Professional Development Seminar Series Spring 2025

The seminar series are open to all graduate students and post docs. As these are interactive sessions,
space is limited and registration is required. 

 

Developing Your Leadership Skills

The focus of this seminar series is to provide participants with opportunities to reflect on their leadership style, personal career development and to enhance or develop skills in a number of specific areas including defining personal success, working with others optimally, building collaborative relationships, challenging conversations, conflict navigation, mentoring and negotiation. REGISTER HERE.

Participants who complete this series will receive a Certificate of Completion

January 15 through February 26 in Gardner Commons, Rm 3105 from 9:30-11 am.   

1-15-25: Leadership Fundamentals

• Leadership Context
• Defining Your Personal Leadership Style
• Leadership Competencies and Behaviors

1-22-25: Working Optimally with Others

• Emotional Intelligence

1-29-25: Collaboration

2-5-25: Conflict Navigation

2-12-25: Challenging Conversations

• Giving and Receiving Feedback

2-19-25: Negotiation Skills

2-26-25: Mentoring

• Being a Mentee
• Being a Mentor

 

Supervising Work & People

In this seminar series, we will explore the essentials of supervision including hiring and onboarding, setting clear job expectations, optimizing employee engagement, optimizing employee performance, keeping work moving, time management and prioritization. As part of the seminar series, we will build a portfolio of tools and resources to help you be successful in your first supervisory role. REGISTER HERE

Participants who complete the series will receive a Certificate of Completion

January 15-February 26: Gardner Commons, Rm 3105, 1:30 -3:00 pm 

1-15-25: Understanding the Role of the Supervisor

• Organization expectations
• Supervisor expectations  

1-22-25: Hiring and Onboarding

1-29-25: Engaging Employees 

2-5-25: Employee Performance

2-12-25: Feedback, Coaching and Professional Development  

2-19-25: Time Management and Prioritization

2-26-25: Building a High Performing and Supportive Team Culture  

 

 

Presentation Skills

In this series, participants will be able to actively work on a current, or future, conference talk or poster session. Embedded within the series are multiple opportunities to present in “real time”. Topics will include making your content accessible to the audience, slide/poster design, audience engagement, in-person and virtual formats, handling questions and finishing strong. REGISTER HERE.

Participants who complete this series will receive a Certificate of Completion

January 17 – February 21: Gardner Commons, Rm 3105: 1:30 – 3:00 pm

1-17-25: Series Overview

• Making Your Content Accessible and Understandable
• Practice  

1-24-25: Understanding Your Audience and Tailoring Your Message

• Practice
• Slide Design Principles

1-31-25: Slide Review

• Connecting with the Audience

2-7-25: Presentation Delivery

• Impactful Posters 

2-14-25: In-Person vs. Virtual Formats

• Navigating Q&A

2-21-25: Individual Presentation Delivery

2-28-25: Optional Individual Coaching Session  

 

 

Contact Mary Anne Berzins at mary.anne.berzins@utah.edu if you have questions.