The Graduate School Events Schedule

January 11, 2021

These and other upcoming virtual events can be found on The Graduate School homepage (https://grad.msu.edu/) under Upcoming Events.  

Leadership Academy Professional Development Series

Employers are looking to hire people with tangible and transferable leadership experience. The Leadership Academy professional development series will help you understand and develop who you are as a leader, show you different leadership perspectives, and give you exposure to leadership in practice. These regular workshops help participants engage with advanced leadership concepts through discussions with leaders on and off campus.  

Introduction to Leadership Theory

Thursday, January 14, 2021 – 6:00pm to 7:00pm 

Facilitated by Dr. Meg Moore, Director of Grad Health and Wellness and the Leadership Institute Team 

Register here 

Emotional Intelligence

Thursday, January 21, 2021 – 6:00pm to 7:00pm 

With Keynote Speaker Lew Dotterer 

Register here  

Successfully Leading Teams and Skills for Conflict Resolution

Thursday, January 28, 2021 – 6:00pm to 7:00pm 

Register here 

Motivating and Inspiring Others (and ourselves): Failure and Resilience

Thursday, February 4, 2021 – 6:00pm to 7:00pm 

Register here  

Navigating the Master’s Degree Workshop

Friday, January 22, 2021 – 9:00am to 12:00pm 

This interactive writing workshop is designed to help students develop an individualized plan for understanding graduate school more generally and graduate writing more specifically. This workshop is designed for students in both the early and latter years of their master’s degree study. Read more and register here

Graduate School Write-In

Friday, January 29, 2021 – 9:00am to 12:00pm 

Graduate School Write-Ins are co-sponsored by the Graduate School and The Writing Center @ MSU. The write-ins are hosted and facilitated to provide writers with an opportunity to write in a shared writing space where other writers are present, and a writing center consultant/staff member is present to provide consultations for writers who would like to have a consultation appointment during the session. Register here.  

Navigating the PhD: Managing Time and Academic Relationships (Session 1)

Friday, February 5, 2021 – 9:00am to 12:00pm 

This interactive online writing workshop is designed to help you develop an individualized plan for graduate writing, especially comprehensive exams, dissertation proposals, and dissertations. Session 1 is generally designed for students in the early years of their PhD study. Read more and register here.   

Navigating the PhD: Writing Processes & Strategies for Academic Writing (Session 2)

Friday, February 5, 2021 – 1:00pm to 4:00pm 

This interactive online writing workshop is designed to help you develop an individualized plan for graduate writing, especially comprehensive exams, dissertation proposals, and dissertations. Session 2 is designed for students in the latter years of their PhD study. Read more and register here.  

Virtual Lunch and Learn & Best Practices in Teaching

In bi-weekly Virtual Lunch and Learn & Best Practices in Teaching gatherings Graduate Teaching Assistants share their knowledge about teaching, teaching and technology tools as well as discuss research of teaching, book chapters relevant to work in an instructional setting. Anyone interested in these topics can join these meetings. 

For the Wednesday, January 20, 2021 – 12:00pm to 1:00pm session, register here

For the Wednesday, February 3, 2021 – 12:00pm to 1:00pm session, register here

Responsible Conduct of Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity (RCRSCA): Workshop Series

This workshop series is intended to support the efforts of departments and graduate programs in fostering responsible research/scholarly practices. The expectation is that student/trainee research/scholarship will be of higher quality, and that students/trainees will be better able to avoid and respond to situations involving irresponsible research/scholarly practices and behaviors. Find out from your Department, School, or Program which specific workshops are required for you. Click here to learn more and register.  

Next session: Research Misconduct– Tuesday, January 19, 2021 – 6:00pm to 7:30pm 

The Graduate School  

Phone: 517-353-3220  

Home Page: grad.msu.edu