MURFREESBORO, Tenn. —
A first-time event for the MTSU
College of Graduate Studies has organizers already excited about future Graduate Professional Development Days.
A capacity crowd of 80 students attended the recent event,
held in Cason-Kennedy Nursing Building.
Hosted by the Graduate
Student Association and sponsored by the College of Graduate Studies, the
professional development day featured presenters providing career insight, guided
assistance with theses and dissertations, curriculum vitae/resume writing and
how to connect with fellow alumni through the MTSU Alumni Association.
“It was a huge success with all 80 slots filled and a
waiting list,” said David Butler,
dean of the College of Graduate Studies, who acknowledged students attended
despite stormy weather. “The graduate students showed up strong to hear a
spectacular lineup of speakers, who gave their time to help these students
succeed through and beyond their graduate program at MTSU.”
Dushyant Joshi,
an MBA health care management master’s candidate, said it was “a perfectly
executed first graduate professional day that was really helpful.”
Keshav Paudel, a
doctoral candidate in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, said the
program of speakers proved “very fruitful for me. … I was really proud to be
one of the participants.”
Speakers included:
• Charles Apigian,
MTSU Computer Information Systems
chair, who discussed “Job Opportunities in the Growing Nashville Market.”
• Janet McCormick,
MTSU communications studies and
organizational communication professor, speaking on “$tart $mart Workshop —
Negotiating Your Salary and Benefits.”
• Jennifer Way, Way Solutions founder, career
management expert and human resources consultant, spoke on “Networking and Job
Searching — Connecting Locally and Abroad.”
• Kia Jarmon, MEPR agency founder, a leading
Nashville entrepreneur and public relations and brand strategist, presented “Personal
Branding — Discover and Manage Your Personal Brand.”
• Jeff Porter, a
director in the MTSU Office of Research
Services, discussed “External Grant
Funding” — ways to competitively seek out and apply for grant funding.
Kimi Conro,
Graduate Student Association president, said her fellow students dove “into a
robust schedule of lectures and hands-on workshops presented by influential
Nashville-based professionals, MTSU professors, department chairs, program
directors and accomplished graduate assistants.”
“Rooms were full of students engaged in and feverishly
note-taking on the wisdom and guidance that held promise to bolster their
confidence and efficiency in transitioning into the professional realm,” Conro
added.
Butler said because of “the overwhelming success of the
event, the College of Graduate Studies will partner with the Graduate Student
Association to have regular events to help graduate students at MTSU succeed to
their fullest potential.”
For more on the Graduate Student Association, visit http://www.mtsu.edu/graduate/student/gsa.php.
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