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Course Development Institute for Graduate Students (in-person)

Graduate Student Center 211A West Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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

Leadership and the Job Interview (in-person)

Graduate Student Center 211A West Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

One of the most common skills that employers seek out in their employees is leadership. This interactive workshop will provide students with the opportunity to explore their definition of leadership that will best help them in their job search process. … Read more

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Preliminary Rounds

Graduate Student Center 211A West Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland. The exercise challenges graduate students to present a compelling oration on their thesis topic and its significance in just three minutes. 3MT® develops academic, presentation, … Read more

Professional Communication Skills Boot Camp (in-person)

Graduate Student Center 211A West Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Communications Boot Camp is intended to increase students’ confidence communicating to broader audiences and practice developing persuasive skills that will create effective messaging and relay the importance of one’s research. The Boot Camp takes a development approach and is … Read more

Strengths 101 (in-person)

Graduate Student Center 211A West Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This session will allow graduate students to be able to explore their top 5 StrengthsQuest strengths. Attendees will explore how they can operate from an anti-deficit perspective in order to help them preserve through their time at UNC and beyond. … Read more

Writing a Teaching Statement and Writing a Diversity Statement

Graduate Student Center 211A West Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Becca Price (Professor, UW Bothell) will share tips and effective strategies for writing a teaching statement and diversity statement for academic positions. Sponsored by CIRTL at UNC Chapel Hill, the SPIRE Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, and Future Science Educators (FuSE). … Read more

Writing a Teaching Statement and Writing a Diversity Statement

Graduate Student Center 211A West Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Becca Price (Professor, UW Bothell) will share tips and effective strategies for writing a teaching statement and diversity statement for academic positions. Sponsored by CIRTL at UNC Chapel Hill, the SPIRE Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, and Future Science Educators (FuSE). … Read more

Shifting to Asset-Based Education: A Work in Progress

Graduate Student Center 211A West Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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

Shifting to Asset-Based Education: A Work in Progress

Graduate Student Center 211A West Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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

Tips and Tricks Using MSWord to Format Your Dissertation – PC users

Graduate Student Center 211A West Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

For most graduate students, the Ph.D. dissertation is the single largest document you have ever created, and learning to format and lay out a 200+ page document can suck up hours and even days of your precious time. Fortunately, there … Read more

Tips and Tricks Using MSWord to Format Your Dissertation – PC users

Graduate Student Center 211A West Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

For most graduate students, the Ph.D. dissertation is the single largest document you have ever created, and learning to format and lay out a 200+ page document can suck up hours and even days of your precious time. Fortunately, there … Read more

Tips and Tricks Using MSWord to Format Your Dissertation – MAC users

Graduate Student Center 211A West Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

For most graduate students, the Ph.D. dissertation is the single largest document you have ever created, and learning to format and lay out a 200+ page document can suck up hours and even days of your precious time. Fortunately, there … Read more