{"520441":{"#nid":"520441","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Dissertation Boot Camp May 2nd-6th in the Communication Center","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Dissertation Writing Boot Camp (DBC) is a Communication Center program for graduate students. The mission of the DBC is to provide time, space, and resources for PhD students to encourage completion of the dissertation process, specifically to help participants\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003Emake progress in the writing portion of their dissertations (includes proposals or journal articles that will later be used as dissertation chapters),\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Elearn how to set reasonable goals for writing ... and how to meet those goals,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Estay focused on writing and avoid other distractions (such as social media, television, other research, etc.)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis boot camp will take place during finals week (May 2nd-6th) in the Communication Center. PhD students participating in the boot camp will be expected to write from 9am until 5pm, with scheduled breaks and reflective sessions at the beginning and end of each day. Communication Center staff will be available throughout this week for half-hour tutoring sessions, which we will use to help students overcome writing problems that are inhibiting their progress. However, while we are offering tutoring, we will not be editing the students\u0027 work.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis opportunity is for PhD students who\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ehave completed enough of their research that they can focus on writing throughout the week,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ecan and will participate in the entirety of the boot camp, and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Emay need to take advantage of an opportunity like this to overcome writer\u0027s block or a writing slump.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo be considered for the DBC, please complete this application form by 5pm on April 22nd and send it to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:commlab@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecommlab@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or drop it off at the Communication Center in Clough 447.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Feeling stuck writing your dissertation or your proposal?  Struggling with writer\u2019s block?"}],"uid":"28811","created_gmt":"2016-04-01 10:04:03","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:16:07","author":"Clint Stivers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-05-02T10:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2016-05-06T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-05-06T18:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-05-02 14:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-05-06 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-05-06 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"98461","name":"Communication Center"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"26411","name":"Training\/Workshop"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}