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
The Graduate School is pleased to announce an innovative program to assist graduate students in exploring and preparing for a variety of non-academic career options. http://gradschool.unc.edu/funding/gradschool/blandfellowship.html University Career Services, in collaboration with The Graduate School, will provide an information session/workshop … Read more
The Graduate School is pleased to announce an innovative program to assist graduate students in exploring and preparing for a variety of non-academic career options. http://gradschool.unc.edu/funding/gradschool/blandfellowship.html University Career Services, in collaboration with The Graduate School, will provide an information session/workshop … Read more
Are you teaching a course for the first time this Spring? 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, a course plan, … Read more
Would you like a career in emerging, high-growth areas within health care and science? Join us as industry professionals discuss opportunities for science graduates in today’s leading organizations. Learn how to make your own important contributions in the science work … Read more
Peter Fiske (Ph.D., Geochemistry and Materials Science, 1993) is a seasoned executive with over two decades of experience founding startups and commercializing new technologies. He also wrote the science careers classic, “Put Your Science to WORK!” and regularly speaks to … Read more
In this half-day workshop, three Ph.D.-level coaches present on how to network and interview successfully by encouraging participants to be intentional, authentic, and articulate in their networking and interviewing process. Equipped with those three tenets, job seekers become empowered and … Read more
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ). The exercise challenges graduate students to present a compelling oration on their thesis topic and its significance in just three minutes. 3MT® develops academic, … Read more
PhD and postdoctoral trainees will hear from new and seasoned faculty and administrators on a range of topics related to pursuing careers within higher education. Two concurrent STEM- and Humanities/Social Sciences-focused academic faculty panels will be offered. The event format … Read more
After briefly telling her own post-PhD story, Dr. Chambers will unmask the real PhD career pipeline and reveal contrasting notions of “results” inside and outside the academy. Then she will lead attendees in a well-organized sequence of hands-on activities in … Read more
