St. John's College Graduate Student Professional Development Certificate Program

St. John's University is committed to providing our students with the best graduate education. In addition to academic training, St. John's aims to provide our graduate students with resources and services to enhance your educational experience and prepare them for their careers.

St. John's College, in partnership with the Center for Teaching and Learning, has created the Graduate Student Professional Development Certificate Program. The workshops provide a broad range of academic and professional development programs and resources to prepare graduate students to be scholars and professionals.

If you attend four or more of our events during the Fall 2011 semester you will receive a certificate at the end of the semester and all of the sessions will be listed on the certificate.

To register for the sessions, e-mail the Center for Teaching and Learning at CTL@stjohns.edu or call ext.1859. Please indicate you are participating in the
Graduate Student Professional Development Certificate Program.

Spring 2012
St. John's College Graduate Student 
Professional Development Certificate Program

February Sessions
 March Sessions April Sessions

Using Voice Thread in Assessment

Heidi Upton, Institute for Core Studies
Monday, February 6,1:50 - 3:15 p.m.

St. Augustine Hall, Room 110

The New American Fact Finder-US Census
Rosemarie Fogarty, New York
Census Bureau
Anthony Todman, University Libraries
Thursday, February 2, 1:50 - 3:15 p.m.

St. Augustine Hall, Room 110

Using Google Scholar Effectively
Kathy Shaughnessy, University Libraries
Tuesday, February 7,12:15 - 1:40 p.m.

St. Augustine Hall, Room 110

An Introduction to Twitter
Caroline Fuchs, University Libraries
Tuesday, February 14,12:15 - 1:15 p.m.

St. Augustine Hall, Room 110

Tokens: A New Library Resource for Research
Tian Zhang, University Libraries
Maureen Weicher, University Libraries
Tuesday, February 21,12:15 - 1:40 p.m.
St. Augustine Hall, Room 110

Active Learning in the Sciences
Christopher Bazinet, St. John’s College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Anne Dranginis, St. John’s College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Wednesday, February 8, 12:15 - 1:40 p.m.

St. Augustine Hall, Room 110

Going Global: Faculty and Student Perspectives President’s Multicultural Advisory Committee (PMAC)
Flora Keshishian, St. John’s College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Somnath Pal, College of Pharmacy
and Allied Health Professions
Lawrence Waldron, St. John’s College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Thursday, February 9,2 - 3:30 p.m.
Bent Hall, Room 277A
 
 
Do Your Students Know
  What You Really Value?
Phyllis Conn, Institute for Core Studies
Joseph Serafin, St. John’s College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Thursday, March 15,12:15 - 1:40 p.m.
Institute for Writing Studies conference room
St. Augustine Hall, Room 150

Measuring Authentic Inquiry - How to Assess
Critical Thinking

Jonathan Fowler, Institute for Core Studies
Tuesday, March 20, 12:15 - 1:40 p.m.
St. Augustine Hall, Room 110

Database Searching Secrets – Something for Everyone
William Keogan, University Libraries
Tuesday, March 13,12:15 - 1:40 p.m.
St. Augustine Hall, Room 110

How Do You Know When to Stop Writing?
Frank Brady, College of Professional Studies
Elaine Carey, St. John’s College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences
Tuesday, March 6,12:15 - 1:40 p.m.
Institute for Writing Studies conference room
St. Augustine Hall, Room 150
 
Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop

Friday, April 20,12:15 - 1:40 p.m.
Institute for Writing Studies conference room
St. Augustine Hall, Room 150

Interdisciplinary Research Roundtable:
VISA and the University Mission

Richard Sinatra, The School of Education
Monday, April 23,12:15 - 1:40 p.m.
D’Angelo Center, Room 416A

CTL Fellows’ Presentations on Research in Teaching
and Technology

Jennifer Baum, School of Law
Sophia Bell, Institute for Writing Studies
Tracey Anne Cooper, St. John’s College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kevin Rioux, St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Thursday, April 26,1:50 - 3:15 p.m.
Sullivan Hall Cafe

Interdisciplinary Research Roundtable:
Writing Biography

Laura Snyder, author of
The Philosophical Breakfast Club

Monday, April 30,12:15 - 1:40 p.m.
D’Angelo Center, Room 401
     

In addition to the workshops offered by CTL, the Library is also offering workshops are explicitly geared towards Graduate students, and many are offered in late afternoon or evening for your convenience. These workshops can be counted towards the Professional Development Certificate. 

All workshops will be held in St. Augustine Hall, Room 307 on the Queens Campus (*unless otherwise noted), and usually last 45-50 minutes.

To register click here.  If you have any questions please contact: Kathryn Shaughnessy

Introduction to Zotero, Citation Software
Monday, February 13, 6 p.m.
Monday, April 16, 6 p.m.

Using Ref Works to Cite/Manage Sources
Monday, February 13, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, February 15, 7 p.m.
Thursday, February 16, 11 a.m.
Tuesday, February 21, 8 p.m.
Thursday, February 23, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, March 27, 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 29, 6 p.m.
Monday, April 2, 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 3, 11 a.m.
Wednesday, April 4, 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 19, 11 a.m.

Introduction to ECCO (Eighteenth-Century Collections Online)
Thursday, February 16, 2 p.m.

Book Discussion: Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
Thursday, February 16, 7 p.m.
*NOTE: Will be held in D’Angelo Center, Room 301

Using Windows Movie Maker to Create Documentary Videos
Thursday, March 22, 1:30 - 2:50 p.m.

Introduction to Using Ebsco e-Books
Monday, March 5, 6 p.m.

Introduction to EEBO (Early English Books Online)
Thursday, March 15, 2 p.m.

Book Discussion: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Thursday, March 22, 7 p.m.
*NOTE: Will be held in D’Angelo Center, Room 301

Finding Scholarly Articles
Tuesday, April 17, 2 p.m.