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January 2025

January 13 – Communication Skills: User-Friendly Writing – Session 1

3:00-4:30 pm EST, In person. Graduate School Conference Room 2328. This is a two-part workshop that will address the challenges of conveying your research story in a persuasive way for technical and nontechnical stakeholders. The workshop will focus on various structures of writing across STEM and humanities fields to include organization and interpretation of results. These will include technical and nontechnical reports, results and discussion sections and more. Click HERE to learn more and register.

January 14 – Career Readiness: Job Search Strategies Spring Cohort 1 – Session 1

12:00-1:00 pm EST, Zoom. Job Search Strategies (JSS) is comprised of 4 workshops led by the Director of Career Readiness. Topics covered in this module include: how to set a strategy, how to tailor the application, interview preparation, managing the job offer, and salary negotiation. JSS is a cohort based program with limited number of open seats. If accepted you will be required to attend all four sessions. Click HERE to learn more and register.

January 15 – PDU: Writing Strategies for Collaborative, Multi-Investigator Proposals

12:00-1:00 pm EST, Webinar. The Proposal Development Unit invites the NC State community to our webinar series that will provide you with insights and techniques to think strategically about grant writing. The PDU will balance general guidance with specific examples to help faculty navigate differences among major funding agencies (e.g. NSF, NIH, DOD). This session will cover topics such as organizing writing responsibilities, crafting timelines, addressing style guised, and promoting cohesion among multiple authors. Click HERE to learn more and register.

January 16 – Career Readiness: Job Search Strategies Spring Cohort 1 – Session 2

January 16 – ITRC: Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC) Identification Framework Training

1:00-3:00 pm EST, Live webinar. In 2023, the ITRC Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC) Framework was published to help environmental regulatory agencies and other stakeholders identify, evaluate, and manage CEC’s while acknowledging uncertainties in their environmental fate and transport, receptor exposure, and/or toxicity. Such an approach can be conducive to improved allocation of regulatory response resources and provide a foundation for communicating potential risk to stakeholders. Click HERE to learn more and register.

January 20 – Communication Skills: User-Friendly Writing – Session 2

January 21 – Career Readiness: Job Search Strategies Spring Cohort 1 – Session 3

January 23 – Career Readiness: Job Search Strategies Spring Cohort 1 – Session 4

January 27 – Communication Skills: How to Write a CV

12:00-1:00 pm EST, Zoom. Translating your résumé to a curriculum vitae (CV) and vice versa can be a daunting task, especially when figuring out which document works best for your professional field. Join us for a virtual workshop where we discuss how to best approach creating a CV for your academic and professional goals, while also developing your own best practices for applying your CV. Click HERE to learn more and register.

January 28 – ITRC: PFAS Introductory Training

1:00-3:00pm EST, Live webinar. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large and complex class of anthropogenic compounds whose prevalence in the environment are an emerging, worldwide priority in environmental and human health. The ITRC PFAS Team, formed in 2017, has prepared readily accessible materials to present PFAS information to stakeholders, regulators, and policy makers. The PFAS team represents a diverse cross-section of expertise and experience working on PFAS. Click HERE to learn more and register.

January 30 – Communication Skills: How to Write a Cover Letter

12:00-1:00 pm EST, Zoom. Writing cover letters can be an intimidating task when it comes to applying for jobs, grants, and future academic endeavors. In this virtual workshop we will approach how to think through cover letters for a variety of contexts and needs. We will practice persuasive writing techniques to strengthen your future cover letters to best fit your needs. Click HERE to learn more and register.

January 31 – Integrative Symposium of NC State Training Grants

8:00-5:30 pm EST, In person. McKimmon Conference and Training Center. We are excited to invite you to the Integrative Symposium of NC State Training Grants. This all-day event, hosted by the Integrative Sciences Initiative and Comparative Medicine Institute, will unite faculty and graduate students involved in NIH training programs in biotech, microbiology, chemistry, and translational medicine focused on human health. Click HERE to learn more and register.

February

February 3 – Communication Skills: Concise Communication

3:00-4:30 pm EST, In person. Engineering Building III (EB3) Room 2236. Do people say that your communication style is wordy? In this interactive workshop, we’ll address the challenge of building clear, concise communication style practices that represent your science to diverse stakeholders. Using Richard Lanham’s famous “Paramedic Method” and other approaches, participants will leave the session with strategies for “user-friendly” sentences in reports and other workplace documents. Click HERE to learn more and register.

February 4 – Career Readiness: A2i Industry Insights

12:00-1:00 pm EST, Zoom event. A series of talks led by A2i industry partners to provide you the opportunity to build your network, explore career opportunities, and prepare for the transition to industry. Click HERE to learn more and register.

