Graduate Student Colloquium

Description

The Graduate Student Colloquium is a yearly event offered each August for all new and continuing JMU graduate students. This full day experience is designed to acquaint all graduate students with professional development opportunities available for graduate students at JMU and allow graduate students to interact with select JMU administrators, faculty, and staff. In addition, the GSC offers timely workshops and sessions related to teaching, research, and career development. The GSC highlights graduate student research allowing graduate students to build and strengthen professional networks. Come meet your graduate student colleagues, explore way to get the most out of your graduate experience, and get energized about teaching and learning at JMU.

Details

Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Time: 9 AM - 5 PM
Location: ISAT/CS Room 159

Program Schedule
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:25 Welcome Address
9:30-11:00 Concurrent Sessions - I
11:15-12:45 Concurrent Sessions - II
12:45-2:00 Lunch with Plenary Speaker - “Balancing Work & Life in Graduate School”
2:00-3:30 Concurrent Sessions - III
3:45-5:00 Celebration of Graduate Student Research Reception

Concurrent Session Topics
Teaching
-Presentation 101 (aka Bullets Kill)
-Effective Teaching Strategies
-Effective Grading Strategies

Academic Technologies
-RefWorks: Bibliographies and so much more
-Blackboard Learning Management
-Academic Research Databases

Career Advancement
-Developing Meaningful Mentoring & Networking Relationships
-Effective Scholarly Writing
-Kick Your Conference Prep Up a Notch
-Writing a successful Discipline-Specific Resume (CV)