Friday, March 12 th , 2010
Contents:
1.
Graduate Assistant Lunch at the TSC
2.
Important Reminders Regarding Admissions
3.
Updates From the Financial Support Office
4.
Information Sent to Students
The Teaching Support Centre is developing a guide for faculty and course instructors that will describe best practices for supporting and mentoring TAs. The goal of our new “Purple Guide” is to provide faculty members and departments with resources and strategies that make it easier to prepare TAs for their work with undergraduates, and to share strategies that departments across Western have used successfully to organize TA teams, prepare TAs for marking or proctoring and clarify expectations for TA roles, etc.
We are interested in hearing about the well tested as well as the innovative strategies that departments and course instructors are already using in TA supervision and preparation.
In your role as a Graduate Assistant, you interact extensively with both faculty and graduate students and have a unique perspective that would benefit faculty, grad students and other graduate assistants at Western. We would like to invite you to share your department's practices for working with TAs during an informal lunch discussion at the TSC. Details are listed below:
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WHAT: A lunch for Graduate Assistants to discuss faculty/TA partnerships.
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WHERE: Rm. 121, Teaching Support Centre, Weldon Library
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WHEN: Thursday, March 25 th 12 noon – 1 pm
Please RSVP by Friday, March 19 th to Alicia Hitchcock tsc@uwo.ca
and indicate if you have any food allergies or special dietary needs we can accommodate during the event.
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When offering admission through GAPS please only print and send cover sheets to SGPS when supporting documentation is required.

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Make sure you only request offers when you have all the supporting documentation SGPS would require in order to make an offer.
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Only request offers for people you are certain you would like to make an offer to. Once the offer is processed the applicant will be able to login to the student centre and accept/decline their offer.
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If you are currently receiving your offers through intercampus mail but would prefer to come
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 and pick them up, let Teri know.
Please call or email Teri or Kimi first if you would like to come over for help with a transcript.
Remember to send a photo copy of the front and back of the permanent resident card or the landing paper for applicants who claim to be permanent residents.
Organization of American States (OAS) Fellowships Programs - Academic scholarships are awarded to
Canadians proposing to undertake graduate studies that lead to a degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) and/or graduate research at a university or higher learning institution in an Organization of American States
(OAS) Member State. Studies may be carried out by on-site or by distance education or a combination of both. This competition is now open. The deadline for applications is March 29, 2010.
Visit www.scholarships.gc.ca/OASCdn-OEACdn-Eng.aspx
for more information or email scholarshipsbourses@cbie.ca
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Non-Academic Employment Strategies Drop-In Dates:
2:00-3:30 Wednesday, April 14 th , 2010, UCC Room 210 – Resumes
10:00-12:00 Friday, May 28 th , 2010, UCC Room 210 – Interview Preparation
Non-Academic Career Week for PhDs and Postdocs:
May 10 th – 14 th , 9a.m. – 4p.m., UCC Room 210. Register on-line at: https://careercentral.uwo.ca/
A Graduate Writing Lab is now open in Western Students Services Building, Room 4130a
Last Lecture is an elegant evening cocktail social for the Class of 2010 featuring keynote Dev Aujla,
BA’06 on Thursday, April 8 in the Great Hall beginning at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $12 per person online and include keynote speaker, musical entertainment by Rick McGhie, complimentary cocktail ticket, hors d'oeuvres and transportation and entrance to an exclusive afterparty. Guests of ’10 grads are welcome. www.alumni.uwo.ca

NEW POLICY ON SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIPS. As approved by Western's Senate this past December,
Western has a new "Policy and Guidelines for Faculty Members in Employment and/or Supervisory
Relationships with Graduate Research Assistants, Post-Doctoral Fellows and Other Research
Collaborators". The policy is available in PDF at: http://tinyurl.com/y988qhu
Let us know what you think. If you have feedback on this communication or any of its contents please contact me ctatter@uwo.ca
. Your insights and ideas help us improve.