About the Series

The Graduate Online Success Series: Grad Online Jawn is a series of online workshops offered by the Office of Graduate Studies and the McGonigal Academic Resources Center (ARC), in collaboration with campus partners, to provide graduate students with key skills and resources to support them throughout their academic journey. The workshops are meant to be engaging and interactive and offer opportunities to meet with faculty and professional staff experts from across the university.

While the workshop series is geared toward graduate students studying online, all graduate students are welcome. Students who register will receive login instructions via email and workshops materials after the event. In addition, workshop materials are made available on this website and in the series archive.

Contact

For questions about the series or to suggest topics, please contact Deirdre McMahon, PhD, Assistant Dean of Online Program Assessment, GSBSPS, at dhm33@drexel.edu.

Upcoming Workshops

Successful Networking & Interviewing

Tuesday, April 7, 2026
5 to 6 p.m. EDT
Virtual via Zoom

Register [Zoom]

Description: Did you know that 80% of available jobs are never listed anywhere? Learn how to secure your ideal job through networking! Also, can you answer these deceptively difficult interview questions? "Tell me about yourself." "What are your strengths & weaknesses?" Led by Ken Bohrer, Senior Career Counselor, Steinbright Career Development Center, this workshop will show you the power of networking and how to be more confident during interviews!

Facilitator: Ken Bohrer, Senior Career Counselor, Steinbright Career Development Center (SCDC)

Organize Your Research: Citation Management with EndNote or Zotero

Tuesday, April 21, 2026
5 to 6 p.m. EDT
Virtual via Zoom

Register [Zoom]

Description: Save research time and effort! Take advantage of library citation management tools to organize and format your project. Librarians Sarah Hughes and Jay Bhatt provide key no-nonsense tips on how to use EndNote or Zotero—your choice, provided by Drexel University—to keep and organize scholarly references and articles and to generate in-text citations and bibliographies in all major styles.

No prior knowledge of EndNote or Zotero is required for this workshop.

Facilitators:

Sarah Hughes, MLIS, MA, Curricula Support Librarian, Health Sciences Team, Drexel University Libraries

Jay Bhatt, MS, Library Liaison, Engineering, Drexel University Libraries

Setting Goals with Purpose

Tuesday, April 23, 2026
5 to 6 p.m. EDT
Virtual via Zoom

Register [Zoom]

Description: It's important to set goals, or at least have a general direction in mind, to move productively from point to point in our lives. However, sometimes we set a goal for ourselves and work and struggle to achieve it and then think, "Great! Now what?"

Achieving goals, whether personal or professional, should consist of more than simply checking a box. What if there were an alternative way to approach goal planning that would help in not only defining and achieving a specific goal, but also creating space for multiple aims that support your purpose?

In this workshop, Kathy Choy, Assistant Director of Talent Development in Drexel Human Resources, will provide tools to help you describe the purpose behind your goals, offer guidance for identifying how specific actions support that purpose, and dig into ways to plot a course to get you closer to your purpose.

Facilitator: Kathy Choy, MS, Assistant Director of Talent Development, Drexel Human Resources

Re-igniting the Flame: Recovering from Burnout

Wednesday, April 29, 2026
5 to 6 p.m. EDT
Virtual via Zoom

Register [Zoom]

Description: Join Julie Hang, Staff Psychologist and Outreach Coordinator of the Drexel Counseling Center, and Wydelah Llanos, Art Therapy and Counseling Graduate Student and Outreach Assistant, to discuss some of the impacts of high-pressure academic environments, including the fatigue, detachment, and lowered sense of personal achievement known as "burnout." Dive deeper into understanding burnout, learn the signs of how to catch it early, and manage these experiences along with an experiential exercise to tend to your needs.

Facilitators:

Julie Hang, PsyD, Staff Therapist and Outreach Coordinator, Drexel Counseling Center

Wydelah Llanos, MA Program in Art Therapy and Counseling, Outreach Assistant, Drexel Counseling Center

Strategies for Finding Data and Statistics

Thursday, April 30, 2026
5 to 6 p.m. EDT
Virtual via Zoom

Register [Zoom]

Description: Finding the right data for your research can be a daunting task given the number of datasets available online. In this workshop, librarian Sarah Hughes offers practical tips and strategies for locating both data and statistical resources. Topics will include: the difference between data and statistics, where to locate data by topic using library and web resources, and thinking critically about the reliability and validity of data and statistical resources.

Facilitator: Sarah Hughes, MLIS, MA, Curricula Support Librarian, Health Sciences Team, Drexel University Libraries

Writing to Make Things Happen

Thursday, May 14, 2026
12 to 1 p.m. EDT
Virtual via Zoom

Register [Zoom]

Description: Impactful writing makes things happen in the world. Early on in school, students often focus on achieving a grade. But when we move into advanced study, impactful writing becomes a way to make things happen—we use it to create and share knowledge, participate in communities of scholars and researchers, advocate for and communicate our ideas. In this workshop, led by representatives of the Drexel Writing Program and Drexel Writing Center, we'll think about what impactful writing can help you do in the world, discuss some of the challenges of writing in graduate school, and share concrete resources to support your large projects. Graduate Writing Consultants will introduce themselves and their areas of study and expertise, as well as demonstrate how to sign up for Drexel Writing Center consultations.

---

For additional workshop offerings, visit the Office of Graduate Studies, McGonigal Academic Resource Center, Drexel Libraries, and Steinbright Career Development Center websites.

Series Archive

Visit the series archive for a list of topics and materials from past workshops.