2010-11 Emissary Profiles

Meet the new Emissaries for Graduate Student Diveristy for the 2010-11 academic year:

Brian - Higher Education & Student Affairs
Gillian - Ethnomusicology and Anthropology
Heather - Ancient History and Ancient Greek
Ishani - Social Psychology
Jose - Informatics
Michael - Curriculum & Instruction
Omar - Law and Public Health
Sekou - Public & Environmental Affairs
Tomkia - Higher Education & Student Affairs
Viridiana - Developmental Psychology

Follow the link to read about each Emissary: http://graduate.indiana.edu/upcoming-emissaries.php

IUB AGEP Student Profiles on National Website

Six Indiana University Bloomington AGEP students are being highlighted on the:

National AGEP website: http://www.agep.us/profiles.asp
and the Midwest Crossroads AGEP website: http://www.indiana.edu/~grdschl/agep/profiles.php.

These students represent diverse academic interests and personal backgrounds. Highlighted students in the STEM disciplines are: Adrian Land, Biology, Windsor Tanner, Physics, and Verleen McSween, Vision and Science, and students in the SBES disciplines are: Chantalle LaFontant, Public Affairs, Melissa Quintela, Sociology, and Erikka Vaughan, Psychology.

Click on the links provided to read about each student’s background and academic research.

IU Ranked One of the Best Sciences Graduate Schools

Follow the links below to read further:

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools

http://iugradschool.blogspot.com/2010/04/iu-graduate-schools-and-programs-are.html

Welcome 2010-11 Emissaries for Graduate Student Diversity

The Indiana University Graduate School and Midwest Crossroads AGEP would like to welcome the new 2010-2011 Emissaries for Graduate Student Diversity. The new students represent a well-rounded, diverse group of outstanding IU graduate students from a variety of disciplines. The following students will participate in a year-long program to offer guidance and support to prospective IU graduate students. The new Emissaries are: Ishani Banerji, Viridiana Benitez, Tomika Ferguson, Sekou Kante, Omar Martinez, Jose Lugo Martinez, Brian McGowan, Michael Ndemanu, Gillian Richards-Greaves, and Heather Roberts.

For more information on the Emissary Program-
Please visit the Emissary website: http://graduate.indiana.edu/emissaries.php
And the Emissary Blogsite: http://grademissaries.blogspot.com/

SACNAS: "A Walk in the Woods"

Last Friday I.U. SACNAS hosted "A Walk in the Woods: Sustainability at Indiana University". Six graduate students alongside Assistant Dean Yolanda Trevino took an afternoon break to visit the University Lake and the I.U. Preserve. After taking a tour of the new facilities for geological and environmental research, students participated in a hike and an outdoor lunch by the lake.

I.U. Discoveries

http://newsinfo.iu.edu/issue/page/normal/248.html

(Nolan Kane Photograph 2010)

Publishing Opportunity

This past Monday, five campuses (IUB, IUPUI, Purdue, Northwestern Evanston, and Northwestern Chicago) of our AGEP alliance participated in our first video-conference to discuss: (1) a collaborative book project – What it takes to get a PhD; and, (2) case studies and video vignettes that may accompany the book when published. Possible chapter topics were generated.                       

Below are a few examples:
• First semester transitions

• You aren't the only one struggling
• Success after Challenge
• Study Groups: Making them work for You
• Getting involved can also mean getting funded
• Networking Family and Friends: Staying in touch
• Focusing on the prize: Seeing the light at the end of the PhD tunnel

Graduate students will have the opportunity to write a chapter in collaboration with one to two other graduate students from our AGEP alliance. A total of 10-15 chapters are anticipated. First drafts have a November 2010 deadline when we meet again for our alliance research conference next fall. The goal is to have the book ready for publication in the spring 2011.

In addition, students at each campus can present a multicultural issue enacted through a 30 second video; posing a reflection or discussion question at the end of the video. A solution manual will be created at the November conference.

If you are interested in participating in one or both of these opportunities, email agep@indiana.edu by May 1.