Graduate Education Week Provides Networking, Award Opportunities

It’s time for Graduate Education Week at the College of Charleston! From March 14–18, 2022, different educational, social and networking events for graduate students will be hosted by the Graduate School, University of Charleston, South Carolina, which has hosted Graduate Education Week since 2014.

One Graduate Education Week event is the College’s 16th annual Graduate Research Poster Session, held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, in the Stern Center Ballroom. At this event, graduate students will present their projects and research and even be eligible to win awards and cash prizes, including $500 for the winner in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts and Education Category; $500 for the winner in the Sciences, Mathematics and Business Category; and $250 for the winner of the People’s Choice Award (sponsored by the Graduate Student Association).

Other Graduate Education Week events are as follows:

Monday, March 14

Tabling – 8 a.m.–3 p.m. in the Cougar Mall (rain location, Stern Center Ballroom)

Tuesday, March 15

Thesis Tips and Pretzel Twists – 3–4:30 p.m. in the Stern Student Center, room 409

Wednesday, March 16

Resumé/CV and Cover Letter Workshop with the Career Center – 10–11:30 a.m. in the Stern Student Center, room 201

Graduate Research Poster Session – 1– 3 p.m. in the Stern Center Ballroom

Thursday, March 17

Coffee with Dean Kameelah Martin – 10– 11 a.m. in Randolph Hall, room 307

The Job Search… Where to Begin? – 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in the Stern Student Center, room 201

Panel Discussion: Leadership in a Diverse World – 4–5:30 p.m. in the Rita Liddy Hollings Science Center, room 103

Friday, March 18

Financial Literacy with the Career Center – 1–1:45 p.m. via Zoom (email gradstud@cofc.edu for the Zoom link)

More details about events are on the Graduate School calendar. RSVP to any event at gradstud@cofc.edu.