Writing Workshops Spring 2025
Many of your professors and programs want you to write "in APA style." And while the APA Publication Manual is many things, it is not terribly user friendly. Nor can it help you figure out what elements your professors consider central to APA and what things they think are superfluous. This workshop can't exactly do that either, but it will cover the core baseline principles of writing in APA, including citations, formatting, clarity, and style.
Session 1
Date: January 30, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Session 2
Date: February 12, 2025
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Session 3
Date: March 19, 2025
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom
The dynamics of the graduate school workload are unique, and it is often a challenge to integrate academic demands into the rest of life. This workshop gives you tools to thrive during graduate school by providing time management techniques to increase efficiency, plan effectively, and achieve work-life balance. It will also touch on reading and notetaking strategies to help manage your class workload as productively as painlessly as possible.
Session 1
Date: January 28, 2025
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Session 2
Date: February 20, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Creating a thesis or dissertation is no small task in your academic journey, and assembling the right committee can make all the difference. The "Developing a Thesis/Dissertation Committee" workshop is designed to guide graduate students through the process of forming a committee that will support and enhance your research.
Session 1
Date: February 5, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Session 2
Date: April 15, 2025
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location : Zoom
Many graduate students are expected to take effective notes, but have not been formally taught how to do so. In this webinar, you will learn tips and best practices for making the most of your time reading by developing targeted notes. This webinar will explore how you can approach readings to maximize your time and provide you with tips on how to develop useful note-taking strategies. You will leave with different note-taking approaches for various research contexts. This webinar will provide you with ideas about how to write clear notes that can help you write your papers, thesis, or dissertation.
Date: February 26, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Date: March 11, 2025
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The requirement to produce an abstract in different contexts typically requires meeting slightly different sets of expectations. This is the case with the two most common types: conference abstracts and journal article abstracts. Beyond just summarizing your work, a strong abstract should contextualize it within some larger academic conversation. It should also give the reader a sense of why it is worth reading your whole paper or attending your whole talk. This workshop will introduce strategies for outlining abstracts, as well as ways to adapt your abstracts for different purposes or audiences.
Date: March 13, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Date: April 22, 2025
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Students, are you looking to elevate the quality of your academic writing, boost your grades, and impress your professors with well-crafted essays and research papers? If so, our "Editing and Revising Academic Work" is the perfect workshop opportunity for you to sharpen your editing and revising skills.
Session 1
Date: February 12, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Session 2
Date: March 20, 2025
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Does feedback from your professor confuse you? Join our "Managing Faculty Feedback" Graduate Student Workshop to gain proficiency in understanding, processing, and effectively incorporating feedback from professors.
Session 1
Date: February 27, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Session 2
Date: March 4, 2025
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
