GLS eNews April 12, 2021
GLS Express - April 12, 2021
Join us for virtual porch sitting, every Thursday, 5-6 PM, through June. The Zoom meeting link will be the same every week.
GLS House remains closed until further notice. GLS staff are working remotely and may be reached via email.
Office Hours with Anne
GLS Director Anne Whisnant hosts weekly "drop-in" office hours on Fridays from 1-2 PM. See Anne via her Zoom meeting room, meeting ID 930 5848 9417.
GLS Virtual Hooding Ceremony Scheduled
GLS will hold a virtual Hooding Ceremony on Saturday, May 1, from 1-2:30 PM via Zoom. All GLS students are invited to attend. Stay tuned for more details! In the meantime, check out last year's online event.
TGS Professional Development Events - Week of April 12, 2021
Note: the April 14 RCR Forum may be used to fulfill the RCR requirements for graduation.
Click here to see all professional development resources offered by The Graduate School.
Registration Open for Duke Graduate Academy Summer Session
Registration is open for Duke Graduate Academy's summer session for grad students and postdocs. Sign up for free short courses that introduce you to skills, tools, and knowledge that augment your regular coursework/research. Click here for details.
GLS Summer Seminars
Spots are still available in our two new GLS seminars. Both courses will be online. See the links below for more information.
Who Can Recall? Writing (and Drawing) Time
Instructor: Amy Laura Hall
Wednesdays, 5-8 PM
Reckoning with Inequality via Critical Family History
Instructor: Susan Thorne
Tuesdays, 6-9 PM
The Duke Incubation Fund (the “Fund”) supports idea-stage projects at Duke University. The Fund makes a number of awards each year to teams and companies to support novel ideas, applied research, potential products, nascent services, and creative projects that, if successful, will lead to new opportunities in the market. To receive funding, projects must demonstrate a potential path to subsequent financial support, new company formation, licensing, partnering, or other channels to enable translation.
Applications are welcome from all fields of inquiry. At least one member of any team must be employed at Duke in a faculty or staff capacity (including graduate students and postdoctoral researchers). Projects with a high likelihood of commercialization and/or with existing Duke intellectual property or potential to generate new Duke intellectual property are highly encouraged to apply. Proposals submitted by undergraduates as the primary applicant will not be considered. See the Fund website for more information.
Calls for Submission
Palaver, UNCW’s online interdisciplinary journal housed in the Graduate Liberal Studies program, seeks creative and research-based writing that defies the confines of a single discipline. We accept art submissions in any medium, including video, still image, and multimedia. Our reading period is from February 15-September 14. Visit us at palaverjournal.com.
GLS Weekly Virtual Info Sessions
Spread the word! Each Friday at 10 AM, through May 14, GLS will hold weekly virtual information sessions via Zoom. Word of mouth continues to be one our best recruitment tools, so if you know of someone you think might be interested in the program, please send them our way.
Info sessions are a great way for prospective students to learn more about GLS and to see whether it's a good fit for them. We'll talk about the application process, curriculum, faculty, students, cost, and how Duke employees can use their tuition benefit to help finance their degree. We will make time for your questions as well. Advanced registration is required. See our website for dates and registration details.
Important Dates for GLS Students
Registration Deadlines:
February 2 - Drop/Add ends
March 1 - Summer registration begins
March 8-9 - No classes held
April 21 - Graduate classes end
April 22-25 - Graduate reading period
May 1 - Last day of semester
June 28 - Fall 2021 shopping carts open
July 7-19 - Fall 2021 registration
August 2 - Fall 2021 bursar bills issued
September 1 - Fall 2021 bursar bills due
Master's Project Deadlines:
MP Seminars (LS 850) -- via Zoom
- January 25, Noon-2 PM - Session I
- February 15, Noon-2 PM - Session II
- March 15, Noon-2 PM - Session III
February 1 - Apply to graduate deadline (for May graduation) - extended from January 25
March 12 - Proposal meeting deadline (for Summer projects; contact GLS early in semester with supervisor availability)
March 22, 2:00-3:30 PM - Proposal Workshop (voluntary)
March 26 - Proposal submission deadline (for Summer projects)
April 14 - Last day master’s exams can be held (for May graduation)
Campus Calendars
Check out the links below for events happening across Duke.
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies (AAHVS)
Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Department of Gender, Sexuality & Feminists Studies
Department of International Comparative Studies (ICS)
Online Resources for Graduate Students
- COVID-19 updates for students are available on Duke's Coronavirus Response website.
- Graduate School-specific COVID-19 updates are posted here. TGS has also created a FAQ for continuing and incoming international students.
- The Duke Student Assistance Fund was established better support master's students who may be experiencing difficulty providing for their basic needs during this extraordinary time.
- Blue Devils Care is a new mental telehealth service that can provide support wherever you may be located currently. You can access the service by using the key DUKE2020.
- The Career Center now offers online drop-in advising for graduate students on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. View the schedule here.