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FAS Department Updates, and Important Deadlines
Graduate Coordinators and Assistants
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February 14, 2018
In this Update:
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Important Dates and Deadlines
Monday February 19, 2018
Family Day (classes will not be held)
Tuesday February 20, 2018 to Saturday February 24, 2018
Mid-term Reading Week
Tuesday February 20, 2018 from 11:00am to 12:00pm
Coffee Cram Marketing Workshop for FAS Staff and Faculty: Webinars that Work
Monday February 26, 2018 to Saturday March 3, 2018
Wednesday February 28, 2018
deadline to submit agenda items for Faculty Board
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 Celebrating Graduate Studies (Grad Week) Update
It's time to promote our Grad Week! We are looking for your help to encourage your applicants to attend and to find faculty members and graduate students to participate in our events.
An invitation to all applicants to Queen's graduate programs and an invitation to all Queen's current 3rd and 4th years will be sent out this week. We also encourage you to reach out to your applicants personally to invite them to the week and your events. By
registering
(and providing proof of purchase and travel), they will be able to take advantage of our
travel reimbursements for up to $50 of their travel and to book discounted accommodation. If you choose, you can also book and/or cover the cost of this discounted accommodation for your prospective students during the week at the Donald Gordon Centre (for $99 + taxes, mention the Mid-winter Special) or at the Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront (for
$119.99 plus taxes and fees, mention Queen's Grad Week)
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Please also
contact Vicky Arnold
to let us know about your events as soon as possible, so that we can list them on the website and registration system and promote them as a part of our week (she will coordinate with the School of Graduate Studies about their website on your behalf). We will also keep you posted about registrants.
We are still looking for
faculty members and/or graduate student panelists to volunteer for the events below. Could you please ask some of your graduate students and faculty members to participate and ask them to
contact Vicky
for more information? This would help us out and your programs would gain additional promotion at our events.
Feb 27, 1:00pm-1:45pm
Thesis Defence Room, Gordon Hall
Get the Real Story: Living in Kingston as a Grad
Student panel discussion on accommodation, transportation, social activities in Kingston.
Grad student volunteers needed
March 1, 9:00am-4:00pm
Stauffer
Registration
Hand out bags and help with check-in for attendees for the full day of activities.
Grad student volunteers needed
March 1, 11:00am-11:30 or 1:00pm-1:30pm
Stauffer Library Speakers Corner
Human Library
Sign out a scholar for a half an hour to find out about grad studies, research and intellectual life at Queen's.
Faculty and grad student volunteers needed
March 1, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Foodies on Foot
Dinner with a current Arts or Science grad student at a local restaurant within walking distance of Queen's. We pay for volunteers, participants get discount
Grad student volunteers needed
March 2, 1:00pm-2:30pm
MC E229
Get the Real Story: Living in Kingston as a Grad
Student panel discussion on how academics and campus life are different from undergrad and on accommodation, transportation, social activities in Kingston.
Grad student volunteers needed
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New Faculty of Arts and Science Conference Fund
The FAS Conference Fund provides support for regular faculty members and continuing adjuncts in the Faculty of Arts and Science who are organizing professional conferences, colloquia, symposia, or workshops in the Kingston area or at the Bader International Study Centre in Herstmonceaux. The maximum amount of an award is $1,000. The funds may be increased to $3,000 for use as in-kind matching funds for external funding obtained through successful applications to external programs like the SSHRC Connection Grants Program. If an application for external funds is unsuccessful, the applicant will still be eligible for $1,000 in support.
Funding is awarded on a competitive basis and priority is given to events that (a) reach a broad audience, particularly at the national or international levels, (b) include student participation, particularly involving presentation of their research, and (c) include partnering support from a department or departments. The deadlines for applications are October 1, January 1, April 1, and July 1. Funds must be spent no later than 12 months after the deadline for the competition in which the funding application was submitted. Normally, funding decisions are made, and applicants are informed, no more than two weeks after the relevant application deadline.
Applications should include the following information:
- Name, rank, and unit of the organizer(s) (in the case of a co-organizer, please indicate the name of the other university).
- Description of the conference/colloquium/symposium/workshop.
- Proposed date(s), venue, expected number of participants, and a brief description of the participants (e.g., faculty, graduate students) including a statement regarding equity, diversity, and Indigeneity.
- Role of students.
- Budget
- Overall anticipated costs (i.e. administration, travel, food/refreshments, publications, facilities)
- Overall expected revenues (i.e. conference fees, sponsorships) and contributions (list sources, amounts and indicate whether each one is confirmed or anticipated)
- Amount requested from the FAS Conference Support Fund (to a maximum of $1,000)
- An indication of the amount of in-kind funds (to a maximum of $3,000) requested to match external sources of funding.
Please submit applications in an electronic format (Word or PDF) by email to
[email protected]
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