Posts Tagged as Rackham

Two Michigan Meetings Happening This Month

May 8, 2012 | By June Howard, Associate Dean, Rackham Graduate School

This May, the University of Michigan will host two conferences drawing nationally and internationally recognized speakers and participants to Ann Arbor. The conferences, on “Title IX at 40” and “Chaos and Complexity,” are the third annual series of “Michigan Meetings” sponsored by the Rackham Graduate School. The 1972 Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, familiarly known as “Title IX,” was landmark legislation that changed the lives of women and girls. The conference, to…

Congratulations from All of Us at Rackham

April 26, 2012 | By Janet A. Weiss, Dean, Rackham Graduate School

"Birth is a beginning, and death a destination; But life is a journey, a going - a growing from stage to stage." (Alvin Fine) On Friday April 27th at Hill Auditorium, we will celebrate the graduation of another 250 doctoral students and over 1100 master's students. Congratulations from all of us at Rackham to all of you who have reached this milestone on your own life's journey. I invite all of the graduates and their friends…

April 9-April 24: Extended Hours for Rackham’s Study Halls

April 11, 2012 | By Susan Campos, Facilities Manager, Rackham Graduate School

Have you ever wished you could continue studying later in the beautiful Rackham study halls? Good news! At the request of Rackham Student Government (RSG), Dean Weiss has agreed to extend the study hall hours Monday, April 9 through Tuesday, April 24 (weekdays only). The second floor East Lounge, West Study Hall and the Reading Room will remain open until 11:45 p.m. Here is a list of the study hall hours: Monday, April 9 –…

2012 Recipients of the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards

March 28, 2012 | By Pat McCune, Senior Project Manager, Rackham Graduate School

While research is a key component of graduate school it’s not the only element of a successful graduate experience. Professional development of the skills you may need in your future career should be a factor at each stage of your education. And some of you decided long ago that your future is in teaching. Each year the Graduate School recognizes the efforts and talents of Graduate Student Instructors whose classroom activity and curriculum development are…

Announcing the Winners of the 2012 Mentoring Awards

March 23, 2012 | By Pat McCune, Senior Project Manager, Rackham Graduate School

Last semester I wrote about the importance of good mentoring and how central it is to a successful graduate school experience. We recognize that value each year with a set of faculty awards for outstanding U-M mentors. It’s my pleasure to announce the 2012 recipients of these awards sponsored by the Rackham Graduate School. They are: John H. D’Arms Award for Distinguished Graduate Mentoring in the Humanities Philip Deloria, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Collegiate Professor of History and…

Rackham Centennial Exhibit 2012: artists educators alums

March 19, 2012 | By Deborah Greer, Director, River Gallery, Chelsea

In keeping with the spirit of celebration and recognition of achievement during the centenary year at the Rackham Graduate School, we are pleased and proud to present to alums, visitors and the University community an exhibit honoring a select group of esteemed and talented artists. Each of the artists invited to exhibit their work during the Rackham Centennial Exhibit 2012 share interesting commonalities. Each of them graduated from the University of Michigan School of Art and Design. Each of these talented…

Rackham Extends Study Hall Hours Before Finals

March 7, 2012 | By Susan Campos, Facilities Manager, Rackham Graduate School

Have you ever wished you could continue studying later in the beautiful Rackham study halls? Good news! At the request of Rackham Student Government (RSG), Dean Weiss has agreed to extend the study hall hours Monday, April 9 through Tuesday, April 24 (weekdays only). The second floor East Lounge, West Study Hall and the Reading Room will remain open until 11:45 p.m. Here is a list of the study hall hours: Monday, April 9 –…

Career Exploration Roundtables: A Rackham Centennial Event

March 6, 2012 | By Wendy Ascione, Annual Giving Officer, Rackham Graduate School

Where will your career take you? On Thursday March 15th, Rackham alumni from various disciplines will gather to share their stories about their innovative career paths outside the academy. Students will have the opportunity to network with alumni and share strategies about how to envision new directions in their field. There will be four concurrent roundtables from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Rackham Building and the Lurie Engineering Center on North Campus, followed…

Announcing the Yossi Schiff Memorial Scholarship Fund

February 23, 2012 | By Erin Cain, Senior Fellowships Officer, Rackham Graduate School

The Yossi Schiff Memorial Scholarship Fund was established to assist outstanding international students. Yossi Schiff received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in 2005. Born in Israel and proud of his Jewish heritage, Yossi was an enthusiastic traveler who enjoyed his sojourns in Africa and Southeast Asia. This award honors his memory-his open mind and kind heart, the concern he showed for others, and his passion and curiosity in life. Designed to promote…

Why I Chose U-M, Emphasis on M.

