VEST Fellowship: Information for New Four-Year Fellows

Important Dates

Mon. 8/1/12: New students can register for courses starting today (see information about coursework below).  (Remember to elect graduate student subsidy for health insurance and make sure you receive proof of coverage).

Wed. 8/10 or later - Dates TBD - Ed Policy/MPP students only: Batten orientation, 2-3 days

Mon. 8/13-Tues 8/22: Ed Policy/MPP students only: "Math Camp" - see details on Batten website

Fri. 8/24: Curry Orientation

Mon. 8/27: EP-ADS and Ed Policy orientation meetings

Tues. 8/28: Courses begin
 

Coursework and Research Hours for Your First Semester

Proseminar: Each fall and spring, all two-year and four-year Fellows enroll in the Proseminar course: EDLF 5500: Issues in Applied Developmental Science and Education Policy (1 credit), Fridays 11:00-1:00.  Includes attendance at the Curry Education Research Lectureship Series, dates TBA.  Details about speakers and dates of class meetings will be provided in the syllabus.

Ed Psych/ADS Students: In addition to the Proseminar, courses for your first semester will include:

  1. EDLF 7300: Foundations of Educational Research taught by Tonya Moon
  2. PSYC 7480: Community Psychology and Prevention Science I taught by Dick Reppucci
  3. EDLF 8300: Experimental Design- Stat II taught by Timothy Konold
  4. Possibly one other course, such as EDLF 5500: Data management - talk to your advisor to decide.
  5. Directed Research Hours (3 credits) - Registering for these research hours will give you credit for the 20 hours per week that you'll spend in your research apprenticeship.  You register for hours under your advisor's name.  The department is your advisor's primary affiliation (for example, EDLF for Rimm-Kaufman, Lee Williams, or Wyckoff; CISE for Stanton-Chapman; EDHS for Hamre), so EDLF 9998, for example, and then you'll look for the section with your advisor's name.
     

Ed Policy Students: In addition to the Proseminar above, you'll register for these:

  1. PPOL 6100: Economics of Public Policy I
  2. PPOL 6150: Research Methods and Data Analysis I
  3. PPOL 6050: Leadership in the Public Arena
  4. EDLF 5500: Data Management for Analysis taught by Luke Miller
  5. Directed Research Hours (3 credits) - Registering for these research hours will give you credit for the 20 hours per week that you'll spend in your research apprenticeship.  You register for hours under your advisor's name.  The department is your advisor's primary affiliation (for example, EDLF for Wyckoff), so EDLF 9998, for example, and then you'll look for the section with your advisor's name.

Paperwork for HR

Dana Bowman, Fiscal Tech in the Department of Leadership, Foundations & Policy, will take care of the paperwork needed to set you up in the HR system so that you can be paid and so that your payments will be processed via direct deposit.  Please contact her when you get to Charlottesville so that this can be set up as soon as possible.   Her office is in Bavaro 222B, email dbf6n@virginia.edu


Information about Living in Charlottesville

For links to housing information and other resources, see the UVa Graduate Guide.