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Professional and Development Opportunities

Below are a list of professional and development opportunities throughout the UCF campus. Opportunities will be posted as the become available, please check back and often.

Personal Development

Strategies for Graduate Students to Maximize Time
Thursday, October 15, 2009 | 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Garden Key, Room 221AB
Managing your use of time is a key to living a successful, productive, and happy life! This presentation will address specific time management strategies including planning, balancing activities, setting priorities, making a schedule to fit all that you have to do and want to do as a graduate student, and other useful tips for making the most of your time.

Strategies for Graduate Students to Manage Stress
Thursday, November 5, 2009 | 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Pensacola Board Room 222
The Counseling Center will offer an interactive presentation on stress management. The presentation will cover the definition, causes and signs of stress. Stress remedies will also be reviewed. Time will be allotted for questions and answers.

Strategies for Graduate Students to Manage Stress
Thursday, February 4, 2010 | 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Garden Key, Room 221AB
The Counseling Center will offer an interactive presentation on stress management. The presentation will cover the definition, causes and signs of stress. Stress remedies will also be reviewed. Time will be allotted for questions and answers.

UCF Counseling Center presents Thesis and Dissertation Support Group
Every Wednesday | 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Counseling Center Building 27
This group will offer a supportive environment for graduate students navigating through the thesis or dissertation process.

UCF Writing Center offers Improving Your Writing Skills Assistance
Appointments preferred (407-823-2172) or drop in on a first come/first served basis.
Trailer Mod 608 (behind Classroom 1 Building)
This is a free service to registered graduate students.

Suggested Reading

Cahn, Steven M. From Student to Scholar: A Candid Guide to Becoming a Professor.
Columbia University Press, 2008.

Why Should I Get A Master's Degree. Council of Graduate Schools, 2009.