Core Competency Actions, Programs & Events

Leadership & Professionalism-Early Stage

• 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

Leadership & Professionalism-Mid Stage

• Take on leadership positions
• Contribute to team-based projects
• Troubleshoot issues and propose creative solutions
• Manage project budget and personnel
• Provide feedback to peers on presentations, manuscripts, & grants

Leadership & Professionalism-Late Stage

• Serve as a role model for junior graduate students
• Maintain professional networks
• Plan for transition after graduate studies

Leadership & Professionalism-Early Stage

• Research Ethics course – GRAD 721
• Individual Development Plan
• Financial Planning
• Time & Stress Management
• Navigating Departmental Culture

Leadership & Professionalism-Mid Stage

• Individual Development Plan
• Etiquette Luncheon
• Time & Stress Management

Leadership & Professionalism-Late Stage

• Teaching Portfolio Workshop
• Etiquette Luncheon
• Research Administration Workshop

• Professional Communications: Emails that Work

  Email is one of the most challenging com … Continued

• Becoming An Effective Mentor

  This workshop is intended for graduate students and postdocs in the natural or medical sciences that are interested in mentoring undergraduate students in scientific research. Good mentoring can be learned! This mentoring skills workshop will offer a framework for developing a philosophy and style to guide decisions and actions in working with undergraduate students as well as a forum in which to discuss dilemmas that arise in working with those students. REGISTER: http://tinyurl.com/9dqcsdc

• Time & Stress Management

  Learn about time management, self-care, … Continued

• Professionalism and Creating an Individual Development Plan

  Students will engage in a self-assessmen … Continued

• Navigating Organizational Culture

  Participants in this workshop will learn … Continued

• Etiquette Luncheon

  Learn about the do’s and don’ts of profe … Continued

• Presentation Skills for Corporate Culture

  You may be an expert at delivering acade … Continued

• Honor Court System from a TA Perspective

  A working session to understand the Hono … Continued

• New Principal Investigator (PI) Training for Graduate Students

  This workshop will focus on what doctora … Continued

• Communicating Your Research/Scholarship

  Being able to orally communicate what yo … Continued

• Taxes and Savings: Practical Tips

  What do taxes and savings have to do wit … Continued

• Credit? How It Really Works

  The good, the bad, and confusing parts o … Continued

• Honoring Creativity on Campus Through an Understanding of Copyright and Plagiarism

  Before you can play any game well and sa … Continued

• Corporate Influence on LGBT Health: Examining the LGBT Tobacco Epidemic

  Why do U.S. LGBT communities have 50% hi … Continued

• Queer Conversations: LGBTIQ Consumer/Producer Interface at Comic-Con International and the Intransitive Writing of Comics

   Ben Bolling, PhD Candidate in English, … Continued

• Coping Strategy or Social Behavior?: Findings from a Mixed-Methods Study of Alcohol Use among Immigrant Sexual Minority Latinos in North Carolina

  In this seminar, Paul Gilbert, PhD Candi … Continued

• Presidential Management Fellowship Information Session

  Learn about the process for applying for … Continued

• Graduate & Professional Student Safe Zone Training

  The LGBTQ Center and Graduate School are … Continued

• Leadership Workshop: My Leadership Style and Yours

  Using a version of the MBTI as a diagnos … Continued

• Leadership Workshop: Working in Teams

  The goal of this two hour workshop is to … Continued

• Basics of Entrepreneurship

  This workshop is designed to help gradua … Continued

• Emotional Intelligence: An Important Aspect of Leadership

  Emotional intelligence is a critical com … Continued

• Presentation Skills for Corporate Culture

  You may be an expert at delivering acade … Continued

• Managing Conflict: A Key Organizational Skill

  Conflict is an inevitable dimension of o … Continued

• Managing People: Peoplemap Training

  Effective communications and productive … Continued

• Integrating Professional Skills Development with Undergraduate Liberal Arts Instruction

  Undergraduate liberal arts students ofte … Continued

• Gender at Work: Barriers and Strategies

  Because the culture in many organization … Continued

• Library Leadership Symposium

  The Library Leadership Symposium will in … Continued

• Investing 101 for Graduate Students

  This session will cover topics to help g … Continued

• Navigating Organizational Culture

  A key organizational skill for graduate … Continued

• The Imposter Syndrome with Valerie Young

  Do you secretly worry that others will f … Continued

• TAs and the Honor Court System

  This event is being held to facilitate c … Continued

• Financial Literacy: Personal Finances

  This workshop will provide insights and … Continued

• Stepping Up, Not Stepping Aside: Chancellor Carol Folt

  We invite you to come hear about Chancel … Continued

• Etiquette Luncheon

  Join us for a luncheon at the Carolina I … Continued

• Leadership Development: Managing People & Projects

  Effective communications and productive … Continued

• Future Proofing Your Ph.D.

