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September 2017
Managing Academic Relationships
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: MANAGING ACADEMIC RELATIONSHIPS To build the strong professional relationships that are essential to a career in academia, it’s important to understand what makes a great partnership and how you can consciously work toward improving your connections with others. Drawing from best practices and research in the field of leadership, this interactive workshop will help you develop a new set of skills for creating and maintaining relationships with colleagues, mentors, and others in your professional…
Find out more »Writing Workshop Series: Goal Setting and Project Management
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: WRITING WORKSHOP SERIES: GOAL SETTING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT 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. ***Note the writing workshop series is a year-long initiative! Watch for more sessions in this semester and spring semester.…
Find out more »Women In Film, Literature, and the Arts Discussion Series: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE and THE ASSOCIATION FOR FACULTY WOMEN PRESENT: WOMEN IN FILM, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS DISCUSSION SERIES Literature Discussion- Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg A special discussion with Dr. Noel Schulz The Women in Film, Literature, and the Arts Discussion Series is hosted by the Professional Development Initiative (PDI) in partnership with the Association for Faculty Women (AFW) as a means for students, faculty and staff to read a book,…
Find out more »The Cheeky Scientist Series: Resumes & Transferable
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…
Find out more »October 2017
Submitting Your Thesis and Dissertation
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…
Find out more »Leadership Workshop Series: Courageous Conversations: Building Agency and Transforming Your Life – One Conversation at a Time
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS: BUILDING AGENCY AND TRANSFORMING YOUR LIFE- ONE CONVERSATION AT A TIME Are you feeling overworked and underappreciated? Does your faculty (or family) keep asking more of you, somewhat oblivious to your workload? Are you struggling with your peers and colleagues, wanting to offer feedback but afraid of the delivery? Challenging conversations call for courage, skill and intentionality. They ask us to put voice to issues that are heavy, cumbersome and confusing. They…
Find out more »Learning to thrive, not just survive: Developing resiliency in grad school- Vancouver Campus
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: LEARNING TO THRIVE, NOT JUST SURVIVE: DEVELOPING RESILIENCY IN GRAD SCHOOL Vancouver Campus Dr. Denise Yost, Director of the CTLL 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…
Find out more »Learning to thrive, not just survive: Developing resiliency in grad school- Spokane Campus
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: LEARNING TO THRIVE, NOT JUST SURVIVE: DEVELOPING RESILIENCY IN GRAD SCHOOL Caitlin Bletscher, 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 more productive,…
Find out more »Writing workshop Series: Critical Reading Strategies
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…
Find out more »Learning to thrive, not just survive: Developing resiliency in grad school- Tricities Campus
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: LEARNING TO THRIVE, NOT JUST SURVIVE: DEVELOPING RESILIENCY IN GRAD SCHOOL Tri-Cities Campus Anna Whitehall, 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…
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