Penn State’s Office for Research Protections and the Graduate Student and Faculty Issues Committee present the Survival Skills and Ethics Workshop Series. This series is designed for graduate students, post docs, and junior faculty, but is open to anyone at Penn State.

Each workshop runs from 4:00 – 6:30pm in 102 Kern Graduate Building. Workshops include intensive training in a specific professional skill, as well as an ethical case discussion and dinner. See the ORP Website for more information on each workshop and how to register.

Life of a Successful Research Trainee
October 11, 2006

Getting Started as a Research Trainee: Setting goals, finding a mentor, and establishing an advising committee

Time and Stress Management: Balancing work and life, minimizing stress, and seeking help

Giving Oral Presentations
November 8, 2006

Preparing a Research Presentation: Defining the purpose, standard organization, and designing effective visual aids

Delivering a Research Presentation: Proper dress, appropriate body language, establishing a visual focus, energizing the presentation and connecting with the audience, handling stage fright, and dealing with tough questions

Writing and Publishing Research Articles
November 29, 2006

Writing Journal Articles: Selecting a journal, typical structure of a research article, assigning authorship credit, dealing with writer’s block, ethical dimensions of writing, submitting the paper, and handling reviewer comments

For more information about each of the above workshops, please see the Penn State ORP