Resource links required for on-campus:
UNH Coronavirus Updates and Safety Guidelines
Info specific for Graduate Students:
Info specific for Faculty and Employees:
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Voting in New Hampshire?
Know how and when to vote!
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Two dates THIS WEEK left for FLU SHOTS!
Open to UNH Durham students, faculty and staff
If you cannot attend a flu clinic, the flu vaccine is also offered to students, faculty, staff, and dependents by appointment.
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UNH Graduate School
NEW ONLINE ORIENTATION MODULES
FOR ALL GRAD STUDENTS!
Available on Canvas>MYCOURSES LOGIN>UNH Graduate School Durham>Grad School Orientation
(Valuable resource for new students AND
current students!)
You'll find individual, ready-to-use modules that answer all your questions!
"How to Use this Online Orientation," Intro to Canvas, info for international students, instructions for graduate assistantships, details on health insurance, campus recreation, and the library, securing an ID and a Parking Permit, accessing student email, info on housing, knowing your acronyms (!), and MUCH MUCH more. Check it today! Keep it marked as a reference.
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Fall 2020 Counseling Groups
"Embrace Well-being"
Group sessions are Telehealth via Zoom
Spaces still open
A few examples:
Graduate Student Group, Tuesdays, 5:10-6:30pm
Anxiety Management, Wednesdays, 3:10-4:30pm
and more.
Reach PACS at (603) 862-2090
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UNH Health & Wellness provides integrated health and wellness services that operate from a holistic perspective. In support of the University's academic mission, this center provides medical care, wellness education, and health promotion. They also work very closely with UNH Psychological and Counseling Services (PACS) to coordinate care and services.
**New packed schedule for Events & Workshops throughout October!
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UNH Graduate School Offers
Drop-in Writing Accountability Blocks!
We all have writing to do, whether we're coding, grading, tending to email, doing homework, or working on publications, theses, or dissertations. The Grad School is offering 2-hour blocks of time for you to sit down, Zoom in, and write in the company of peers. If you've been to any of our writing retreats, you know the positive peer pressure of committing to writing for a few hours in the group setting.
You can sign up for as many blocks as you want. We ask that you share what you plan to work on during the block to help with accountability. The first 10 minutes of the session will be dedicated to settling in, and the facilitator (Jovana or Caroline) will share one writing tip at the beginning of each session to help you with your writing productivity.
During October, writing blocks will be offered:
- Mondays, 1:00-3:00 pm
- Wednesdays, 9:00-11:00 am
- Thursdays, 8:00-10:00 am
Use this form to sign up for sessions in October:
We will use a recurring Zoom link throughout the semester:
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Mondays, 9:00am (reoccurring Fall 2020 Semester) |
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Fall 2020 Graduate Student Weekly
Accountability and Goal-Setting
Stay on track, set goals, and check-in with other grad students on their writing process over the Fall semester. Sessions meet via Zoom Mondays at 9:00am.
Virtual Graduate Student Services
at the Connors Writing Center
The Connors Writing Center will be holding all appointments virtually this fall semester and encourages grad students to sign up for a conference during any part of their writing process. In addition to individual appointments, the CWC provides specialized ongoing support for graduate students working on a larger body of work (e.g., a thesis or dissertation).
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Mondays, 9:30-10:00am (reoccurring Fall 2020 Semester) |
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Attention All COLSA Graduate Students
Update and Check-in Monday mornings
Dr. Carrie Hall, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Biology Education is pleased to offer her Monday LSA900 class time as a platform for dissemination and discussion of COVID-related information and updates that the COLSA graduate students may find useful. Any and all COLSA graduate students (especially TAs who will be in contact with volumes of students this semester), as well as faculty, PIs, lecturers, and staff are welcome to attend.
The sessions will be each Monday from 9:30-10:00 via this link:
Password: Stay Well!
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Mondays, 12:30pm Fall Semester with UNH Health & Wellness |
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Get your week started with Mindful Mondays. Take a mid-day pause to learn and practice mindfulness skills like meditation, and connect with yourself and your UNH community.
