Famous Dave's BBQ (vegetarian options will be served) – Provided by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Water, Sodas, Beer & Wine – Provided by Stanford University Postdoc Association (SURPAS)
Families are welcome! Please let us know how many family members will be joining you on the registration form.
Location: MSOB Lawn [MAP]
III: Oral Presentation
Prerequisite: Oral Communication
Fall Session: Thursdays, September 26-October 31, 5:00pm-7:00pm
I: Oral Communication
Fall Session B: Tuesdays, October 29 - December 3 (no class 11/26), 5:00pm-7:00pm
This course focuses on helping students improve their oral communication skills for academic and daily life. Emphasis is on increasing confidence and fluency through realistic activities both in and out of class covering pronunciation, idiom and slang usage, active listening skills, and conversation strategies.
Course topics:
I: Oral Communication
Fall Session A: Tuesdays, September 24 - October 22, 5:00pm-7:00pm
This course focuses on helping students improve their oral communication skills for academic and daily life. Emphasis is on increasing confidence and fluency through realistic activities both in and out of class covering pronunciation, idiom and slang usage, active listening skills, and conversation strategies.
Course topics:
II: Professional & Academic Writing
Prerequisite: Oral Communication
Fall Session: Wednesdays, September 25-October 30, 5:00pm-7:00pm
This course on academic writing for publication focuses on learning to write coherently, clearly, and concisely. It will also include some practice in writing effective emails, letters, and short proposals. The course includes two 30-minute individual tutorials with the instructor.
Martial Arts for the Mind - Stress & Resilience Skills
Gain clarity of mind and an increased capacity to meet and overcome life's challenges.
This training provides both physical and cognitive techniques to overcome the negative impacts of stress, and to increase our capacity to bounce back from adversity.
Navy Seals use these techniques to calm intense fear before combat. Actors and athletes use them to enhance performance under pressure.
Topic: Importance of Instructor Attitudes for Student Success
Required Readings:
Canning, E. A., Muenks, K., Green, D. J., & Murphy, M. C. (2019). STEM faculty who believe ability is fixed have larger racial achievement gaps and inspire less student motivation in their classes. Science Advances,5(2); pp. 1-7. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau4734 -- LINK
Martial Arts for the Mind - Stress & Resilience Skills
Gain clarity of mind and an increased capacity to meet and overcome life's challenges.
This training provides both physical and cognitive techniques to overcome the negative impacts of stress, and to increase our capacity to bounce back from adversity.
Navy Seals use these techniques to calm intense fear before combat. Actors and athletes use them to enhance performance under pressure.
You spend a lot of your time actually doing research, but the time comes when you need to write it up and get it published. In this session, several approaches to making this task efficient, effective, and enjoyable, will be discussed.
Guest Speaker(s): Zandra L. Jordan, Director, Hume Center for Writing & Speaking and Robyn Lockwood, Lecturer, Language Center
Martial Arts for the Mind - Stress & Resilience Skills
Gain clarity of mind and an increased capacity to meet and overcome life's challenges.
This training provides both physical and cognitive techniques to overcome the negative impacts of stress, and to increase our capacity to bounce back from adversity.
Navy Seals use these techniques to calm intense fear before combat. Actors and athletes use them to enhance performance under pressure.
