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Please note: Attendance at this workshop is mandatory to receive your unit's 2017-2018 Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Data
Participants will learn how to use Microsoft Excel to conduct basic statistical analyses of the 2017-2018 Student Learning Outcome Assessment data. The workshop will cover frequencies, cross-tabs, and t-tests. Participants will need to bring a laptop with Excel to the session (a limited number of loaners are available upon request.) Attendance at this workshop is restricted to Student Life staff. Please contact Sara Bliss (sarablis@umich.edu) with any questions.

Here at Munger Graduate Residences, we recognize it is important for graduate and professional students to learn and grow outside of their academic disciplines. Throughout the year, students have the opportunity to take part in events focused on building community and developing transdisciplinary skills essential for success in 21st-century careers.

Rackham Graduate students will communicate the relevance of their work to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy in a TED-talk style. Presentation is from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. with a reception to follow from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Looking to learn more about where you can get involved on campus? Or curious to find out more about student organizations that fit your areas of interest? FYE and CCI will be in the res halls to chat with students about campus involvement at Michigan.

If your student organization is in search of new funding sources, fresh marketing methods, or simply more knowledge and resources on how to operate as a successful org, look no further! This semester, the Center for Campus Involvement will be facilitating three Basics workshops for student org members to attend: the January 22nd and March 18th sessions will be focusing on marketing, and the February 5th session will have a focus on funding. There is no attendance cost, and students are welcome to sign up for either workshop or both!

This workshop is designed only for participants in the Professional Development DEI Certificate who are facilitating workshops related to DEI as part of their certificate requirements. This interactive training will provide an overview on workshop design principles and best practices for facilitating workshops.

In-depth classroom training on Sales and how to use Fusion Please bring a laptop or smartphone.

These sessions of Impact Training are specifically for fraternity and sorority members or potential members.

Understanding what transferable skills are, and how to communicate what yours are to employers is extremely important. Building on what we discussed last semester, the University Career Center will be presenting the second portion of the transferable skills workshop for you (graduate students). We will focus on how to describe transferable skills in resumes and cover letters as an introduction.

The Psychology Dept. is hosting a variety of Grad School Informational sessions in 2018-19:
-Applying to Psychology PhD Programs: Friday, 9/28 at noon in 4448 East Hall
-Social Work: Wednesday, 10/24 at 3pm in 4448 East Hall

-Grad School Options for Careers in Mental Health, featuring Dr. Ashley Gearhardt: Wednesday, 1/23 at 5pm in 4448 East Hall

Please register for each session you plan to attend. You will receive email confirmation of your registration (s) and reminder message(s) 24-48 hours before events. You can add/delete registrations at any time through Sessions @ Michigan.

As a first-year student, figuring out what you need to do to get an internship or understanding what interests you have is hard -- 100 emoji. It’s difficult to know what employers look for or how might your interests equal a job or a major.

No worries, we designed an experience just for you.

During this 50-minute workshop, we hope to...
- Walk you through what employers look for in interns
- Help you set goals to prepare yourself to be a GREAT candidate
- Bullet point three, what’s up!?
- Debunk major and career connection
- Guide you on how to use our office to gain experience

You should come if you…
- Are a first-year student!
- Want to know what experiences employers look for and how to get it.
- Have been asked at least 50 times already, “what’s your major?”
- Aren’t totally sure on what the “Career Center” does.

*RSVP is required for this program.

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How's budgeting going? Come learn more about building skills and positive spending habits by thinking through you financial priorities, wants and needs!

This course is designed to expose you to the fundamental principles, concepts, and tools of Lean. A primary focus is the concept of Lean thinking and how to build and strengthen critical thinking skills that can help support your organization's goals and mission. You will also engage in small group exercises that focus on application of key Lean tools.

Lunch will be served at 11:30am

Panelists will speak for the first portion of the event, and then take questions from the audience regarding funding opportunities and application best practices for graduate students.

