How to Decide Between an Academic and Nonacademic Career
Monday, December 9 – Thursday, December 12 | 11 – 11:45 am
Online
PhDs work wherever smart people are needed. In today’s creative economy, a faculty career isn’t the only option for PhDs who are seeking engaging and rewarding work. PhDs work in every part of the economy – industry, nonprofits, higher education, and government. But what career pathway will be right for YOU? This special workshop series is designed to walk doctoral students, PhDs and postdocs through a series of exercises to help them evaluate career options. During the series Beyond the Professoriate will talk about:
- December 9 – Introduction to Optimal Career Pathway/Career Satisfaction
- December 10 – How to identify your values
- December 11 – How to identify your most marketable skills
- December 12 – How to research career options best suited for you
Networking but Not Landing Interviews? Common Mistakes and What to Do Instead
Wednesday, December 11 | 1 – 1:30 pm
Online
Are you networking on LinkedIn but feel like it’s not going anywhere? Are your connections not responding, or sharing job opportunities? One of the most common mistakes we see master’s students make in their job search is engaging in passive versus active networking. Networking isn’t just about collecting LinkedIn connections or posting on social media; it’s about cultivating meaningful relationships and engaging with others.
Now Accepting Applications: Graduate School’s Summer 2025 Industry Internship Program
Looking to gain real-world experience and build your professional network? The Graduate School’s Summer 2025 Industry Internship Program for PhD students in the biological, physical, and social sciences offers a funded, unique opportunity to gain practical experience, develop new skills, and expand your network. Interns will work alongside professionals in dynamic employment environments, applying their knowledge to real-world challenges. Eligible applicants must be dissertators in biological, physical, or social sciences, within five years of their date of admission. Visit the Graduate School Industry Internship webpage to explore potential internship employers, read additional eligibility requirements, and apply by Monday, Dec. 30!
Spring 2025 Delta Courses Now Open for Enrollment
The Delta Program in Research, Teaching, and Learning is excited to announce that registration for Spring 2025 courses is now open! Designed for graduate students and postdocs, Delta courses offer professional development in teaching, mentoring, outreach, and advising. Participants gain evidence-based teaching practices to become effective and inclusive educators, researchers, and mentors, with skills that are highly transferable to any profession.
Research Mentor Learning Communities, Graduate Students
Delta’s Research Mentor Learning Communities are designed for graduate students who mentor undergraduate researchers and see mentoring as a key part of their future careers. If you need assistance finding a mentee, the Delta Program can offer assistance. Several sections are available, both online and in-person.
Research Mentor Learning Communities, Postdocs
Develop your mentoring skills to support a successful mentor/mentee relationship. Designed for postdocs for whom mentoring may be an important part of a future career, this learning community explores an evidence-based curriculum where you will share and learn from ideas, experiences and practices.
Capstone Seminar in Teaching and Learning
Synthesize and leverage your previous teaching professional development and experiences to prepare for the academic job market. Reflect on what you have learned, practice articulating your teaching and/or mentoring approaches in written and verbal contexts, and build community with peers. Hybrid course mostly meets asynchronously online.
Expeditions in Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning
Use experiential learning to explore evidence-based and inclusive teaching approaches within different higher education learning contexts. Learn effective approaches to course design and instruction through foundational concepts and observed practice.
Using Writing to Teach in Any Discipline
Research has shown that when students write more in a course, they learn course content more effectively and engage more deeply with the material. Learn how to use writing to promote students’ active learning and create a more inclusive learning experience in any disciplinary or course context.
Explore how to effectively use active learning in a variety of teaching and learning contexts. This course will take a “learning by doing” approach, with opportunities to examine, experience, and try out various active learning instructional methods in the college classroom.
Coming soon: Professional Development Winter Warm-Up Calendar for Graduate Students
This curated calendar of skill development and wellness activities will help you to engage and learn over the month of January. Most activities are asynchronous and require a low time commitment; some you can do on your own and some are workshops that require advance registration.
This post was authored by Lynaye Stone on 12/05/2024.