Mondays this semester
12:30pm
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Monday, October 19, 2020 SERIES BEGINS TODAY at NOON!
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UNH Graduate School Presents
Working with Your Mentor: Strategies for
Developing a Good Mentor/Mentee Relationship
One of the major parts of being in graduate school is working with your mentor, and that relationship plays an important role in graduate student life. Yet, it is rarely discussed what it means to be a mentor or a mentee and how to make the most of the relationship. Come hear two distinguished professors and recipients of the Faculty Mentor Award talk about what good mentoring is for them and how their students help them become better mentors. The speakers are Professor Emeritus Todd DeMitchell from Education, and Professor Emeritus Win Watson from Biological Sciences. Assistant Dean Dovev Levine will facilitate this conversation and ask questions that have been raised by students in his role as an academic adviser. This event is part of a series and will be followed by two events: 1. student perspective on the topic, and 2. the perspective of an academic adviser (Dates: Oct. 29 & Nov. 6).
12Noon-1:00pm
Zoom link will be sent to those registered a day before the event
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Monday, October 19, 2020 - Thursday, December 17, 2020 |
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NOAA-hosted, publicly accessible, environmental science and climate seminars across the nation.
NCEI is transitioning to a new website and paths to data resources will be changing. Please contact NCEI.Info@noaa.gov with any questions of issues. See the new website at www.ncei.noaa.gov.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020 |
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Virtual seminar featuring SESYNC’s postdoctoral fellows Dr. Rachel Mason and Dr. Rachel Zuercher.
These talks are free and open to the public.
Dr. Rachel Mason
Evidence, Causes, and Consequences of a Global Decline in Available Nitrogen
Dr. Rachel Zuercher
Does Ocean Planning Deliver Socio-Ecological Benefits Relevant to the Sustainable
Use of Ocean Ecosystems?
More about other upcoming seminars here.
11:00am
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Wednesdays Fall Semester, 12:30pm - UNH Health & Wellness |
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Join us for Wellness Wednesdays
Meet our Wellness Counselors and student staff on Instagram Live every Wednesday for fun, quick tips on how to care for yourself and stay balanced at UNH and beyond. We’ll cover stress, sleep, nutrition, sexual well-being, alcohol and other drugs, and more!
Wednesdays this semester
12:30pm
Instagram Live: @unhhealth
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020 Environmental Sciences Seminar Series
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Fall 2020 Environmental Sciences
Seminar Series
Wednesdays in October
2:30-3:30pm
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Part 3 of mini-series
"The Life Aquatic: Carbon Cycling in
Aquatic Ecosystems"
*Register to receive Zoom link here
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October 21st
2:30–3:30pm Online
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute State University
Chasing Carbon: What Can Stream Metabolism Tell Us About Terrestrial-Aquatic Linkages and Carbon Fate?
Seminar Host:
About Dr. Hotchkiss' research:
The movement of carbon across land-water boundaries is a critical factor for metabolism in freshwater ecosystems and the net carbon balance of watersheds. Because streams are a primary interface between terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, they are ideal test beds to advance understanding of land-water carbon transfers and meta-ecosystem ecology (i.e., the study of multiple ecosystems linked by energy and material transfers). Here, I will present a broad overview of carbon cycling in stream ecosystems and how it helps us understand aquatic-terrestrial linkages, how "leaky" terrestrial soils are with respect to carbon storage, and the fate of carbon in streams
The UNH Fall 2020 Environmental Science Seminar Series is sponsored by the Natural Resources and Earth Systems Science (NRESS) Ph.D. Program, in partnership with the Earth Systems Research Center, the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, and the Department of Earth Sciences.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020 |
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The UNH Graduate School presents Fellowship Information Sessions
- Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF) Zoom Info Sessions
Session I: Wednesday, October 21, 3:00-4:00pm
Session II: Tuesday, October 27, 4:00-5:00pm
Are you a doctoral student who has advanced to candidacy? The DYF is a fellowship provided by the Graduate School that includes a stipend and waiver of the doctoral research fee + mandatory fees for the period of the award. Come to one of our two info sessions to learn more about applying. You can also visit the Grad School Fellowships page. Register for one of the info sessions here.
