Graduate College Career Services

Making Connections

The Graduate College Career Services office offers Iowa State University graduate students and postdoctoral scholars:

Contact Karin Lawton-Dunn – Graduate College Career Services Coordinator via email or via phone 515-294-6954 to discuss your needs. Join the ISU Careers LinkedIn group and join discussions about career searches.

Professional Development

Iowa State University also has a host of professional development opportunities available to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. Please see the calendar for the most up-to-date information.

Time Category Event
09-19-2017 8:30am Research Postdocs Only: Reading a Request for Proposal (RFP) - VPR
09-19-2017 10:00am Research Learn the ins and outs of a request for proposal (RFP)
09-19-2017 12:10pm Teaching CELT - Workshop: Save Students Money: Adopt an Affordable Textbook for Your Course
09-19-2017 5:30pm Career Women’s Leadership Workshop - “STEMpathy: Valued qualities of STEM professionals in the modern age”
09-20-2017 11:00am Career Cyclone Career Strategy Workshop Series - Week 3 of 4 workshops
09-20-2017 12:10pm Teaching CELT - Canvas Workshop: Communication
09-20-2017 12:10pm Teaching CELT - Workshop: Engagement Strategies for Every Classroom
09-20-2017 3:00pm Research Learn the ins and outs of a request for proposal (RFP)
09-21-2017 10:00am Research Postdocs Only - How to work with the DOD's Army Research Lab
09-21-2017 12:10pm Teaching CELT - Canvas Workshop: Quizzes
09-21-2017 8:30pm Wellness Postdocs Only - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), AED & First Aid
09-22-2017 11:30am Teaching CELT - Series: Best Practices in Online Course Design (View Part 2 On Your Own)
09-22-2017 12:10pm Teaching CELT - Canvas Workshop: Gradebook
09-25-2017 12:10pm Teaching CELT - Canvas Workshop: Overview of Canvas
09-26-2017 11:00am Career Conference Networking: Secrets to Success!
09-26-2017 1:00pm Communication Postdocs Only - Emotional Intelligence - Session 2
09-26-2017 2:00pm Research Leveraging NSF programs for big data research
09-27-2017 10:00am Communication Creating and Editing Captions for your Videos Workshop
09-27-2017 11:00am Career Cyclone Career Strategy Workshop Series - Week 4 of 4 workshops
09-27-2017 12:10pm Teaching CELT - http://www.event.iastate.edu/event/43165
09-27-2017 4:10pm Communication Thesis Seminar
09-28-2017 12:10pm Teaching CELT - Canvas Workshop: Quizzes
09-28-2017 3:00pm Research Library Workshop - Getting Started with Zotero
09-29-2017 11:30am Teaching CELT - Series: Best Practices in Online Course Design (View Part 3 On Your Own)
10-02-2017 3:43pm Teaching CIRTL Online Course - Teaching with Technology
10-02-2017 12:10pm Communication Thesis Seminar
10-02-2017 1:00pm Teaching CIRTL Online Course - Teaching as Research
10-02-2017 10:30pm Teaching CIRTL Online Course - Creating Assessments for the STEM Classroom
10-03-2017 8:30am Research Postdocs Only - Sponsored Funding Budget Basics
10-03-2017 1:00pm Teaching CIRTL Online Course - The College Classroom: Teaching Inclusively
10-03-2017 8:30pm Research Sponsored Funding Budget Basics
10-04-2017 11:00am Teaching CIRTL Online Course - Diversity in the College Classroom
10-04-2017 11:00am Research Navigating Your Research with Human Subjects: The IRB Submission Process
10-04-2017 1:00pm Career CIRTL - Women in STEM: The Status of Women Scientists
10-05-2017 10:30am Teaching CIRTL Online Course - Gender Bias Intervention in STEM for Women and Men
10-05-2017 2:10pm Teaching Postdocs Only - CELT - Workshop: Inclusive Classroom Faculty Development Workshop