Panelists:

Donna Huprich, Director of Fellowships and Financial Aid, Rackham Graduate School
Tiffany Marra, Director of the Center for the Education of Women

Paul J. Barrow, Foundations and Grants Librarian, University of Michigan Library

Attend one of the many student organization training opportunities provided by the Center for Campus Involvement to support advisors. This includes advisors of VSOs & SSOs as well as those that are faculty, staff and community members.

This workshop aims to increase baseline knowledge, initiate discussion, and clarify myths and facts about people with disabilities. Participants will gain a better understanding of disability issues and the disability community as a whole. It will also address how to best serve individuals with disabilities and provide suggestions on etiquette that you can use in your everyday life.

Are you interested in a community service project or civic participation program? If so, come to the Wallenberg Summer Travel Award Info Session! You will learn about the award and get tips on submitting a great application.

Staff training for new hires with the Department of Recreational Sports. You will need to attend both sessions (Communication and Relational Service) before your first shift.

Whether you are writing a research article, proposal, conference abstract or dissertation, it is important to pay attention to style. Academic style is not so much a matter of following rules, but more a matter of making choices. Even if you are aware of the stylistic conventions of your field and of academic writing in general, you may also seek ways to more strongly position yourself and create your scholarly identity. In this workshop we will discuss some common features of academic style and how to make effective choices. Bring a text you are currently working on for analysis.

Thursday, January 24, 6-8 PM, Room: 110 Weiser Hall

The Ginsberg Center offers multiple workshops to support students and staff who are working with communities through courses, student organizations or independently. Learning in Community (LinC) is an educational workshop and training series focused on supporting those interested in community engagement, social justice, democratic engagement, advocacy, activism and philanthropy. Sessions address one or more of the following areas:
Community Engagement Essentials
Democratic Engagement
Student Organization Support
In addition to our LinC Workshop Series, groups can also request individual workshops. For more information, or to submit a request for one of the below workshops, please visit our website: ginsberg.umich.edu/linc.

Designed to help you become acclimated to the BLI community and broaden access to all that the organization has to offer. Come meet other BLI fellows and talk about your leadership development with free food. This is a come-and-go kind of event, so feel free to stop by before, after, or in between classes if you cannot stay the entire time!

The Bursley Hall and Multicultural Councils are holding a Welcome Back Winter Ball on January 25th. There will be food, dancing, and raffle prizes totaling over $100, all for free!

This trip will be the annual Building a Better Michigan bus trip. Participants will need to arrive at the league at 7:30 AM and be ready to leave at 8:00 AM promptly. Stops will include Notre Dame and Purdue. The bus will return to Ann Arbor by midnight.

HSSP annual Health and Wellness Conference. This is a mandatory HSSP community event.


The 2019 title of the conference is "Hail to the Healthy: Understanding the Power of Health and Wellness" that will include two workshops to sign-up for during the conference registration process. Light morning refreshments and lunch will be provided.
**During the registration process, register for all 4 conference sections: 1) conference registration, 2) choose a session 1 presentation, 3) choose a session 2 presentation, and 4) post-lunch check-in.



Dress Code: Business casual

In an effort to be sustainable, please bring a reusable water bottle if you have one.

Join Rackham, the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives, and fellow first-generation students, faculty, and staff as we gather for a luncheon featuring fellowship, networking, and fun.

The MaPPS Winter Training is an opportunity for MaPPS faculty and staff mentors to learn about the program and its expectations, explore Spectrum resources and understand mentoring best practices.

In this story-telling session, you will learn more about how SSC leaders took advantage of everyday opportunities to develop their leadership skills. You will also be introduced to U-M resources to help with your personal and career development.

Certainly you are reading for your classes, but how often do you have time to read for pleasure and relaxation without worrying about grades or deadlines? Want to be able to engage in conversation about current literature, outside the academic? Join other Honors community members who love to read for pleasure. The group selects NYT Bestsellers for fall and winter terms, and one summer read. Then, we gather after-hours in the Honors Office for an informal discussion.

This is an Honors Program sponsored event and Honors students at all levels are welcome and encouraged to attend.


If you joined Honors in 2017 or later, you will have the opportunity to earn one engagement point towards the Sophomore Honors Award if you attend and participate in at least 3 Honors Reads meetings before the end of you sophomore year. Please do not sign up if you do not plan to attend. There is no cost to participants.

