GLS eNews April 5, 2021
GLS Express - April 5, 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 Launches New Interactive Reporting Guide for Students
The Graduate School has launched an interactive guide for its Ph.D. and master's students about options, resources, and processes for addressing harassment, discrimination, and related issues. Read more about the guide here.
TGS Professional Development Events - Week of April 5, 2021
Other Professional Development Opportunities
Just in Time Virtual Career Fair
Wednesday, April 7, 1-5 PM
Meet top employers from various industries at next week's Ivy+ Consortium Just in Time Virtual Career Fair. Click here for more information.
Owning Your Nonlinear Career
Thursday, April 8, 2021, 11 AM
Join Duke I&E for conversations with inspirational women who have used entrepreneurial skills to build their careers. Hear from Anna Wilson, Head of People Programs at DoorDash, where she and her team develop and deliver key programs across the employee lifecycle. While open to all, this series was designed for women and non-binary undergraduate, graduate, & professional students. Sponsor: Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative. Click here to register.
Click here to see all professional development resources offered by The Graduate School.
Digital and Public Durham History: Works in Progress at Duke and North Carolina Central University
On Friday, April 9, 10 AM-12 PM, join faculty, staff, and student researchers at North Carolina Central University and Duke University, along with their community partners, for a series of lightning talks on the history of Durham. Speakers will explore the histories of places and communities, racial segregation and social movements, and the promises and challenges of digital methods in bringing hidden and marginalized histories to light.
Speakers include Trudi Abel of Duke's Rubenstein Library, who taught the GLS seminar NC Jukebox: History and Music, a popular digital public history course.
Click here for additional details and to register for the event.
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
TGS Announces Spring 2021 Graduate Student and Postdoc Virtual Group Activity Grant Program
The Office of Research, The Graduate School, and the Division of Student Affairs are pleased to announce the spring 2021 Graduate Student and Postdoc Virtual Group Activity Grant Program to support the development and planning of virtual graduate student and postdoc community-building activities. With limited opportunities for engagement across our campus due to COVID restrictions, we encourage the submission of creative proposals for virtual activities that will foster interaction among grad student and postdoc communities.
Faculty, graduate students, and postdocs may apply for grants up to $100, but this amount may be increased under special circumstances that should be outlined in your request for funds.
All Duke faculty, graduate students, and postdocs are eligible to apply. Each awardee must submit a brief program outcome statement within 30 days following the conclusion of their funded activity to Assistant Dean J. Alan Kendrick. Applications for funding are accepted on an ongoing basis throughout the spring 2021 semester.
As part of the application form, you will be asked to provide a paragraph describing the purpose of the request for funds, including a full description of the virtual activity; a list of potential attendees (e.g., Department of Biology, Smith Lab, graduate students); and a detailed breakdown of how the funds would be used to support the described activity.
Please allow at least one week from the date of the proposal submission and the date of the activity for a response.
As with all things relating to this pandemic, we must remain flexible. If we find that conditions change in our state or beyond, we may consider expanding the program to include in-person activities under the university and Provost’s guidelines.
Questions about the program can be directed to Assistant Dean J. Alan Kendrick.
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.