Spring 2006 Graduate Student Events

AdvanceVT Graduate Student Lunch Seminar
Preparing Winning Grant Proposals
February 23, 2006, noon - 1:30 pm
Graduate Life Center, Room F

Dr. Bob Porter, research program development manager in the Office of the Vice President for Research, will provide tips on writing winning grant proposals. Lunch will be provided.

AdvanceVT Graduate Student Lunch Seminar
Informal Career Discussion with Visiting Scholar Dr. Vivian Sullivan
March 21, 2006, noon - 1:30 pm
Graduate Life Center, Room C

Dr. Vivian Sullivan received her PhD in physical chemistry in 1998 from the University of Illinois and is currently the manager of the analytical chemistry laboratory at Argonne National Lab. Lunch will be provided.

AdvanceVT Graduate Student Coffee
Academic Interviews and Negotiating the Job Offer
March 24, 2006, 10:00 - 11:00 am
Graduate Life Center, Room C

Dr. Kathy Banks, interim head of the school of civil engineering at Purdue, will lead the discussion. Coffee and pastries will be provided.

AdvanceVT Graduate Student Lunch Seminar
Surviving Academic Job Interviews
March 30, 2006, noon - 1:30 pm
Graduate Life Center, Room F

Dr. Ann Kilkelly and other Virginia Tech faculty members will help participants prepare for academic job interviews through dramatizations and discussions of actual situations. Lunch will be provided.