Graduate
Student Association of the Caspersen School of Graduate
Studies, Drew University
...LATEST NEWS!
March
31, 2004:
The Comprehensive
Exam Schedule for the 2004-2005 academic year has been posted
on the Calendar page.
The
Agenda for the April 8th meeting has now been posted.
March
30th, 2004:
Photos from
the March 2004 softball
game have now been posted.
Nominations
for next year's Executive Committee will be accepted until April
6th. E-mail your nominations to Jim
Rovira.
March
24th, 2004:
The minutes
for the February 12th General meeting and Steering Committee
meeting, and the March 22nd Library meeting, are now online.
The next GSA meeting of the year will be Thursday, April 8th
at 7 PM in Hall of Sciences 3.
The February
2004 edition of News and Notes is now online.
March
23rd, 2004:
GSA recommendations
to the Library Committee based upon the March 22nd meeting are
now online. View them
here.
We're currently
accepting nominations for next year's GSA Executive Committee.
E-mail your nominations to Jim
Rovira after confirming that your nominee is willing to
accept. You are welcome to nominate yourself. All currently
matriculated Drew graduate students are eligible.
March
15th, 2004:
The GSA
President's report on the Library Survey is now available in
three formats:
A
special GSA meeting has been called to discuss the results of
the Library Survey and make recommendations to the Library.
REVISED
DATE/LOCATION The meeting will be held in UC
123 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday,
March 16th. Snacks will be provided.
March
12th, 2004:
Dr. Terry
Todd has come up for tenure review, and the Faculty Committee
has asked for student input. If you have some personal experience
with Dr. Todd, you can greatly help the process by providing
your feedback through the following survey:
Thanks to
all those who filled out the GSA Library Survey. We had a good
response.
A
special GSA meeting has been called to discuss the results of
the Library Survey, which will close on March 12th.
REVISED
DATE/LOCATION The meeting will be held in UC
123 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday,
March 16th. Snacks will be provided.
March
2nd, 2004: A
special GSA meeting has been called to discuss the results of
the Library Survey, which will close on March 12th. Follow the
link below while there's still time to fill out the survey.
REVISED
DATE/LOCATION The meeting will be held in UC
123 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday,
March 16th. Snacks will be provided.
Participants
get a free medium coffee or tea from the UC Snack Bar courtesy
of the Caspersen School. Details forthcoming. The survey will
run until March 12th.
February
23rd , 2004:
The
Phonathon results are now in, and it was very successful, with
128 donors. Dean Rogers would like to thank those who participated
in the last Phonathon, and post the following notice about the
next one:
We are already
gearing up for our March Volunteer calling which will be on
March 8th and 9th, so if you are willing to do one or two nights
of calling please get in touch
with me. We meet at Alumni House at 6 for dinner and an
orientation, and calling starts around 6:45, going for about
2 hours.
February
18th , 2004:
The
2003 GSA Library Survey has now been posted. Follow the link
below to fill it out. Dean Rogers has offered a free medium
coffee or tea from the UC Snack Bar to every student who fills
out the survey. The survey will run from today, February 18th
until March 12th. We need your input!
February
9th , 2004:
The
agenda for the upcoming GSA meeting has now been posted
(Thursday, Feb. 12th at 7:00 PM in HS 3).
Scott Elliot
has reported that 19 people have signed up for the joint GSA/Theo
school intramural softball team, "Fin's Fantastics."
Thanks for the great response. We hope to post boxscores on
the GSA website when available. Good luck to the new team.
The Women's
Studies Area has a functioning mailing list that sends information
about upcoming conferences, fellowships, internships, CFP, and
other opportunities related to Women’s/Gender Studies
on a weekly basis. If anyone would like to join the list please
email to ohachko@drew.edu
with the subject heading “WMST updates.”
February
6th , 2004:
Mark
the following dates on your calendar:
Thursday,
February 12th: GSA
General Meeting, 7 PM; Steering Committee
Meeting, 6:30 PM. Location: Hall of Sciences 3.
Friday,
February 27th: Grad
Career Workshop, 2 PM to 6 PM, Wendell
Room, Mead Hall. See details below.
Thursday,
April 8th: GSA
General Meeting, 7 PM; Steering Committee
Meeting, 6:30 PM. Location TBA.
February
6th, 2004: Drew
beats Harvard!
No doubt
about it: today’s academic job market is fiercely competitive.
But the placement record for Drew Ph.D.s is remarkably good.
In more than one case, Drew graduates have won teaching positions
where all the other finalists were Ivy Leaguers.
How can
you improve the odds in your favor? For starters, attend Drew’s
annual Graduate Student Career Workshop.
A panel
of career advisors, faculty, and successful Drew graduates will
share their street smarts with you. They’ll tell you where
academic jobs are advertised. What to include in your résumé.
What not to include in your résumé. What to expect
in a job interview. How to present a paper at a scholarly conference.
How to publish your dissertation. (Rule #1: Don’t call
it a dissertation.) An infallible two-step negotiating strategy
for your first book contract. How that book can earn you $500,000.
The sole criterion (nothing else really matters) that will determine
whether you get tenure. And (most importantly) we’ll tell
you where the landmines are buried.
Join us
on Friday, February 27, from 2 to 6 pm in Wendell
Room, Mead Hall. You’ll learn all the really
important stuff your professors never taught you.