Educational Studies Graduate Student News

News for week of March 18-24, 2024

Spring 2024 Upcoming Important Dates

• Mar. 22:
  • Autumn 2024 Course Registration Opens – refer to Buckeye Link for individual student enrollment appointment window
  • Last date to drop a course without petitioning | Spring Full Term
• Mar. 29:
  • Last date to drop a course without petitioning | 7-week Session 2
• Mar. 31:
  • Statement of Account Available | Summer Term/Sessions
• Apr. 12:
  • Examinations and Reports deadline for students graduating this Spring
• Apr. 19: 
  • Approved MA thesis and PhD dissertation submission deadline for students graduating this Spring
• Apr. 22:
  • Last Day of Classes | Spring Full Term, 7-week Session 2
  • Outstanding Debt and Enrollment – students with an unpaid balance for prior terms will be dropped from their Summer courses | Summer Term/Sessions

Summer and Autumn Course Registration Open

Reminders for Ed Studies Students Graduating Spring 2024

FREE Center grants, writing group for graduate students

The program awards grants of up to $500 to currently enrolled master’s and doctoral students. Students from all departments across campus are welcome to apply. Funds may be used to conduct research or develop creative projects; travel for research presentations, performances, or exhibitions; provide payment to human subjects; and purchase research/creative practice-related materials and supplies.

The deadline for applications is April 5. For more information and to apply, visit the website.

Graduate students are also invited to participate in FREE Writes, a writing group for feminist scholars across campus. The FREE Writes Graduate Student Section will hold its next session on Friday, April 5, from 11:30 a.m. -2 p.m. in University Hall 286A and online. More information and a link to register can be found here.

Graduate/Professional Student Trustee Application due March 18

The BoT is looking for students who excel as leaders, can think strategically about the future of the university and can interact in a professional manner with faculty, administrators and influential business and community leaders. If you know a student who fits this description, please pass along the online student trustee application and encourage them to reach out to Taylor Schwein (schwein.5@osu.edu), our current graduate student trustee, with any questions. Details are listed on the BoT website. Applications are due electronically to board@osu.edu by 12 pm ET on Monday, March 18, 2024.

March 19, 2024
6-7 p.m.
Dance Room #1 – Ohio Union (Lower Level)

Hosted by the Ohio Union Activities Board. Join fellow graduate & professional students each Tuesday for a pilates session. The class will take place at 6 pm in the Ohio Union Dance Room 1 located on the lower level. The registration button is below and classes are set to release 4 weeks prior to the start time of the class.

March 20, 2024
Noon-1 p.m.
Ohio Union – Great Hall Meeting Room 3 (1st Floor)

Hosted by the Ohio Union Activities Board. Are you constantly grabbing fast food or getting stuck in a rut of eating mac and cheese everyday? This presentation will cover ideas and strategies for meal planning and grocery shopping, eating healthy on a budget with quick and convenient options, resources for saving money and more!

March 20, 2024
6-7 p.m.
Dance Room #1 – Ohio Union (Lower Level)

Hosted by the Ohio Union Activities Board. Join fellow graduate & professional students each Wednesday for a yoga session. The class will take place at 6 pm in the Ohio Union Dance Room 1 located on the lower level. The registration button is below and classes are set to release 4 weeks prior to the start time of the class.

March 20, 2024
5:30-8:30 p.m.
Woody’s Tavern, Ohio Union

Hosted by the Ohio Union Activities Board. Join us as grad/prof students get together for a night of trivia and fun! Pre-arranged and impromptu-created teams compete in a night of trivia. Prizes are awarded to the top team of the evening. Check in begins at 5:30 p.m.  First question begins at 6 p.m. All teams must register for each quiz night. Teams may include up to 50% non-student guests. Due to overwhelming popularity, registrations the day of the event may not be available. Check out the website for fuller details. The registration period for a quiz night begins at the conclusion of the previous quiz night. Please send registration information to OUABgradprof@osu.edu.

March 21, 2024
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Great Hall Meeting Room 3 – Ohio Union (1st floor)

Hosted by the Ohio Union Activities Board. Many graduate students will confront the challenges associated with course design: either as a graduate student instructor, while preparing materials for the academic job market, or in their early career post-graduation. This semester, in Graduate Teaching Toolkit, the Drake Institute’s workshop series for graduate instructors, we’ll explore each step of the course design process. Toolkit workshops are designed to support participants’ professional development, engage them in reflecting on, discussing, and sharing their teaching practices, and build community between graduate instructors on campus who are passionate about improving their teaching. All graduate students, regardless of teaching experience, are welcome to attend.