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Professional Development Opportunities
2024-2025 Events
3 Minute Research Presentation (3MRP)
- Optional Practice Submissions due February 16th, 2025
- Preliminary Heat Entry Submissions due March 5th, 2025
- Final Event:
- April 17th, 3:30pm to 5:00pm
- Ashurst Auditorium, Building #11
Information, including the information session recording, can be found on the 3MRP website!
Entering Mentoring
Are you currently mentoring an undergraduate student in a research-related field?
Entering Mentoring Training is now open to graduate student mentors! This opportunity is an evidence-based, interactive mentor training curriculum that engages mentors in collective problem-solving and connects them with resources to optimize their mentoring practices.
Mentors engage in learning communities through nine modules that include activities, assignments, case studies, and facilitated discussions to solve mentoring dilemmas and share successful mentorship strategies. Entering Mentoring is suited for faculty, staff, graduate students or administrators who are committed to mentorship of undergraduate and graduate students. Each cohort is led by NAU colleagues who are Trained Facilitators. Participants are expected to attend all sessions scheduled for their cohort.
Recurring Events
3-Minute Research Presentation Competition – Returning Spring 2025
The 3-Minute Research Presentation (3MRP) Competition provides an opportunity for NAU graduate students to present their thesis, dissertation, capstone research, scholarship, and/or creative work to an intelligent, non-specialist audience in just three minutes. This professional development opportunity is designed to increase and improve graduate students’ communication skills, as well as their capacity to effectively present research, scholarship, or creative work.
Details: 3MRP
Information: 3MRP@nau.edu
The Graduate Student Government Spring Poster Symposium & Conference – Returning Spring 2025
The Graduate Student Government Poster Symposium and Conference highlights a variety of programs, papers, projects, creative work, and research studies of the graduate students of NAU from all disciplines. The event provides an opportunity for students to introduce their research to those outside of their discipline, enhance their presentation skills, and represent their respective colleges.
Details: GSG Poster Symposium
Information: GSGPoster@nau.edu
Past Event Recordings
Spring 2024 Professional Development Opportunities Accordion Closed
Graduate Student Public Speaking Session
Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Time: 4:00 – 5:15 PM
Location: In person and on Zoom
Watch the recording of the panel presentation on the OGPS MediaSpace channel, accessible here.
Higher Education Teaching Panel
This panel took place on March 25, 2024, from 10 am to 11 am. The panel aimed to provide graduate students with valuable perspectives on various aspects of academic life, including teaching methodologies, career paths, and navigating careers in higher education. Watch the recording of the panel presentation on the OGPS MediaSpace channel, accessible here.
Thesis and Dissertation Writing Bootcamp
- The Bootcamp took place over Zoom on Friday, January 26th from 8:30 am – 12:00 pm. Topics included:
- Thesis & Dissertation writing format and processes
- Developing research questions
- Institutional Review Board (IRB) process
- Tips, resources, and more!
- Recordings are available at the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies’s MediaSpace page:
- The Bootcamp took place over Zoom on Friday, January 26th from 8:30 am – 12:00 pm. Topics included:
Spring 2023 Professional Development Opportunities Accordion Closed
- Recorded Spring Professional Development Opportunities will be posted to the Office of Graduate & Professional Studies’ Mediaspace within one playlist. Recordings will be added to the playlist after each session has finished. Sessions that were not recorded will have their presentations posted in PowerPoint or PDF format below:
Speak to Invite and Own the Limelight: A Crash Course on Public Speaking
Graduation & Thesis/Dissertation Workshop
Watch a recording of the Thesis/Dissertation Workshop Zoom meeting.