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- What: CSGC Qualifier Q&A
- When: Friday, December 2, 4:00-5:00PM
- Where: GLC Room B and via Zoom
- Details: See more information and sign up using this link
- Video: Recording
- What: Going Hiking!
- When: Sunday, November 13, 12:45-3:00PM
- Where: Coal Mining Heritage Park
- Details: See more information and sign up using this link
- What: Course Request Panel
- When: Friday, October 28, 12:00-1:00PM
- Where: GLC Room F & via Zoom
- Details: See more information and sign up using this link
- What: CSGC Lightning Talks
- When: Thursday, October 15, 6:00-7:00 PM
- Where: GLC Room F & via Zoom
- Details: See more information and sign up using this link
- What: End of Semester Event
- When: Friday, May 6, 4:00PM-Dark
- Where: Municipal Park Shelter I (920 Turner St NE, Blacksburg, VA 24060)
- Details: See more information and sign up using this link
- What: CSGC Academic Jobs Panel
- When: Thursday, December 2, 5:30PM-6:30PM
- Where: Surge 104D
- Details: See more information and sign up using this link
- What: CSGC Qualifier Q&A
- When: Tuesday, November 30, 5:00PM - 6:30PM
- Where: McBryde 110
- Details: See more information and sign up using this link
- What: CSGC Lightning Talks
- When: Tuesday, October 5, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
- Where: Surge 104D & via Zoom
- Details: See more information and sign up using this link
- What: CSGC Industry Jobs Panel
- When: Wednesday, September 29, 4:00 - 5:30 PM
- Where: Torgersen 2150 & via Zoom
- Details: See more information and sign up using this link
- What: CSGC Welcome Back Picnic
- When: Friday, August 27 5:00 - 7:00 PM
- Where: Municipal Park Shelter I (920 Turner St NE, Blacksburg, VA 24060)
- Details: See more information and sign up using this link
- What: CSGC End Of Semseter Event
- When: Thursday, May 13 5:00 - 8:00 PM
- Where: Municipal Park Shelter II (920 Turner St NE, Blacksburg, VA 24060)
- Details: See more information and sign up using this link
- What: CSGC lofi coffee hour
- When: May 20th, 6:00 - 7:00 PM
- Where: Discord, the Coffee Hour Channel in the Grad Council Section. You can find the Discord invite here
- What: Going hiking!
- When: Saturday, April 17th, 2021, 1:00 to ~4:00 PM
- Where: Pandapas Pond. Please register for the event with this
- What: The VT CS Graduate Preview Weekend that introduces potential invited students to Virginia Tech. There was a lot of information and wisdom shared through info sessions, games, and tours!
- VT Graduate Recruiting Weekend 2021 Website: Located Here
- Where: Zoom and Slack.
- When: February 26th-27th
- Current Students Panel: slides.
- Campus Tour: See from here.
- Teaser video: See from here.
In this workshop, we discussed how to create and nurture a healthy relationship with your advisor. The event started with a presentation by Bryan Hanson, the graduate ombudsperson, and then a QA session with a panel of professors Bowman, Butt, North, and Shaffer, who as great role-model advisors shared with us, some tips on how to navigate this long-term relationship. The panel also included students: Cory Ilo, Kylie Davidson, and Lindah Kotut who have developed healthy relationships with their advisors and shared their experience with us.
- What: Student-Advisor Relationship Workshop
- When: Monday, Jan. 25th, 5:00 - 6:30 PM
- Where: Zoom.
- Video: Access with your VT account from here.
- Slides: Access with your VT account from here.
Part 1: Mentor Training The event provided an overview of the Mentorship Program and gave the mentors an opportunity to get to know each other.
- What: Mentor Training [For Mentors Only]
- When: Thursday, Jan. 21th, 6:00 - 6:20 PM
- Where: Zoom.
- Video: Recording
Part 2: Mentor/Mentee Meetup The event provided mentors and mentees in the Mentorship Program an opportunity to join different Zoom breakout rooms and get to know each other.
- What: Mentorship Event [For Mentors and Mentees Only]
- When: Thursday, Jan. 21th, 6:20 - 7:00 PM
- Where: Zoom.
The event will consist of a panel of graduate students who have completed the Qualifying process. They will talk about their experiences with the exam and/or passing based on research points.
- What: Qualifier Q&A
- When: Thursday, Dec. 3, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
- Where: Zoom.
- Video: Available here
The CS Graduate Student Council has organized a Q&A panel for jobs outside of academia for CS Graduate Students.
- What: Industry Job Panel
- When: Thursday, Oct. 29, 4:30 - 6 PM
- Where: Zoom.
- Video: Available here
- Follow-up: Please find panelists contact information here.
- What: Welcome Event
- When: Friday, Sept. 25, 6:00-8:00PM
- Where: Zoom.
The CS Grad Council would like to invite you to a biweekly virtual coffee break.
- What: Coffee Break
- When: Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 16th and on, 1:00-2:00pm
- Where: Zoom.
The CS Grad Council is pleased to invite you to the 2nd Annual Computer Science Graduate Town Hall.
