies to post-doctoral work, faculty positions, or other employment.

Three members of the Graduate Student Council will select the recipient with the Assistant Dean of Graduate Student Affairs and Graduate Dean serving as ex officio members. Graduate students and recent graduate alumni (no more than three years out) may make nominations in the form of a letter of nomination. Letters from multiple sources (i.e. multiple students and alumni) are strongly encouraged. However, each graduate student or alumni may only nominate one person for the award. Faculty in the Dartmouth Arts & Sciences Master's and Doctoral programs are eligible for the award. Nomination letters must sent to [log in to unmask] by Friday, March 17. Each nominee will then be asked directly by the Graduate Office to submit a curriculum vita.

The recipient of the award will receive $500 to be used for further mentoring activities.