Spring 2025 WORKSHOP SERIES:
Submitting Your Dissertation & Thesis for Review by the Graduate School Editorial Office (PhD & Master Students)
Decrease your stress of template compliance while working towards final submission. Join us to connect with the UF Graduate School Editors to learn more about using the template. Learn how to successfully navigate the template, prepare for deadlines, and work with the Thesis, Dissertation, and Publication team.
This workshop is for master and doctoral students.
January 29, 2025 · 11:45 am to 12:45 pm · Online via Zoom
Featuring Lisa De LaCure, Anna Pardo, and Caitlin Lunzmann from the UF Graduate School Thesis, Dissertation, and Publication Team.
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Core Competency: Research Skills and Knowledge
The Non-Academic Job Search
The academic and industry job markets operate on different timelines, expectations, and hiring practices. This workshop will help graduate students understand key differences, including hiring cycles, application materials, interview structures, and professional communication norms. We'll also explore how to interpret job postings, assess fit, and strategically approach industry applications. Whether you're considering a transition or actively searching, this session will provide essential insights to help you navigate the process with confidence.
This workshop is open to all graduate students.
February 12th, 2025 · 11:45 am to 12:45 pm · Online via Zoom
Featuring Dr. Michael Goldberg, Career Design Learning Specialist for Advanced Degrees.
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Core Competency: Professionalism
The Art of Constructing a Resume
Preparing for your job search? Looking for advice on building an eye-catching resume? This workshop will focus on identifying and articulating transferrable skills in order to construct a productive resume for your industry job search. Participants will also learn more about behind-the-scenes industry processing of resumes and how the Career Connection Center can help navigate those hurdles.
This workshop is open to all graduate students.
February 19th, 2025 · 11:45 am to 12:45 pm · Online via Zoom
Featuring Dir. Crystal Burton, Assistant Director for Career Pathways in STEM, and Dr. Michael Goldberg, Career Design Learning Specialist for Advanced Degrees.
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Core Competency: Professionalism
Personal Branding: Know Your Story, Own Your Story, Tell Your Story
The ability to know yourself and your work, feel confident in your contributions and impact, and the ability to articulate it to students, teammates, and future employers is a superpower. This session will help you put on your cape.
This workshop is open to all graduate students.
February 26th, 2025 · 11:45 am to 12:45 pm · Online via Zoom
Featuring Dir. Alex Avelino, Director of Marketing & Communications for George A. Smathers Libraries.
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Core Competency: Professionalism
Negotiating for Your Career and Your Future
This workshop is open to all graduate students.
March 12th, 2025 · 11:45 am to 12:45 pm · Online via Zoom
Featuring Dir. Erin Lin, Senior Assistant Director for Industry Engagement, and Dr. Michael Goldberg, Career Design Learning Specialist for Advanced Degrees.
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Core Competency: Professionalism
Crucial Conversations
March 26th, 2025 · 11:45 am to 1:45 pm · Online via Zoom
Featuring Christy Chiarelli, Director of the Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Agriculture & Natural Resources.
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Core Competency: Communication
Harnessing the Power of Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is a phrase that you have most likely heard most of your academic career, but what is it really? How can you harness what your brain is already doing and set an intention to make it better? This workshop will introduce key concepts of critical thinking, but will also challenge you to use the skills you already have to be an even stronger critical thinker.
April 2nd, 2025 · 11:45 am to 12:45 pm · Online via Zoom
Featuring Dr. Nicole Stedman, Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School.
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Core Competency: Leadership
Confidence in Academic Presenting and Relationships
April 16th, 2025 · 11:45 am to 12:45 pm · Online via Zoom
Featuring Dr. Dennis McCarty, Director of the Public Speaking Lab for the Dial Center for Speech and Communication Studies.
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Core Competency: Communication
Writing for Readers
This week’s workshop is centered around lessons from Leonard Cassuto’s Academic Writing as if Readers Matter. As the title suggests, we will focus on crafting manuscripts with your readers in mind. Our goal is to offer advice for writing about your research in a way that communicates its significance, captures reader interest, and gives it the impact you know it deserves.
April 23rd, 2025 · 11:45 am to 12:45 pm · Online via Zoom
Featuring Dr. Jim Gillespie, Education and Training Specialist in the Office of Graduate Professional Development.
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Core Competency: Communication
Questions? Contact the OGPD at grad-success@ufl.edu.