The Graduate College Coffee Hour Seminar Series brings together graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty and professional staff from across the University, as well as field experts, for a wide variety of personal and professional development workshops. See a list of topic areas below. Offerings vary year-to-year based on demand. If you have ideas or requests for professional development or would like to partner with the Graduate College on a session, please contact the Graduate College at graduatecollege@drexel.edu.
Visit the links below for a list of upcoming workshops in each topic area and for archives which include session recordings, presentations, downloadable resources, and contact information.
Visit our Events page for a complete list of events for graduate students and postdocs.
- General resources and ongoing professional development for graduate student instructors (TAs, RCFs, etc.)
- Remote and online teaching and learning tools and resources
- How learning works, research-based principles for smart teaching
- Teaching large classes
- Engaging students in learning activities and in the remote/online environment
- Effective assessments and grading techniques
- Teaching across cultures, understanding diverse backgrounds
- Learning objectives and curriculum development
- Identifying students in distress, managing student crisis
- Disability resources and requirements
- Navigating mentor-mentee relationships and conflict resolution
- Building resilience for personal and professional life
- Diversity and inclusion
- Cybersecurity, information privacy and technology
- Thesis and dissertation writing and presenting (including remote/online presentation)
- Navigating library resources and scholarly tools
- Grant writing
- Communication
- Career counseling and job search tools
- Career fair prep
- Resume and cover letter review
- Interview skills
- Fellowships for career development
- Career planning and exploration, Individual Development Plan (IDP)
- Academic job search
- Basic of accounts, budgeting and credit
- Financial hacks and getting out of debt
- Home buying and lending and planning for large purchases
- Navigating your taxes
- Educational planning and funding, external funding sources
- Beginner investing, employee benefits, retirement planning
- Advanced investing, diversifying your portfolios, trading
- Mindfulness meditation and stress management
- Art, music, and dance/movement therapy
- Yoga for anxiety
- Cooking and baking
- Nutrition counseling
- Learn a new talent or skill