Past Events

THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS:   You're a Teaching Assistant: Congratulations!   Now What?   Dr. Paul Buckley, Professor of Chemistry Teaching and managing a class is always a challenge, even for seasoned veterans of the classroom. This workshop provides strategies to help with the everyday challenges of presenting information to students, classroom management, and fostering student engagement, retention, and success. Discussions and scenarios will focus on common situations teaching assistants experience, modeling active learning, professional preparation, and the “nuts and…

THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS:   Conversing with a Crowd Kitti Lile, Executive Speaking Coach, LinkedIn Kitti is an executive coach who has spent 30 years talking with professionals about talking!   Confident that you are already quite skilled at making presentations and presenting data, Kitti’s conversation with you will focus on building the skills to confidently converse with a crowd. She believes in our time of digital communications people are eager for connection and are motivated, influenced and moved…

THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: One-on-One Speaking Coaching with Kitti Lile - Session I   Kitti Lile, Executive Speaking Coach, LinkedIn Kitti is an executive coach who has spent 30 years talking with professionals about talking!   Confident that you are already quite skilled at making presentations and presenting data, Kitti will be offering private 40-minute coaching sessions on September 9th and 10th.  If you would like some feedback and assistance with a presentation, register for this event by clicking…

THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: One-on-One Speaking Coaching with Kitti Lile - Session II   Kitti Lile, Executive Speaking Coach, LinkedIn Kitti is an executive coach who has spent 30 years talking with professionals about talking!     Confident that you are already quite skilled at making presentations and presenting data, Kitti will be offering private 40-minute coaching sessions on September 9th and 10th.  If you would like some feedback and assistance with a presentation, register for this event by…

THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS:   LEARNING TO THRIVE, NOT JUST SURVIVE: DEVELOPING RESILIENCY IN GRAD SCHOOL   Mary Kay Patton, Clinical Assistant Professor With the many demands and challenges of graduate school, most students find themselves trying to survive.  What if this chapter could be more than just surviving?  In this workshop, we offer you valuable tools and skills that acknowledge the demands and challenges of graduate school and help you to shift your perspective to address them in a…

THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: WRITING LOCK-IN I   Are you writing your dissertation, thesis, a journal article, or other writing project? This event offers a quiet space for writers to work without distractions. Consultants from the Graduate Writing Center will be on hand to help with goal setting, accountability, writing habits, grammar, and structure in writing. Bring your laptop!   Coffee, tea, and water will be available while you write. Lunch will be provided from 12:00 - 1:00 pm.…

The Professional Development Initiative and the Association for Faculty Women present:   WORK AND WELLNESS DISCUSSION SERIES A discussion on: The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy by Maggie Berg & Barbara Seeber   A Special Discussion with: Laura Lavine, Professor-Department of Entomology Assistant Director, CAHNRS Office of Research   The Work and Wellness Discussion Series is hosted by the Professional Development Initiative (PDI) in partnership with the Association for Faculty Women (AFW) as a means for…

THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS:   Industry Resumes & Linked In Presence Dr. Isaiah Hankel (The Cheeky Scientist) In the first section of this workshop, we will detail 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 job-seekers the right transferable skills that hiring managers and recruiters are looking for industry. In addition, the layout of a resume must allow…