Professional Development Catalyst Series
Fall of the First Year
This course allows you to practice the skills you will need as a professional scientist. Meetings are held weekly on South Campus.
Date |
Name |
TBD |
Welcome and Information Session |
Week 1 |
Adapting to Academic Expectations of Graduate School |
Week 2 |
The Ins and Outs of Choosing a Mentor |
Week 3 |
Rotation Impressions: Do's and Don'ts |
Week 4 |
Conflict Resolution & Myers-Briggs Personality Types |
Week 5 |
Efficient Reading: Anatomy of a Science Paper-
review of articles by Salazar J et al |
Week 6 |
Planning and designing protocols & experiments |
Week 7 |
Graphical Data Visualization tools and techniques |
Week 8 |
How to make Poster and Oral Presentations |
Week 9 |
Essential Public Speaking Skills: Toast Master 101! |
Week 10 |
Hypothesis Driven Research Questions |
Week 11 |
Short term vs Long term research goals!- from lab rotations |
Week 12 |
Writing scientific articles and publications |
Weekend |
Social Event |
Week 13 |
Semester Round-Up: Reflections |
Dr. Raj Rajnarayanan, Facilitator
Light dinner will be served.
Research Communication Workshops
Spring of the First Year
Sharpen your writing, critical reading, and presentation skills.
Meetings are held weekly on South Campus.
Scientific Communication for Success Workshops
Second Year
The RC and SCS workshops will provide an ongoing opportunity for you to improve your scientific reading, writing, and public communication skills. Emphasis will be on small group peer-mentored activities where participants give and receive feedback on pending projects such as lab rotation reports, public presentations and grant applications. Through continued reinforcement of the practices first presented in the PDC series, participants will sharpen their communication skills and be expected to gradually assume more of a mentoring role in the workshop activities. Overall, you will hone your oral presentation and scientific writing skills as you develop and execute hypothesis-driven research.
SCS meetings are held biweekly on South Campus.
Fall 2010 semester: Tuesdays at 5PM; 124 Farber Hall.
Dr. Margarita L. Dubocovich, Facilitator
Light dinner will be served.
CLICK HERE FOR THE CURRENT SCSW SCHEDULE
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