Workshops and Events
Getting the Mentoring You Need
July 10, 2024, 1:00PM - 2:00PM
WALC 2051
Open to grad students and postdocs only
Start your mentoring off on the right track by joining Dr. Kevin Gisbon by learning about best practices.
Imposter Syndrome
July 23, 2024, 3:00PM - 4:15PM
YONG B-83
Open to grad students and postdocs only
Part of maturing as a graduate student is finding your voice and the confidence to know that you belong in your academic discipline. Any individual can be impacted by the impostor syndrome (IS), but minorities in a field are more susceptible, so addressing this early in your career is important. In this session, we will introduce examples of IS, and its implications on mental health, as well as its impact on social justice. Quick tips on the power of positive thinking will be given.
Mentoring Dialogues
July 23, 2024, 1:30PM - 2:30PM
YONG B-83
Open to grad students and postdocs only
Join Graduate Dean Emeritus Dr. Linda Mason for an unstructured discussion on mentoring. Discussions are loosely based on the curriculum developed by the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) and include the following topics (but not limited to this... we will go where the discussion takes us) this semester: maintaining effective communication with your mentor, aligning expectations in your mentoring relationship, and how to develop a mentoring team. The discussions are intended to help graduate students strengthen their mentoring relationships with their major professors and other mentors in their academic careers.
The Push and Pull of Mentoring
July 24, 2024, 10:00AM - 11:00AM
YONG B-83
Open to grad students and postdocs only
Join Graduate Dean Emeritus Dr. Linda Mason for an unstructured discussion on mentoring. Discussions are loosely based on the curriculum developed by the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) and include the following topics this semester: maintaining effective communication with your mentor, aligning expectations in your mentoring relationship, and do you need multiple mentors? Each discussion will feature one of these topics. The discussions are intended to help graduate students strengthen their mentoring relationships with their major professors and other mentors in their academic career.