{"id":81119,"date":"2022-10-13T12:40:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T16:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=81119"},"modified":"2022-10-13T19:08:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T23:08:01","slug":"week-of-skill-development-workshops-to-support-graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/10\/week-of-skill-development-workshops-to-support-graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of skill-development workshops to support graduate students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A week-long blitz of workshops for graduate students is just around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>The Faculty of Graduate Studies is hosting more than 10 workshops from Monday, Oct. 17 to Saturday, Oct. 22 to enhance essential graduate student skills.<\/p>\n<p>In its third year, GRADvantage Week partners with support services from across the University to offer graduate students a workshops on a variety of topics.<\/p>\n<p>Students can expect to enhance or build skills such as managing time and finding workload balance, setting goals, developing writing strategies and creating successful funding applications.<\/p>\n<p>New and returning workshops include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/211551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mindfulness and balancing workload: Effective methods for achieving self-awareness, focus, and balancing your workload<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/216453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Making the most of your graduate school experience: Ways to take advantage of the supports and services available to Brock grad students<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/216451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Writing caf\u00e9: Best practices for creating a meaningful and lasting writing community<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/216423\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Show me the money: support and resources for applying for funding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/216071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conceptualizing your graduate degree: How to position skills during your degree for professional and career goals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/216111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Let\u2019s have a career conversation: career supports available to grad students for their job search and career exploration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students can register for the workshops on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/organization\/vitae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ExperienceBU<\/a>\u00a0and find more information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/graduate-studies\/student-development\/gradvantage-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Faculty of Graduate Studies website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Along with GRADvantage Week, graduate students can also look for year-round support workshops on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ExperienceBU<\/a><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\"> pages of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and other University partners.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week-long blitz of workshops for graduate students is just around the 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