Happening @ Michigan

Unconscious Bias in Everyday Life

The unconscious mind is a powerful and intrinsic force in helping to shape our overall behavior in our everyday lives. This interactive...

King Talks

Rackham Graduate students will communicate the relevance of their work to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy in a TED-talk style....

Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series

"Discourses of White nationalism & racism today" Alexandra Stern

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate...

Designing a DEI Workshop

This workshop is designed only for participants in the Professional Development DEI Certificate who are facilitating workshops related to...

Transferable Skills for Ph.D. Students: Part 2

Understanding what transferable skills are, and how to communicate what yours are to employers is extremely important. Building on what we...

Fellowship and Grant Opportunities for Graduate Students

Panelists will speak for the first portion of the event, and then take questions from the audience regarding funding opportunities and...

Disability Awareness

This workshop aims to increase baseline knowledge, initiate discussion, and clarify myths and facts about people with disabilities....

Write Together

Write Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on papers, theses, and dissertations. Write-together...

First-Generation Luncheon and Networking

Join Rackham, the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives, and fellow first-generation students, faculty, and staff as we gather for a...

Out in Grad School Virtual Training

Join our panel of graduate students who will discuss what the complexities of being out and/or not being out mean to them....

Out in Graduate School Webinar

Join our panel of graduate students who will discuss the complexities of being out and/or not being out, and what that means to them....

Towards Transformative Change: Institutional Self-Assessment and Relationship Building Between U-M and MSIs

Minority Serving Institutions have and continue to play an integral role in granting access, building knowledge, and empowering change that...

Women in Engineering Panel

Data tells us that women are underrepresented in many engineering fields. During this event, panelists will discuss their strategies for...

Developing a Social Media Strategy for Your Professional Career

Are you planning on going into the job market soon? Did you know 92% of companies (including colleges and universities) use or plan to use...

Lunch with the Deans: Central Campus

Come enjoy a free lunch with the Deans of Rackham! Please submit questions for the Deans to answer....

Applying Principles of Community Engagement for Graduate Students

This workshop is intended for graduate students who have already attended an Entering, Engaging, and Exiting Communities workshop or those...

Procrastination: How to Recognize It and How to Manage It

We have all been in situations where procrastination has hurt our productivity. This panel of graduate students and postdocs will discuss...

DEI Symposium: Scholarship, Leadership, and Advocacy

Rackham Graduate School’s Professional Development DEI Certificate Program will be host a DEI Symposium on February 8, 2019. The symposium...

CV to Resume

Are you having a hard time synthesizing your academic experiences in hopes of landing a job outside of academia? The process of crafting a...

Research Data Documentation and Management

Learn best practices for documenting and managing your dissertation data from the outset. Discover the basic elements of documenting your...

DEI Conversation: Intersectionality

Join your Rackham peers for a DEI conversation about intersectionality. Everyone has multiple visible and invisible identities that...

LGBTQ Affirming Doctors and How to Navigate Systems Panel

This panel will share practical tips and consideration for navigating and fostering relationships with LGBTQ friendly providers and...

LGBTQ Affirming Doctors and Navigating the Process

Join the Spectrum Center, Rackham Graduate School and OutMD for a conversation with LGBTQ affirming physicians and health care providers who...

CUTS: CRLT Players

Though many universities aspire to cultivate a climate that is welcoming to the members of their diverse student, faculty, and staff bodies,...

Research-Based Strategies for Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

Have you often succeeded on an academic task even though you were afraid you wouldn’t do well? Do you dread others evaluating your work?...

EIHS Symposium: Public Engagements, Digital Tools, Global Contexts: A Roundtable and Discussion

Public scholarship takes on different forms depending on the tools, communities, topics, and time periods with which we engage. During this...

Sharing Options Cover Letter Writing for Ph.D. Students

Cover letters are an essential part of the job search process. However, crafting them is often very difficult. The University Career Center...

Designing Your Curriculum Vitae

Do you need a Curriculum Vitae (CV), but all you have is a resume? CVs are required to apply for research and academic positions, and very...

Lunch with the Deans: North Campus

Come enjoy a free lunch with the Deans of Rackham! Please submit questions for the Deans to answer....

Social Justice Journey

This module is geared towards groups that have more experience in social justice work. Participants are prompted in high levels of thinking...

Big-Picture Time Management

You’ve probably heard of life hacks that help you use your time more efficiently. Why not think about managing your time in the bigger...

Liberating Structures

Learn flexible facilitation techniques that maximize inclusion and participation in meetings, classrooms, and community discussions. These...

Microaggressions Session

We hear the term “microaggressions” more frequently now than ever before. Is it because this microaggression culture has just emerged...

Interviewing for Non-Faculty Jobs

Interviewing for the non-faculty job search can differ greatly from the academic job search process. This workshop will focus on helping...

Change It Up!

Change it Up! brings bystander intervention skills to the University of Michigan community for the purpose of building inclusive,...

Revising Your Diversity Statement

Increasingly, hiring committees are interested in how prospective faculty job candidates will contribute to diversity, equity, and...

Positive Leadership

Incorporating elements from Positive Organizational Scholarship, Design Science, and the Student Leadership Challenge, this workshop will...

Ice Cream Mixer on Internship Experiences

Are you planning to do a summer internship? How do you get the most out of that opportunity and leverage it to achieve your long-term career...