GASU Events

The Graduate Academic Support Unit is dedicated to providing a variety of academic services, activities, and events to graduate students such as writing tutoring (i.e. term papers, project proposals, grant proposals, articles for publications, etc.) TAD Groups, TAD Days, TAD boot camp, professional development opportunities and graduate writing and research workshops. GASU also aims to streamline information regarding events, activities, and resources available to graduate students at QU.

Graduate Workshops (AY 2017-18)

Fall 2017
GASU Workshop: QU Library Search	October 16^th, 2017
GASU Workshop: Statistics Series For Grad Students	October 29^th – November 19^th, 2017
GASU Workshop: Approaching the Literature Review	November 6^th, 2017
GASU Workshop: How to Write a Good Research Question	November 14^th, 2017
GASU Workshop: The Art of Feedback to Support Thesis Writing	December 5^th, 2017
Spring 2018
TAD Bootcamp	January 8^th – 9^th, 2018
Grad Faculty Day	February 5^th, 2018
GASU Workshop: QU Library Search	March 5^th, 2018
TAD Days	TBA
GASU Workshop: Statistics Series For Grad Students	March 12^th, 2018 March 19^th, 2018 March 26^th, 2018 April 2^nd, 2018
GASU Workshop: Approaching the Literature Review	March 7^th, 2018
GASU Workshop: How to Write a Good Research Question	April 11^th, 2018
GASU Workshop: Using iThenticate as a Tool to Prevent Plagiarism	April 3^rd, 2018
GASU Workshop: The Art of Feedback to Support Thesis Writing	April 25^th, 2018
TAD Talks	May 6^th, 2018

TAD Groups

GASU organizes TAD (Thesis and Dissertation) Groups at the start of each semester, which run the duration of the semester. TAD Groups are intended to provide additional support to graduate students working on a thesis or dissertation research project. Groups are organized of 4-6 graduate students from various disciplines who are at similar stages of the writing process in their graduate research. TAD Groups meet weekly or bi-weekly (as determined by group members) on campus to share and discuss their research and receive feedback from peers.

What can you expect to get from a TAD Group?

To receive constructive feedback from peers
To learn about the writing process
To identify issues that support and hinder the writing process; learn how to break writing tasks into manageable pieces in order to maintain progress and stay motivated
To engage with peers who face the same kinds of problems with conceptualizing ideas, critical thinking, and writing
To expand your network of resources to help you achieve your academic and personal goals
To be part of a positive and supportive graduate community

TAD Days

TAD Days are a thesis and dissertation writing days held on campus twice each year (once per semester) and are intended to help students maintain writing motivation and productivity throughout the semester. TAD Writing Days provide a comfortable and productive writing environment for graduate students with access to specialists in writing, research design, and statistical analysis. Students are invited to write together and discuss their progress. Students also have opportunities to schedule one-on-one sessions with an expert in a needed area.

TAD Bootcamp

The TAD Bootcamp is a three-day GASU event designed to provide graduate researchers the opportunity to make significant progress on an early draft of their thesis/dissertation manuscript. The TAD Bootcamp is not designed to provide advice on editing, restructuring, polishing a thesis, or direct instruction on the tenets of academic writing. Rather, it is about graduate researchers writing large sections (in draft form) of their thesis or dissertation. The TAD Bootcamp takes place during the first week of spring semester in the university library. Graduate students are invited to attend the boot camp based on eligibility and endorsement by their Thesis Supervisor.

Grad Faculty Event

The Grad Faculty Event is centered on the notion that graduate faculty plays a vital role in supporting graduate research at QU, which, in turn, is a bridge to achieving solutions to grand challenges in the region. This semi-annual GASU event showcases presentations by individuals with exceptional research and scholarly output aimed at emphasizing strategies and techniques to improve the process of identifying research areas, navigating research grants, increasing research output, and involving graduate students in research.