Martial Arts of the Mind for Postdocs

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.

Academic Chats: Writing Well - Tips on How to Write Manuscripts That Others Want to Read & Talk About

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 of the Mind for Postdocs

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.

Professional and Academic Writing Summer

II: Professional & Academic Writing

Prerequisite: Oral Communication

Summer Session: Wednesdays, July 10-August 14, 9:00am-11:00am

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.

Designing Your Postdoc

In this session, you'll have an opportunity to apply design thinking to your postdoctoral training and reflect on who you are, where you are going, and how you can get there.

You'll identify resources and plan to apply them to your training in the right place at the right time. The work we do together will support a thoughtful and balanced individual development plan.

Designing Your Postdoc

In this session, you'll have an opportunity to apply design thinking to your postdoctoral training and reflect on who you are, where you are going, and how you can get there.

You'll identify resources and plan to apply them to your training in the right place at the right time. The work we do together will support a thoughtful and balanced individual development plan.

Lunch will be provided from 12:00pm-1:00pm in Alway M112.

Scientific Teaching Institute

Tuesday, July 9 -Thursday, July 11, 2019

  • Coffee & Breakfast at 8:30am
  • Workshop starts promptly each day at 9:00am
  • Workshop ends each day at 5:00pm

Attendance is required for the entire session on ALL 3 Days

Want to connect and exchange ideas with other aspiring faculty?

Would you like to discuss strategies for engaging all students in their learning?

Pages