- Summer Teaching Assistant Fellowship (STAF) Awards Zoom Info Sessions
Session I: Wednesday, November 4, 4:00-5:00pm
Session II: Tuesday, November 10, 3:00-4:00pm
Are you a TA? We know you’re busy! Consider applying for a STAF award, which funds the research or study during the summer for individuals who have held a teaching assistantship during the academic year and have performed exceptionally well as a TA and a student. For more information on the application process and previous award recipients, visit the Grad School Fellowships page, and register for one of our info sessions here.
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Thursday, October 22, 2020 |
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Department of Earth Sciences Brown Bag Seminar Series
Engagement Opportunities and Broader Impacts
Panelists:
12:40pm
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FREE Job Search Event:
What Every STEM PhD Should Know About Working in Industry
Curious about what a career in the private sector might look like for you? Join us on October 16th and October 23rd for two career panels featuring PhDs who left academia and built impactful and engaging careers in the private sector.
After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
- Recognize the range of career options available to PhDs in the private sector.
- Identify the strategies PhDs employ to successfully launch meaningful careers beyond academia.
- Develop a strategy for networking and finding your own opportunities in industry.
Register to join the webinar on October 23rd (and if you can't attend live, register to receive the replay) here.
12Noon EDT
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NRESS Virtual COFFEE & DONUTS
The NRESS Student Network welcomes all NRESS students, faculty, staff, and friends on
Fridays 9-10am.
You can find us on Zoom here:
The NRESS Student Network Team:
9:00-10:00am
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Fridays Fall Semester, 11:00-12:00pm w/ UNH Health & Wellness |
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Sleep Workshops
Do you wonder about your sleep patterns? Need tips to improve your sleep? Want to understand why you feel sleepy during the day? Work with a Certified Health & Wellness Coach to co-create a personalized sleep plan in our weekly workshops.
Registration required: Please register by 9 p.m. the night before the Friday session you plan to attend.
Fridays this semester
11:00am-12:00pm
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Cornell University Presents:
Do you have writing goals for this semester or a looming deadline for a paper, fellowship application, or job search materials? You are invited to join one of Cornell Graduate School’s virtual writing productivity workshop to learn strategies to become a more productive writer! We’ll discuss ways to manage your writing, your time, your schedule, and your tendencies to procrastinate or be a perfectionist. Get advice to help overcome anxiety (or use it to your advantage) and stay motivated to complete your writing project. We want to help you become a more productive (and confident) writer. Register here.
4:00-5:00pm
Another date in this series is Friday, Nov. 13 (times vary)
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Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Environmental Sciences Seminar Series
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Fall 2020 Environmental Sciences
Seminar Series
Wednesdays in October
2:30-3:30pm
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Part 4 of 4-part mini-series
"The Life Aquatic: Carbon Cycling in
Aquatic Ecosystems"
*Register to receive Zoom link here
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October 28th
2:30–3:30pm Online
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Florida International University
Integrating Aquatic Metabolism and Net Ecosystem CO2 Balance in Calcareous Short- and Long-Hydroperiod Subtropical Freshwater Wetlands
Seminar Host:
Ruth Varner, Professor, Earth Sciences/ESRC & NRESS faculty
About Dr. Malone's research:
To understand how aquatic primary productivity influences the C sequestering capacity of wetlands we evaluated the magnitude and variability in aquatic C dynamics and compared them to net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) and ecosystem respiration (Reco) rates within calcareous freshwater wetlands in Everglades National Park. These measurements were coupled with ecosystem CO2 fluxes measured with the eddy covariance method over 5 years (2012-2016) in a short-hydroperiod freshwater marl prairie and a long-hydroperiod peat-rich freshwater marsh. Daily net aquatic primary productivity (NAPP) rates in both wetlands were generally net heterotrophic. Ecosystem CO2 fluxes in both the short-and long-hydroperiod wetlands were not explained by NAPP, suggesting that water column metabolism is not captured by the vertical flux of CO2 between the ecosystems and the atmosphere. This result indicates that Everglades short-hydroperiod marl prairies can become a stronger source for CO2 under inundated conditions even when Reco is expected to decline, suggesting that the carbonate cycle may drive carbon storage potential of calcareous freshwater wetlands.
