June 8 virtual Pathways to Success Symposium features assertiveness, writing workshops

Eliza VanCort presents at the Winter 2019 Pathways to Success Symposium

Eliza VanCort will return for a midday keynote on transformative communication skills. Photo by Chris Kitchen.

~June 1, 2022~

Pathways to Success is the Graduate School’s framework for helping graduate and professional students and postdoctoral scholars be successful in their research and scholarship, and establish necessary skills for their future careers.

This one-day event is a professional development opportunity for doctoral, professional degree, and research master’s students and postdoctoral scholars that will provide participants with information and tools useful for their time at Cornell and beyond. Our next event is on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 and meets via Zoom. Register now!

Opening Plenary: Self-Advocacy and Assertiveness

9:30 – 11:00 a.m. ET
Dr. Sharon Milgram, Director of Intramural Training and Education, National Institutes of Health

Virtual Interactive Keynote Session: Claim Your Space – Transformative Communication Skills for Academia and Beyond

11:30 am to 1:30 pm ET
Eliza VanCort, Best-Selling Author, Speaker, Thought Leader, and Teacher

Workshop: Resilience in Writing – The Key to Graduate Writer Wellbeing and Success

2:00 pm to 3:30 pm ET
Dr. Lisa Russell-Pinson, Assistant Teaching Professor of Writing, Center for Graduate Life, the Graduate School, UNC Charlotte

For more information including the symposium agenda, visit the Pathways to Success Symposium webpage on the Graduate School site.