Rossier Doctoral Support Center Blog

Fall 2016 Operation Dissertation Acceleration (ODA)

What's ODA?

ODA is an intensive writing retreat. It's designed for doctoral students who need / want to set aside a serious block of time to make a significant push toward the next step of their dissertation.  The retreat is targeted toward students who:

Have research question(s) but have not been able to complete chapters 1, 2 and 3 (the proposal); OR
Have defended their proposal and collected data, but have not completed chapters 4 and 5.

Retreat participants will be selected and assigned to work directly with a DSC writing instructor. The ratio of advisor to students will be 1-to-4, meaning students will have a great deal of support and interaction on their project. In addition, participants will exchange papers and support each other through peer-to-peer feedback.

Workshop Dates: Thursday - Sunday, Nov 17 - 20, 2016 at the USC Orange County Campus
Application Deadline: Tuesday, Nov 1
Acceptance Notification: Thursday, Nov 3

Application available as a download:  Download OCODAFall2016

For more information email Dr. Ilda Jimenez y West at [email protected].

Job Posting: Student Services Coordinator

Download AME Student Services Coordinator_4.29

 

Position Title: Student Services Coordinator

Compensation: $16/hour

Duration of Position: Summer/Fall 2016 (May 23 – Dec. 14, 2016)

Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 – 5pm* (approx. 20 hours a week)

*flexible scheduling depending on class schedule

The USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME) has approximately 950 undergraduate and undergraduate students and 24 full-time faculty. This position will provide the opportunity for a graduate student to learn about the role of a student services advisor within an academic unit. The AME student population is diverse and will give exposure to working with both domestic and international students, as well as on-campus and online students who are enrolled in the DEN@Viterbi master’s programs. Assisting staff and faculty with administrative duties managed by the department to ensure the smooth running of services will be a key role for this position.

Job Description:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

* Assist undergraduate and graduate advisor with student advising (BS, MS, PhD, DEN students)

* Answer admission-related questions via email from prospective students

* Assist with special events and programs (PhD Orientation, Undergraduate Transfer Mentorship Program, etc.)

* Provide general clerical support and work on administrative tasks as assigned

* Projects and other duties to be determined based on interest and personal/professional goals

Requirements: Excellent communication and organizational skills. Must be proficient in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Preferred: Currently enrolled in graduate program at USC Rossier School of Education.

Application Deadline: Monday, May 9, 2016

Send resume and cover letter to:

Irice Castro

Associate Director, AME Student Services

[email protected]

Strategies and Tips for Dissertation Research

The Dissertation Conference is coming up next month.

I've prepared a presentation providing helpful tips and strategies. Here is the link to the recording and PowerPoint file.

https://rossier-edd.adobeconnect.com/p7ssksenhjg/?OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=e9c4b2ab32d1bae633dacdb1bc4f686a05cf8a20665d827cbd9aee08d678693f

Download Strategies and Tips for your dissertation, Christopher Mattson March 2016

 

Please email me if you have any questions.

Christopher Mattson, Ed.D., M.F.A.

[email protected]

Spring 2016 Graduate Diversity Luncheon

Diverse Doctoral Trojans

 

Invites You To

 

Spring 2016 Graduate Diversity Luncheon

 

 

In recognition of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday and Black History Month Dr. Sally Pratt, the Vice Provost for Graduate Programs, will be hosting lunches along with the Graduate Student Advocates for Diversity Outreach.  The objective of these lunches will be for the Graduate School to learn more about the experiences of underrepresented minority doctoral students at USC.

 

Dates & Locations

 

Tuesday, February 16th (12:00 - 2:00 pm) @ University Park Campus

Monday, March 7th (12:00 - 2:00 pm) @ Health Science Campus

 

Eligibility

 

These luncheons are open to USC doctoral students from all disciplines/departments who identify themselves as African American, Hispanic American or Native American.

 

Registration

 

To reserve your space visit: 

http://goo.gl/forms/1IcSiGwZ2m

 

Deadline

 

Space is limited.  Available on a first come first serve basis. 

Please reserve your space by February 15th

 

Additional Information

 

Joshua L Gray | University of Southern California

Graduate Advocate | Graduate School Diversity Outreach & Academic Professional Development

Certification Student | Viterbi School Health, Technology & Engineering Program

Doctoral Candidate | Epstein Industrial & Systems Engineering Department

[email protected] | 213.740.9055

 

School/Program Websites:

Viterbi School| viterbi.usc.edu

Diversity Program | sites.google.com/site/uscgraduatediversity/

Graduate School | www.usc.edu/schools/GraduateSchool

 

Download Spring 2016 Graduate School Vice Provost Diversity Luncheons Flyer

INTRODUCTORY ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSE OPEN TO ALL USC GRADUATE STUDENTS, MARCH 21-MAY 2

Dear Graduate Students,

 

I'm writing about a special edition of the Greif Center's BAEP 551 Course, Introduction to New Ventures hosted in the USC Marshall School of Business.  This version will be offered in a condensed timeframe this spring from 21 March - 2 May 2016, Mondays and Wednesdays at 8:15-10:45am.

 

This course provides an introduction and overview of the fundamentals of entrepreneurship—in both start-up and corporate venturing contexts. It presents an integrative, cross-disciplinary perspective into the process of starting a new business.  Whether you already have an idea and are eager to start your own business, or are in the discovery phase seeking to find a new idea, or simply want to learn more about what an entrepreneurial career would be like, this course exposes you to the challenges of entrepreneurship, and will introduce you to the entrepreneur’s mindset and basic toolkit. 

