CURRENT WORKSHOPS
This Spring, QMER gets you ready to maximize your coursework and research with a series built for maximizing your time in graduate school. Our workshops are free and open to everyone, and offer one-on-one help.
Workshops will be held in the RBD Library Room 2041 and over Zoom
Lunch & Learn Sessions will be at Melton Student Center
Thursday, Jan 26, 4-5p
The Masterful Grad: Integrating Coursework, Dissertation, and Professional Development into your Schedule
Professional Skills Series
Knock out your assignments, nail your classes, plan your dissertation, hit the conferences, build the CV. It is a lot. But you are not alone. We present a system & approach so you can hit the ground running and be ready for the degree and the job market.
Thursday, February 9, 4-5pm
Introduction to Microsoft Excel for Data Cleaning & Organizing
Foundational Methods Series
Excel can be a useful tool for quickly managing, cleaning, and organizing data. You can also run quick summary statistics & make simple visualizations. We'll walk you through some quick & easy ways to get your data ready to go!
Thursday, February 23, 4-5pm
Interpreting Model Interactions
Advanced Methods Series
How do you decide to use interactions in a linear model? When are they useful? And more importantly, what does that coefficient mean? We'll walk you through these issues.
Thursday, March 2, 12pm @ Melton Student Center
Lunch & Learn: Master your Goals, Time, and Tasks: Priority Architecture for Grad School
Professional Skills Series
How do you juggle big tasks (dissertation!), those with specific times (go to class), and those due on dates (homework)? How do you do all the small stuff while progressing on the important stuff? This is the key difference between success and spinning your wheels. Join us for a Lunch & Learn at Melton Student Center, and bring your to-do lists and questions. We'll sit down together and workshop a system that has helped grad students own it for years.
Note: This is an in-person only workshop
Thursday, March 16, 4-5pm
Wow this is easy: JAMOVI for basic stats
Foundational Methods Series
Jamovi is a free, open source program that does basic statistics with point and click ease. Basically a free SPSS that is easier to use for your coursework. Seems like a win-win. We'll show you how to navigate and get your t-tests, ANOVAs, and basic Regression done in no time.
Thursday, April 6, 12p @ Haley Center 4009
Lunch & Learn: Job Market Preparation: Resume & CV Workshop
Professional Skills Series
Job calls will start coming out soon. We will talk you through the academic and post-Ph.D. job market, with specific emphasis on making sure your CV or Resume hits the right points.
Join us for a Lunch & Learn at Melton Student Center, and bring your Resume, CV, and questions. We'll sit down and workshop through them together. Note: This is an in-person only event.
Thursday, April 20, 4-5pm
Q&A + Happy Hour @ Auburn Draft House
Almost the end of the semester! This will be an open question session to meet your needs. Questions on running your stats? Where to find data? What to do with your data? How to switch your advisor? How to go to a conference? Interview questions to expect? We're an open book. Remember, this is a learning community. We all do better when we ask questions together. We'll meet at the Auburn Draft House for Happy Hour & discussion.
Note: This is an in-person only event.
VIEW PAST WORKSHOP RECORDINGS
Click below to view past workshops. Updated after each QMER Workshop.
