Graduate Student Success: Paving Your Own Pathway for Professional Success
Aug. 29, 6 to 7:30 p.m. This session will highlight programs and opportunities available to MSU grad students and introduce you to a framework to help identify your career goals and design your graduate experience to achieve them. Learn more and register via the Graduate School
Career Quick Chats with the Graduate Career Development Team
Aug. 30, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Graduate Career Development team is holding drop-in advising sessions for graduate students. These 15- to 20-minute sessions can cover topics like resume review, career pep talk, decoding a job ad, and more. Student Services Building, 556 E. Circle Dr., Room 113. For longer advising sessions, set up an appointment in Handshake.
Lunch with the Dean of the Graduate School
Aug. 30, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join a welcome lunch with Graduate School Dean Pero Dagbovie and learn about resources available to grad students. Seats are limited, registration is required. Learn more and register via the Graduate School
Graduate Student Success: Wellbeing & Graduate School
Aug. 30, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Learn practical tips to manage your health and well-being while advancing your academic and professional goals. You will also hear about workshops, programs, and resources offered at MSU that support these efforts. Learn more and register via the Graduate School
Graduate Student Success: Setting Expectations in Graduate Education
Aug. 31, 6 to 7:30 p.m. This workshop will explore strategies for aligning expectations early in graduate school and inform you about other activities and resources to help you in that task. Learn more and register via the Graduate School
Meet Your Campus Art Museum
Sept. 1, 1 to 4 p.m. Stop by MSU Broad, your free campus art museum, to check out our exhibitions and screen-print your own custom-designed tote bag to carry around campus. RSVP via Facebook
Writing Center Write-In
Sept. 2, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. These Writing Center events provide an opportunity to write in a shared space where other writers are present. A consultant/staff member will be present to provide consultations during the session. MSU Union Room 50. Register to attend via the Graduate School
College of Education’s EXPLOR(ED) with Dean Jackson
Sept. 2, 10 to 11 a.m. The EXPLOR(ED) series brings thought leaders to campus to join Dean Jackson and live audiences in conversations regarding the future of education, leadership and equity. James T. Minor, Ph.D., is the chancellor of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and a former faculty member of the MSU College of Education. His research examines teaching and scholarship in educational policy, administration in educational policy, administration in higher education and more. Join for our mix and mingle immediately following the talk, with light refreshments and an opportunity to meet Dr. Minor. HYBRID EVENT: View event flyer via PDF and register to attend (in person at WKAR Studios or virtually) via Qualtrics
Starting Strong in Graduate School: Stress Management
Sept. 6, 4 to 5 p.m. Whether you are just beginning in a graduate/professional degree program or are trying to enter this year with a fresh perspective, come to this session and discuss concrete ways to have a strong start. Register to attend via the Graduate School
Community-Engaged Scholarship Write-Ins
Sept. 9, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Are you working on an outreach or engagement journal article, grant proposal, book chapter, thesis, dissertation, curriculum, or portfolio? Would some quiet space and time away from your office help? Join this event for three hours of dedicated writing time to advance your community-engaged scholarship. Participants should plan to write for the full amount of time, bring their own laptop and power cord. Write-ins start with goal-setting for the day and wrap up with a progress report, next steps, and a meal ticket for lunch at Brody cafeteria. Coffee, tea, and water are available. Register via University Outreach & Engagement