The Academic Success and Professional Development Series, is a group of workshops that cover various topics to assist graduate students with their success in graduate school. The following are summaries and presentations from previous workshops. 

Conflicts of Interest

• Workshop Handout (PDF)
• Conflicts of Interest: Who they impact and why? (PowerPoint)

Curriculum Vitae and Resumes

• Workshop notes (PDF)
• Curriculum Vitae or Resume? (Power Point)

Doctoral Dissertations

• Dissertation - 10 Step Process (PDF)
• Dissertation - Judging Potential Dissertation Questions (PDF)
• Dissertation Risk Self-Assessment and Scoring Key (PDF)
• Doing Your Dissertation One Step at a Time (PowerPoint)

Interviewing

• Effective Interviewing (PDF)

Ethical Standards

• Ethical Research and Writing Practices (PDF)

Electronic Theses/Dissertations ( ETD)

• Preparing an Electronic Thesis or Dissertation (PowerPoint)
• Links to ETD Resources and Guidelines for your ETD Submission
• ETD Submission Process (PowerPoint)
• How to Submit a Document over 100mgb (PDF)
• Institutional Strategies and Policies (PDF)

Funding Graduate Study

• Funding Your Dissertation Research (PowerPoint)
• Seeking Graduate Fellowships (PowerPoint)

Writing Successful Grant Proposals

• Workshop summary (PDF)
• Tips for Writing a Successful Grant Proposal (PowerPoint)
• Grant Getting Tips (PowerPoint)
• Grant Getting (PDF)

Graduate Search Strategies

• Job Search Strategies for Graduate Students (PDF)

Grant Proposal Writing

• How to Write a Winning Grant Proposal (Powerpoint)

Negotiation

• Lecture notes (PDF)

Publishing in Journals

• Workshop summary (PDF)
• Publishing in Journals (PDF)