2024 Summer Scholar Workshop Series

The program’s Leadership Team is powered by 75 combined years of education and training experience, with focus on recruitment and retention of students from underrepresented groups.  We develop and provide undergraduate summer workshops in collaboration with The Center for Advancement of Students & Alumni.

Our exciting line-up this summer will be up soon!

2023 Summer Workshops

• Welcome & Orientation - 10a-4p / June 5, June 6, June 7 
• Week 2 - Wednesday, June 14th: Find your Why and your Way
• Week 3 - Wednesday, June 21st: Emotional Intelligence
• Week 4 - Wednesday, June 28th: Scientific Communication
• Week 5 - Wednesday, July 5th: Career Paths
• Week 6 - Wednesday, July 12th: Presentation Skills
• Week 7 - Wednesday, July 19th: Networking & Professional Relationship
• Week 8 - Wednesday, July 26th: Preparing for Advance Degrees
• Week 9 - Wednesday, August 2nd: Research Ethics
• Week 10 - Wednesday, August 9th: Closing Research Symposium

2018 Summer Workshops

Summer 2018
• May 30 •
All-day Summer Kick-Off
Recognizing Your Research Potential • Mapping Your Summer • Finding Your Why • Welcoming Your Tribe

• June 6 •

The Future is Now
Career Panel • Individualized Time Line

• June 13 •

Eat That Frog
Lighting the Fire; but Not Burning Out

• June 20 •

LinkedIn or LockedOut
Killer LinkedIn Profiles and Other Confident Steps

• June 27 •

EQ
Emotional Intelligence; Upping Your Quotient

• July 11 •

Peer-to-Peer Open Forum
• July 18 •

Who Moved My Cheese?
Mastering Flexibility in a Dynamic World

• August 1 •

POSTER SESSION
12:30 -2:30 pm

2017 Summer Workshops

1. June 7th (124 Petit Science Center)

Professional Communication & Mentoring / Personal Branding
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2. June 14th (703 Petit Science Center)
CV / Resume Analysis
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3. June 21st (218 Student Center East)
Career Panel / Career Mapping & Goal Setting
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4. July 12th (218 Student Center East)
Implicit Bias & Stereotype Threat / Values & Affirmations
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5. July 19th (703 Petit Science Center)
Abstract Preparation
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6. July 26th (464 Student Center *WEST)
Poster Review & Presentation Pointers
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7. August 2nd (8th Floor Lobby)
Brains & Behavior Scholar / Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Poster Session

Current Graduate Workshops

There are currently no graduate workshops scheduled for Summer 2022.

Past Graduate Workshops

Fall 2019

• Beyond the Content, Mindfulness & Test Prep

Spring 2018

• Graduate Student Funding 101

Fall 2017

• Imposter Syndrome
• Stress Management & Beating Burnout
• FERPA
• Sexual Misconduct & Bystander Intervention Strategies

Spring 2016

• Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace

Fall 2015

• Interview Prep Workshop