Community of Scholars Program COSP - UMN

Summer is almost ending and we have just the event for you to start the school year off! Come join us!!

Fri, Sep 6th
11 AM - 1 PM
COSP Lounge (10 Church St Building #375 East Bank)

RSVP: z.umn.edu/GSDO_welcome24_rsvp

❌IMPORTANT❌

Location and Time is changed! Our Achieve and Uplift End-Of-Year Celebration will be held at the 10 Church Building in room 100! Doors open a 4:40PM. Please join us! 🎉❤️

🎉Check out the fourth edition of SPARK! 🎉

https://sparkezine.com/

Explore the research, experiences and voices of graduate researchers who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color (BIPOC), presented in a variety of formats that stimulate new ways of making academic research inclusive and relevant to all!

CONGRATULATIONS ON OUR 4TH VOLUME❗💯 YAY!!! OUR STUDENTS WORKED SO HARD!!

Black History Month! 🔥

1st Study Session HAPPENING TOMORROW!

This month-long, make sure to stop by the COSP Lounge to study with the Black Graduate Collective. Get to know the executive board members, listen to their neo-soul playlist, and munch on snacks.

RSVP QR CODE ON FLYER.

AAS is offering a listening session next week!

"The 2-hour long dialogue session includes topics that are working towards tackling systemic racism, institutionalization, and past and current events that had and continues to influence and impact the Asian American experiences and curriculum at the U of M."

Date: February 22, 2024
Time: 5:00-7:00 PM
Location: Liberal Arts Engagement Hub, Pillsbury Hall, 310 Pillsbury Dr SE Rm 120, Minneapolis, MN 55455
RSVP here: z.umn.edu/AAS-SLS

❗FELLOWSHIP ALERT❗For more information contact Sophie Fesser [email protected]

Black History Month! This week's highlight is Adrian Davis at the UMN!!! Alumni CLA, PHD '21

Last week we had a great time partnering with the Asian American Studies Program! COSP and AAS students filled the lounge with excitement getting to know other students from different departments. 🎊

Black History Month! Our first highlight is Anthony Williams at the U!

Happening this Thursday! If you're feeling like you just need a little break but don't have time, join us during your lunch break and unwind with free food! Want to join via zoom? RSVP on the QR Code so we can get enough food plus access to the Zoom link.

Heri za Kwanzaa! Wishing you a joyous Kwanzaa! Kwanzaa is an African American and Pan-African holiday that is celebrated from December 26 to January 1. Each day of this community and culture-centered holiday focuses on a different principle that together make up the core of the holiday: Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity), and Imani (Faith). Wishing you a joyous Kwanzaa! Kwanzaa is an African American and Pan-African holiday that is celebrated from December 26 to January 1. Each day of this community and culture-centered holiday focuses on a different principle that together make up the core of the holiday: Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity), and Imani (Faith).

Congratulations Scholars! 👏🏽

ANNOUNCEMENT!!

Congrats to all of our COSP Graduates graduating this semester and see the rest of you all next year!!

Thank you to 100+ attendees that came to skate the night with us! Our Annual Winter Gathering will be happening again next year so if you missed out be sure to join us 💘 Thank you all the Grad School staff that helped us make this event possible for our COSP scholars!

JOB ALERT!! APPLY NOW!

Assistant Director of Postdoctoral Initiatives

https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/358551 for external applicants
https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/int/358551 for internal applicants
LinkedIn posting: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3775645107

www.linkedin.com

JOB ALERT!!

Assistantship to Build Evaluation Capacity in Local Government
The Hennepin-University Partnership (HUP), a program of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA), is accepting applications for the 2024 HUP Evaluation Assistantship (HEA). The HEA provides paid, tuition-benefit earning year-long positions for two graduate research assistants to develop evaluation tools that help Hennepin County build capacity to make ongoing and long-term strategic decisions to support residents and reduce disparities. The 2024 evaluation topics include: HIV reduction among young Black men, and street-based housing outreach.

Applications are due by November 13. You can learn more about the program and the 2024 evaluation topics at hup.umn.edu/hea. This page also has a link to apply for our Communication and Event Coordinator position, which is open through November 27.

Lunch Provided! Join us Nov 15th at COIN Location!!
https://www.davidtreuer.net/

JOB ALERT!

Applications for mentors are due October 20th.

