The activities and resources listed here are designed to help you develop and/or improve different skills that are important to acquire as a graduate student or postdoc to have a successful career. For questions, contact Jorge Loyo.
Competencies and skills
Activities
1. Communication
Writing
- NEWT: Proposal writing panel (link), Dr. Elimelech’s talk on writing papers (link)
- ASU: Grant proposal writing resources (link); Graduate Academic Support Center (link), Certificates on Grant Writing (link); Resources for Postdocs (good resource for graduate students too, link)
- Rice: Center for Written, Oral and Visual Communication (CWOVC); Office of Proposal Development (OPD); ENGI 600: Graduate Communications Seminar
- UTEP: Writing Center (UWC)
- Yale: Graduate Writing Lab (link); Teaching Statements (link)
Other: Communicating Science Workshop for Graduate Students (ComSciCon)
Mentoring
- NEWT: Entering Mentoring training (offered before summer internships; Entering Mentoring manual)
- ASU: Preparing Future Faculty and Scholars (PFx); Graduate College Mentoring Network (link); Resources for Postdocs (good resource for graduate students too, link)
- Rice: Center for Career Development (CCD)
- UTEP: Peer Mentoring Program (link)
- Yale: Mentorship (link)
Other: How to pick a graduate advisor (link)
Speaking
- NEWT: Perfect pitch competition (link or contact Ernie Davis, NEWT’s Industry Liaison Officer)
Other: The Art of Science Communication (ASC, $100); Communicating Science Workshop for Graduate Students (ComSciCon)
Collaboration
Links TBD
2. Leadership
Project management
- ASU: Resources for Postdocs (good resource for graduate students too, link)
- Rice: Leadership training for students (Doerr, link); Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (link); Leadership Development for Engineers Specialization (Coursera, online)
- UTEP: Student Leadership Training (link)
Other: Project Management Principles and Practices, UCI (Coursera, link)
Ethics
- Rice: RCEL 610: Ethics for Engineers
Yale: Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
Team building
Links TBD
Problem solving
Rice: ENGI 545: Strategic Thinking
Diversity and inclusion
Other: Pathways to Science (link)
3. Career Development
General career advice
- NEWT: Career panels (Link)
- ASU: Career and Professional Development Services (EOSS); Preparing Future Faculty and Scholars (PFx); Graduate Professional Development (link)
- Rice: Center for Career Development (CCD); Versatile PhD program (link)
- UTEP: Career Center (link)
Yale: Office of Career Strategy (OCS)
Social Entrepreneurship
- ASU: Graduate Certificate on Social Entrepreneurship and Community Development (online) (link)
Teaching training
- ASU: Certificate in Scientific Teaching in Higher Education (link); Graduate Professional Development (link)
- Rice: Certificate in Teaching and Learning (CTE); Future Faculty Workshop (OFD)
- UTEP: Center for Faculty Leadership and Development (link)
- Yale: Certification of College Teaching Preparation (CCTP)
Other: Introduction to STEM Teaching (CIRTL); Preparing Future Faculty (CGS)
See the Safety, Title IX, Accessibility, Diversity and Well-Being Resources linked below.
Do you know other resources or have suggestions to improve this database? Please contact Jorge Loyo.