Oct. 30: Workshops help women, minority faculty advance

By Richard H. Miller, Academic Outreach & Innovation

ADVANCE-logoPULLMAN, Wash. – ADVANCE at Washington State University will offer two workshops Oct. 30 at the Best Western of Moscow, Idaho, to help women and minority faculty enhance communication skills and leadership strategies.

Registration closes Oct. 27. The $25 cost includes lunch. For more information and to register, please go to https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ehome/142157.

Workshops are:

• Communications and Negotiations, 8:30 a.m.-noon, to introduce graduate students and early-career faculty to communications techniques synthesized from theater, negotiation and leadership training.
• Leadership, 1:30-5 p.m., for tenured faculty, administrators and staff established in their careers. Topics will include leadership characteristics, the differences between leadership and management and how to give feedback.

Learn more about ADVANCE at WSU at https://advance.wsu.edu/aboutadvanceatwsu/. The workshops are organized by WSU Conference Management, https://conferences.wsu.edu/.

 

Contact:
Dana Colwell, WSU conference manager, 360-890-4440, dana.colwell@wsu.edu

 

 

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