  This two hour long workshop will discuss … Continued

• The Missing Link: Collaboration between Allied Health Sciences and Education

  Dr. Emily Kertcher will provide an overv … Continued

• Financial Literacy: Investing and Retirement

  How do you manage risks and investing fo … Continued

• Just-in-Time Job Search: Interviewing and Professional Skills

  Trying to make decisions about your next … Continued

• Annual Career Symposium

  Join us for our 5th annual day of worksh … Continued

• Graduate Altac Working Group – First Meeting

  This is a planning event for the UNC Alt … Continued

• Other Pathways: Networking with Alternative Academics

  Are you a graduate student who is intere … Continued

• Honor System Q&A for Teaching Assistants

  Honor System Q&A for Teaching Assist … Continued

• MBTI for Graduate Students

  Learn how your personality preferences c … Continued

• Assertiveness, Active Listening, and Change Management

  Participants will learn to be more effec … Continued

• Financial Literacy: Taxes and Savings

  What do taxes and savings have to do wit … Continued

• Work/Life Integration: A Different Approach to Balancing Work and Life

  Most of us have heard the term, “work/li … Continued

• Green Zone Training – for graduate & professional students

  Green Zone training is a way to learn mo … Continued

• Honor System: Q&A for TAs

  Please join us for a question and answer … Continued

• Resiliency, Imposter Syndrome, and Learning Optimism

  NEW for 2016!  As graduate students, it’ … Continued

• Developing Your Strengths: StrengthsFinder for Graduate Students

  Our talents and strengths can be applied … Continued

• Presidential Management Fellowship

  Information session to explain the Presi … Continued

• Green Zone Training

  Green Zone training is for students, fac … Continued

• Green Zone Training

  Green Zone training is for students, fac … Continued

• Green Zone Training

  Green Zone training is for students, fac … Continued

• Safe Zone Training

  Safe Zone Training is a program of UNC-C … Continued

• Collaboration, Collectivity and Consciousness: Retaining Graduate Students of Color

  Collaboration, Collectivity and Consciou … Continued

• Cross-Cultural Communication: Implicit Bias, Stereotype Threat, Imposter Syndrome

  The student-led Cross-Cultural Leadershi … Continued

• Financial Literacy: Invest Today Secure Tomorrow

  This workshop is targeted at those who a … Continued

• Prioritizing Wellness: Stress Management for Graduate Students

  Life as a graduate student is often stre … Continued

• Enhancing Interpersonal and Leadership Effectiveness

  This workshop has been rescheduled for F … Continued

• Etiquette Luncheon

  This luncheon seminar will provide insig … Continued

• Resiliency, Imposter Syndrome, and Learning Optimism

  As graduate students, it’s critical to l … Continued

• Enhancing Interpersonal and Leadership Effectiveness

  The desired outcome of this session is t … Continued

• A Networking Practice Workshop

  Spend time practicing the new networking … Continued

• Financial Literacy: Taxes and Savings

  What do taxes and savings have to do wit … Continued

• Communication Styles and Conflict Resolution

  Effective communication is critical to s … Continued

• Resiliency, Imposter Syndrome, and Learning Optimism

  As graduate students, it’s critical to l … Continued

• Communication Styles and Conflict Resolution

  Effective communication is critical to s … Continued

• Creating a Teaching Statement and Portfolio

  Participants will assess their own teach … Continued

• Three Minute Thesis Information Session

  This session will highlight the requirem … Continued

• Investments and Retirement

  This interactive workshop is great for t … Continued

• Preparing for Homeownership

  It’s never too early to prepare for home … Continued

• Getting Out of Your Head and Into the Moment: An Applied Improv Workshop Series for Graduate Students

