Duke’s Professional Development Blog is back! We have a new look, new co-editor, and two new series rolling out in the coming months. Here we preview what to expect moving forward.
The Graduate School awarded 105 competitive fellowships to Ph.D. students for the 2014–2015 academic year. Take a look at the research topics that some of the recipients are pursuing.
You’ve already heard from several of the participants in the 2014 Emerging Leaders Institute: Jordan Schermerhorn shared her experience with the powerful Human Patterns self-assessment,
Have you thought about mentoring but worried that you weren’t qualified? Do you feel like it’s too big a time commitment? I felt the same way, but one summer of mentoring changed my entire thought process and helped me shape my mentoring experiences to work for me.
How was I going to convince my mentor that spending 25+ hours on my professional development would be a good idea–especially considering that it would take away from time in the lab?
