January 2021 Graduate School Symposium
Join the Graduate School for our semiannual “Invest in Your Success Symposium” which takes place January 19 - 22. This winter’s all-virtual symposium features sessions on setting your semester goals, honing your visual designs, virtual networking and presentations, and much more. Consider how you can use all of these workshop opportunities to develop new skills on your Grad Pathway. For questions about the symposium, please contact gs-events@umd.edu.
Learn more details about each day's sessions by clicking on the day of the week in the schedule below.
Register for any or all sessions by clicking the session titles below.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 | |
| TIME | SESSION NAME / ZOOM REGISTRATION |
| 8:45 - 9:45 am | Morning Write-in |
| 10:00 - 11:00 am | Set Your Spring Goals: Make a Semester Plan |
| 11:15 - 12:15 pm | Designing for Visual Impact |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm | Wellness Session: Combating Stress with Mindfulness |
| 4:00 - 5:30 pm | Speed Friending/Game Night with GSL |
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 | |
| TIME | SESSION NAME / ZOOM REGISTRATION |
| 8:45 - 9:45am | Morning Write-in |
Thursday, January 21, 2021 | |
| TIME | SESSION NAME / ZOOM REGISTRATION |
| 8:45 - 9:45 am | Morning Write-in |
| 10:00 - 11:00 am | Presenting Yourself Online |
| 11:15 - 12:15 pm | Engage, Thrive, Connect: Effective Virtual Networking |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm | First Year Experiences with GradTerp Alumni |
| 4:00 - 5:30 pm | Grad Terp Exchange |
Friday, January 22, 2021 | |
| TIME | SESSION NAME / ZOOM REGISTRATION |
| 8:45 - 9:45 am | Morning Write-in |
| 10:00 - 11:00 am | Equity and Social Justice Reading “Putting Band-Aids on Things That Need Stitches: Immigration and the Landscape of Care in Rural America” Thurka Sangaramoorthy, Ph.D. |
| 11:30 -12:30 pm | January 2021 Rita B. Leahy Career Series for PhDs-Careers in Biotechnology |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm | Pivoting to Your Plan B Career with ImaginePhD |