Attention:
Doctoral Students

The Graduate School will again offer a professional development opportunity open to all advanced doctoral students in any field. Graduate School Writing Fellows in the Disciplines will complete a short (3-hour) training in the fall semester that will prepare them to facilitate working groups within their departments or programs. Writing groups can be an important opportunity for cohort connection and accountable goal setting. Departmental writing groups will provide a peer context for refining professional writing, setting and meeting specific writing goals, and working through writing projects such as drafts of proposals, dissertations, or articles.

Writing Fellows will receive a $1000 fellowship award at the end of each semester. Participants must be willing to commit to the program for both fall and spring semesters to be accepted into the program.

Applications are due to the Graduate School by NOON on Monday, August 23, 2021.

Last year’s fellows were from the colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arts and Letters, Communication Arts and Sciences, Education, Medicine, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. Successful writing group outcomes from that group included submitted grant proposals and journal articles, completed comprehensive exam and dissertation proposals, and dissertation chapters.

For questions about the program contact Dr. Judith Stoddart, Senior Associate Dean, The Graduate School (stoddart@msu.edu) or program facilitator Sharieka Botex (botextsha@msu.edu).

Application and additional information can be found at https://grad.msu.edu/writing-fellows.