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The Graduate School of the University of Charleston, South Carolina partners with other departments on campus to provide numerous professional development opportunities including one-time events, workshop series, peer-to-peer mentoring, and career skill training. This variety of offerings allows students to develop a broad array of transferable skills while focusing on particular skill sets of interest throughout their graduate careers. Our goal is to prepare our graduates for the world beyond the classroom by advancing communication and teaching skills, as well as developing leadership, self-awareness, and professional adaptability.
Participants
- Master's Students
- Professional Students
- Certificate Students
Skills Emphasized
- Lab management
- Writing
- Communication and Presentation
- Professional networking
- Personal finance
- Research development
- Job search
- Mentoring
- Leadership
- Data science
- Technology commercialization
- Teaching
- Research ethics
Services Offered
- Career Counseling
- Courses
- Seminars
- Workshops
- 3 Minute Thesis
- Research Poster Session
External Partners
- Private companies/industry
- Non-profit organizations
- Federal agencies
- Other universities and/or colleges
- Alumni
- Entrepreneurs/Self-employed
University Collaborations
- Career Center
- Writing Center
- Office of Research and Grants Administration
- Office of Nationally-Competitive Awards
- Teaching and learning centers
- University libraries
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