The UNH Fall 2020 Environmental Science Seminar Series is sponsored by the Natural Resources and Earth Systems Science (NRESS) Ph.D. Program, in partnership with the Earth Systems Research Center, the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, and the Department of Earth Sciences.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2020 (two meetings this day) |
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From Members of the Graduate Careeer Consortium (GCC 2020) Conference
Graduate Students Coaching and Mentorship Programs
Coaching International Students
1:00pm-2:15pm EDT
Please RSVP to the Zoom meeting:
Running Mentorship Programs during COVID 19
3:00-4:15pm EDT
If you are interested in joining these meetings and community of practice, please RSVP using the links. These are very open conversations and therefore please share with anyone who might be interested in joining us! We are hoping to host 1-2 meetings every semester (quarter) to keep the conversation going!
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Thursday, October 29, 2020 SERIES CONTINUES
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UNH Graduate School Presents
Working with Your Mentor: Mentee Perspective
Come learn from two current graduate students (Clarice Perryman & Mingcheng Ren, both NRESS PhD Program candidates) and one alum (Jordan Coulombe, History) what they think good mentoring looks like and how they "manage(d)" their mentors.
12Noon-1:00pm
Zoom link will be sent to those registered a day before the event
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NRESS Virtual COFFEE & DONUTS
The NRESS Student Network welcomes all NRESS students, faculty, staff, and friends on
Fridays 9-10am.
You can find us on Zoom here:
The NRESS Student Network Team:
9:00-10:00am
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Notice to Researchers
To facilitate implementation of Cayuse, UNH’s new comprehensive grants management and research compliance cloud-based software, the IRB office will be closed from Monday, November 2 through Friday, November 13, 2020. Information about the closure, the possible implications for researchers’ current studies approved by the IRB, and the Cayuse IRB training schedule is available here. With Cayuse IRB, researchers will be able to streamline IRB submissions and have online access to their IRB protocol records.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2020 (Election Day) |
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Wednesday, November 4, 2020 |
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Authorship as a Team Sport: How to Play by the Rules
and be an All-Star
Understanding the ins and outs of authorship is often challenging; power dynamics combined with differing disciplinary conventions and varying academic journal requirements may result in a veritable minefield, especially in multidisciplinary collaborations. Further, while seeking the credit that authorship confers, authors also need to understand that the other side of the authorship coin is taking responsibility for the contents of the publication. This workshop will focus on responsible authorship practices, navigating power dynamics, and strategies to prevent (or minimize) authorship disputes.
The panel presenters are:
Dr. Larry Hamilton, Sociology
Dr. Gregory McMahon, Classics, Humanities and Italian Studies
Dr. Tarkington Newman, Social Work
Dr. Krisztina Varga, MCBS
Dr. Ruth Varner, Earth Sciences, Earth Systems Research Center & Leitzel Center
3:10-4:30pm
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Friday, November 6, 2020 SERIES CONCLUDES
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UNH Graduate School Presents
Working with Your Mentor: Graduate School Academic Advisor Perspective
Come learn from the Graduate School Academic Advisor, Dr. Dovev Levine, about some of the major issues in the mentor-mentee relationship and how to solve them. Dovev has years of experience working with students and advising them on how to establish a good relationship, and how to remedy a broken one.
