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Resiliency, Imposter Syndrome, and Learning Optimism

Monday, July 25, 2016

NEW for 2016!  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 … Read more

Instructor Talk: Building Rapport and Engaging Students in the Classroom

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

NEW for 2016!  Instructor’s non-content related communication with students is important to establish and create a more inclusive classroom. Building trust and responding to students’ learning needs are crucial for a successful learning experience.  Participants will learn about how and … Read more

Energizing the Classroom: Integrating Active Learning

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

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

Backward Course Design

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

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

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

NEW for 2016! 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.  Lunch … Read more

NIH F31 Workshop

Monday, July 18, 2016

This workshop focuses on gransmanship to write an NIH Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award, also know as an F31 grant. The purpose of this grant is “to enable promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding faculty sponsors while … Read more

NSF Grants for Graduate Students

Monday, July 18, 2016

This workshop will provide information on three NSF grant programs for graduate students at different stages of their degree programs: Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG), and the NSF Postdoctoral Fellowships. Both graduate students and … Read more

Establishing NC Residency for Tuition Purposes

Monday, July 18, 2016

Representatives from the Graduate School will facilitate an information session and field questions about the application process to establish North Carolina residency for tuition purposes. Topics will include requirements, filing periods, policies, and the decision process. Sponsored by the Graduate … Read more

Honor System: Q&A for TAs

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Please join us for a question and answer session regarding the Honor System. We will spend time on the academic honesty portions of the Instrument and talk about the role of the Teaching Assistant within the undergraduate classroom as well as graduate student … Read more