- What: Town Hall
- When: Wednesday, April 8th, 6:00-8:00PM
- Where: Zoom
- Notes: Doc
Hear from Dr. Ribbens and Dr. Shaffer about current challenges and opportunities facing the department, openly answering questions related to the Coronavirus and its impacts.
Grad Council is hosting a Q&A Panel about obtaining, preparing for, and excelling at academic jobs.
- What: Academic Jobs
- When: Thursday, April 14th, 6 - 8 PM
- Where: Zoom
- Notes: Doc
If you might want to be a faculty member someday, this is a great event to attend!
The CS Graduate Student Council hasis please to announce the recuitment weekend for potential Computer Science Graduate Students.
- What: Recruitment Weekend
- When: Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 27-29
- Where: Blacksburg
The event will consist of a panel of graduate students who have completed the Qualifying process. They will talk about their experiences with the exam and/or passing based on research points.
- What: Qualifier Q&A
- When: Wednesday, Dec. 4, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
- Where: GLC Room F
- Food: Dinner will be provided.
- Video: Available here
The CS Graduate Student Council has organized a Q&A panel for jobs outside of academia for CS Graduate Students. The panel is composed of a few alumni from Virginia Tech and other universities who will share their experiences working in the industry.
- What: Industry Job Panel
- When: Thursday, Oct. 17, 6:00 - 8 PM
- Where: GLC Room F
- Food: Dinner will be provided.
- Video: Available here
Come hear a succession of 3-minute Lightning Talks on research and topics of interest from graduate students in the CS department. This will be a great opportunity to hear about different CS research happening at Virginia Tech, from the perspective of "the students who do the work".
- What: Lightning Talks
- When: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 6:30 - 8 PM
- Where: GLC Room F
- Food: Dinner will be provided.
- What: Welcome-back barbecue
- When: Thursday, Aug. 29, 5:30 - 8 PM
- Where: Blacksburg Municipal Park
- Food: Mains provided. Bring a side or dessert if you like
Grad Council is hosting a Q&A Panel about obtaining, preparing for, and excelling at academic jobs. The panelists are six faculty members with a range of experience: assistant professors, newly hired assistant professors, and professors who have served on search committees for faculty candidates.
- What: Academic Jobs and Pizza
- When: Thursday, Feb. 21, 6 - 8 PM
- Where: McBryde 655
- Food: We'll be serving pizza from Mellow Mushroom
If you might want to be a faculty member someday, this is a great event to attend!
The CS Grad Council is pleased to invite you to Qualifier Q&A and Pizza, so you can learn about the CS PhD qualifying process from students who have already qualified.
- What: Qualifier Q&A and Pizza
- When: Thursday, Nov. 15, 6:30-7:30PM
- Where: GLC Room F
- Food: We'll be serving pizza from (Domino's?)
If you haven't yet taken the qualifier exam, this is a great opportunity to ask questions and to learn from others' experiences. If you'd like to pass the qualifier on research points, we'll be talking about that too.
The CS Grad Council is pleased to invite you to CS Grad Student Community Building in an effort to bring CS grad students together and better connect the department together as a whole.
- What: CS Grad Student Community Building
- When: Friday, November 9, 12-2PM
- Where: McBryde Hall Room 655
- Food: We’ll be serving a few snacks and drinks, like donuts and coffee
Whether you’re a new student looking to make more friends in the CS department or an older student looking to meet some new people, come join us for a quirky but fun community building event. Dr. Patty Raun from the Theater department will be guiding us through activities designed to help us break out of our shells and get to know each other better. Dr. Raun also helps run the Communicating Science course, so she will be adapting activities from her class for our purposes in this event.
The CS Grad Council is pleased to invite you to the Fall edition of our Lightning Talks event.
- What: Lightning Talks: 3-5 minute talks about research
- When: Thursday, Sept. 6, 6:00-8:00PM
- Where: GLC Room F
- Food: We'll be serving pizza, drinks, and cookies
Slides from the presenters are available here if you are signed into a vt.edu email account.
The CS Grad Council is pleased to invite you to the 1st Annual(?) Computer Science Graduate Town Hall.
- What: Town Hall and Pizza
- When: Thursday, April 19, 6:30-8:00PM
- Where: GLC Room F
- Food: We'll be serving pizza, drinks, and snacks
Hear from Dr. Ribbens and Dr. Shaffer about current challenges and opportunities facing the department, along with some recent history and future aspirations.
Ask questions, and propose changes to the department. Eat pizza.
For our friends in Northern Virginia, we'll arrange remote access to the event. As always, no remote access to our pizza will be provided.
The CS Grad Council is pleased to invite you to Qualifier Q&A and Pizza, so you can learn about the CS PhD qualifying process from students who have already qualified.
- What: Qualifier Q&A and Pizza
- When: Thursday, December 7, 7-8PM
- Where: GLC Room B
- Food: We'll be serving pizza, etc. from one of Blacksburg's "upscale" options -- Mellow Mushroom or Beast of Blacksburg.
If you haven't yet taken the qualifier exam, this is a great opportunity to ask questions and to learn from others' experiences. If you'd like to pass the qualifier on research points, we'll be talking about that too.
For our friends in Northern Virginia, we'll arrange Skype access to the Q&A if anyone is interested. No remote access to our pizza will be provided.