10-05-2017 3:00pm Research Library Workshop - Getting Started with Mendeley
10-10-2017 8:30am Research Integrating Broader Impacts Work Into Your Research - VPR
10-10-2017 8:30am Research Integrating Broader Impacts Work Into Your Research
10-10-2017 3:30pm Teaching CIRTL - Qualitative Research Primer: Using Narrative Data in Your Teaching-as-Research Project
10-10-2017 3:30pm Teaching CIRTL - Qualitative Research Primer: Using Narrative Data in Your Teaching-as-Research Project
10-10-2017 5:30pm Career Women’s Leadership Workshop
10-11-2017 1:00pm Career CIRTL - Women in STEM: Preparing for and Navigating the Job Market
10-12-2017 3:10pm Miscellaneous Library Workshop - Beyond the Text: Rare Books as Artifacts
10-15-2017 3:43pm Research The Story Collider: Communicating Your Research and Scholarship Using Narrative - VPR
10-16-2017 1:00pm Communication The Story Collider: Communicating Your Research and Scholarship Using Narrative
10-16-2017 2:00pm Communication NCFDD - Week 1: The Academic's Guide to Working with a Literary Agent
10-18-2017 9:00am Communication Thesis and Dissertation Boot Camp: Formatting your manuscript
10-18-2017 10:00am Research Informational Session: Legal Update on Digital Accessibility
10-18-2017 1:00pm Career CIRTL - Women in STEM: Women in STEM Careers Panel
10-19-2017 1:00pm Teaching CIRTL - 5 Things to Do on the First and Last Day of Class
10-19-2017 3:00pm Research Library Workshop - Getting Started with EndNote Web
10-20-2017 1:00pm Teaching CIRTL - Finding and Evaluating Educational Literature
10-20-2017 1:00pm Research Sponsored Funding Budget Basics
10-23-2017 2:00pm Communication NCFDD - Week 2: The Academic's Guide to Working with a Literary Agent
10-24-2017 4:00pm Career Cyclone Career Strategy Workshop Series - Week 1 of 4 workshops
10-25-2017 1:00pm Teaching CIRTL - Women in STEM: Careers Panel Exploring Critical and/or Feminist STEM Teaching and Research
10-27-2017 2:00pm Research Library Workshop - Data Management Planning, An Introduction
10-29-2017 3:43pm Communication NCFDD - 14-Day Writing Challenge
10-30-2017 2:00pm Communication NCFDD - Week 3: The Academic's Guide to Working with a Literary Agent
10-31-2017 4:00pm Career Cyclone Career Strategy Workshop Series - Week 2 of 4 workshops
11-01-2017 1:00pm Career CIRTL - Creating and Owning Your Individual Development Plan
11-02-2017 1:30pm Teaching CIRTL - Integrating Civic Learning into the STEM Classroom
11-02-2017 3:00pm Research Library Workshop - Getting Started with Arduino, Raspberry Pi and Makey Makey
11-07-2017 11:00am Research Navigating Your Research with Human Subjects: The IRB Submission Process
11-07-2017 4:00pm Career Cyclone Career Strategy Workshop Series - Week 3 of 4 workshops
11-07-2017 5:30pm Career Women’s Leadership Workshop
11-08-2017 8:00am Communication Writing Winning Grant Proposals
11-09-2017 2:00pm Communication Thesis and Dissertation Boot Camp: Formatting your manuscript
11-14-2017 8:30am Research Working with Sub-Awards
11-14-2017 4:00pm Career Cyclone Career Strategy Workshop Series - Week 4 of 4 workshops
11-15-2017 3:00pm Research Working with Sub-Awards
11-29-2017 10:00am Communication Testing Your Website for Accessibility Workshop
11-29-2017 10:30am Research Human Research Basics Series: Protecting Human Subjects
12-05-2017 5:30pm Career Women’s Leadership Workshop - Panel - “Habits of infl uential women in work and life”
12-06-2017 1:30pm Research Understanding and Implementing Physical and IT Protection for Controlled Unclassified Information
12-13-2017 10:00am Communication Accessible Forms and Pdfs Workshop