Core Competencies
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
12:00 pm to 12:30 pm
Alumni Profiles Information Session
Are you interested in writing an alum profile, but you’d like to learn more before you make a commitment? In this interactive session, Assistant Dean Melissa Bostrom will share information about the overall process, demonstrate strategies to identify alumni of interest through LinkedIn and the Duke Alumni Network, and answer your questions.
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Fulbright and Grants Abroad for Graduate Students: An Information Session
Get professional or research experience abroad for 6-12 months! Staff from Nationally Competitive Scholarships at Duke will tell you about all you can do around the world with a Fulbright and differentiate the types of grants available. All Duke students and alumni should apply through an on-campus process with deadlines beginning in early summer. Come learn about the possibilities that a Fulbright offers and how Duke can help you develop your strongest application.
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Nuts and Bolts of Professional Presentations
Being able to clearly communicate your research is a key skill in almost any field. One common way we share the impact of our work is through professional presentations, like seminars that are part of a job interview or short talks that are part of symposia at meetings and conferences. In this workshop, we will discuss how to approach presentations as narratives that take your audience on a shared journey of discovery and cover basic concepts on how to create and use slides that clearly present information in a logical and easily digestible way.
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Taking Ownership of Your Professional Development, or What I Wish I’d Known when I Started Graduate School
Sometimes your graduate program feels like a series of deadlines set by other people. How can you take control of your experience and set your own timetable to achieve your career goals? In this workshop, Maria Carnovale, Ph.D. ’19 (Public Policy) shares three key strategies that can help you take ownership of your graduate education.
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Professional Development Progress Lunch
Summer is a wonderful time to make progress on your professional development goals. Join this informal lunchtime gathering to find community with graduate student colleagues from across disciplines as we share challenges and resources.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Building Your Skills as an Inclusive Mentor
Good mentoring has multiple benefits, providing positive relationships and rewarding experiences for both the mentee and the mentor. It leads to increased productivity in work and research settings and promotes career satisfaction. Good mentoring can also increase accessibility and inclusion, which ultimately can increase diversity in the research and scientific workforce. But how can you ensure that your role as a mentor leads to an increased sense of belonging and self-efficacy in your mentees? This workshop will present general principles and guidelines that are the foundation of successful, inclusive, and meaningful mentoring.
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Professional Development Progress Lunch
Summer is a wonderful time to make progress on your professional development goals. Join this informal lunchtime gathering to find community with graduate student colleagues from across disciplines as we share challenges and resources.
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Professional Development Progress Lunch
Summer is a wonderful time to make progress on your professional development goals. Join this informal lunchtime gathering to find community with graduate student colleagues from across disciplines as we share challenges and resources.
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Professional Development Progress Lunch
Summer is a wonderful time to make progress on your professional development goals. Join this informal lunchtime gathering to find community with graduate student colleagues from across disciplines as we share challenges and resources.
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Professional Development Progress Lunch
Summer is a wonderful time to make progress on your professional development goals. Join this informal lunchtime gathering to find community with graduate student colleagues from across disciplines as we share challenges and resources.
Careers Beyond Academia
Thursday, May 19, 2022
6:00 pm
Building Your Professional Brand as a PhD (Webinar)
Tina Li, based in Australia, has spent over a decade working in the higher education sector in the fields of career education, training and development, advising and coaching, including programs at Macquarie University, Australian Catholic University and most recently the University of Sydney. In this Ph.D. Pathways seminar, Tina will provide some practical steps on how to start building and communicating a brand both online and offline. This free webinar is available to students through The Graduate School's subscription to VersatilePhD.
Thursday, May 26, 2022
12:00 pm to 12:30 pm
Senior Leadership Insights: A Conversation with Darryl Webster, J.D., Senior Executive and Advisor to Biotech and Life Sciences Companies
Get insight into a career in biotech and pharma with this month’s conversation featuring intellectual property attorney Darryl Webster '82, J.D. Mr. Webster has been part of the management team taking Precigen, Inc. public and in-house patent counsel for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (now Pfizer). In a conversation with biomedical engineering Ph.D. candidate Ellery Jones, he’ll reflect on leveraging his 30+ years of global corporate experience as an advisor to life sciences concerns.
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
A Career Path in Industry Product Development: Coffee Chat with Anthony Geonnotti, Ph.D.
Join us for an informal chat over coffee and tea with a Duke alum who’s crafted a career path in product development at Johnson & Johnson. As head of Future Self Care Research & Development, director and fellow Dr. Anthony Geonnotti serves as the R&D leader for the Future of Self Care Squad. He works in collaboration with commercial, R&D, and external innovation partners, conducting in-market experiments across dietary supplement, OTC, medical device, and prescription categories to extend Consumer Health’s capacity to innovate beyond existing brands and product formats.
Thursday, August 11, 2022
11:00 am
Info Session: Science and Engineering Careers at Baebies
Baebies Inc, a local diagnostics company in Durham, NC, is a leader in innovative newborn screening and pediatric testing solutions. Baebies is growing! Learn about several open positions for PhDs at this session with Rainer Ng, PhD, Director of Technology Development.