12Noon-1:00pm
Zoom link will be sent to those registered a day before the event
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Saturday, November 7, 2020 & December 5, 2020 |
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Dissertation/Thesis
Writing Retreat
Saturdays, November 7 & December 5 9am-5pm (All day writing)
The Graduate School is organizing a semester-long Dissertation/Thesis Retreat for all graduate students who are currently working on their dissertation/thesis. The purpose of the retreat is to provide you with protected time, and writing resources in a supportive environment so that you could advance towards the completion of your work. The writing sessions will take place one Saturday a month for a whole day of writing (9 am to 5 pm). In addition to the Retreat, there will be drop-in writing sessions three times a week. More info to follow.
The Dissertation/ Thesis Retreat is for anyone at any stage of dissertation writing (beginning, middle, finishing). Even if you finished your dissertation but still have a revision to do and plan to do it this semester you are welcome to register. Resources will be shared to help you plan, write, and revise your dissertation/thesis.
All the sessions are held via Zoom
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Saturday, November 14
Register now for any of these FALL 2020 Career Seminars
(Saturdays once a month through December)
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ONLINE — Free and open to the public (RSVP required)
FALL 2020
Saturdays, 10-11:30am
This is the secure registration site for the Power Up Your Career Seminar Series.
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Sunday, November 15, 2020 - Wednesday, November 18, 2020 |
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The Northeast Arc Users Group (NEARC) is an independent, volunteer organization dedicated to helping users of Esri GIS software be more successful. The geographic area encompassed by the group includes New England and New York.
NEARC is not just for the GIS faithful. Yes, NEARC is for GIS practitioners, but NEARC is for anyone who wants to see the value GIS technology brings to their own environment and the world. This conference is very valuable for new users as well as those who have been using GIS for many years.
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Professional Development, Support Resources, and
Funding Opportunities
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Dissertation Bootcamp
Help for Students Writing Their Dissertations/Theses Remotely
Free E-Learning Modules Available Now
Did you know that graduate students say their #1 challenge is writing their dissertation/thesis? Even more than finding a job?
To help with this challenge – made even more difficult in this remote learning environment – ProQuest has partnered with experts to develop free instructional resources for students.
This “Dissertations Bootcamp” includes three free modules:
Check it out here:https://about.proquest.com/products-services/dissertations/Dissertation-eLearning.html
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Graduate Students are eligible
to apply!
Email Jeanne Sokolowski at
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The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) offers the following fellowships to support research in residence at its facility in Edgewater, MD. This program is administrated through the Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Internships in DC.
Post-doctoral Fellowships are offered to scholars who have held the degree or equivalent for less than seven years. Senior Fellowships are offered to scholars who held the degree or equivalent for seven years or more. Applicants must submit a detailed proposal including a justification for conducting research in-residence at the Institution. The term is 3 to 12 months. Both fellowships offer a stipend of $50,400 per year plus allowances.
Pre-doctoral Fellowships are offered to doctoral candidates who have completed preliminary course work and examinations. The applicant must submit a detailed proposal including a justification for conducting research in-residence at the Institution. Candidates must have the approval of their universities to conduct doctoral research at the Smithsonian Institution. The term is 3 to 12 months. The stipend is $36,000 per year plus allowances.
Graduate Student Fellowships are offered to students formally enrolled in a graduate program of study, who have completed at least one semester, and not yet have been advanced to candidacy if in a PhD program. Applicants must submit a proposal for research in a discipline which is pursued at the Smithsonian Institution. The term is 10 weeks with a stipend of $7,500.
Application Deadline: November 1st
To ensure that proposed fellowship projects are appropriate for SERC, applicants are encouraged to coordinate with proposed SERC sponsors early on in preparing fellowship proposals.
For questions please contact Dan Gustafson, SERC Professional Training Coordinator at gustafsond@si.edu
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UNH has recently become a member of the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA), which gives assess to all postdocs and graduate students to the great resources available through this organization (e.g., career center, advising, community, etc.). This is relevant to current and prospective postdocs, and those who are considering doing postdoc.
In order to utilize the resources, you need to register on the NPA website. Use your UNH credentials to create an account. You will get a confirmation in one or two days and you will be able to access everything on the NPA website. If you have any questions email Jovana.Milosavljevic@unh.edu
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For info on short term courses in Drone sUAS operations and application, Introduction to ArcGIS, Soil Genesis and Classification, Wetland Evaluation, and MANY other subjects, click here.
