Core Competency Actions, Programs & Events
Actions:
• Initiate mentoring relationships
• Learn conventions of communication within your discipline
• Formulate and present research plan
• Develop presentation skills for discipline and non-discipline specific audiences
• Write for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Communicate with mentors effectively
• Present research at national conferences
• Publish research/scholarship
• Present research at national conferences
• Publish research/scholarship
• Maintain professional networks
• Connect coursework to research & scholarship
• Seek funding to support projects
• Explore resources to support academic development
• Attend TA orientation & teaching workshops
• Plan research projects
• Seek out teaching opportunities
• Mentor undergraduates
• Develop collaborative relationships to support research projects
• Attend teaching workshops
• Assess and modify research plans
• Develop a teaching portfolio
• Serve as manuscript reviewer for journals in your field
• Mentor undergraduates
• Form dissertation writing groups
• Synthesize teaching statement/portfolio
• Finalize projects and submit approvals
• Formulate 5-year research plan
• Attend Ethics trainings and seminars
• Create an Individual Development Plan (IDP)
• Seek leadership and service opportunities
• Join professional organizations and build internal and external networks
• Take on leadership positions
• Contribute to team-based projects
• Troubleshoot issues and propose creative solutions
• Manage project budget and personnel
• Provide feedback to peers on presentations, manuscripts, & grants
• Serve as a role model for junior graduate students
• Maintain professional networks
• Plan for transition after graduate studies
• Explore University Career Services resources
• Complete self-assessments
• Develop career goals
• Create a CV
• Identify external opportunities, internships, work experiences aligned with career goals
• Document research and teaching accomplishments (IDP)
• Modify career goals if needed
• Document research and teaching accomplishments on CV
• Finalize CV, cover letters, research and teaching statements
• Apply for positions aligned with your career goals
• Learn how to interview and negotiate job offers
Programs:
• Graduate Funding Workshops
• PITAP courses, GRAD 810 and GRAD 811 courses
• GRAD 704: Effective Presentation Skills
• Individual Development Plan
• Communicating Your Science
• GRAD 704: Effective Presentation Skills
• Individual Development Plan
• Social Media & Branding
• Communicating Your Science
• Dissertation Writing Bootcamps
• Formatting Theses and Dissertations
• CV and Cover Letter Writing workshops
• Teaching Portfolio Workshop
• Interviewing & Negotiation Skills
• Social Media & Branding
• Communicating Your Science
• Teaching workshops
• Graduate Funding Workshops
• PITAP courses, GRAD 810 and GRAD 811 courses
• Becoming an Effective Mentor
• Navigating Departmental Culture
Academic Development-Mid Stage
• Teaching workshops
• Becoming an Effective Mentor
• Dissertation Writing Bootcamps
• Teaching Portfolio Workshop
• Writing A Research Statement
• Navigating Departmental Culture
• Formatting Theses and Dissertations
• Research Ethics course – GRAD 721
• Individual Development Plan
• Financial Planning
• Time & Stress Management
• Navigating Departmental Culture
• Individual Development Plan
• Etiquette Luncheon
• Time & Stress Management
• Teaching Portfolio Workshop
• Etiquette Luncheon
• Research Administration Workshop
• Individual Development Plan
• Networking for Graduate Students
• Career Panels/Networking Nights
• Career symposium
• Career Symposium
• Individual Development Plan
• Networking for Graduate Students
• Career Panels/Networking Nights
• Branding Yourself: Using Social Media
• CV and Cover Letter Writing workshops
• Resume Rescue
• Teaching Portfolio Workshop
• Networking for Graduate Students
• Career Panels/Networking Nights
• Job Search Circle
• Career Symposium
• Navigating Departmental Culture
• Branding Yourself: Using Social Media
• Research Administration Workshop
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