The Office of Graduate Education

Graduate Professional Week

Graduate Professional Week will feature a series of in-person and virtual events focused on graduate students from each school. All graduate students and postdocs are invited to a blend of academic and professional development events and giveaways!

OGE = The Office of Graduate Education

Monday, October 4

Scavenger Hunt (in-person)
(sponsored by OGE & Graduate Student Assembly )
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
SU Mall Plinth

Tuesday, October 5

Updating the Student Learning Toolkit
Dr. Karen Huxtable-Jester
(sponsored by OGE & Center for Teaching and Learning)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Register for event here.
Join live here.

Academic and Industry Professional Panel Discussion (GSA)
Panel Discussion
Panelists: Girgis Obaid, Josh Margolis, Sossena Wood, Dean Curtis, Allison Stiller, and Avery McKitrick.
(sponsored by OGE & Graduate Student Assembly)
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Register for event here.

Wednesday, October 6

Entrepreneurship: From the Classroom to Start-ups to Fortune 500 Companies
Moderator: Chris Bhatti
Panelists: Tosin Odesanya and Ashkat Sharma
(sponsored by OGE and Development & Alumni Relations)
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Join live here.

Collaborating Beyond Your Discipline (hybrid)
Joshua D. Summers, Mechanical Engineering
(sponsored by OGE and ECS)
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
FA 2.206
Register for in-person event here or
Join live here

Thursday, October 7

Seeking and Securing an Internship in a Post Covid World
Dr. Monica Powell and Tom Kim
(sponsored by OGE and JSOM)
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Join live here.

Archer Program Info Session
The Office of Graduate Education
(sponsored by OGE)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Register here.

Interviewing Excellence
Dr. Monica Powell and Tom Kim
(sponsored by OGE and JSOM)
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Join live here here.

Orc-ID accounts: What They're For and Why You Should Register
Ryan Slattery
(sponsored by OGE and McDermott Library)
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Join live here.

Friday, October 8

PhD Research: Expectations, Hurdles and Strategies
Moderator: Shalini Prasad.
Panel: Kelli Palmer, Daniel Arce, Anne Balsamo, and Ravi Prakash.
(sponsored by OGE)
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Join live here.

Faculty 3MT Competition (in-person)
The Office of Graduate Education
(sponsored by OGE)
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Davidson Auditorium (SOM 1.118)

Archive

2016 Graduate Professional Week (inaugural)
2017 Graduate Professional Week
2018 Graduate Professional Week
2019 Graduate Professional Week
2020 Graduate Professional Week (virtual)