Graduate Student Workshops

The Graduate School offers the Graduate Student Workshop Series, which is designed to supplement a student's academic training by providing brief, specific skill-building sessions that focus on professional and personal development. UC faculty, alumni, staff and community partners act as topical experts presenting on such topics as oral presentation, credit and budgeting, and nonacademic career development. UC academic departments and offices also provide workshops of relevance to graduate students. UC workshops provides a collegial forum in which students can sharpen skills now while they prepare for their futures.

The Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning (CET&L) offers an array of experiential workshops and learning modules tailored to the needs of graduate teaching assistants, faculty, and others interested in improving their teaching.

University Libraries offer workshops on both East and West Campus that provide tools to support graduate students in their research.

You can download powerpoint presentations, handouts and other materials from previous workshops by going to the Past Workshops page.
  

Upcoming Workshops

Selecting and Working with Your Thesis/Dissertation Chair and Committee

Two sessions:
Tuesday, May 21, 1-2:30 p.m., TUC 427—Arts & Humanities, Social and Behavioral and Fine Arts students session
Thursday, May 23, 1-2:30 p.m., TUC 427—Physical and Life Sciences and Engineering students session
Both sessions are open to all graduate students, but we recommend that you attend the session that best fits your area of study.

This workshop will be useful to masters and doctoral students who are seeking guidance, have questions, or would simply enjoy a faculty perspective on the following topics: 

• Purpose and Uses of a research advisor and committee at different stages of degree completion (i.e. pre-comps vs. dissertation committee).
  
• Important considerations in selecting faculty to fulfill these roles.
  
• Characteristics of successful graduate students, including how productive relationships with their committees were initiated and maintained.
  
• Effective methods of potential conflict management on a committee.

Arts & Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences AND Fine Arts students session
Tuesday, May 21, 1-2:30 p.m., TUC 427

To register for this session, go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/selecting_chair_may21.

If you cannot attend in person, you can participate via webinar: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/730545430.

Physical and Life Sciences AND Engineering students session
Thursday, May 23, 1-2:30 p.m., TUC 427

To register for this session go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/selecting_chair_may23.

If you cannot attend in person, you can participate via webinar: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/798570342. 
  

Fulbright U.S. Student Application Writing Workshop

5 session workshop: 1-2 p.m. on May 29, June 12, June 26, July 10, and July 24
Swift 708
Offered by the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards

To register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Fulbright_Writing_Workshop

Participants are expected to attend all 5 sessions. Between each session participants will work on writing/revising drafts of their application proposal. This is an interactive workshop; participants will engage in guided exercises that involve reading one another's materials to offer support and feedback. Participants will find:

• Guidance on how to write a personal statement that gives voice to your unique story
• Writing strategies to engage Fulbright selection committees and inspire their excitement and trust in your proposal
• More effective writing and presentation skills, gained through practice and feedback
• A structure that keeps you focused to meet application deadlines
• A supportive climate and group of peers who will help you work through the steps required to assemble a compelling application package
   

Suggest a Workshop!

What would you like to learn? Write to us and we'll find experts to offer a workshop.