Fall 2009 Graduate Student Workshop Series

(Please check back periodically for updates and additional workshops.)

Preparing an Application for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship -- COMPLETED. Click here for Dr. McGillis's PowerPoint in PDF
Thursday, Sept. 17, at 6:30 p.m.
127 Wethington Health Sciences Building, Commons Room
Presenter: Dr. Joe McGillis, Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UK
All graduate students should learn how to apply for external funding, and this workshop will provide tips on putting together a competitive application for the NSF predoctoral fellowship program. Prof. McGillis has served on multiple fellowship review committees and will provide insight into writing your personal statement, proposed plan of research, and reference letters.  Students from all disciplines are encouraged to attend. No pre-registration required.

Scoring Rubrics – Not Rubik’s Cube! -- COMPLETED (Click here for PowerPoint.or here for PDF version)
Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 6:30 p.m.
White Hall Classroom Building (CB), Room 231
Presenter: Dr. David Sacks, Teaching and Academic Support Center (TASC)
Grading papers is a hassle, but it is necessary in order to assess how well students are learning the material you present to them.  Developing scoring rubrics will help you grade papers more efficiently and consistently.  By the end of this workshop you will have a sample scoring rubric that you developed to help you with grading papers.  Attendees are asked to bring a paper assignment that they use in class.

Strategies for Effective Research Presentations--COMPLETED (Click here for PowerPoints and other materials.)
Tuesday, October 6, at 6:30 p.m.
Whitehall Classroom Building (CB), Room 102
Presenter: Dr. Derek Lane, Professor of Communication
Effective presentation skills are critical, especially in settings such as academic meetings and conferences. How do you transform your perfected written work into equally effective oral and visual media? This workshop will help you identify and employ effective presentational strategies in a variety of situations. Refreshments provided by the UK Graduate Student Congress.

QPR Suicide Prevention AwarenessTraining--COMPLETED
Wednesday, October 14, at 6:30 p.m.
U.K. Student Center, Room 231
Presenter: Dr. Jamie Hopkins, UK Counseling and Testing Center
QPR Gatekeeper Training: Question, Persuade, Refer (or QPR) is a program designed to raise participants' awareness about the warning signs of suicide and depression and to provide participants with information about what to do when someone they know might be thinking about suicide. QPR is used state wide in Kentucky and is made available free of charge to University of Kentucky students, faculty and staff through the Kevin and Jeffrey Graham Memorial Fund and the College of Social Work's recently acquired UK's Increasing Networks for Campus Awareness to Suicide and Emergencies (UK-IN-CASE) grant. This training session will be limited to 25 participants. Additional sessions may be scheduled later in the semester. For more information, contact Ms. Carrie Schurtz, Campus Suicide Prevention Coordinator, at carrie.schurtz@uky.edu.

How to Win Students and Influence Others with PowerPoint--COMPLETED
Tuesday, October 20, at 6:30 p.m.
White Hall Classroom Building (CB), Room 231
Presenter: Dr. David Sacks, Teaching and Academic Support Center (TASC)
This basic to intermediate-level workshop on PowerPoint will help you develop procedures to make teaching using PowerPoint more effective.  You will leave this workshop with a sample PowerPoint presentation that you make during the workshop.  It is expected that all who attend this workshop will interact with the presenter and the number of attendees will need to be limited in order to facilitate this type of environment. You are encouraged to bring a laptop with PowerPoint installed.