Minority Serving Institutions have and continue to play an integral role in granting access, building knowledge, and empowering change that impacts both individuals and society. The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, whose legacy we commemorate as a critical figure in the advancement of civil rights and social justice, is an alumnus of Morehouse College—an MSI. Implicit in Dr. King’s push for righteousness, peace, and justice was an immense desire to transform how a nation and ultimately the world engaged with one another. It is in this spirit that we frame this forum and engagement with Minority Serving Institutions—from transactional to transformational/transformative change. Featured speakers will provide a broad overview of the MSI landscape, share their experiences with developing relationships with MSIs, and share information on how to do an institutional self-assessment before seeking to partner with MSIs. This session will serve as the first in a series of forums that foster discussion on the socio-historical and contemporary state of MSIs, insights from U-M units with relationships with MSIs, and practical information and resources for engaging MSIs.

Spectrum Center and the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA) are proud to continue an initiative centering Queer and Transgender People of Color (QTPOC): Community Dinners for/by QTPOC. The hosts will consist of QTPOC staff, faculty, and community members around U-M.

Join us as Cindy Hannafey from UHY Advisors talks about how you can foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. She will focus on the importance of building a framework of measuring, empowering, publishing, communicating and celebrating for maximum results.

Data tells us that women are underrepresented in many engineering fields. During this event, panelists will discuss their strategies for career success.
Panelist include:
Tershia Pinder-Grover, CRLT Engineering
Anne Juggernauth, UMOR Office of Tech Transfer
Carolyn Kuranz, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Constance Savander, Maritime Research Associates

Making conversation can be one of the most challenging types of speaking to master in a second language. This can be particularly true with people in a position of authority, such as one’s research advisor, work supervisor, or future employer. In this workshop, we will explore conversation topics, turn-taking strategies, active listening, and sources for sample conversations. We will consider different types of conversations, such as seeming friendly and confident at a job interview or competent and insightful in a research group meeting. Come ready to practice with one another and to identify effective ways to practice on your own.

Thursday, January 31, 6-8 PM, Room: 110 Weiser Hall

Welcome to Recreational Sports! As part of your onboarding to the department, please sign up for Rec Sports 101 training. These trainings will have you well on your way to becoming a knowledgeable part of the Rec Sports team!

Readers & Best was created in the Summer of 2014 as a joint collaboration between the Ginsberg Center’s Literacy Initiatives and the Athletic Department’s Let’s Go Do program. The goal was to provide opportunities for students across campus to come together to support reading in local schools through one-time visits. We provide the monthly curriculum for each visit, which includes a book and activity specific to the grade level of the classroom. The general Readers & Best visit requires a 2.5 hour time block from student volunteers. This includes the brief orientation, travel and the time at the school. Typically, we offer 10 slots for schools participating in the Readers and Best curriculum. The visit is led by a site leader and up to 6 additional students (since we can fit 7 people in a van). Volunteers are at the school for an hour and a half, so each volunteer reads to 2 classrooms for 30 minutes each. The Ginsberg Center provides transportation to and from the schools.

**This mandatory training is required for all new University Unions (UU) Student Employees.**
Welcome to University Unions!
We're so excited to work with you!

To kick off your experience, please plan to attend the New Student Employee Orientation Saturday, February 2nd.
Deadline to register: Friday, January 25th

Are you planning on going into the job market soon? Did you know 92% of companies (including colleges and universities) use or plan to use social media to recruit? Many graduate students have a love/hate relationship with social media. They know they “have to do it,” that it’s the “right thing to do,” but is it necessary in higher education? What if you are planning to go the faculty tenure route—is it really necessary? At this workshop you will learn how to think more strategically about your social media strategy and presence. More specifically, you’ll decide what type of “professional persona” you are trying to portray and then you’ll learn some tactics and techniques for building your social media network. This workshop will focus on the following social media tools: LinkedIn, Twitter, WordPress, Academica.edu, Hoot-suite, and If This Then That.