In this issue:
- 3MT® Winner
- Grad Advantage Giveaway
- Grad Writing Challenge
- IT Open Office Hours
- Storytelling as Team-Building
- Learning During Times of Stress
- Moving from Conflict to Dialogue
- Active Listening
- Beyond Graduate School Job Search Boot Camp
- Visualize Your Bibliography Competition
From the Graduate School
Sarah Caballero Wins OSU 3MT Competition
Sarah Caballero, food science and technology, won the Oregon State 3MT® Competition and will go on to compete regionally in Denver at the Western Association of Graduate Schools in March. Second place was nabbed by Jessica Osanya, applied economics, and People's Choice Award winner was Esteban Hernandez, chemistry.
The Three Minute Thesis competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by Doctor of Philosophy students. Developed by The University of Queensland, 3MT® cultivates students' academic, presentation and research communication skills. Sarah's presentation was titled "Wine and Wildfires: Shielding Wine Grapes from Wildfire Smoke."
Grad Advantage Gives You an Edge: Giveaway Announcement
Lonni Ivey is January's giveaway winner for Grad Advantage. If you want the chance to win a $25 gift card this month, there is a simple three step way to enter.
- Take your OSU Grad Advantage self-assessment today. OSU Grad Advantage provides students a self-assessment tool to gauge their current level in five core competencies and provides opportunities for improvement.
- Attend an event on campus that relates to this month's core competency: writing and communication. It can be an event highlighted by the Graduate School or not. It simply needs to extend your knowledge or skillset in the correlating core competency.
- Self-report your attendance here to be entered into the raffle.
For the next several months, the Graduate School will be highlighting each of the core competencies outlined in the assessment and providing resources to events and ways to learn more about each.
Grad Writing Group Challenge 2025 is live!
Meet your writing goals this winter by bringing colleagues together and joining the Grad Writing Group Challenge! The challenge is for you to form a peer-to-peer writing group and meet with them at least four times in February.
Whether you are forming a group to work on your thesis or dissertation, grant or job applications, or coursework, we hope these meetings motivate you to write. We created a quick start guide to help get your group going, including how to give writing feedback.
Register your writing group today.
All registered groups who complete the challenge will be entered to win a prize. Note: Participating in the Grad Writing Challenge counts as an event toward the OSU Grad Advantage giveaway. Don't forget to self report participation to be entered into a $25 giveaway.
Open office hours for Grad School IT
Do you need help with a Graduate School service, page, or form? Are you a current Oregon State student, faculty, or staff? Join us for real-time assistance. When: Tuesdays, 10-11:30 a.m. (PT) Where: https://beav.es/GS-Help
From our Partners
FYI Friday session, Storytelling as a Team-Building Tool
This 60-minute workshop will walk participants through the elements and strategies that make great stories — whether you're telling one in the office, during an interview, or at your next leadership meeting. The workshop will touch on the science behind neural coupling and why stories stick with us longer than presentations do, and will conclude by offering icebreaker/activity ideas for supervisors, managers and student-facing staff.
When: noon - 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14
Where: Virtual Event
Learning During Times of Stress
Your experience matters, and we want to equip you with the information to recognize what you're feeling, how it might show up, and how to support yourself through it. We'll discuss the common themes of overwhelm, fatigue, and burnout, share coping strategies, and have time for questions and next steps.
When: 3 - 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18
Where: Virtual event
Moving from Conflict to Dialogue
Winter Workshops with the Ombuds: Interpersonal conflict often feels like a power struggle, rife with feelings of defensiveness and competition. This workshop explores approaches to fostering dialogue in difficult conversations to build mutually satisfying solutions and understanding.
When: 10 - 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 Where: Zoom
Active Listening
Winter Workshops with the Ombuds: We dive into the art of truly understanding speakers' perspectives. In this session, we'll cover basic principles of active listening and practice them through engaging exercises.
When: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 Where: Zoom
Beyond Graduate School Job Search Boot Camp
Have you registered for next week's job search boot camp yet?
"How master's students can land jobs and gain work experience” is a virtual webinar series designed to help you navigate the internship or job search process with confidence and success. You will learn essential job search strategies, tools, and techniques so that you can identify and pursue career opportunities where you can be paid for your education and training. Join Beyond Graduate School for a week of webinars, each designed to show master's students how to find, and land, an internship or job.
Welcome: What employers value about your degree [pre-recorded]
February 10: Resume writing [live]
February 11: Unlock the hidden job market [live]
February 12: How to find people to network with [live]
February 13: I'm an international student [live]
When: February 10 - 13 from 11 - 11:30 p.m. PT
Replay: Available in the Beyond Grad School platform after the event.
Register to attend live or receive notification when replays are available. See you there!
Visualize Your Bibliography Competition
All OSU graduate students are welcome to compete in the Visualize Your Bibliography Competition. Display the sources you've been finding for your thesis, articles, or other scholarly work in a creative way and win fantastic prizes! Ever wonder what your bibliography would look like as a mobile? Pyramid? Video? Fabric art? Macramé? Cake? Us too!
Submissions - due April 14. Questions - appropriate anytime, ask Hannah Rempel at [email protected]