February 22, 2012 | By Kimberly Jongsma, Master’s Student, Urban Planning

There are three reasons I chose to go to University of Michigan. First was the fact that it had a great Urban Planning program, listed in the top 25 of the nation on major planning blogs. University of Michigan looks impressive on a resume, but even more impressive is the amount of opportunities it has delivered during my short stay here. I'm quite sure I've written about them before, but let me add that the…

Why I Chose Michigan: It’s Not All About the Squirrels

February 21, 2012 | By Maria Pickl, Master’s Student, School of Education

It was during my first tour of campus – and I remember this vividly – that I learned about Squirrel Club. The tour guide, an attractive dark-haired college boy, explained to the group that the squirrels are nearly as much a part of the campus as the students and faculty. One time, he told us as we strolled the Diag, a squirrel jumped out of a garbage can with a whole bagel in his mouth…

Getting Ready to Defend

February 20, 2012 | By Donna M. Huprich, Director, Academic Records and Dissertations, Rackham Graduate School

Are you planning to defend your dissertation soon? Uncertain about completing your requirements? You’ll need to get acquainted with our Dissertation Handbook and Abstract and Dissertation Format Guidelines. If the formatting is difficult or you would like assistance creating a template, the Knowledge Navigation Center (KNC) on the 2nd floor of the Graduate Library can help! KNC provides one-on-one assistance free of charge. They accept walk-ins or take appointments for these services. They also provide…

The Post-Defense Meeting

January 19, 2012 | By Donna M. Huprich, Director, Academic Records and Dissertations, Rackham Graduate School

Congratulations! You’ve defended your dissertation and your committee has approved all of your corrections. Now what? The final step is scheduling a post-defense meeting online with Rackham’s Office of Academic Records and Dissertations (OARD). You received a folder at your group pre-defense meeting that had a checklist of the final items needed for submission along with the required documents to complete. All requirements must be completed and brought to your post-defense meeting. Take some time…

The Blog is Taking a Break, Too!

December 23, 2011 | By Natalie Bartolacci, Program Manager, Rackham Graduate School

We hope you have enjoyed reading the Graduate School Blog this semester. Just as the rest of the U-M campus observes Winter Break, the Blog will be taking a break from December 24-January 2. If you are new to the Blog, I invite you to check out our posts from earlier this semester. We’ve had a series of posts from a group of student bloggers on a variety of topics, including balancing work and life…

Rackham’s Reading Room Named One of the Best Places to Study

December 19, 2011 | By Jeff Mengyan, Senior Audio Visual Customer Service Assistant, Rackham Graduate School

AnnArbor.com just named Rackham’s Reading Room one of the “eight great places to study” on U-M’s campus. The Reading Room is just one of the spaces in Rackham dedicated to graduate student use and we invite you to check them out this week as you prepare for exams or need to just do some writing. The study halls are located on the second floor of Rackham and are open Monday through Friday from 8:00am –…

Sonnet: On the Poetry & Poetics Workshop

December 15, 2011 | By Julia Hecker Hansen and Rachel Feder, Ph.D. Students, English Language and Literature

Sonnet: On the Poetry & Poetics Workshop The form of our community has much to do with formal poems -- our workshop considers ghazals and their history, theories of lyric, meter, visual- ity and voice. And logic. We aspire to transcend disciplines and histories, but stay historicist in our designs! We bring in scholars to present their work, and share our own by circulating drafts: it’s the in progress we like most, the risk of…

For Rackham Students with Extraordinary Emergency Financial Needs

December 12, 2011 | By Darlene Ray-Johnson, Ombudsperson, Rackham Graduate School

Last week I wrote about Rackham’s Emergency Fund. I want to follow up by noting that, at some time during your graduate career, you may experience a significant financial emergency that does not meet the eligibility requirements for the Rackham Graduate Student Emergency Fund or exceeds the $2,500 limit of the fund. You may need assistance with living expenses after the unexpected loss of employment or departmental funding; or to replace personal items, such as…

In Abu Dhabi, A Chance to Connect

December 5, 2011 | By Guest Writer

Editor's note: Vice Chancellor Tayeb Kamali invited U-M President Mary Sue Coleman to send three masters’ students to the Festival of Thinkers event at the United Arab Emirates’ Higher Colleges of Technology in November 2011. Patty Liao, Michael Yates, and Meghan Reynard were recommended by the faculty in their programs and endorsed by Rackham Dean Janet Weiss. Liao is a student in Engineering Sustainable Systems, Yates is a pursuing a joint degree in Public Policy…

Health and Wellness Resources from A(ctivities) to Z(en)

November 11, 2011 | By Natalie Bartolacci, Program Manager, Rackham Graduate School

There are dozens of campus and community resources devoted to keeping you healthy as well as resources to help you when you are not feeling your best. There are many places to find support on campus, but we know that the size of the University can make these resources difficult to identify and locate. Rackham maintains a list of resources organized by topic area and provides a brief description and contact information for each resource. Even if you don’t think you might need these resources now, you may want to bookmark this site for easy reference when you do!

Call for Abstracts: 2012 Centennial Symposium

November 7, 2011 | By Mark Kamimura-Jimenez, Director, Graduate Student Success, Rackham Graduate School

Would you like to highlight your research to the U-M community and beyond? A unique opportunity to do just that is coming up next semester! All Rackham graduate students are invited to present their research at the 2012 Centennial Symposium—a unique, multi-disciplinary forum to present current or ongoing research to peers, faculty, funding organizations, and the public. Posters and presentations should focus on students’ research and creative ideas that engage critical problems in their field…

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