Core Competency Actions, Programs & Events
Actions:
• Initiate mentoring relationships
• Learn conventions of communication within your discipline
• Formulate and present research plan
• Connect coursework to research & scholarship
• Seek funding to support projects
• Explore resources to support academic development
• Attend TA orientation & teaching workshops
• Plan research projects
• Seek out teaching opportunities
• Mentor undergraduates
• Attend Ethics trainings and seminars
• Create an Individual Development Plan (IDP)
• Seek leadership and service opportunities
• Join professional organizations and build internal and external networks
• Explore University Career Services resources
• Complete self-assessments
• Develop career goals
• Create a CV
Programs:
• Graduate Funding Workshops
• PITAP courses, GRAD 810 and GRAD 811 courses
• GRAD 704: Effective Presentation Skills
• Individual Development Plan
• Communicating Your Science
• Teaching workshops
• Graduate Funding Workshops
• PITAP courses, GRAD 810 and GRAD 811 courses
• Becoming an Effective Mentor
• Navigating Departmental Culture
Leadership & Professionalism-Early Stage
• Research Ethics course – GRAD 721
• Individual Development Plan
• Financial Planning
• Time & Stress Management
• Navigating Departmental Culture
• Individual Development Plan
• Networking for Graduate Students
• Career Panels/Networking Nights
• Career symposium
Recently scheduled events:
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- Getting Started in STEM Education Research (hybrid)
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- What Can I Do with My PhD?
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- Teaching GRADually: The Power of Peer-to-Peer Voices
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- How to Identify and Land Internships
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- Managing Up: Navigating Power and Relationships (in-person)
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