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News & Announcements
- GradTeach Live! Final Competition (2/29/24)
- Black Men in Global Leadership Event (2/29/24)
- Spring Thesis & Dissertation Writing Camp Application Deadline (3/1/24)
- ETS Scholarship Opportunities (3/1/24)
- Graduate Career Consortium PhD & Master's Virtual Career Expo (3/6/24)
- Department of Family & Community Medicine Research Fellowship (3/18/24)
- Recruiting Entrepreneurial Fellows at the CBC (3/28/24)
- UK Research Sleep Study
- Income Tax Webinars for International Students (4/5/24)
Reminders
- ETD Submitters Tips
- Course Repeatability
- For Graduating Master (Plan A & Plan B) and Specialist Students: Degree Audit
- Responsible Conduct of Research
- Graduate-Level Fellowships & Funding Opportunities
- Thomas D. Clark Graduate Study
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Graduate Student Resources
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UK GradTeach Live! Final Competition
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Thursday, February 29 at 5:00 p.m.
UKFCU Esports Lounge in The Cornerstone
UK GradTeach Live!, modeled after the Three-Minute Thesis competition (3MT), recognizes the importance of teaching at UK by celebrating and showcasing the central role graduate teaching assistants have in the university’s instructional mission. Finalists will be announced this week. They will be competing for monetary prizes, and the audience will have the opportunity to vote on the "People’s Choice" Award, so make sure to come out and support your graduate colleagues!
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Black Men in Global Leadership Virtual Event for Students
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February 29, 2024 | 12:00 - 1:30pm EST
We invite students to join the "Black Men in Global Leadership" virtual event aiming to empower attendees with critical global leadership insights and networking opportunities. Held by Leaders of the Free World (LFW) in collaboration with APSIA and the IIE Center for Access and Equity, this 90-minute interactive Zoom session will delve into invaluable topics such as global career pathways, language acquisition, fellowships, and effective networking strategies. Our accomplished panelists will share their experiences, offer advice, and answer pressing questions. Breakout discussions will provide a more personalized approach, catering to different experience levels: "Getting Started" for first years and sophomores and "Next Steps" for juniors, seniors, and recent grads. We aim to equip attendees with the knowledge, inspiration, and practical resources required to navigate their global leadership journeys.
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ETS Scholarship Opportunities
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The Robert (Bob) Moses Scholarship supports the educational goal of a graduate student from an underrepresented group who is pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree in mathematics education or STEM discipline.
Application Portal Opened: January 15, 2024
Application Deadline: March 1, 2024
The ETS Cares Scholarships are 100% funded by donations from ETS employees for students who, despite facing considerable personal challenges, overcame and achieved academic excellence. More than $1 million in scholarships have been awarded since the program's inception in 2011.
Application Portal Opens: February 1, 2024
Application Deadline: March 15, 2024
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Graduate Career Consortium PhD & Master's Virtual Career Expo
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Department of Family & Community Medicine Research Fellowship
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The Department of Family & Community Medicine, Division of Research, announces that applications are now open for our research fellowship! This opportunity is available to any graduate-level or medical student already enrolled at UK
Further information:
The fellowship can be completed with any faculty member at the University, but should address basic areas of interest to primary care and population health and must include a member of the Department of Family & Community Medicine on the mentorship team. All students must have an identified mentor in order to apply. Students who do not have a mentor in mind should email the program director and she may be able to help identify a faculty member with interest in taking a student.
The dates also are flexible and are to be arranged with the mentor, but must culminate with a presentation to our faculty and an external presentation. Fellows are paid for anywhere from 10-40 hours a week across an 8 week period, depending on the needs of the project and availability as agreed upon with the mentorship team and as approved by the fellowship director.
Here is the link containing all the information and application information: https://medicine.uky.edu/departments/familymedicine/summer-research-program
Due date is Friday, March 18, 2024 by 5pm.
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Recruiting Entrepreneurial Fellows at the CBC
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Income Tax Webinars for International Students
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International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS) at UK is pleased to announce the following webinars for J-1 scholars and F-1/J-1 international students to learn more about filing a tax return for federal, state tax income or other tax filing forms (1040NR, 8843, W-7 etc.). Webinars will be hosted by our provider Sprintax. Sprintax is a tax preparation service used only for F and J visas who cannot use other tax services for U.S. residents. All F and J students and scholars must file a tax form 8843 even if you didn’t work in 2023 but were physically present in 2023.
These tax webinars will provide general information and explain how to file your tax forms using a free tax discount code or embedded link. UK provides tax preparation software to help you file one federal for FREE. International students and scholars are responsible to pay for any additional forms such as state tax forms, ITIN or other tax related forms, if applicable. A discount will apply for J-2/F-2 dependents when filing the Form 8843 together as a family. For these additional services you may also choose to use the services of UK’s Legal Tax Clinic offered through the law school.
University of Kentucky specific processing tax webinars
Other PUBLIC Webinar Dates
Public webinars offer general information but will not explain how to obtain access using the special discount codes which are made available to you by ISSS. However, they can be useful to understand how to use Sprintax software and complete the forms properly. Students may be unable to ask individual questions as it’s open to anyone.
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ETD Submitters Tips
We recommend that each day you work on your thesis or dissertation, you save your document under a brief name that ends with the current date. For example, "Ch One 24-Mar-2012", then tomorrow, "Ch One 25-Mar-2012." You will have a chronological archive of your work in case you make an inadvertent change or even lose the file on which you are currently working. It’s well worth the expense of buying removable media such as a flash drive, or saving your work to the cloud. It’s also a good idea to have copies in multiple places. It takes a bit more time, but sensible backup procedures can save you from a lot of heartbreak and many hours of lost time down the road.
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Course Repeatability
It is important to be familiar with the repeatability limits of courses.
If a student exceeds the limit, the Registrar’s Office will not assign academic credit to the course. The Graduate School cannot support petitions for exceptions to this policy.
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For Graduating Master (Plan A & Plan B) and Specialist Students: Degree Audit
Conducting a degree audit is critically important during the semester you intend to graduate. Checking at the start of the semester gives you a view of the requirements you have satisfied and those that are remaining.
If you discover a course that was wrongly assigned to a requirement, or not credited, you should bring this to the attention of your DGS (Director of Graduate Studies) or your program advisor. The program should contact the student affairs officer for the area/ discipline well in advance of the final examination to resolve. If there are requirements that have not been met, then you and your program will need to decide it there are substitutions that will fulfill that requirement.
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Responsible Conduct of Research
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Required for ALL Faculty and Graduate Students | |
An introductory video about the courses, why they are required and how the system works can be found here.
The RCR Page to get started with your training is here.
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Thomas D. Clark Graduate Study
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EXCLUSIVELY for Graduate Students and Postdocs | |
Visit the Clark Study on the fifth floor of William T. Young Library, in the west wing.
The Clark Study is accessible via UK ID card tap.
If your ID does not work or you have any trouble accessing the study, please contact Melissa Barlow with UK Libraries for assistance.
Click Here for More Information
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Graduate Student Resources
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Below are links to some essential campus resources for graduate and professional students and postdocs:
Graduate Student Resources
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