Programming this Spring brought to you by the Office of Career Planning and Professional Development. Here are four opportunities to meet and talk with GC alumni. (more…)
Archive | Professional Development
Mar 29 | TLC Workshop: Social Reading and Writing with Online Annotation Tools
By Rukshana Jalil on March 24, 2017 in Events, Professional Development, Professional Development Workshops, Upcoming Events
March 29, 1-3pm Room 9206 Are you looking for ways to improve your students’ close reading skills or to kickstart class discussion by asking students to annotate readings online as a group before they come to class? Are you trying to find (new) strategies for peer review or collaborative writing projects? Or are you designing a hybrid or online […]
April 6 | Alumni Mentoring Roundtable
Thursday, April 6, 2017 6:00-8:00 p.m. Kelly Skylight Room, 9100, Graduate Center When it comes to the job hunt, it’s often not what you know, it’s who. Our GC alum find great jobs inside and outside the academy. These are people you should know. On April 6th, you can meet nine of them at our Alumni Mentoring Roundtable. Attend and […]
Sign Up For Open Classroom Week Class Visits
Open Classroom Week Class Visits The Teaching and Learning Center invites participants as class visitors during Open Classroom Week. From March 20th-24th, experienced Graduate Center student instructors from a range of disciplines are opening their CUNY undergraduate classes to GC students. Whether you’re new to teaching at CUNY or looking to see a different teaching […]
Mar 10 | Teaching the Middle Ages Workshop
Office of Career Planning Workshops
By Rukshana Jalil on February 21, 2017 in Professional Development, Professional Development Workshops
Cultivating a Public Voice for Your Research 02/28/2017 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm in room 9206 Digital media technologies have become increasingly important in academic life, offering both new opportunities and new challenges. Digital technologies provide academics an array of platforms on which to share their work, broaden its reach, gain recognition and involve a […]
Graduate Writing Consultations Available
Graduate writing consultants at the Office of Career Planning and Professional Development are available to meet with students to review students’ written materials and to discuss writing-related issues. Students can bring writing from a variety of genres, including course assignments, conference and dissertation materials, and more. Consultants address questions on both the micro (e.g. sentence […]
Feb 22 | Teaching as an International Student
By Rukshana Jalil on February 17, 2017 in Professional Development, Professional Development Workshops
Teaching as an International Student Wednesday 2/22, 1-3pm, room 9206 As international graduate students, we often don’t know what to expect when we first step into the classroom as teaching fellows or adjuncts. We might have questions about our students’ lives, their cultural and academic backgrounds, and about the American university system in general and CUNY more […]
March 8 | Learning and Time Management Strategies for Graduate Students
Wellness Center Workshop Wednesday, March 8th, 2017, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Room #C205 This FREE Workshop will provide you with an overview of principles for effective learning and time management based on the most up to date research. It will teach you how to apply these strategies in order to maximize study time, improve information […]
Feb 28 | When Writing Never Gets Done: Completing Your Incomplete Dissertations, Thesis & Papers
Wellness Center Workshop, Tuesday, February 28th, 2017, 12:30pm – 2:00pm Room #9204 Writers often avoid actual writing. They may labor with the mechanics and practicalities of writing or they may struggle against hidden dread of what their written product will look like once it hits the printed page. Some writers may doubt whether they possess the […]
