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THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: THE CHEEKY SCIENTIST SERIES: RESUMES AND TRANSFERABLE SKILLS   Dr. Isaiah Hankel (The Cheeky Scientist) This section details how to tailor an industry resume, for industry jobs. We will highlight the main mistakes that are made on a resume and how to overcome them. We will show jobseekers the right transferrable skills that hiring mangers and recruiters are looking for industry. In addition, the layout of a resume must allow the reader to gather information within 7 seconds. We will show career professionals…

THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS:  SUBMITTING YOUR THESIS AND DISSERTATION You’ve spent years on your dissertation and it’s time to turn it in to the Graduate School. What happens then? The Graduate School’s Daniel Vickoren, Programs and Graduations Supervisor, will teach students how to understand and navigate WSU’s thesis and dissertation formatting requirements. Daniel will also debut a new thesis/dissertation template and give additional tips on the title page, abstract, chapter headings, using previously-published work, and much more. The WSU…

THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: WRITING WORKSHOP SERIES: CRITICAL READING STRATEGIES   The Critical Reading Strategies seminar will focus on active reading techniques in order to improve reading comprehension and facilitate practical application of sources into the writing process. This seminar will feature information on annotation strategies, research techniques, and critical thinking exercises. All PDI events will be available to sites other than Pullman through a web link that will be emailed to you before the event. Please make sure…

THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE  AND ADVANCE PRESENT: BUILDING A PUBLISHING PIPELINE WITH DR. ERIN FURTAK FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY    Erin Furtak, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder As academics, we have been told time and again to write often and as much as we can, but no one teaches us how to keep track of the many different projects that we may be working on at any given time. As a result, we are pulled in multiple directions, and incremental…

Dr. Zach Heiden, Department of Chemistry THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: THE ACADEMIC JOB APPLICATION   With recent government budget cuts throughout the United States and limited funds going to higher education, the availability of faculty positions have been few and far between. When a faculty position does open up, competition is high. Although many applicants are qualified, many applicants do not succeed in their search for a faculty position because they are simply not prepared well enough when they…

THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: PARTS OF A PAPER SERIES: ACADEMIC ABSTRACTS Elitza Kotzeva, PhD Candidate, Rhetoric and Composition  An academic abstract communicates complex research ideas in a concise form to help the researcher market her work. Conference organizers in their selection process usually apply their evaluation criteria to the abstract. Publishers and researchers use abstracts to sift through copious amount of scholarship. The abstract that you write represents your research and helps you successfully publish papers, participate in conferences,…