This workshop will introduce participants to the genre of the resume and discuss how to translate your graduate-level humanities and social science experience for employers outside academia. The focus will be on job searches within the U.S. (The primary audience … Read more

The intent of this workshop is to provide graduate student TA’s guidance and practical approaches to maintain integrity in their teaching practices, identify and address their own implicit biases, and key aspects of FERPA. The workshop will be interactive and … Read more

Survive and Thrive! As a graduate student, being assigned a Teaching Assistant role for the first time–or with an expanded set of TA responsibilities–can feel daunting. This 4-hour institute provides graduate students with functional skills central to their success in … Read more

Are you teaching a course for the first time as an instructor of record? Have you taught before and want to revise or refresh the content? This workshop will use Backward Course Design to assist instructors on developing a syllabus, … Read more

If you’re wondering, “What can I do with my PhD?” you’re not alone. One of the most common challenges PhDs face in their career transition is figuring out what career options are open to them. Identifying careers that align with … Read more

The Global Perspective in Biomedicine (GPB) is coming back with our seminar series: Science Without Borders – which features scientists with international backgrounds. This series hopes to complement the ongoing effort of university-wide discussion on diversity and inclusion in academia by encouraging … Read more

Ten graduate students from graduate institutions across North Carolina will have three minutes to showcase their research and its impact. The audience will also the chance to vote for the peoples’ choice award during the event! REGISTER HERE

Speaker: Rebecca M Price, Ph.D.(Professor, UW Bothell) After providing a brief overview of how pervasive deficit thinking is in STEM education, and how deficit thinking interferes with efforts to increase diversity in STEM, we will consider asset-based teaching models and … Read more

Are you someone who struggles with the question: “tell me about yourself?” If so, you are not alone. Throughout our university experiences we often devote ourselves to academic research and learning but find it difficult to talk about ourselves to … Read more

UNC’s Summer Institute for College Teaching is a professional development experience for any faculty, postdocs, and graduate students who are interested in learning about the best practices for brining active learning to their classrooms.  It will be held in-person from … Read more