The Environmental Stewardship, Place, and Community Initiative, under the auspices of the Institute for Advanced Study, is seeking five graduate student mentors to help facilitate the Humanities Futures workshop this coming Spring semester. This is a paid mentorship opportunity, and food will be provided throughout the workshop.

What is the Humanities Futures Workshop?
The Humanities Futures Workshop is an intensive professional development workshop to introduce Indigenous and other underrepresented undergraduates to the possibilities of graduate education in the humanities for advancing their own commitments and careers. This workshop is offered to students at all UMN campuses and it is also open to students at tribal colleges, technical and community colleges, and other post-secondary institutions across Minnesota.

This workshop is funded through the Mellon Foundation and is part of a larger Environmental Stewardship, Place, and Community Initiative that focuses on centering Indigenous epistemologies and other ways of knowing to shape how we think about relationships with the planet and each other.

What is expected of graduate mentors?

Attend three in-person meeting prior to the workshop:
One planning meeting during Fall Semester
One planning meeting during Spring Semester
One meeting the day before the workshop to run through any last minute questions and to see the spaces.

Attend the entirety of the Workshop March 28-29, 2024,
Thursday, March 28, 2024, 2:30pm-8:00pm
Friday, March 29, 2024, 8:30am-5:00pm

Work with the group of mentors to plan and facilitate the professional development workshops and other activities. These workshops will be planned during the Fall and Spring Semester Meetings. CV/ Resume Workshop (50 minutes, small group)
Personal Statement workshop (50 minutes, small group)
Participate in a short panel discussion where you will be asked to share a bit about how you chose your program and research interests, in addition to highlighting things that you wish you had known in the application and decision process.

Help recruit undergraduate participants.

How will graduate mentors be compensated?
Graduate Students will be compensated for their time by receiving a one-time $1,000 payment once the workshop is completed.

Preference will be given to applicants who are Indigenous and/or other underrepresented identities, represent diverse disciplines, have interest in humanities education and/or institutional transformation, and/or have community engagement experience.

Please feel free to reach out to ([email protected]) or Jennifer Gunn ([email protected]) in the case of any questions!

‼️ JOB ALERT ‼️

TRIO Student Support Services (Starting Point) program at Minneapolis College is looking for an excellent person for their part-time tutoring position in the field of biology, and chemistry.

Their program is a federal grant that provides support services to students who are first-generation, income-eligible, or students with disabilities.

This position will provide the candidate with exposure to diverse students and enhance their content knowledge. In addition, they will gain valuable experience in pedagogy and interpersonal skills which will benefit them in their future endeavors.

Follow this link: https://mn.gov/mmb/careers/

Job ID # 70031

🌮 LEDC is bringing Taco Tour to Lake Street again in 2023! – save the date!

Featuring Latino-owned businesses on Lake Street in South Minneapolis, Taco Tour 2023 is set to celebrate one of Minnesota’s treasured and thriving multicultural communities, enriched with Latino food and culture. 🌮

📆 Saturday, October 21, 11 am - 4 pm, Lake Street Minneapolis 📍

✅ Experience the tastiest tacos from the area’s finest taquerias, cafes, and restaurants.

✅ Enjoy family-friendly and Latino cultural events in various community lots along the tour route.

👉🏿👉🏽👉🏻👉 Visit the Taco Tour event page at www.ledcmn.org/tacotour2023/

¡Arriba los Tacos!

Our first Black Grad Race Talk of the year with Prof. Michael Walker (Sociology) in the COSP Lounge! You don’t want miss our next one…Thursday, October 26th (1-2PM COSP LOUNGE) RSVP WHEN EMAIL GET SENT OUT if you want to be apart of the discussions (plus free food 🤎)

We had great discussions and learned so much from the Research on Experiences of Multiply-Marginalized, Disabled, UMN Grad Students. Thank you everyone for attending and programming this event!! 💓

RVSP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14o_4mVRrvlCzYY1OsX_EMOwFv_RQ3rBy3KVMVOYZd-Y/edit

SEP 27th, 2023 11:30-1PM NORTHROP SEMINAR ROOM & ZOOM (RSVP for link)

We will be discussing the findings and exploring the experiences of under-resourced, multiply-marginalized disabled graduate students at the UMN and will provide open dialogue to improving grad students experiences.