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The “Third Thursday Seminar Series” is a monthly series dedicated to addressing the needs of students. This series is part of the professional development opportunities offered.  

This year’s sessions will include topics on: Team and Group Dynamics, Leadership as Opposed to Management, Importance of Interdisciplinary Work, “Keeping the Humanity in the Sciences”, etc. For some topics such as the networking, we have faculty research directly addressing that area. With the acquisition of two new staff members in the past few years who focus on student affairs related research and development, we are able to have facilitators for multicultural and leadership development initiatives. Each seminar would have roughly an hour presentation/talk and a 30-45 minute reception (preceding or following depending on the time).

Last year we had almost 300 different students attend Third Thursday seminars from across the university. As is apparent from the session topics and descriptions, a multitude of areas will be covered including: diversity inclusion, leadership development, building social capital, and career preparation. Each topic has a different presenter who specializes in the session topics.

* * * UPCOMING SEMINARS * * *

Feel free to register ahead for sessions before they fill up. All pre-registered participants will be notified via email as soon as location and time are determined for those not listed below.

Team and Group Dynamics
Thursday, November 19, 2009, 2:00pm, Francis Searle 1-483
Prof. Elaine Wong, Northwestern University

As organizations increasingly use groups and teams to accomplish work, it becomes important to better understand effective teams. Through discussions and experiential learning, this seminar introduces students to key groups and teams concepts that serve as a foundation for effective teamwork. 

This will be a highly interactive session and is limited to 30 participants.

Click HERE to register for the event.

Thinking Globally and Working Internationally
Thursday, January 21, 2010, Time TBA
Prof. Vinayak Dravid, Global McCormick, Northwestern University

Today’s students must think globally, and opportunities for research with partners around the world have never been greater — or more pressing. Northwestern is committed to assisting all of its scholars (faculty, postdocs, graduate students and undergraduates) in developing a range of research collaborations worldwide.

Click HERE to register for the event.

 

Building Your Leadership: 6 Key Assets
Thursday, February 18, 2010, Time TBA
Cynthia Cochran, Coordinator of Student Organizations and Leadership Development, & Jason Hanson, Area Coordinator, Northwestern University

This workshop helps prepare students to become effective leaders in industry and in their community. In particular, students are challenged to think in new ways about how their effectiveness as a leader can spring from their educational, extracurricular and internship experiences.

Click HERE to register for the event.

 

Building Your Social Web: Networking & Social Capital
Thursday, April 15th, 2010: 3:30pm
Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University

This session will place an emphasis on the importance of social capital regarding career advancement, research opportunities, & strengthening connections. Discussions will aim to provide insight on: building networks, maintaining networks, and using networks to their fullest.

Click HERE to register for the event.

NU Portfolio: Marketing Yourself in the Age of Technology
Thursday, May 20th, 2010, Time TBA
Kamilah McCoy, University Career Services,Northwestern University

University Career Services has launched a new intiative entitled NU Portfolio where students can build an online resume and portfolio to market themselves during the job hunt.

Click HERE to register for the event.

To see the schedule for the 2008-2009 year, please click here.

These events are sponsored in part by The Graduate School's Professional Development Fund