Graduate Student Events
Workshop Series:
Fall 2024 Schedule
Citation Management with Zotero
Instructor: Kimberly Pendell, Professor, University Library
Date: Wednesday, October 29
Time: 4-5:30 pm
Location: In person, Library classroom 170
Get your personal research library built and organized! This workshop provides an overview of Zotero, a free and open-source citation management tool that allows users to quickly save citations, full text documents, and annotate PDFs. Zotero is an especially powerful research tool because it can quickly save citations from databases, journal websites, GoogleScholar, the PSU Catalog. It also integrates with Word and Google Docs for easy generation of in-text citations and reference lists.
Registration closes at the end of the day Thursday, October 24th.
Thesis & Dissertation Literature Reviews: Searching for Sources
Instructor: Kimberly Pendell, Professor, University Library
Date: Wednesday, October 23
Time: 5 - 6:30 pm
Location: Zoom
The literature review is a critical piece of your thesis, dissertation, or research article, providing your readers with context of why your research matters. This workshop will give you strategies and tips for conducting an effective and comprehensive search for literature across multiple databases and search engines.
Registration closes at the end of the day Monday, October 21st.
Articulating Your Research Agenda
Instructor: Kate Comer, Associate Professor, English
Date: Wednesday, October 18
Time: 1:30 - 3 pm
Location: Zoom
This workshop offers an analytic framework and practical strategies for articulating your research agenda in different contexts. We will examine issues of exigence, audience, and scholarly performance in genres like dissertation plans, grant proposals, and conference presentations. Participants will explore how to clarify and communicate the value of your work at any stage in the research process.
Registration closes at the end of the day Tuesday, October 15th.
Three Minute Thesis
The 3MT for short, is a research communication competition designed to help graduate students develop presentation skills by consolidating and presenting their research succinctly to a non-specialist audience, all in just three minutes. Although the name of the event is Three Minute Thesis, as a PSU Masters or Doctoral student, you are eligible to present any research you are conducting for a thesis, dissertation, or culminating project.
First Place, Runner Up, and People's Choice prizes are awarded.
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Grad Student Professional Development Series
The Graduate School is excited to announce a collaborative professional development effort offered by OSU, the University of Oregon, Portland State University, and Oregon Health and Science University. The “Grad Student Professional Development Series” is for graduate students at the four participating institutions and is intended to provide networking opportunities and training in skills beyond disciplinary knowledge that are essential for achieving career readiness and professional success post-graduation. Each university will host one session this academic year online, and in some cases, in person as well. Graduate students from any of the host institutions may attend any and all of the events (see complete list below and via this flier).
Tools and Strategies for Better Networking. Hosted by U of O
November 3, 2:00-3:30pm
Online only.
Advancing your Scholarly Writing as a Graduate Student. Hosted by OSU
December 7, 10:00-11:30am
Heckart Lodge 100 and online.
Strategies for Navigating Interpersonal Conflict. Hosted by Portland State University
February 9, 2-3:30 p.m.
Leadership and Management Skills. Hosted by Oregon Health and Science University
TBD
Student Research Symposium
The Portland State University Student Research Symposium is an opportunity for current PSU graduate and undergraduate students across all disciplines to showcase their research through poster and oral presentation formats. This event is traditionally held during Spring Term in the month of May.
For more information including how to participate and registration please visit the event's PDXScholar page.