Workshops, Seminars and Symposia - Office of Career Development & Outcomes Analysis

January 2008

GRADSTEP 2008: KEEPING PACE WITH THE PRESENT: PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING TOMORROW’S LEARNERS
Saturday, January 19, 2008
8:30am – 3:00pm
Featheringill Hall
Sponsored by the Center for Teaching
Advance registration is required: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/regdev/home.php?event=100106
Held in January each year, gradSTEP provides several workshops and discussions on teaching, learning, and professional development issues across the disciplines. This year's event focuses on the need to take stock of changing undergraduate demographics and learning styles, available teaching resources at Vanderbilt, emergent approaches to teaching and learning, and newer technologies and how they translate in the classroom. All Vanderbilt graduate and professional students, as well as post-doctoral fellows, are invited to attend. And lunch will be provided! For a full agenda and registration details, visit the GRADStep website.

NETWORKING: WHERE RELATIONSHIPS MEET INTEREST (WOMEN IN ACADEME SERIES)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
12:10-1:30 pm
Warren Center for the Humanities Conference Room
Co-sponsored by the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, the BRET Office of Career Development and the Warren Center for the Humanities
Presented by Dayle Savage, Career Coach and Director of the Peabody Career Center, this session will give tools and information to graduate and postdoctoral level women on building and engaging a network to assist in career development. This is a brown bag event, so bring your lunch and join us. This series of workshops, co-sponsored by the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, the BRET Office of Career Development and the Warren Center for the Humanities explores issues pertinent to women in the academy and aims to foster dialogue between women in varying locations within the academy. Sessions are open to all Vanderbilt graduate and professional students and post-docs. For more information contact stacy.nunnally@vanderbilt.edu

NON-TENURE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AT VANDERBILT
Thursday, January 24, 2008
2-4pm
Room 8380B MCE
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association
Dr. Ann Richmond, Assistant Dean for BRET, will be leading a panel discussion on non tenure-track, including research instructor/research assistant professor and staff scientist positions. The seminar will include a description of these positions and the criteria for obtaining them, and a panel discussion with current non tenure-track faculty and staff scientists.

VUMC EDITORS’ CLUB OPEN HOUSE
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
12:00-1:00pm
214 Light Hall
Sponsored by the VUMC Editors’ Club
Are you a postdoctoral fellow or upper level graduate student who is interested in scientific writing and editing? Consider joining the Editors’ Club! Come to this open house to find out more about the club and its activities.

COURSE DESIGN 101 (A TEACHING WORKSHOP)
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
4:10PM - 5:30PM
Calhoun 117
Sponsored by the Center for Teaching
Advance registration requested at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/regdev/home.php?event=100115
Whether you are creating a course for the first time or revising a course you currently teach, this workshop will help you understand how to focus on student learning as you plan a course. It will provide an overview of the basic elements of course design, with an emphasis on creating learning goals for your students. We will consider how to choose teaching strategies & learning activities that move students toward those goals, & assessments that demonstrate goals are met.





Workshops & Seminars January 2008 GRADSTEP 2008: KEEPING PACE WITH THE PRESENT: PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING TOMORROW’S LEARNERS Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:30am – 3:00pm Featheringill Hall Sponsored by the Center for Teaching Advance registration is required: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/regdev/home.php?event=100106 Held in January each year, gradSTEP provides several workshops and discussions on teaching, learning, and professional development issues across the disciplines. This year's event focuses on the need to take stock of changing undergraduate demographics and learning styles, available teaching resources at Vanderbilt, emergent approaches to teaching and learning, and newer technologies and how they translate in the classroom. All Vanderbilt graduate and professional students, as well as post-doctoral fellows, are invited to attend. And lunch will be provided! For a full agenda and registration details, visit the GRADStep website. NETWORKING: WHERE RELATIONSHIPS MEET INTEREST (WOMEN IN ACADEME SERIES) Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:10-1:30 pm Warren Center for the Humanities Conference Room Co-sponsored by the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, the BRET Office of Career Development and the Warren Center for the Humanities Presented by Dayle Savage, Career Coach and Director of the Peabody Career Center, this session will give tools and information to graduate and postdoctoral level women on building and engaging a network to assist in career development. This is a brown bag event, so bring your lunch and join us. This series of workshops, co-sponsored by the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, the BRET Office of Career Development and the Warren Center for the Humanities explores issues pertinent to women in the academy and aims to foster dialogue between women in varying locations within the academy. Sessions are open to all Vanderbilt graduate and professional students and post-docs. For more information contact stacy.nunnally@vanderbilt.edu NON-TENURE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AT VANDERBILT Thursday, January 24, 2008 2-4pm Room 8380B MCE Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association Dr. Ann Richmond, Assistant Dean for BRET, will be leading a panel discussion on non tenure-track, including research instructor/research assistant professor and staff scientist positions. The seminar will include a description of these positions and the criteria for obtaining them, and a panel discussion with current non tenure-track faculty and staff scientists. VUMC EDITORS’ CLUB OPEN HOUSE Wednesday, January 30, 2008 12:00-1:00pm 214 Light Hall Sponsored by the VUMC Editors’ Club Are you a postdoctoral fellow or upper level graduate student who is interested in scientific writing and editing? Consider joining the Editors’ Club! Come to this open house to find out more about the club and its activities. COURSE DESIGN 101 (A TEACHING WORKSHOP) Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:10PM - 5:30PM Calhoun 117 Sponsored by the Center for Teaching Advance registration requested at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/regdev/home.php?event=100115 Whether you are creating a course for the first time or revising a course you currently teach, this workshop will help you understand how to focus on student learning as you plan a course. It will provide an overview of the basic elements of course design, with an emphasis on creating learning goals for your students. We will consider how to choose teaching strategies & learning activities that move students toward those goals, & assessments that demonstrate goals are met.
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