Career Toolkit for Graduate Students & Postdocs: Workshop Series
Career Toolkit for Graduate Students & Postdocs is a workshop series aiming to provide early career researchers with tips, tools, and best practices across the research lifecycle. This workshop series is organized by the Library, the Center for Professional Development Education, and the Graduate Student Government in collaboration with the Career Center and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
We welcome any requests for scheduling new workshops or customized sessions for your research group. Please contact the Scholarly Communications Librarian, Seth Vuletich, sethvuletich@mines.edu, for any requests or questions.
Please visit the links below to register for workshops. Unless otherwise noted, all workshops are in-person in the Boettcher Room in the Library. Registered attendees for online workshops will receive the Zoom information one day in advance.
Additionally, Mines is proud to be a contributing member of GradCO, a collaborative effort to share workshops with graduate students at institutions of higher education throughout Colorado. You can view and sign up for these shared workshops by visiting grad-co.org.
Register for Workshops
Please Register: Lunch will be provided for registered attendees of in-person workshops!!!
Wednesday January 15, 12-1 PM
Hosted by Bryce Schneider, Career Center
Thursday January 23, 12-1 PM
Hosted by Seth Vuletich, Library
Wellness Practices for Graduate Students
Thursday January 30, 12-1 PM
Hosted by Roel Snieder, Center for Professional Development Education
Thursday February 6, 12-1 PM
Hosted By Christina Leedham, Vallejo Irvine Program for Professional Development (VIP)
Thursday February 13, 12-1 PM
Hosted by Seth Vuletich, Library
Tapping into Your Creativity (on Zoom)
Thursday February 20, 12-1 PM
Hosted by Roel Snieder, Center for Professional Development Education
Thursday February 27, 12-1 PM
Hosted by Bryce Schneider, Career Center
Wednesday March 5, 12-1 PM
Hosted by Richard Gilmore, Cyber-Infrastructure and Research Computing
Rapport Building for Your Career (Panel Discussion)
Thursday March 13, 12-1 PM
Hosted by Tanmay Desai, Graduate Student Government
Teaching Careers (Panel Discussion)
Wednesday March 26, 12-1 PM
Hosted by Carter Moulton, Trefny Center & Justin Shaffer, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Introduction to Data Management
Thursday March 27, 12-1 PM
Hosted by Seth Vuletich, Library, in partnership with the Office of Research & Technology Transfer
GradCO
ABOUT GradCO
GradCo is a collaboration of universities across Colorado. It is designed to deliver a variety of high-quality professional development workshops, information sessions, and trainings to our graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Together, we are better researchers, academics, and career professionals.
WHY PARTICIPATE
This cross-Colorado-universities approach provides early career researchers and scholars a unique opportunity to learn from experts at multiple institutions and to connect with other early career scholars.
GradCO provides development sessions that align with multiple career-readiness competencies:
- Career- & Self-Development (CSD)
- Communication (Comm)
- Critical Thinking (Crit)
- Equity & Inclusion (EI)
- Leadership (Lead)
- Professionalism (Pro)
- Teamwork (Team)
- Technology (Tech)
- Wellness (Well)
HOW TO ATTEND
It’s easy!! You can sign up for one or all of the offerings through the registration information provided at grad-co.org. All offerings are accessible online through the sponsoring institution. You will receive registration confirmation or additional participation information from the host institution.
More about the Career Toolkit for Graduate Students and Postdocs Workshop Series
This workshop series is designed to help you become an efficient researcher in the digital age.
Please send any suggestions or requests on new topics to be covered to Seth Vuletich at sethvuletich@mines.edu.