Professional Development
We believe that graduate training is holistic. For this reason, we promote our students’ professional development so that when they assume their careers — whether in academia, the private sector, government, or non-governmental organizations — they do so fully prepared and with confidence.
To that end, this section of the website is devoted to various initiatives clustered around the core components of Professional Development:
Calendar
To view the upcoming events for each component, or to import one or more of the Professional Development calendars to your own Google Calendar, see the calendar page.
If you have suggestions for events, speakers, workshops or other feedback — or would like to announce your receipt of an external grant or fellowship — please contact the professional development team at gradprofdev@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you!
Plotting the Course of Your Professional Development
To assist students in tracking their professional development activities, the Graduate School has developed a professional development activities checklist, organized by items to be done early, middle, and late in one’s career, for each of the core components of research, teaching, ethics and career. (Also available as a PDF.)
We have also developed a roadmap (PDF) that highlights the transferrable skills that are acquired in graduate training and illustrates how these skills can be applied across a range of career opportunities.
- Professional Development Blog
A collaboration of news, events and helpful hints from the departments that comprise the Graduate School Professional Development team.
If you have applied for an external grant or fellowship, please let us know!
Graduate Student Orientation
Were you overwhelmed by the possibilities at Orientation? Refresh your memory on the Professional Development presentation, or visit our Facebook Orientation photo album.