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• Academics
• Research
• Money
• Job Hunting
• ISU FYI's
• Personal Services
• Who to Ask for Help
• Ames!

• Academics
• Research
• Money
• Job Hunting
• ISU FYI's
• Personal Services
• Who to Ask for Help
• Ames!

Plan of study suggestions

1. Take courses earlier than later
   • List of courses
     
   • Class “surf”
   • Ask professors for syllabi early
     

2. Statistic courses as soon as possible

Preparing Future Faculty

• Set of courses (take as needed)
• Tool to create teaching and research opportunities
• Credentials and possibly a letter of recommendation

How to get in

• 2nd year of Masters or Ph.D
• Applications due by 4th Monday in February
• Learn how to apply here

• Academics
• Research
• Money
• Job Hunting
• ISU FYI's
• Personal Services
• Who to Ask for Help
• Ames!

One library search to find a professor's research area

The website:
lib.iastate.edu/info/6268

The search:
“Iowa State” AND AD(Olafsson, Sigurdur)

What if you don't like what you are researching?

• Think of alternatives
• Speak with your major professor
• Be polite
• A research assistantship is technically 20hrs a week

Writing is difficult!

• There are technical writing classes
  • GR ST 529X
  • Getting Published in the Life Sciences ($30 new)

• Academics
• Research
• Money
• Job Hunting
• ISU FYI's
• Personal Services
• Who to Ask for Help
• Ames!

Would you like to go to a conference?

• Professional Development Grant (PAG)

  • Apply as early as possible because of limited funds
  • $200 for presenters
  • $120 for attendees
  • Donna Cerka is familiar with the process

You can get up to ¾ time assistantship

You can look for jobs on Access Plus under a heading called “Student Job Board”

Scholarships (sorry international students)

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Have completed no more than 12 months of graduate education
  • Decent chunk of money
• American Society for Engineering Education

Funding

• Pivot

Financial Counseling Clinic

• Debit and credit cards
• Budgeting and debt management
• Investing
• Job benefits explained
• Taxes
• Other!

• Academics
• Research
• Money
• Job Hunting
• ISU FYI's
• Personal Services
• Who to Ask for Help
• Ames!

Engineering Career Service

• Resume 101
• Letter writing
• Career fair prep
• Interviewing 101
• After the interview
  
  

Spring 2014 schedule here!

• Cyhire
• engineerjobs.com
• Network
• Go to a company's website

• Academics
• Research
• Money
• Job Hunting
• ISU FYI's
• Personal Services
• Who to Ask for Help
• Ames!

Library

• Inter-library loan
• Keep books until end of semester or until they are recalled
• Group study rooms available, first come first serve

Student Legal Services

“The lawyers of Student Legal Services provide free, confidential legal advice and services for currently enrolled ISU students, spouse cardholders, and registered student groups.”

Student Legal Services

• Administrative issues
• Consumer issues
• Criminal Law
• Family Law and Divorce
• Immigration
• Landlord - Tenant Problems
• Notary Services
• Off-campus Employment Problems

Recreation Services

• Gyms

  • Friends
  • Family
  • Group Fitness

• Outdoor Recreation

  • Rentals
  • Weekend trips
  • Trips over Thanksgiving and Spring break

IT Services

• Common services performed
  • Networking issues (getting connected)
  • AccessPlus, Net-ID
  • PaperCut printing issues
  • Security issues
  • Access collaborative learning spaces in Durham
• Unknown services
  • Qualtrics
  • Training through Lynda.com

Remote desktop:

It looks like this outside and you left all of your files on the school's computer…

Remote desktop:

Go to the following site and follow the directions

• it.engineering.iastate.edu/remote-access/

If you need lots of computing power

• it.engineering.iastate.edu/remote/
• it.engineering.iastate.edu/nx/

• Academics
• Research
• Money
• Job Hunting
• ISU FYI's
• Personal Services
• Who to Ask for Help
• Ames!

Thielen Health Center

• General visits are free as a graduate assistant
• Variety of services
  
  

• Academics
• Research
• Money
• Job Hunting
• ISU FYI's
• Personal Services
• Who to Ask for Help
• Ames!

• Academics
• Research
• Money
• Job Hunting
• ISU FYI's
• Personal Services
• Who to ask for help
• Ames!

Classmate suggestions

• Ice skating “open skate” is 8-9:15 pm on Wednesdays
• Sankalp volunteer ogranization
• Cyclone cinema shows free new-release movies Thursday - Sunday evenings
• Main Street!

Things to explore

• Local wineries
• High Trestle Trail
• Parks
• Des Moines is a 40 minute drive

Driving

• Parking (Enforced Meter Hours: Mon - Sat 9am-6pm)
• Cheap weekend car rental

Community involvement

• Jaycees
• Volunteer
• Adult recreation

Places to study off campus

• Coffee shops (Cafe Diem, Cafe Milo, Lorry's Coffee, Stomping Grounds, Vinyl Cafe, Arcadia, etc)
• Ames public library