February 6 – Communication Skills: Writing Abstracts & Introductions

12:00-1:30 pm EST, Zoom event. Facing challenges getting started with your research projects? In this virtual workshop, we will tackle the first two components of a research article: abstracts and introductions. Through the use of the CARS and other writing methods, participants will develop structures for their own abstracts and organizational methods for introductions. Click HERE to learn more and register.

February 14 – 2025 College of Sciences Career Fair

10:00-3:00 pm EST, In person. Talley Student Union, State Ballroom. This event provides an excellent opportunity for employers to connect with talented NC State students within the College of Sciences. Employers can explore internship, co-op, and full-time career opportunities with students who possess strong analytical, technical, and scientific expertise. Click HERE to learn more and register.

February 18 – Career Readiness: A2i Industry Insights

February 25 – ITRC PFAS Beyond the Basics: Sampling, Analysis, Surface Water, & Air Occurrence Training

1:00-3:00 pm EST, Live webinar. The ITRC PFAS Beyond the Basics class provides in-depth information on preparing for and implementing sampling events. Some detailed information and case studies are presented for sampling surface water and PFAS-containing foam that can form and aggregate at the surface water-air interface. The training includes information about PFAS analysis and discusses alternative qualitative analytical techniques. The occurrence of PFAS in air information from the literature for outdoor air, indoor air, settled dust and precipitation is discussed. Click HERE to learn more and register.

March

March 3 – Communication Skills: Communication in Context

1:00-2:30 pm EST, In person. Institute for Emerging Issues (Hunt Library) Room 4101. Understanding how to communicate in different situations, ranging from academic to professional contexts, is an essential skill in one’s professional development. In this interactive workshop, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars will be able to practice their speaking skills in the types of conversations expected within and outside of academia such as presentations or informal networking conversations. Additionally we will discuss best strategies to create effective verbal and nonverbal communication when encountering new communication situations as they arise. Click HERE to learn more and register.

March 4 – Career Readiness: A2i Industry Insights

March 6 – 9th. Annual CHHE Symposium

9:00-6:00 pm EST, In person. Talley Student Union, Piedmont/Mountains Ballrooms. This year’s topic will be “Environmental Exposures and Carcinogenesis Risk: From Mechanisms to Population Science”. Click HERE to learn more.

March 11-13 – The Science of PFAS: Piecing Together the Puzzle

Raleigh, NC, In person, Hilton Raleigh North Hills. Learn from experts about the latest research and solutions on all aspects of PFAS. Three full days of technical sessions offer the latest information on all aspects of PFAS, plus networking time with exhibitors, a reception, poster session, lunches, and more. Invited speakers will present research and solutions on current topics related to PFAS in the environment. Click HERE to learn more and register.

March 16-20 – SOT 64th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo

Orlando, FL, In person. The SOT 64th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo will feature five days of Featured and Scientific Sessions, poster presentations, and social events, as well as the popular three-day ToxExpo. Click HERE to learn more and register.

March 18 – Career Readiness: A2i Industry Insights

March 21 – Career Readiness: A2i Preparedness Series – Professionalism 101

12:00-1:00 pm EST, Zoom event. “Professionalism” is a form of behavior that companies want to see in their employees. As an intern, you can immediately make a good impression through your behaviors and interactions. This seminar provides an overview of the types of professional attitudes and attributes to have as an intern and potential employee. Click HERE to learn more and register.

March 24 – Communication Skills: How to Present a Poster

3:00-4:30 pm EST, In person. Institute for Emerging Issues (Hunt Library) Room 4101. Poster presentations are an effective way to convey your research to various audiences, but how do you present the content on your poster to specific audiences? In an interactive workshop presented by the Graduate School, participants will discuss how to effectively present posters to fit the needs of their specific research situations, no matter if the poster is presented digitally or in person. Using methods such as the rule of three, we will develop strategies to ease the challenges that may accompany the presentation aspect of poster presentations. Click HERE to learn more and register.

March 25 – ITRC PFAS Beyond the Basics: PFAS Human Health, Ecological Effects and Regulations Training

1:00-3:00 pm EST, Live webinar. This training class builds on the earlier information for introductory PFAS topics presented in the PFAS 101 CLU-IN training. It provides more in-depth information for human health effects, ecological toxicity and ecological risk assessment, PFAS regulations, and AFFF alternatives and replacement. Click HERE to learn more and register.

March 28 – Career Readiness: A2i Preparedness Series – Communication Styles

12:00-1:00 pm EST, Zoom event. Knowing your communication style is the first step in having effective interactions with colleagues and co-workers. Those who register for this seminar will receive a “pre-work” assignment that helps them identify their communication style. Once you understand your style, you can begin to recognize the different communication styles in others – which leads to better outcomes and successful exchanges. Click HERE to learn more and register.