  This four-part series is an experiential … Continued

• Resiliency, Imposter Syndrome, and Optimism

  As graduate students, it’s critical to l … Continued

• Communication Styles and Conflict Resolution

  Effective communication is critical to s … Continued

• Facilitation Training for Graduate Students

  This series of facilitation training wor … Continued

• L.E.A.D. Workshop Series: Conflict Management

  The Student Life & Leadership (SLL) … Continued

• L.E.A.D. Workshop Series: Values-Based Leadership

  The Student Life & Leadership (SLL) … Continued

• Financial Literacy: Investments and Retirement

  This interactive workshop is intended to … Continued

• Preparing for the Academic Job Market

  This hands-on workshop will provide part … Continued

• Self-Assessment/Career Exploration Series for Graduate/Professional Students – Strengths Finder

  Take your self-assessment and goal setti … Continued

• Self-Assessment/Career Exploration Series for Graduate/Professional Students – Using Career Navigation Tools

  Learn about online tools designed to fur … Continued

• Self-Assessment/Career Exploration Series for Graduate/Professional Students – Career Compass Exploration

  Take your self-assessment and goal setti … Continued

• Financial Literacy: Taxes and Savings

  What do taxes and savings have to do wit … Continued

• Improvisation training to improve communication and active listening with Bianca Casusol

  https://thepit-chapelhill.com/bianca-cas … Continued

• Mentorship Series Workshop: Navigating Critical Conversations with Advisors

  Are you a graduate or professional stude … Continued

• Establishing and Maintaining Mentoring Relationships

  Mentoring relationship are critical for … Continued

• Enhancing Interpersonal and Leadership Effectiveness

  The desired outcome of this session is t … Continued

• STEM focused Safe Zone Training

  The STEM Pride organization is pleased t … Continued

• Ubiquitous Stress: Responsive Mentorship in the Higher Education Mental Health Crisis

  Join us to hear grad students, postdocs, … Continued

• Gallup Strengths Workshop

  Discover your innate natural talents, th … Continued

• Classroom Management Strategies

  Managing a course (and students) is alwa … Continued

• Gallup Strengths Workshop

  Discover your innate natural talents, th … Continued

• Professional Networking

  A rich web of professional relationships … Continued

• Resiliency and Imposter Syndrome

  As graduate students, it’s critical to l … Continued

• Communication Styles and Conflict Resolution

  Effective communication is critical to s … Continued

• Effective Mentoring

  Mentoring principles are universal and a … Continued

• Graduate and Professional Student Safe Zone Training

  Safe Zone is a program designed to creat … Continued

• Enhancing Interpersonal and Leadership Effectiveness

  The desired outcome of this session is t … Continued

• Developing Leadership Skills

  Lauren Celano, founder and CEO of Propel … Continued

• Effective Mentoring

  Mentoring principles are universal and a … Continued

• Effective Mentoring

  Mentoring principles are universal and a … Continued

• Effective Mentoring

  Mentoring principles are universal and a … Continued

• Effective Mentoring

  Mentoring principles are universal and a … Continued

• Green Zone Training

  Green Zone is for faculty, staff, and st … Continued

• Green Zone Training

  Green Zone is for faculty, staff, and st … Continued

• Teaching Assistant Safe Zone Training

  Safe Zone is a program designed to creat … Continued

• Green Zone Training for Graduate & Professional Students

  This Green Zone training is specifically … Continued

• Effective Mentoring

  Mentoring principles are universal and a … Continued

• Effective Mentoring

  Mentoring principles are universal and a … Continued

• Effective Mentoring

  Mentoring principles are universal and a … Continued

• Effective Mentoring

  Mentoring principles are universal and a … Continued

• Safe Zone training for Teaching Assistants

  Safe Zone is a program designed to creat … Continued

• Using myIDP to Plan and Launch Your Post-PhD career

  MyIDP is a free tool designed to empower … Continued

• Tips on How to Build Your Leadership Brand

  The event will be facilitated by Ms. Pat … Continued

• Ethics in the Classroom

  The intent of this workshop is to provid … Continued

• Survive and Thrive! A ‘New’ TA Institute

  Survive and Thrive! As a graduate studen … Continued

• Effective Mentoring

  This mentoring workshop series (CIMER: E … Continued

• Effective Mentoring

  This mentoring workshop series (CIMER: E … Continued

• Effective Mentoring

  This mentoring workshop series (CIMER: E … Continued

• Effective Mentoring

  This mentoring workshop series (CIMER: E … Continued

• Building and Leading Successful Research Teams

  Are you wondering how to build your rese … Continued

• Leadership Week: Bell Leadership Symposium

  The Bell Symposium is an event dedicated … Continued

• Leadership Week: Creating Your Leadership Philosophy

  In this interactive session, you will be … Continued