Entrepreneurship is not limited to students who have an idea and wish to start a business immediately upon graduation. This is a course for the rest of your life. When an opportunity arises, you'll have the toolset to see, define, test, and then exploit the idea.

 

This course will consist of two main streams: (1) Entrepreneurship, (2) Corporate Entrepreneurship. For their sessions on Entrepreneurship and the start-up process for new ventures, they will tap into the tremendous resources of Southern California’s “Silicon Beach” and other change-makers in the region that was recently dubbed the third best entrepreneurial ecosystem in the world by the Startup Genome project. You will learn directly from leading entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and the startup gurus running world-renowned incubators (possibly via a Silicon Beach Trek).

 

Marshall's Corporate Entrepreneurship stream will illustrate how breakthrough ideas that challenge company orthodoxy emerge and grow within existing organizations.  Marshall will look at the role of change agents in big companies as well as the structures smart organizations put in place so innovations can repeatedly generated: new ventures groups, incubators, corporate VCs, “open innovation” systems and others.  

 

Marshall will have a few new cases making their world debuts, including special materials on international entrepreneurship just developed this year.  And they won’t just discuss cases as a cold academic exercise: most of the case protagonists from our readings will join us in class or via Skype, so our sessions will become “living cases.”

 

This course will be engaging and experiential, with a mix of cases, expert speakers, simulations and startup pitches.  Join in!

 

INTRODUCTORY ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSE OPEN TO ALL USC GRADUATE STUDENTS, MARCH 21-MAY 2

BAEP 551 Introduction to New Ventures (3 units)
Section# 14431

Mondays and Wednesdays 8:15am -10:45am, JKP 204
March 21 - May 2, 2016
Instructor: Jeremy Dann

To add the class: Submit the form attached in this email. Once you submit this application, Marshall will register you for the class. For more information on registration call (213) 740-5424 or email [email protected].

Download Non Business Student Application Form

Graduate Assistant – Professor Lawrence O. Picus

Professor Picus is looking for a graduate assistant to help with the development, organization and delivery of his 2016 Ed.D. education courses.  He is seeking an advanced doctoral student (Ed.D. or Ph.D.) to assist in the development of a new course – Economics of Change – to be delivered on ground in the summer 2016 for the EdD in Educational Leadership program, and online  in the EdD in Organizational Change and Leadership program.  The GA will also assist with the delivery of EDUC 717 (Education as an Economic Enterprise), which is offered in five sections with seven instructors during Spring 2016.  Finally, the GA will be expected to help manage Professor Picus's substantial EdD dissertation load in the Global Executive, Educational Leadership and Organizational Change and Leadership programs.  The workload is expected to be between 10 and 20 hours per week and the candidate will be paid hourly based on Rossier School of Education policy. Please email Dr. Picus for inquiries about the position: [email protected]. 

Faculty employment opportunities

 Below, please find 7 announcements for positions at universities and other organizations.

1. Assistant/Associate Professor of Urban Education, Leadership, and Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston

2. Two positions, University of Missouri

3. Department Chair, Department of Educational Leadership, Virginia Commonwealth University 

4. Three Network Improvement roles, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 

5. Postdoctoral Fellow Opportunity, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University

6. Teaching Associate Position, Education Policy, Organizations, and Leadership in P12 Systems, Education Policy, Organizations, and Leadership in P12 Systems

7. Associate/Full Professor - Education Policy, School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County 

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Phi Kappa Phi Student Recognition Awards - Deadline 10/30

Each year the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi recognizes four students with awards of $500 each for outstanding scholarly and creative work, presented at the honors convocation in April.  The competition is open to all students enrolled this fall at USC, both graduate and undergraduate. The deadline for submissions this year is Friday, October 30, 2015. If you have questions about the Phi Kappa Phi Student Recognition Program, please visit www.usc.edu/libraries/pkp/ or contact us at [email protected].

 

Download PKP_Student_Announcement 2015-16

Employment Opportunity: Assistant/Associate Professor, Educational Leadership

The Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University is seeking a scholar to work collaboratively with a strong faculty that is directly affiliated with the MEd in Educational Leadership and is committed to equity and excellence in K-12 education. The MEd in Educational Leadership is designed for aspiring principals and teacher-leaders who are dedicated to becoming transformative leaders in education. Major responsibilities of this position include: (1) contributing to collective intellectual leadership in educational leadership and administrative programs; (2) supporting continued development and improvement of the MEd campus and online programs; (3) teaching as assigned in the Educational Leadership programs and other graduate programs; (4) maintaining and improving program ties with educational leaders in Arizona school districts and schools; (5) continued scholarly productivity; (6) providing service to the institution, profession, and community. 

More details about the position and the application process can be found here: 

https://education.asu.edu/sites/default/files/11263_Ed%20Leadership_Asst-Assoc%20MLFTC.pdf

Implications of the 2014 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing for Educational Policy and Accountability Webinar

Implications of the 2014 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing for Educational Policy and Accountability Webinar

Dr. Laura S. Hamilton, RAND Education

Thursday, October 8, 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. CDT

For more information about this and other webinars, visit http://buros.org/decoding-standards-webinar-series

TO REGISTER: http://marketplace.unl.edu/buros/2015-buros-webinar-series-2.html

For questions about this webinar, please contact Dr. Jessica L. Jonson at [email protected] or 402-472-0780.