GPSO E-Newsletter: March 6, 2014

In this Issue:

From the President's Desk

Upcoming GPSO Events: Grad House Café, Assembly, First Friday Social Hour, Strategic Plan Focus Group, StepUP!, SBA Bowling Night

Funding Available: Travel and Research Awards

Award Available: Commission on Multicultural Understanding

Guest Article: Blogging and your academic profile

GPSO plans your weekend!

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From the President's Desk

• The draft of the IU Campus Strategic Plan has been released.  I highly encourage you to provide feedback on the plan.  This plan will determine campus priorities for the next 6 years and set the stage for our third century of existence; it is very important that the graduate student voice is heard during this phase.
• GPSO Elections take place tomorrow.  All graduate/professional students may be nominated, either before or during the Assembly meeting in BU 223 (3:30pm).  Please see our website for more information on the positions open.

For more information on any of these points, please feel free to contact Brady Harman, GPSO President.

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Upcoming GPSO Events

Grad House Café - NOW!

Stop by the Grad House (803 E. 8th Street) before 10:30am today for FREE coffee and Bloomington Bagels.

Save a tree, and bring a mug, if possible!

Assembly and First Friday Social Hour - tomorrow, March 7

The March GPSO Assembly will take place at 3:30 tomorrow in the Kelley School of Business, room 223. This meeting will include elections for 2014-15 officers.

Follow up with our First Friday Social Hour at The Tap. Please share and RSVP via Facebook!

Strategic Plan Focus Group - Monday, March 10

Lunch provided!

The focus group will meet to discuss the impact of the IU Strategic Plan on graduate and professional students. This will take place from 1-2pm in Kirkwood Hall 114

Please fill out the following form to be considered for the focus group. We are attempting to gather a diverse group of degrees and programs.

More than a Bystander: Step UP!- Tuesday, March 11

The IU Division of Student Affairs Step UP program is offering a special presentation for graduate students, where we will discuss overcoming the bystander effect to help your friends when you notice that they are stressed, overworked, or depressed.

This event will take place at 6pm in Ballantine Hall, room 319. Find us on Facebook.

SBA Bowling Night - Tuesday, March 11

GPSO is joining forces for a bowling night with the IU Student Bar Association on Wednesday from 7-9pm in the IMU Back Alley, with light refreshments provided. Please RSVP here so we can get an approximate count for lane reservations and food

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Funding Available: Travel and Research Awards

The Graduate & Professional Student Organization (GPSO) awards over $25,000 every year to graduate and professional students for travel and research. This funding can be used to support travel expenses to conferences at which your work is being presented, or to help support travel to workshops, special trainings, competitions, and auditions that will benefit you professionally.

More information can be found here.

Deadline: March 9

Additionally, please fill out this very short survey so that we may better serve you and provide more funding opportunities in the future.

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Award Available: Commission on Multicultural Understanding

The Commission on Multicultural Understanding (COMU) is accepting award nominations on behalf of an outstanding program or individual who actively supports, participates in, or encourages the exploration of cultural diversity in and around the Indiana University, Bloomington campus.

For more information, visit the COMU award website.

If you have any questions, please email comu@indiana.edu.

Deadline: March 15

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Guest Article: Blogging and your academic profile

By Jon Tennant, first presented at the INTECOL Early Career Skills Workshops

Digital presentation available here.

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GPSO plans your weekend!

February 28 - March 2:

• February 28, 8pm: IU Opera presents "HMS Pinafore" (Musical Arts Center, $12)
• March 1, 10pm: Bleeding Heartland Roller Girl Fundraiser Party (The Back Door, donations encouraged)
• March 2, 2-3:30pm: Mathers Museum Family Craft Day (Mathers Museum, free)

Nothing look good to you?

Check out the ongoing exhibits featured in the sidebar or visit www.bloomingtonscene.com and www.visitbloomington.com for the full on- and off-campus scoop.

Have an event to promote?

Email me at gpso@indiana.edu, and I can help you spread the e-word to our fellow grad students.

Go have some fun!

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