Professional Development & Research Events

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From Orientation to graduation, on campus or online. Here is all we have to offer!

Featured Events

GTA/GRA Fall Training

We're excited to host all new GTA & GRAs for Fall 2024 at this year's training session!

This in person training will cover topics such as:

Your role as a Graduate Assistant
Assistantships and Graduate School Policies
Getting Ready to Teach
Your role as a GTA/GRA

More details and time of the event to come!

Graduate School Fall Orientation

Join us as we host our in-person orientation for Fall 2024!

New graduate students are invited to attend a fall orientation event from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Hubbard Hall Room 208.

The Graduate School will host a graduate student orientation, where students will learn about basic grad school regulations, campus, technology systems, expectations, academics, advising structure and resources.

Three Minute Thesis (3MT)

3MT® is an academic competition that challenges doctoral and master's students to describe their research within three minutes to a general audience. 3MT® celebrates the discoveries made by research students and encourages communication about the importance of their research to the broader community.

The grad school is excited to be hosting this event again in Fall 2024, and will be updating details as the semester gets closer!

Calendar of events

Full Event Schedule

Spring 2024

February 2 - Graduate Student Council Monthly Social

Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes RSC Lower Level, 5:30-7:00 PM

Take a break and join us for drinks, snacks, socializing, bowling and billiards!

March 2 - Men's Basketball - College of the Game

Charles Koch Arena, 7:00 pm

Join the Graduate School as we cheer on the Men's Basketball team in their game against Rice University as the College of the Game!

March 7 - Improving Productivity and Time Management

Join us for a virtual session on Improving Productivity and Time Management on March 7th, 2024 from 2:00-3:30 pm

Have a copy of your schedule and projects ready to learn about different ways to manage your time. BioKansas is teaching a lesson highlighting time management methods, strategies on how to prioritize tasks, and how to set and meet professional goals. This is a great opportunity not to just learn about the process, but also work on plans with peers and the speaker, Kendra Christman.

March 8 - Graduate Student Council Monthly Social

Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes RSC Lower Level, 5:30-7:00 PM

Take a break and join us for drinks, snacks, socializing, bowling and billiards!

March 21 - Capitol Graduate Research Summit

The Capital Graduate Research Summit (CGRS) is held annually at the State Capital in Topeka, Kansas.

March 27 - Getting Published and Jobs in Publishing

RSC Pike Room 266 3:00-5:00 PM

University Press of Kansas will hold a presentation on how to publish a book in an academic press, and jobs in publishing.

April 3 - Baseball - College of the Game

Eck Stadium at Tyler Field, 6:00 pm

Join the Graduate School as we cheer on the Baseball team in their game against University of Kansas as the College of the Game!

April 18 - Job Search 2.0: LinkedIn + ChatGPT Secrets Revealed

Teams Meeting, 11:00-12:00 PM

April 26 - Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) Symposium

The Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) Symposium is the annual university-wide graduate research symposium to showcase and spread awareness of graduate student research.

Past Events