RefWorks Citation Management Workshop
A two-hour, computer-based workshop conducted by WMU librarians Michele Behr and Barbara Cockrell that acquaints graduate students with RefWorks software and assists them in acquiring citation management skills that will sustain them throughout their programs of study.
Discipline-Specific Literature Review Search Workshop
A two-hour, computer-based library workshop, conducted by WMU library scientists, that imparts the skills necessary to convert students “lost in the library” into confident researchers who know how to locate information in their fields with relative ease.
Writing for Scholarly Publication Workshop
Brand new and piloted with eight doctoral students in November 2006 for the first time! An intensive four half-day session workshop conducted by a professional writing consultant who assists students in crafting articles for publication from their dissertation proposals. Energetic, inventive, and stimulating, the workshop inspires enthusiasm for writing and demystifies the publication process. Better yet – the consultant provides sustained support to students beyond the workshop experience until publication occurs. The next workshop is slated for March 2007. Contact the Graduate Center director for information.
Strategies for
Empowerment During the Dissertation Process
First
program in a series:
Communication Workshop
for Doctoral Students:
A workshop structured to assist doctoral students
in the development of productive advising relationships that result
in high-quality dissertations completed in a timely manner. The presenters
impart strategies for the following: facilitating the development of
advisor-advisee relationships in which expectations for and conceptions
of the dissertation are closely shared; introducing three advising models
that provide the context for relationships with advisors; introducing
specific task and relationship strategies that work most effectively
with each advising model; providing students with options for empowerment
in an advisor-advisee relationship.
Second program
in a series:
Selecting
a Dissertation Advisor and Configuring a Committee:
A workshop for doctoral
students that imparts strategies for the following: selecting an appropriate
dissertation advisor and configuring the dissertation committee; enhancing
students' opportunities for productive and successful outcomes in their
working relationships with advisors and committee members; engaging
more fully in the dissertation process and becoming more proactive members
of the dissertation team.
Third program
in a series:
Aiming for
Focus and Balance During and After the Dissertation Process:
A workshop
for doctoral students structured to impart strategies for the following:
understanding the interrelationships among the mental, physical, emotional,
and social dimensions of health; identifying the manner in which personal
health behaviors impact academic success during and after the dissertation
process; developing a health plan that results in higher quality of
life during and after the dissertation process; sharing with peers how
healthy behaviors support and sustain during and after the dissertation.
Communication
Workshop for Graduate Advising Faculty: A workshop structured
to assist graduate advising faculty in the development of productive
relationships with their advisees that result in high-quality dissertations
completed in a timely manner. The presenters impart strategies for the
following: facilitating the development of advisor-advisee relationships
in which expectations for and conceptions of the dissertation are closely
shared; facilitating more conscious communication with advisees; introducing
three advising models that provide the context for relationships with
advisees; introducing specific task and relationship strategies that
work most effectively with each advising model.
Practical
Strategies for Writing the Dissertation: a one-day workshop
conducted in the fall semester provides a pragmatic framework through
which the process of crafting the dissertation becomes an attainable
goal. Issues such as procrastination, perfectionism, and time management
are addressed.
Dissertation
Proposal Conferences: a two-hour workshop structured to provide
one-on-one collaborative interaction between the dissertation advisor,
the student, and three writing strategists. The workshop provides guidelines
to faculty serving in an advisory capacity for the first time, reinforcement
to seasoned faculty lending support to their colleagues and students,
and encouragement to doctoral students about to enter into the proposal
phase of their graduate programs. In addition, it assists four doctoral
advisor/advisee pairs, within a one-day time frame, in crafting clearly
structured dissertation proposals upon which there is consensus and
understanding.
Dissertation
Retreat: a weeklong residential experience conducted in the
spring semester and designed to facilitate students' progress through
the dissertation process by providing the professional consultation,
guidance, and support necessary to scholarly research and writing. The
tranquil setting afforded to dissertation retreat participants provides
the opportunity for a productive and rewarding scholastic engagement.
Advisors'
Workshop: a three-hour workshop to help advisors develop productive
relationships with master's and doctoral advisees that result in high-quality
theses and dissertations completed in a timely manner. Two workshop
formats provide optimum effectiveness across all disciplines: qualitative
and quantitative. The workshops impart advising strategies to new advisors
and the opportunity for seasoned faculty to collaborate with junior
colleagues in their new roles as advisors, as well as to fine-tune their
own advising skills.
Grant Writing
Workshops: a series of one- and two-day workshops for graduate
students who are interested in learning the intricacies of writing federal,
corporate, and foundation grants.
Discipline-Specific
Workshops in Grant seeking: one-day workshops tailored to meet
the research funding needs of individual graduate students.
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