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Online Ecology Seminar & Conferences
Want to receive notifications of online Ecology Seminars and Conferences? Subscribe to this new resource here.
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UNH Geospatial Technologies Training Center Schedule
October-November 2020
REMOTE OPTIONS
USNH employees can use their non-credit tuition waiver benefit with any of our full-day workshops, including Introduction to ArcGIS, Transitioning to ArcGIS Pro, and GIS/GPS Boot Camp. For more info on the USNH non-tuition credit benefit, see https://www.unh.edu/hr/tuition. For specific questions regarding the use of the tuition wavier for this workshops, please contact Kyle Hirshkind (Kyle.Hirshkind@unh.edu)
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Through its program of fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation.
Applications to the 2021 competition will be accepted starting in Fall 2020:
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NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes and supports individuals early in their graduate training in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. A video presentation on details of the program, and the application process, is available and may be downloaded in PDF format. Please see the GRFP Solicitation NSF 20-587 for more details on the program.
GRFP Application Tutorial (new video for 2021 coming soon):
Important Application Dates: Week of October 19th (based on specific discipline - see link below)
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This important resources provides information, counsel, and editorial support to highly motivated students (including grad students) who are applying for national and international fellowships and scholarships. Visit the office’s website to see a list of available funding opportunities, and contact jeanne.sokolowski@unh.edu for more information
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The Garden Club of America Awards
The Garden Club of America offers a range of awards in areas including botany, coastal wetland studies, conservation, garden history & design, and more. See website here . If you find an award that is a good fit and decide to apply, please reach out to the Office of National Fellowships for support in putting together a competitive application. Contact Jeanne.sokolowski@unh.edu.
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Learning Skills in Data Science!
UNH's Online Graduate Certificate in Data Science exposes students to current, cutting edge algorithms, coding languages, statistical modeling and visualization tools through guided, online instruction and applied case studies.
Learn more about this UNH online offering here:
https://online.unh.edu/program/graduate-certificate/data-science
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The Graduate School
Aurora is an eLearning Platform with on-demand, self-paced learning modules that allow PhDs and Postdocs to explore career options and discover ways to apply the skills acquired through their education.
Through the two programs of study in Aurora, students are empowered to make informed decisions about their career path and learn successful job search strategies from other PhDs. Students and postdocs access resources to help them navigate the faculty job market, and explore professional careers beyond the professoriate.
Aurora's curated content consists of videos, and it provides information for students across disciplines in the Arts & Sciences. It was designed and built by PhDs - the Beyond the Professoriate team, as well as all of the contributors who deliver workshops and participate in career panels and interviews, are experts in their field who also successfully completed a PhD in the areas of Arts, Social Sciences, STEM, Business and Education.
Graduate Student Login on the UNH Aurora website here.
Academic Career Success Conference Fall 2020: Take-Aways
5 Things Grad Students & Postdocs Should Do Right Now
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How to Manage Your Time
This Academic Year
Setting Goals (And How to Keep Them)
A 2-page worksheet to help you prioritize your tasks and goals for the new academic year
The Eisenhower Method can help you stay focused whether you're planning your goals for the month, the semester, or the full year. It will force you to clearly identify your main goals, and rank the urgency and importance of the tasks you need to do to achieve these goals.
Remember, you don't want everything filed under "URGENT." There are few tasks that actually fall under this category, so read the instructions and examples carefully.
Also make sure to take the time to identify specific personal and professional goals for yourself. If you need a job in the next few months, job searching will probably be one of your highest priorities right now. If you have more than a year before actively applying for jobs, your professional development might still be a priority, but your goal might simply be to learn more about non-academic career options.
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UNH Natural Resources and Earth Systems Science (NRESS) PhD Program
Voice: 603.862.2227
Email: nress.phd@unh.edu
Website: https://gradschool.unh.edu/natural-resources-earth-systems-science-phd
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