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Professional Development Academy and the Graduate Student Lifecycle |
The Graduate College Professional Development Academy (formerly known as the Graduate
College Student Success Institute) is currently a virtual center, which began in 2015 and
included one certification, several events and workshops, and non-academic advising. Since
then the virtual center has expanded to offer skills support, career support, and a number of
professional development opportunities, including four academic support certifications, six Grad Rebel programs, and more than 60 events and workshops annually. The Graduate College is also the home of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. This academic year will mark exciting new changes and growth for the Professional Development Academy, including the rollout of the new Student Lifecycle models and Pillars of Success. In addition, summer 2019 will mark the transition of the Professional Development Academy from a virtual center to its own designated space in the University Gateway building.
Student Lifecycle Models The lifecycle stages are: early master’s, middle master’s, late master’s, early doctoral, middle doctoral, and late doctoral. All of our workshops and events (as well as Graduate College outreach and messages from the Gateway) will be incorporated into particular stages. Messaging from the Graduate College and the Professional Development Academy will be targeted to students based on their student lifecycle stage. By doing this, the hope is to help students prioritize experiences and resources that are most useful to them. The Pillars of Success Informed from literature on key skills graduate students need to be successful in their professional and career pathways, the pillars are designed to help Graduate College workshops be more user-friendly, relevant, and intentional. In addition to the pillars, all workshops now have a legend, which includes information on appropriate stage of the student lifecycle, learning experience type (panel, lecture, interactive), and time commitment. Upcoming Events Graduate College’s #RebelsGive events:
The UNLV Graduate Student Services team is here to provide both professional development opportunities and support all graduate and professional students and postdoctoral scholars. Please check out and encourage students and postdocs to check out:
For more information, please contact Valarie Burke, Executive Director of Graduate Student Services, at gradrebel@unlv.edu. |