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Advising & Mentoring
Yale is one of the best places in the world for you to make the transformation from student to independent researcher, from consumer to producer of knowledge. Along the way, you will weave together a network of advisers and mentors who will support you in the pursuit of your intellectual and professional goals. Graduate education is a collaborative enterprise: You are not alone. Yale’s many advisers and mentors are here to help you in this intellectual journey.
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FEAST for Teaching
The Graduate School’s "Free Eating Attracts Students & Teachers" ("FEAST") program allows faculty course supervisors and their teaching fellows or part time acting instructors to discuss teaching issues over lunch.
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Office for Graduate Student Development & Diversity (OGSDD)
The Office for Graduate Student Development and Diversity (OGSDD) is committed to building and maintaining a nurturing and caring community of scholars where students from diverse backgrounds and experiences are supported in their professional and intellectual goals and pursuits.
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Poorvu Center: Graduate Writing Lab
https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/writing/graduate
The Poorvu Center’s Graduate Writing Lab supports Yale graduate students in all aspects of written, oral, and visual communication. You can discuss a draft with a GWL Fellow in a 1–1 writing consultation; write with other graduate students at an All Write or Retreat; or join a peer-review group to give and receive support as you make progress on your dissertation, prospectus, or fellowship application. The GWL also offers over 100 workshops per year and a suite of public speaking programs. Alongside these resources, the GWL strives to promote a culture among graduate students that centers writing as a process of developing, refining, and disseminating knowledge, nurtured within a supportive community of scholars.
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GSAS Mentoring Conversation Guide for Graduate Students
PDF — 175.5 KB
The Graduate School Dean's Office has developed this brief guide for structuring your mentoring conversations to aid in your academic and professional development.
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GSAS Sample Mentoring Agreement
PDF — 28.38 KB
Mentoring agreements (sometimes referred to as “compacts”) are common in the sciences as a tool to guide and define collaboration between faculty, graduate students, and/or postdocs in a lab setting. This template mentoring agreement has been adapted from the American Association of Medical Colleges and the Advising Agreement between Graduate Students and Faculty at Brown University.
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Yale Library
https://library.yale.edu/
Yale University Library is made up of 500 staff, more than a dozen libraries and locations, vast physical collections, and extensive electronic resources. All these elements are animated and connected by technology and expertise in the service of teaching, learning, research, and practice.
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Meals for Mentoring
The Graduate School’s "Meals for Mentoring" program is a chance for PhD students and their mentors to talk about research, coursework, career goals, and personal and professional development over a free lunch.
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Office for Graduate Student Development and Diversity Fellows Program
Are you a current graduate student who wants to help create programming and provide support to your peers? If so, come join us! We invite you to apply as an Office for Graduate Student Development and Diversity (OGSDD) Fellow.
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Office of Career Strategy (OCS)
https://ocs.yale.edu/channels/phds-postdocs/
The Office of Career Strategy (OCS) supports GSAS students from every discipline and at every stage of their time at Yale through career advising, programming and resources aimed at the specific career interests and needs of PhD and Master’s students. At OCS, graduate students can explore diverse career paths; build professional skills and experience; identify opportunities; and get help with job search strategies, application materials, and interviewing in preparation for a successful job search within and beyond the academy. Services offered by OCS for Master’s and PhD students are part of a suite of resources supported by the Graduate School to foster professional and career development.
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Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning
https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/
The Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning offers robust resources to support graduate student professional development, focused particularly on teaching and writing.