Graduate School Announcements

Forms on Graduate Student Progress Systems (GSPS): 

Don’t forget that starting today The Graduate School will be opening up the Graduate Student Progress System (GSPS) to students for regular submission of forms. That includes the following:

• Leave of Absence 
• Thesis or Dissertation Committee Form 
• Thesis or Dissertation Proposal Ballot 
• Travel Award (Already available to Students)
• Professional Activities (including Placement for jobs, Publications, Presentations at conferences, Internships, and External Awards with more to come in the upcoming Terms 

Simply go to gsps.luc.edu and  log in with your LUC ID and password, just like you would for email or LOCUS.

Once these forms launch on October 22nd, they will no longer be available in paper Format. If you submit a paper form, it will be returned and asked to be put into the database. We will update our forms page on our website accordingly, so that you will be directed to the GSPS database.

On-Campus Event: 

Life Beyond the Ivory Tower: Non-faculty career options. 

• When: Friday, October 26, 2012, 2:30 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 
• Where: Granada Center Room 291, West Conference Room, LSC; Corboy Law Center Room 727, Video conference between LSC & WTC 

Second thoughts about a faculty career? Considered leaving the confines of academe? Join us to discuss career options beyond faculty jobs. In this workshop, you will learn about:

•  Private And Public Sector Jobs Opportunities 
• Non-Faculty Possibilities In Education 
• Turning Your Vita Into A Resume 
• Interview Skills 
• Non-Academic Job Search Strategy 

The workshop will be conducted by Camille Helkowski, Associate Director, Career Development Center. To reserve your seat for a workshop, please send an email to mailto:gradschool@luc.edu. Include the workshop title in the subject heading, and in the message include your full name, academic program, and degree pursuing.

Visit our website for a full calendar of events Off-Campus Event:

Off-Campus Events:

NIH Grant Training Seminar: How to Obtain Peer-Reviewed NIH Research Grants 

• When: November 28, 2012, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 
• Where: University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 
• Sponsored by: The Grant Training Center 

This one-day seminar is geared for junior faculty, students, and administrators who are beginning the process of submitting grants to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is also relevant for seasoned researchers who wish to refresh their knowledge of the new NIH requirements and the peer review process. Ultimately, the focus is to assist all who wish to submit winning research proposals to the NIH. Participants will learn how to:

• Find the appropriate program and grant mechanism for your idea
• Read and interpret RFAs
• Identify and avoid common pitfalls of a grant
• Develop an irresistible idea for your grant application
• Address the pieces of the request for proposal
• Maximize your application for competitiveness
• Package the proposal in the requested format
• Understand the new scoring system and the review process
• Learn what actually happens in the study section
• Search for the appropriate study sections for submissions
• Decipher pink sheets: the inevitable resubmission
• Build an airtight case for funding
• Discern the art of the budget 

Presenter:  Dr. Robert Freishtat is currently a Principal Investigator in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Children's National Medical Center. He is also serves on the faculty of the Departments of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Integrative Systems Biology in the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, DC. His research interests include systems biology investigations of childhood asthma and drug development for sepsis. Dr. Freishtat’s laboratory is currently funded by grants from NIH (5 as principal or co-investigator) and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. Dr. Freishtat is the Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation for Medical Research and an active member of the American Thoracic Society. He has authored over 30 articles and book chapters in the fields of asthma, sepsis, and emergency medicine and reviews for six different journal.

Space is limited, and since this class fills-up quickly, it is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

• Workshop Fee: $375.00 (including tuition, materials, certificate of completion, and continental breakfast and lunch).
• To register: http://granttraining.net/ Click Here or call us toll free at (866)-704-7268 or (571) 257-8864. 
• Additionally, a Writing & Designing NSF Proposals Workshop is also going to be held at University of Illinois at Chicago on November 29, 2012. 
• Get a discount of $155 on registration for both workshops (Call us for the discount): Each person can register for either NIH or NSF for the price of $375. If a person registers for both, the price is $595 (discount of $155). 
• Please contact Grant Training Center for the discount code. For participants who has already registered for the NIH, this discount also applies if you register for the NSF workshop. 

 Graduate Student Programming and Spiritual Development at Water Tower: 

Water Tower Campus Life has an exciting calendar of events planned starting this Fall Semester. Below is the list of upcoming Programming Contact Dana Bozeman with any questions.

• WTC Yoga: Mondays, 7p.m.  in TSC 303/304 no class on 9/24,10/22, 10/29 
• Labre Ministry: Thursdays, 6p.m.  at TSC 
• Young Adult Mass: Sundays, 7p.m. at St. James Chapel