Success and Socialization

As more of our work moves online, and onto Zoom and other video conferencing specifically, it can be helpful to consider these tips to protect your meetings.

See this fantastic workshop from Hugh Kearns, on Staying Well (While Social Distancing) for excellent advice on staying well and productive at this strange moment (UCD Login required).

Hugh returned in October 2020 to deliver this workshop on the 7 Secrets of Highly Successful Graduate Students and Postdocs.

Writing and Publishing

Graduate Writer's Retreats for Summer 2020 will occur online through Zoom. A consultant will be available at the writing retreat and will be able to work for short periods of time with writers through the breakout room function in Zoom.

Get started with your summer writing with this webinar from Hugh Kearns: Turbocharge Your Writing.

Teaching and Mentoring

Please see this Getting Started handout from the Center for Educational Effectiveness for adapting to remote learning.

See the Keep Teaching website for resources to move your own instruction online.

The Graduate Teaching Community is going online this quarter.

The Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE) has announced a self-paced, fully-online ACCELERATE Asynchronously course (https://cee.ucdavis.edu/learning-teaching/courses) to help faculty and teaching assistants prepare for remote teaching.

Career Management

Graduate students and postdocs can still access one-on-one career advising remotely, by requesting a phone call or video call appointment when they schedule an appointment on https://ucdavis.joinhandshake.com

The ICC has many new virtual services, including advising, workshops, videos, and a new job search support group just for grad students and postdocs (via Zoom).

Wellness and Life Balance

Students who are struggling with basic needs are encouraged to visit the Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center, which is open and operational in the Memorial Union. More specific information about their COVID-19 response and programming can be found here: Aggie Compass COVID-19 Response.

For students with dependents, please see this COVID-19 Student Parent Community Resources document compiled by The Women's Resources and Research Center.

GPI is hosting virtual happy hours for all UC Davis Postdoctoral Scholars, an opportunity for unstructured (virtual) socializing.  See our calendar for upcoming dates.