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Need funding? Presented by Dr. Michael Kahn, Institute of Biological Chemistry, these workshops will walk graduate students through the process of applying to the major prestigious fellowships. Workshop I provides students with valuable writing and editing experience and includes information about funding opportunities. Find out more and REGISTER. All workshops are also live-streamed from the […]

Workshop I of a yearlong writing workshop series, the Goal Setting/Project Management seminar, led in conjunction between the WSU Libraries and the Graduate and Professional Writing Center, will cover strategies for setting and meeting research, writing, and revision goals and will provide tips and suggestions for maintaining control of a project throughout the entire process. […]

Facilitated by Dr. Michael Kahn, this second Prestigious Fellowship Workshop will focus on the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship proposals. Students should bring 10 copies of a draft of each essay. For more information and to register, visit HERE, where you can a;sp find out about your eligibility and the application deadlines. Students may […]

Dr. Paula Chambers, the founder of Versatile PhD,  will meet with a handful of graduate students for an industry careers roundtable discussion. There is limited room for this event. After registering, you will be notified if you have been selected. This event will NOT be live streamed.

Sponsored by the Professional Development Initiative, this presentation offers faculty and staff a three-point plan for how to improve mentoring in the area of non-academic careers. Based on her book "Subject Matter Plus: Mentoring for Non-Academic Careers," Dr. Paul Chambers will provide concrete, doable steps that do not require a major time investment. This event […]

After briefly telling her own post-PhD story, Dr. Chambers reveals what the PhD career pipeline really looks like (it is a branchingpipeline) and contrasts academic and non-academic understandings “results.” Then she leads attendees through a well-organized sequence of hands-on activities in which they will identify their own most results-rich accomplishments from this new non-academic perspective […]

It’s become commonplace to say that PhDs have many skills that are valued outside the academy. But what gets new PhDs hired into non -academic jobs, really? Drawing from a significant corpus of qualitative data, Dr. Chambers answers that question in this presentation of primary research, revealing key activities that help PhDs develop the skills […]

Facilitated by Dr. Nairanjana Dasgupta, Boeing Science/Math Education Distinguished Professor in Mathematics and Statistics, this workshop will focus on learning about the what, when, how and why of data. Find out more and REGISTER.

Dr. Isaiah Hankel (The Cheeky Scientist) will detail how to tailor an industry resume for industry jobs. Find out more and REGISTER.