Workshops
The West Texas A&M University Graduate School hosts a monthly workshop series that focuses on professional skills development. Presented by WTAMU faculty, staff, and alumni, these workshops are open to currently enrolled doctoral and graduate students at WTAMU.
Workshops will be posted online for distance learning students after the event. Please note that there is a delay in posting videos online.
Interested in seeing a workshop that hasn't been offered? Contact the Graduate School with your suggestion.
Effective Online Course Design Workshop
February 23, 2023, 12:15-1:15 pm
Graduate Suite 103, Killgore Research Center and live via Zoom
This event is open to WT faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
Presented by: Irma Harper, Ed.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Education and Associate Vice Chancellor Emeritus at Texas A&M University
Learning in the online classroom can be overwhelming for students. Student success in the online classroom is contingent on clear, creative, and consistent online course design and quality instructional resources and activities.
This presentation will cover the following objectives:
- Create a clear, consistent online course structure.
- Integrate strategies to help students navigate activities, assignments, and expectations assignments, expectations.
- Apply a student-centered philosophy to online course design.
A light lunch will be provided.
Pre-register for the workshop.
Past Workshops:
"Integrative Negotiations"
- Presenter: Dr. David Howe, Assistant Professor of Management
Full Video Presentation
"Research Compliance and You"
- Presenter: Richard Smith, Director of AR-EHS
Full Video Presentation
"Thesis and Dissertation"
- Presenter: Dr. Rex Pjesky, Associate Dean of Graduate School
Full Video Presentation
"Research Compliance and You"
- Presenter: Richard Smith, Director of AR-EHS
Full Video Presentation
"Resume Development"
- Presenter: Abby Betts, Senior Career Development Coordinator
Full Video Presentation
"Time Management"
- Presenter: Jennifer Johnson, Career Services Coordinator
Full Video Presentation
"How to Write Your Statement of Purpose"
- Presenter: Carolina Galloway, Director of Study Abroad
Full Video Presentation
"Nationally Competitive Scholarships"
- Presenter: Carolina Galloway, Director of Study Abroad
Full Video Presentation
"Zoom Best Practices"
- Presenter: Dr. Yarbrough, Clinical Assistant and Virginia Engler Professor of Business Management
Full Video Presentation
"Integrative Negotiations"
- Presenter: Dr. David Howe, Assistant Professor of Management
Full Video Presentation
"LinkedIn and the Job Search"
- Presenter: Jennifer Johnson, Career Services Coordinator
Full Video Presentation
"Research Compliance and You"
- Presenter: Richard Smith, Director of AR-EHS
Full Video Presentation
"Pipeline to Graduate Studies"
- Presenter: WT Students, Staff, and Faculty
Full Video Presentation
"Research Compliance and You"
- Presenter: Tara Cash, AR-EHS Coordinator
Full Video Presentation
"Surviving Your Thesis"
- Presenter: Dr. Rex Pjesky, Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Full Video Presentation
"Research Compliance and You"
- Presenter: Tara Cash, AR-EHS Coordinator
Full Video Presentation
"LinkedIN and the Job Search"
- Presenter: Dr. Brooke DePue, Associate Director of Institutional Research
Full Video Presentation
"Natural Born Researcher"
- Presenter: Teresa Clemons, Director of Sponsored Research Services
Full Video Presentation
"Surviving Your Thesis"
- Presenter: Dr. Rex Pjesky, Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Economics
Full Video Presentation
"Writing Your Thesis: Formatting Tips"
- Presenter: Daniel Klaehn, Director of the University Writing Center and Instructor of Rhetoric, Composition, and Technical Communication
"Research Compliance and You"
- Presenter: Richard Smith, Director of AR-EHS
PowerPoint Presentation
"Recognizing Opportunities, Setting Expectations, and Providing Constructive Feedback"
- Presenter: Dr. Bryan Vizzini, Professor of History
"LinkedIn and The Job Search"
- Presenter: Brooke DePue, Career Information Specialist
PowerPoint Presentation
Workshop Handout
"How to Survive Your Thesis"
- Presenter: Dr. Rex Pjesky, Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Research
"Poster Presentations"
- Presenter: Dr. Allison Berry, Assistant Professor of Business Communication & Management and Assistant Director of Continuous Improvement
Full Video Presentation
"Graduate Student Research Grant Workshop"
- Presenter: Steve McLean, Senior Grant Specialist / Internal Grants Administrator
Full Video Presentation