Graduate Student Events

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.


University Events

Track the latest events at the PSU calendar homepage


Thomas C. Bielavitz Graduate Student Collaboration Hub

The Graduate Student Hub is a multi-use space, with a tech-enabled space for workshops and presentations, open space for group work, and smaller, reservable rooms. A shared workspace can be instrumental in shaping research team dynamics and increasing motivation and accountability. 

The Graduate Student Hub will be the home of various activities supporting and celebrating interdisciplinary research: 

  • Networking events to facilitate faculty and students across disciplines to meet and identify shared research interests
  • Workshops to support interdisciplinary teams in building shared skills such as: literature searching, citation management, data management planning, data visualization, communicating research results to a broad audience, and cultivating scholarly identity and visibility 
  • Events celebrating research team milestones, and research presentations or exhibits

Visit the Graduate Student Hub page, and check below for quarterly workshop updates.