The Joyful Journey: Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Professional Development Series (Spring 2025) - Writing Your Cover Letter for the Academic Job Market

Date & Time

Thursday, 13 February 2025 - 11:00am to Thursday, 13 February 2025 - 12:00pm

Location

Online

Organizer

Center for the Integration of Teaching, Research, and Learning

 

Get an introduction to the academic cover letter in this online event. Through this presentation you will learn the basic structure of an academic cover letter, how to tailor it to your target institution, and how to include the information that will make you a compelling candidate. This is the second event in our eight-part series “The Joyful Journey: Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Professional Development Series.”

Speakers

Brian Hand, Graduate Student Program Manager, Career Services, University of Colorado Boulder

Event Schedule

This online event meets on Thursday, February 13 at 11pm-12am Gulf Time / 3-4pm Atlantic / 2-3pm Eastern / 1-2pm Central / 12-1pm Mountain / 11am-12pm Pacific.

Audience

This event is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers looking for an introduction to fundamental academic professional development topics.

Accessibility

If you have access needs, please let us know what they are. Contact Kate Diamond (kdiamond3@wisc.edu), who is supporting this workshop, to let us know how we can help you have a successful experience. In addition to meeting individualized needs, we will also take measures throughout the workshop to support accessibility for all our students:

  • Enabling live captioning in synchronous sessions
  • Incorporating multiple modes of interaction into synchronous sessions