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Orientation for New Students

Orientation for incoming fall graduate students will be held on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 from 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in Griffith Film Theater of the Bryan Center. Please consult the orientation schedule for details and other orientation week activities.

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How Versatile Are You?
A Review and Discussion of So What Are You Going to Do With That? Finding Careers Outside Academia
(by Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius)

In their book So What Are You Going to Do with That?: Finding Careers Outside Academia Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius—Ph.D.’s themselves—answer the question, “Can I find an appropriate and satisfying career in the .gov, .com or .org sector?” with a resounding “Yes!” This witty and accessible guide is full of concrete advice for anyone contemplating the jump from scholarship into sectors besides .edu.

Join a 2-part discussion of So What Are You Going to Do with That? Finding Careers Outside Academia. Free copies of the book will be available to the graduate students who participate in this two-part discussion.

Dates: Wednesdays June 23 and June 30
Time: 12:00 noon-1:30 p.m.
Location: 201 Flowers Building
Discussion leader: Virginia Steinmetz, Director of Career Services, Duke Career Center
Register at http://dukegsread.eventbrite.com
Password: careers4us

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Duke Graduate Students Are Invited to Subscribe to the Versatile PhD

The Versatile PhD Web site is the new and permanent home of a community formerly known as Work For Us (WRK4US), an e-mail discussion list founded by Paula Chambers in 1999. It was initially hosted on the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation’s Web site. For the last four years WRK4US has been hosted on the Duke Career Center’s Web site and managed as a Duke mailing list. WRK4US Guest Speaker Discussions have been funded by the Duke University Graduate School, the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, and the Duke University Career Center. The Versatile PhD’s mission is to help humanities and social science Ph.D.s develop and demonstrate their versatility as professionals.

Duke graduate students are invited to join the WRK4US community in its new home at versatilephd.com. Basic membership is free and confidential.

Graduate School Welcomes Two New Staff Members

Shanna Fitzpatrick joined the Graduate School on June 1, 2010 as the Director of Budgets & Finance. Shanna provides significant support for all budget and financial processes, including revenue, cost and variance analysis, statistical reporting, student financial aid, other incidental financial functions, and is responsible for direct financial operations as well as coordinating annual programs on policies and procedures for all personnel responsible for graduate student funding along with coordinating the training of new personnel responsible for graduate student funding. Shanna brings several years of managerial and supervisory experience, an abundance of education, including a Masters of Health Care Administration and Business Administration, and four years of Duke experience such as budget preparation and analysis through financial reporting. Shanna may be reached via email at shanna.fitzpatrick@duke.edu, or by phone at 684-6710.

Howard Sparks Jr. joined the Graduate School on March 29, 2010 as an Accounting Specialist. Howard is responsible for the general house financials which include accounts payable, procurement card maintenance, conference travel, and the posting of student awards. Howard has been with Duke since 2008 processing general house financials for Duke University Health System's Corporate Finance and Duke Primary Care. Howard brings a wealth of knowledge, talent, experience, and customer service skills with him to the Graduate School, and may be reached via email at howard.sparksjr@duke.edu, or by phone at 681-1552.

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