New year, new students
The Graduate School will welcome approximately 590 incoming students this fall with a formal matriculation ceremony in Sprague Hall followed by a reception at President Richard C. Levin's house, lunch in the HGS courtyard, and information sessions (called "Grad School 101"). Other orientation highlights include an activities fair, walking tours of New Haven neighborhoods, ice cream socials, and an outing to the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament. A scavenger hunt will send teams of new students racing all over campus and across town to collect assorted objects and snap group photos to prove that they had found their way to City Hall, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and Ingalls Rink, among other sites.
Applicants this year numbered 9,600 -- the most ever, making the entering class extraordinarily selective. About 36 percent of the new students come from outside the United States, with the People's Republic of China sending the largest contingent.
Preparing for scientific careers
"In the sciences, a postdoctoral fellowship is a regular step along the academic job route," says Graduate Career Services (GCS) director Victoria Blodgett. To help graduate students navigate the application process and make good use of their post-doc experience, GCS and the Graduate Teaching Center teamed up this summer to offer a series of six workshops: "Job Search Training Lab for Scientists." Each session was attended by 80 to 100 participants representing a wide range of disciplines. Topics included "Finding the perfect postdoc," presented by Robert Tillman, New York Academy of Sciences; "Getting an interview: cover letter and CV," by Laura Malisheski, Harvard; and "The view from the selection committee," by Yale MCDB chair Tom Pollard, MB&B professor Lynne Regan, and chemistry chair Gary Brudvig. This was the second time the series was offered, and it will be repeated next summer.
Tomorrow's teachers
Although Yale has no school of education, the Graduate School has produced 15 highly qualified teachers for the New Haven public schools in the past three years through the recently launched Urban Education Studies Program. Participants earn a master of arts in urban education studies and a State of Connecticut initial educator license for grades seven to twelve. They pursue an intensive course of study at Yale over a 14-month period and have extensive clinical training in city schools. Supported by the Graduate School, these students receive tuition fellowships and living stipends and are full members of the Graduate School community. Those who successfully complete the program are expected to teach in New Haven public schools for two years and are assured of a suitable position.
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