Graduate Calendar

Sound data management practices can ensure long-term usability of your data, increase your productivity, and promote collaboration. Learning and adapting a few good habits can go a long way in managing your data. In this webinar, you’ll be introduced to tips for managing data, resources through Texas State University, as well as best practices for workflows, file management, documentation, storage, and preservation. This workshop is helpful for researchers in any discipline and stage in their career. Attendees currently planning or conducting research will benefit most from this workshop.

Presented by Xuan Zhou, Data Curation Specialist, University Libraries

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When you write a thesis, dissertation, or academic journal article, you are addressing a small audience of academics in your field. However, academic writers sometimes need to speak to wider audiences with limited or no specialized knowledge, such as when writing proposals for funding, when creating outreach materials for the public, or when communicating with the media. During this session, you will gain practice with the following:

• analyzing your audience
  
• recognizing and avoiding jargon
  
• editing for simplicity and conciseness
  
• using examples and anecdotes
  
• writing with directness
  

Presented by: Dr. Andrea Hilkovitz, External Funding Specialist, The Graduate College &
Dr. Brian Smith, External Funding Specialist, The Graduate College

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Are you starting to think about or writing your dissertation proposal? Then join us for an informative workshop on transforming your idea into a finished proposal! Learn how to transform a research idea into a compelling dissertation proposal that clearly communicates the significance, feasibility, and design of your study. This session covers key proposal components, common pitfalls, and strategies for navigating the approval process. Bring your questions!

Panelists

Dr. Lauren Brentnell, Assistant Professor of Instruction in English and Associate Director of the University Writing Center
Dr. Aamar Danish,  Bobcat alum (Ph.D., 2024, Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization), Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Engineering Technology
Dr. Melissa Martinez, Interim Associate Dean, The Graduate College & Professor of the PhD in Educational and Community Leadership Program
Moderator: Dr. Patti Giuffre, Associate Dean, The Graduate College

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Learn the secrets of successful graduate students. In just one hour, you will understand advanced search queries, effective research, database tricks, and library services you never knew existed.

This workshop covers finding unique databases, identifying important articles through citation analysis, using citation management tools, exploring a topic with knowledge graphs, and locating opportunities for publishing your scholarship and building your research identity.

Presented by: Donna Dean, Research Coaching Coordinator, University Libraries

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Join a panel of neurodivergent scholars—three Postsecondary Student Success alumni and one current doctoral student—for an honest conversation about navigating graduate school when your brain works differently than the system expects. Through moderated discussion and audience Q&A, panelists will share the strategies, tools, and accommodations that actually helped them manage competing demands, sustain momentum on long-term writing projects, and push through feeling stuck or overwhelmed—including what they've learned to ignore or reinvent beyond the usual advice to "just get organized." Whether you're tackling a thesis, a dissertation, or the daily balancing act of grad school, you'll leave with practical approaches and the reassurance that there's no single "right" way to succeed. All Bobcats are welcome.

Presented by: Dr. Lori Wischnewsky, Postsecondary Success Alumni TXST’24, NeuroCats Program Coordinator - Disability Services,
Dr. Allie Crawford, Postsecondary Success Alumni TXST’25, Coordinator & Lecturer for ELAR – Curriculum & Instruction,
Dr. Camrie Pipper, Postsecondary Success Alumni TXST’26, Manager - Writing Center,
Jess Meurer Sobhani, Postsecondary Student Success Doctoral Student

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This session is for continuing TXST students for The Graduate College Scholarship. Find out how to make your application stand out! This presentation will offer valuable insights into the application and review processes for these awards, including tips and tricks for success, requesting letters of recommendation, common mistakes to avoid, and an insider perspective on how this funding is awarded and disbursed.

Presented by Lynnette Lombardo, Internal Funding Specialist, The Graduate College

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Many applications require personal statements, but writing them can present numerous content selection challenges. What should you choose to say about your personal history — and how do you make it relevant? This Shop Talk will focus on personal statements in the context of external funding applications, but the advice and tips shared will be widely applicable to other personal statements. During this session, you'll learn how to:

• curate your personal history
• create a compelling application story
• connect with the organization's goals

Presented by Dr. Andrea Hilkovitz, External Funding Specialist, The Graduate College & 
Dr. Brian Smith, External Funding Specialist, The Graduate College

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The Graduate College would like to invite you to an upcoming event during “Brews, Bites, & Bobcats: A Grad College Networking Event” on Thursday, October 1, 2026, 4-6:30 p.m. in the foyer of the Avery Building on the Round Rock campus.

We will have tables with information, food, and raffles! Come join The Graduate College Deans and staff at this fun networking event!

Networking is a critical skill for career success but finding the time and confidence to make it happen is not always easy. Come explore the essential career development skill of networking and how to make progress towards your career goals. During this workshop, you will learn about networking in a safe environment while developing an understanding of best practices, gain insights and practical tips about what networking is (and is not), and how to tap into the power of networking in a way that everybody can utilize.

Presented by Adam Hernandez, Career Educator, Career Services

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Designed for doctoral or master’s students writing a thesis or dissertation (or planning to!), this Shop Talks session focuses on important elements and strategies for successfully submitting the thesis/dissertation. One of our Degree Audit Specialists at The Graduate College, discusses helpful resources and information, required formatting, common mistakes and what reviewers are checking for when they look over your document. We encourage you to also check out the Thesis & Dissertation Information page on The Graduate College’s website to see the resources that are covered in this session.

Presented by Austin Hoeft, Graduate Degree Audit Specialist, The Graduate College

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