First of all, I just wanted to say welcome to all of the new graduate students and welcome back to those returning to Kingston. Of course also a happy ‘ first official week of school’ (not that school stopped for…
Your connection with Grad studies at Queen's
Today’s Welcome and Resource Fair
I missed the pancakes, but I didn’t walk away empty handed. The Bartlett Gym (Physical Education Centre [PEC]) was packed this morning as I joined the standing-room-only crowd for a presentation by key Queen’s figures including Ann Tierney (Associate Vice-Principal…
Tagged with: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Learning Strategies, orientation, QUIC, SGPS, SGS, soft skills, Writing Centre
Posted in Events, New Students, Orientation
Posted in Events, New Students, Orientation
Guest Post–Rana Pishva on Dissertation on the Lake, or: How my Dissertation got its Groove Back
Today we have a guest post from Psychology’s Rana Pishva, MSc (PhD in the works). Look forward tomorrow to a report from the joint SGS/SGPS orientation event that’s open to all (remember, the one with the pancakes?). ——————————————————————————————————————————————– Dissertation on…
Tagged with: Dissertation on the Lake, Elbow lake, ELEEC, Rana Pishva, SGPS, SGS
Posted in Guest Posts
Posted in Guest Posts
Orienting to Mental Health at Queen’s and in Kingston
Life as a graduate student can be great, especially when you have taken the time to orient yourself with your department and new colleagues (as Amanda suggested earlier this month) and Kingston (Jeremy has some great ideas on that). But,…
Tagged with: crisis, mental health, orientation, resources
Posted in New Students, Orientation, Uncategorized
Posted in New Students, Orientation, Uncategorized
Orientating yourself with (Downtown) Kingston
Go to Queen’s they said… Kingston is nice they said! Well, they were right. In my slightly biased opinion, I’d say that Kingston is a great place to live and if you find yourself beginning a new chapter of your…
Tagged with: Grad Student Life
Posted in Guest Posts, International, Kingston, New Students, Orientation, Uncategorized
Posted in Guest Posts, International, Kingston, New Students, Orientation, Uncategorized
A few quick tips on getting settled in your department
Even though I was not new to Queen’s when I started grad school and had already spent 4 years in the Biology department, I had to re-orient myself in my new role as a grad student. Since August is all…
Re/Orientation: Graduate Welcome and Resources Fair
Bullet points: Pancakes You got questions? The SGS has answers Campus and community resource fair Tours Accessibility If you’ve already been here (at Queen’s) for a while, don’t skip ahead assuming this post isn’t for you. Our August post series…
Tagged with: campus accessibility, campus tours, fall semester, new and returning students, orientation, pancakes, PEC, Q&A, resource fair, SGPS, SGS, Student Affairs
Posted in Events, New Students
Posted in Events, New Students
Living With Accessibility Issues
Our posts this month have engaged in conversation about what accessibility is and how Queen’s has been involved in improving accessibility. Queen’s has been making a number of great efforts to make its resources accessible to all students. But what…
Tagged with: accessibility, AODA, disability, housing, mobility, town-gown
Posted in Kingston, New Students, Student Perspective
Posted in Kingston, New Students, Student Perspective
Physical Accessibility @QueensU
This week I will be continuing with our theme of the month, “accessibility”. Specifically, I will be exploring physical accessibility on Queen’s campus. First off, what is accessibility? As stated by the Accessibility Hub’s ‘Blue Folder’, accessibility means, “Giving people…
All about the @AccessHubQU
Here at Gradifying we are focusing on accessibility this month. Last week Sharday wrote an excellent post about accessibility and universal design. This week I will give you a peek at a neat new resource offered here at Queen’s –…
Tagged with: accessibility, Awareness, grad schoool
Posted in All, General, International, New Students, Student Perspective
Posted in All, General, International, New Students, Student Perspective