Core Competency Actions, Programs & Events

Communication-Early Stage

• Initiate mentoring relationships
• Learn conventions of communication within your discipline
• Formulate and present research plan

Academic Development-Early Stage

• 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

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

Career Development-Early Stage

• Explore University Career Services resources
• Complete self-assessments
• Develop career goals
• Create a CV

Communication-Early Stage

• Graduate Funding Workshops
• PITAP courses, GRAD 810 and GRAD 811 courses
• GRAD 704: Effective Presentation Skills
• Individual Development Plan
• Communicating Your Science

Academic Development-Early Stage

• 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

Career Development-Early Stage

• Individual Development Plan
• Networking for Graduate Students
• Career Panels/Networking Nights
• Career symposium

• Managing Up: Navigating Power and Relationships (in-person)

  Managing up is an essential skill in alm … Continued

• Inclusive STEM Teaching Project

  The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project cour … Continued

• Supporting Neurodivergent Students

  Learn about common forms of neurodiversi … Continued

• An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching

  Learn about STEM teaching through online … Continued

• Strengths 101 (in-person)

  This session will allow graduate student … Continued

• Tracking Your Research Impact (online)

  After this workshop, participants will b … Continued

• Preparing for Research Success: Data Management (online)

  After this workshop, participants will b … Continued

• Ethics in the Classroom (online)

  The intent of this workshop is to provid … Continued

• Resume Workshop for Humanists and Social Scientists

  This workshop will introduce participant … Continued

• Survive and Thrive! A New TA Institute (in-person)

  Survive and Thrive! As a graduate studen … Continued