Past Events

Design for Impact: Tips, Tricks and Feedback – Posters, Text, PowerPoint Dee, chair of Visual Communication Design, will help participants learn how to best visually communicate their ideas. She will go over some tips and tricks on user experiences, establishing a strong hierarchy, typeface selection, data visualization, and giving presentations. Following the lecture, she will provide hands-on feedback to anyone seeking advice on poster, presentation, print, or digital designs. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. Place: Fusion Studio, Room 2038,…

How to Write a Cover Letter Learn how to write a concise, expressive, and attention-grabbing cover letter that will have employers taking notice. Find out how to customize your letter and practice the elements and language needed to land the job you want, regardless of your degree program. Place: Graduate Life Center Room C Time: 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. You must register at the following link if you plan on attending: Register Here

VT KnowledgeWorks Startup Chatup Join us for a lively, informal group chat about your entrepreneurial aspirations with VT KnowledgeWorks' Executive Director Jim Flowers. Startup Chatup @ Tillerman Coffee Co. is located in the VTCRC at 1341 Research Center Drive, Suite 1100, Blacksburg, VA 24060. Location: Tillerman Coffee Co. For more information and to register, please click here.

Storytelling with Data You've got data. In the digital age, you perhaps have LOTS of data! And it means something to you. But how do you best let others see what it means? The ability to explore the visual representation of data, detect meaningful patterns and trends, and decide how to present them is becoming increasingly critical for communicating your research story. This workshop covers various factors that affect how your findings appear to others. Students will practice using data…

Storytelling with Data You've got data. In the digital age, you perhaps have LOTS of data! And it means something to you. But how do you best let others see what it means? The ability to explore the visual representation of data, detect meaningful patterns and trends, and decide how to present them is becoming increasingly critical for communicating your research story. This workshop covers various factors that affect how your findings appear to others. Students will practice using data…

The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) Annual Meeting is the largest meeting and networking event in the postdoctoral community. Each meeting is highly engaging and productive for postdoctoral scholars, administrators, and other individuals working to enhance the postdoctoral experience. Our Annual Meetings are held each year in the spring. For more information, please click here.

VT KnowledgeWorks Startup Chatup Join us for a lively, informal group chat about your entrepreneurial aspirations with VT KnowledgeWorks' Executive Director Jim Flowers. Startup Chatup @ Tillerman Coffee Co. is located in the VTCRC at 1341 Research Center Drive, Suite 1100, Blacksburg, VA 24060. Location: Tillerman Coffee Co. For more information and to register, please click here.

The Art of Presentations This workshop shares the techniques that actors use on stage to engage their audiences and demonstrates how the techniques can be used to improve research presentations at professional meetings and conferences. Participants will learn how to avoid nerves both before and during presentations. They will learn how to warm up and prepare and how to use more effective body language and movement to keep audience focus. They will learn non-verbal behaviors and how to use their…