Mark your calendars!
Mark your Calendars for March
Professional Development Events!
Sponsored by The Graduate and Professional Student Association.
Free for graduate and undergraduate students, as well as faculty and staff.
Writing Workshop Series II:
Project Management
with Lorena O’English
Writing a dissertation or thesis is a long, slow slog, and it’s very easy to stray off the path during the process. Join us to learn strategies for managing your work, create a personalized project plan and timeline, and help establish goal-setting strategies.
When: Tuesday, March 2 | 10:00 a.m.–Noon
Where: Via Zoom only. A Zoom link will be sent the day before the event.
Register for Writing Workshop Series II: Project Management
Writing Workshop Series II:
Note-Taking and Annotation
with Lorena O’English
Make the most of your research by annotating your work and practicing effective note-taking. In this workshop, learn how to manage your resources to learn the material and find new strategies to spend more time understanding your work.
When: Wednesday, March 8 | 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Where: Via Zoom only. A Zoom link will be sent the day before the event.
Register for Writing Workshop Series II: Note-Taking and Annotation
Intentional Inclusion:
Minimizing Unconscious Bias and Microaggressions
with Dr. Lisa Guerrero, Associate Vice Provost for Equity, and Inclusive Excellence
and Professor of Comparative Ethnic Studies

Dr. Lisa Guerrero
Discover ways to productively confront our own participation in the structures shaped by bias and microaggressions, and learn various approaches for thinking about accountability, allyship, and move towards more meaningful and equity-based inclusion in all our professional and social communities.
When: Wednesday, March 22 | 1:00–2:30 p.m.
Where: This event is a virtual learning experience. A Zoom link will be sent the day before the event.
Register for Intentional Inclusion: Minimizing Unconscious Bias and Microaggressions
If you have any questions or comments regarding these workshops, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Professional Development Initiative

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