Graduate Student Association

Dear UB Students,

If you are interested in applying for the Critical Language Scholarship, described below, please contact me for assistance.

Elizabeth Colucci
Coordinator of Nationally Competitive Fellowships & Scholarships
Office of Fellowships & Scholarships
24 Capen Hall
SUNY at Buffalo
716-645-6134
colucci3@buffalo.edu
www.fellowships.buffalo.edu

We are pleased to announce the opening of the scholarship competition for the U.S. Department of State 2016 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program in fourteen critical foreign languages.

The CLS Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. It is a fully-funded overseas language program for American undergraduate and graduate students. With the goal of broadening the base of Americans studying and mastering critical languages and to build relationships between the people of the United States and other countries, CLS provides study opportunities to a diverse range of students from across the United States at every level of language learning.

The fourteen CLS languages are: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu.

The CLS Program is pleased to announce that, for the first time, Swahili will be offered at the beginning through advanced levels.

Please note that participants in the CLS Program are not required to have any experience studying critical languages for most of the fourteen languages. Arabic, Chinese, Persian, Russian, and Japanese institutes have language prerequisites, which can be found on the CLS website: http://www.clscholarship.org/information-for/applicants

The CLS Program seeks participants with diverse interests, from a wide variety of fields of study, backgrounds and career paths, with the purpose of representing the full diversity of professional, regional, cultural and academic backgrounds in the United States. Thus, students from all academic disciplines, including business, engineering, law, medicine, science, social sciences, arts and humanities are encouraged to apply.

There is no service requirement for CLS Alumni after the program. However, participants are expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and later apply their critical language skills in their professional careers. Participants are selected based on their commitment to language learning and plans to apply their language skills to their future academic or professional pursuits.

Please note that CLS is an intensive group-based language program.

The application is now live and available online at: http://www.clscholarship.org
Applications will be due November 23, 2015 by 7:59 pm EST.

Prior to preparing their application, interested students should review the full eligibility and application information on the CLS Program website: http://www.clscholarship.org/information-for/applicants.

For news, updates and more information about the CLS Program, check out the CLS website or our Facebook page for updates!

CLS Website: http://www.clscholarship.org.
CLS Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/CLScholarship

For questions, please contact us at: cls@americancouncils.org

Black and Latino Graduate Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)

You are invited to participate in an interview for a research study on Black and Latino graduate students in STEM fields. The goal of the study is to gather information about the experiences that led you to decide to attend graduate school, and your current experiences in your graduate program.

The interview will take about an hour and you will be compensated $10 for participating.

In order to participate you must:

1. Be a graduate student in a Master’s or Ph.D. program in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics field

2. Self-identify as Black/African American or Latino/Hispanic

3. Be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident

4. Be willing to share your experiences
For more information, please contact:
Nancy Campos, Ph.D. Candidate
Educational Culture, Policy and Society
ncampos@buffalo.edu

Hello:

I am an undergraduate Sociology student at George Mason University. I am conducting research for my undergraduate thesis on the topic of intimate relationships, including hooking up, among graduate students. This IRB approved survey will take less than 10 minutes and will ask questions on students’ past and present experiences with the hook up culture. Please click the link below to complete the survey if you are a current graduate student.

Thank you,
MC Elias

http://goo.gl/forms/nXtBeJbwFY

This workshop is free to all UB students.  Space is limited, so please RSVP using the link below:

http://www.irisreading.com/school/UB

GSA will have discount AMC Movie Tickets available for sale on October 5th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 350 Harriman Hall) for $5 each.  1 per UB ID.  Tickets can be used for most movies at AMC theatre locations.  Limited quantity available.  First come, first served.

Free screenings for UB students!

We are pleased to issue a call for nominations for SUNY Student and Faculty fellows for the 2015 SUNY Critical Issues in Higher Education Conference to be held October 29-30, 2015 in New York City. This year, the conference focuses on: Building A New Business Model for the Academy. The final conference agenda and full conference overview are now available: www.suny.edu/sunycon/2015/

Building off of the successful experience of having conference fellows in the past, we are pleased to provide a select number of individuals with the opportunity to learn more about the changing nature of the higher education business model through the lens of conference speakers, discussions, and networking. The documents below detail what we are seeking by way of nominations. Up to 24 fellows (12 students; 12 faculty) will be invited to participate in the conference activities as well as exclusive meetings with some of our keynote speakers.

The student fellows’ conference registration fee and hotel and transportation costs from the individual’s home campus to New York City will be covered.

Applications must be submitted by your campus’ Chief Academic Officer no later than September 30th.

Please contact SUNYCON2015@suny.edu with any questions.

Call for Student Fellows

Call for Faculty Fellows

Fall 2015 SBI Programming Grant applications are due Friday, October 9th!

All grant applications must include the signature of the GSA Treasurer in order to be considered, so please make sure to bring all applications to the GSA office (310 Student Union) by THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8TH at 4:30pm in order for them to be signed. The GSA Treasurer will NOT be available on Friday, October 9th.

“The primary function of the Programming Grant is to fund programs that further the quality of student life, and enrich the educational, cultural and social experiences at the University at Buffalo. In light of these goals, organizations that receive awards are to use them to expand existing programs or to help launch new projects.”

Grants of up to $5,000.00 can be awarded to any recognized university affiliated student organization.

The application is attached here, and hard copies can be picked up from the GSA Office (310 Student Union) or the SBI Office (341 Student Union). The deadline for submission is Friday, October 9, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. Please note that this is a rigid deadline, after which grant applications will not be accepted.

SBI Programming Grant Notifications will be distributed to the grant applicants by Monday, October 19, 2015.