Graduate Student Workshops
We offer workshops to help graduate students enhance their communication skills as part of the G.R.A.D. Aggies Professional Development Certificate, offered by the Graduate School. Students participating in the certificate program will be able to earn one Professional Development Unit (1 PDU) toward their certificate when they attend one of the workshops.
Once you register to attend How to Write Like an Academic workshop, you'll receive the Zoom link automatically to your TAMU email.
Once you register to attend the Using and Integrating Sources workshop, you'll receive the Zoom link automatically to your TAMU email.
Fall 2025 Graduate Student Workshops
How to Write Like an Academic
Wednesday, September 17, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (via Zoom)
Presented by Macy Dunklin, Program Coordinator II
Graduate writers want their work to flow but often need to learn what flow means. Likewise, ensuring your writing is clear and understandable when writing about complex topics can seem daunting when you've been working with a subject for a while. This workshop will help writers create links and transitions between subjects, discuss audience needs and expectations, and offer strategies for concision.Once you register to attend How to Write Like an Academic workshop, you'll receive the Zoom link automatically to your TAMU email.
Academic Integrity Strategies
Tuesday, September 30, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (via Zoom)
Presented by Macy Dunklin, Program Coordinator II
Trying to navigate the ins and outs of plagiarism and citations becomes nuanced in graduate school. This workshop focuses on issues of academic integrity, such as using outside sources and constructing in-text citations, and briefly touches on AI-use resources on campus.
Once you register to attend the Academic Integrity Strategies workshop, you'll receive the Zoom link automatically to your TAMU email.Using and Integrating Sources in Academic Writing
Wednesday, October 15, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (via Zoom)
Presented by Macy Dunklin, Program Coordinator II
Many graduate students feel nervous about citing sources effectively and appropriately, especially as sources become more nuanced and complex. In this workshop, you’ll learn strategies for ethically integrating source material in graduate-level writing projects such as seminar papers, journal articles, and theses/dissertations.Once you register to attend the Using and Integrating Sources workshop, you'll receive the Zoom link automatically to your TAMU email.
Developing Proposals
Tuesday, October 28, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (via Zoom)
Presented by Macy Dunklin, Program Coordinator II
Proposals can seem like a nebulous document for a variety of reasons. This workshop will focus on processes and the rhetorical moves necessary to engage proposal writing. We'll provide drafting tips and strategies from a generalist perspective as proposal expectations differ across the university.
**Please note this is a general overview and does not cover department-specific requirements.
Once you register to attend the Proposals Workshop, you'll receive the Zoom link automatically to your TAMU email.
Presenting Your Research
Wednesday, November 12, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (via Zoom)
Presented by Macy Dunklin, Program Coordinator II
While there is tremendous variation across disciplines and professional organizations, scholarly conferences share some conventions. This workshop, hosted by the University Writing Center, offers strategies for public speaking, striking the appropriate tone for presentations and papers, and ways that student researchers can pre-write some answers for possible questions they may receive.
Once you register to attend the Presenting Your Research workshop, you'll receive the Zoom link automatically to your TAMU email.