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Graduate Funding: Sciences and Health Sciences

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Currently enrolled Carolina graduate and professional students at all levels seeking fellowships, dissertation support, research grants, travel, and other awards are welcome to attend a Funding Information Workshop. We provide general instruction on getting the most out of our online … Read more

Graduate Funding: Humanities and Social Sciences

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Currently enrolled Carolina graduate and professional students at all levels seeking fellowships, dissertation support, research grants, travel, and other awards are welcome to attend a Funding Information Workshop. We provide general instruction on getting the most out of our online … Read more

Creating a Teaching Statement and Portfolio

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Participants will assess their own teaching style and be able to communicate important aspects to a search committee via a teaching statement.  During this workshop, participants will learn how to prepare a competitive application package for teaching-oriented careers. Participants will … Read more

Communication Styles and Conflict Resolution

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Effective communication is critical to success in our professional careers as well as daily interactions. This workshop will provide opportunities to assess your communication style, learn strategies on how to best interact with others who may not share your style, … Read more

Energizing the Classroom: Integrating Active Learning Techniques

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Education research has definitively shown that the benefits of active learning in the undergraduate classroom far surpass traditional lecturing. Participants will learn a range of ways to engage students in the learning process, address higher order thinking, and develop ways … Read more

Resiliency, Imposter Syndrome, and Learning Optimism

Thursday, July 13, 2017

As graduate students, it’s critical to learn how to deal with challenges and set-backs to progress and advance personally and professionally. Participants will learn evidence-based strategies to develop a growth mindset, reduce ANTs, minimize imposter fears, increase optimism and how … Read more

Backward Course Design

Thursday, July 13, 2017

What should students learn by the end of your course?  How will they learn and how will they know they learned what they should are key questions instructors need to answer for themselves and for their students.  This workshop will … Read more

Building an Effective Syllabus

Thursday, July 13, 2017

This workshop will guide participants’ development of a course syllabus with important components, tone, learning goals, policies, guidelines and ways to invite student engagement.  Participants are encouraged to bring their own examples of syllabi for discussion. REGISTER: http://tinyurl.com/y7wxwscg

Teaching in Challenging Times

Monday, February 27, 2017

This workshop is designed to help graduate students reflect upon how they negotiate the intersections of their personal and professional identities in their classrooms. We will unpack a case study together and discuss a recent op-ed from the New York … Read more