Events
The Rita B. Leahy Career Series for PhDs brings current doctoral students, postdocs, and Maryland alumni together to meet and explore career opportunities for PhDs. Each session of the series focuses on one broad career area and features alumni from different disciplines doing meaningful work related to that area. The 2020-2021 series features eight sessions focused on careers in: research, data science, biotechnology, federal agencies, policy and advocacy, entrepreneurial ventures, communications, and public health. Specific dates and times, registration links, and the names of the alumni speakers for each session are listed on the series website: go.umd.edu/leahyseries.
For more information, contact Dr. Susan Martin (smarti18@umd.edu).
If you are a doctoral student or a postdoc seeking careers in industry and non-profits, come learn about the most effective job search strategies for entering the market.
For more information, contact April Fuller (amfuller@umd.edu).
To join the academic conversation of your field, you’ll do a lot of reading and writing about texts. Knowing how to write an effective summary will be a key skill to develop. You’ll write summaries for reading notes, course assignments, and papers or articles—and summarizing can take a long time (not to mention that not doing it well could lead to plagiarism). In this workshop, we’ll look at some templates and strategies for writing effective summaries. To make the workshop work for you, you might attend with an article you need to summarize in mind.
10/8, 4-5pm: Workshop Time for "Writing Effective Summaries"; Students should watch the recording and come with questions to discuss.
New to research at the graduate level or just need a refresher? Not sure how to move from research to writing? Join us for this workshop, offered in conjunction with librarians from the Research Commons, focusing on entering an academic conversation through research and writing. The workshop will cover graduate-specific library privileges, effective research and citation practices, writing from sources, and a general introduction to the literature review process.
Networking and informational interviews are powerful tools for exploring career options. Attendees will learn specific ways in this brief workshop about the best ways to network and conduct informational interviews.
For more information, contact April Fuller (amfuller@umd.edu).
The October Graduate Student Circle Session will focus on aspects of work-life balance, including how to improve it and how to address barriers to it.
Networking, Networking, Networking. You keep hearing that you MUST do it to explore careers and find job and internships--but what exactly is networking? Learn what networking is and how to do it even if you are REALLY uncomfortable! Get specific tips about the small steps you can take to practice and get more comfortable, and expand your professional network from day one at Maryland. Current international students and recent international alumni will share their advice and stories.
For more information, contact Dr. Susan Martin (smarti18@umd.edu).
Your dissertation proposal is a step in the process. Your ideas and plans are imagined, designed, and approved. Then, inevitably, they change as you shift from proposal to dissertation. In this workshop, we’ll discuss some strategies for effectively moving your written words and plans from proposal to dissertation (we might call this upcycling!).
“Show, Don’t Tell” is a common expression in academic scholarship. This often refers to “so what?” arguments that define the urgency and significance of a presentation. This workshop will explore one strategy for meeting these demands, using narratives. Through representative anecdotes and compelling stories, participants will learn how to show their audiences why their research matters.
10/15, 4-5pm: Workshop Time for "Using Narrative to Explain Your Research"; Students should watch the recording and come with questions to discuss.
Learn the tools for finding funding opportunities and guidance on how to frame research in a grant application.
