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FAS Department Updates, and Important Deadlines
For Heads, Managers, Grad Chairs and Assistants
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March 20, 2018
In this Update:
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Important Dates and Deadlines
Friday March 23, 2018 from 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Faculty Board
Friday, March 23
Applications due for Project and Portfolio PhD research awards funding
Friday March 30, 2018
Good Friday (classes will not be held
Thursday April 5, 2018 from 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Science Graduate Council Meeting
Tuesday April 10, 2018 from 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Arts Graduate Council Meeting
Thursday April 12, 2018 to Friday April 27, 2018
Winter Term examinations
Tuesday April 17, 2018 from 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Undergraduate Chair Meeting
Wednesday April 18, 2018 from 10:30am to 12:00pm
Undergraduate Chair Meeting
Friday April 27, 2018 from 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Faculty Board
Tuesday May 1, 2018
Summer Term begins
Monday May 7, 2018
Final deadline to submit grades for Winter 2018 Undergraduate Courses (by 12 pm)
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 Project and Portfolio PhD Research Award
We would like to encourage you to spread the word about our new Project and Portfolio PhD Awards to your second year PhD students and their supervisors. Project-based and portfolio PhDs offer alternative PhD options. In addition to supporting your students financially, the awards will demonstrate our flexibility and highlight graduate student research in your department, thereby supporting recruitment in future years. We plan to announce and write profiles of the winners for our website and social media platforms, which you can share and use in your recruitment materials.
In order to give you more time to encourage your students to apply, we have extended the deadline for you to submit your ranked list of applicants and application forms for the Project and Portfolio PhD Research Awards to March 23, 2018.
To support you in spreading the word, we have included an email below that you can tailor or forward to your second year students and supervisors and have also attached the application form.
Dear graduate supervisors and students,
As you may have heard, the Faculty of Arts and Science is offering new Awards for Project and Portfolio PhD Research. These awards provide financial support of up to a maximum value of $3000 for students pursuing doctoral research who are undertaking a project-based option and/or a portfolio PhD. We encourage you to apply by submitting the application form to our office by March 22, 2018.
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Grades Memo (Winter 2018 Undergraduate Courses)
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Prizes for Excellence in Research Panel Discussion
On Tuesday, April 3rd from 6:30-8:30, there will be a panel discussion with our 2017 Prizes for Excellence in Research recipients that will be moderated by Scott White, Editor of The Conversation Canada. This format represents a departure from how the event has been run in previous years (usually five mini lectures) and we hope that it will be more accessible and engaging for our audience. The event is open to the public and all are encourage to attend.
The PER recipients include researchers:
- Cathy Crudden (Chemistry)
- Sam McKegney (English)
- Pascale Champagne (Civil Eng)
- Denis O'Donnell (Medicine)
- Liying Cheng (Education)
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Distinguished Service Awards
2018 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Queen's faculty, staff, students, and retirees are invited to nominate candidates for a Queen's Distinguished Service Award. Inaugurated by the University Council in 1974, this award recognizes individuals who have made the University a better place through their extraordinary contributions.
Recipients will be recognized at the University Council Annual Dinner on Saturday, November 10th, 2018.
Please submit nominations to the University Council Executive Committee, care of the University Secretariat, by Friday, April 27th, 2018 at 4 p.m.
Please contact the University Secretariat at
[email protected]
or 613-533-6095 if you have questions about the Distinguished Service Awards or the nomination process.
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Please note the changes to the fund in the Terms of Reference, available at the above link. The number of categories has been reduced from three to two. Category 1 provides funds to host incoming international visitors from around the world, including from the Matariki Network of Universities (MNU). Category 2 will fund Queen's faculty members to visit MNU institutions, and applications in this category can now be submitted on a rolling basis. We have reallocated funds to increase the opportunities overall in both categories.
Note that in Category 1 competition, faculty members are invited to submit an application and budget to their respective Faculty Dean by April 23, 2018. I would request that you review and rank the applications received, and forward them to Csilla Volford ([email protected]) in the Office of the Associate Vice-Principal (International) by May 7, 2018. For Category 2, Department Head signature is required for all submissions.
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Safety in Field and/or Off-Campus Research Workshop 2018
You are invited, and encouraged to attend a workshop on "Safety in Field and/or Off-Campus Research" hosted by the Department of Environmental Health & Safety. Please register to attend by emailing [email protected]. The workshop is on Monday, April 16th from 1pm to 3pm, Robert Sutherland Hall room 202. It is designed for all researchers who are responsible for the safety of students and staff who work under their supervision and for all students who are, or will be, doing field and/or off-campus research.
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Tableau Training Sessions
Hands-on Introduction to Tableau
for Queen's Faculty and Staff, with access to Tableau files on Queen's Active Directory:
- Tuesday, March 29, 9-11am
- Wednesday, April 11th, 9-11am
- Thursday, May 10th, 9-11am
Drop-in Sessions for Tableau advanced (or curious!) users
for Queen's Faculty and Staff, with access to Tableau files on Queen's Active Directory:
- Tuesday, March 29, 11am-noon
- Wednesday, April 11th, 11am-noon
- Thursday, May 10th, 11-noon
All sessions are in Jeffery 156, with Tableau Reader Version 10.5, on each computer. Each session is scheduled for 2 hours, but usually last about 1.5 hrs. (You only need to attend one session!)
Email Lydia at [email protected] to register - or also if your Department would like your own session!
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