Session

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Presenter(s)

Thesis Process Overview

In this presentation Trista Emmer, Manuscript Editor for the Thesis Office, will go over the preparation and submission of theses and dissertations. Come learn everything you need to know to have a smooth process through the Thesis Office to Thesis Release.

Trista Emmer

Manuscript Editor

Thesis Office 

trista.emmer@utah.edu

Formatting in Microsoft Word

In this workshop, Trista Emmer will introduce you to the Word Template for theses and dissertations. She'll go over the tools within the template and how to both write directly into the template and copy/paste materials written elsewhere. If you want to ensure that your manuscript is formatted correctly and easily, don't miss this workshop.

Trista Emmer

Manuscript Editor

Thesis Office

trista.emmer@utah.edu 

LaTeX Workshop

This workshop will go over the use of the LaTeX thesis/dissertation template. While it will cover some basic information for anyone using the LaTeX template, it will focus primarily on meeting students where they are currently at in the process. Please do feel free to bring specific questions and/or request light troubleshooting.

Ericka Findley

Manuscript Editor

Thesis Office

ericka.findley@utah.edu 

Writing the Personal Statement

AVP Myra Washington from the Office for Faculty will lead a workshop on writing the personal statement.

Myra Washington

Assistant Vice President for Faculty Support

myra.washington@utah.edu

Resumes

Confidence plays a key role in the job search. When a candidate feels confident with their marketing materials (resume, cover letter, social media profiles) they tend to do better in generating interviews and offers! This workshop covers: what to include on a resume and formatting.

Dominic Militello

Graduate Career Strategist

U Career Success

Dominic.Militello@utah.edu 

EndNote Workshop

The scholarly research and publication processes generate a lot of information that can be difficult to organize and remember. Citation managers such as EndNote can help you stay on top of things and save time when used appropriately. This workshop will help you learn key features of EndNote in order to create and manage your citations and references. At the end of the class you will be able to: 1) Create and set-up an EndNote Desktop library 2) Add references to your library via multiple methods 3) Use the Cite-While-You-Write plug-in for Microsoft Word or Google Docs to add citations to your manuscript 4) Know where to go with questions

Lydia Howes &
Lorelei Rutledge
Librarians
Eccles Health Sciences and J. Willard Marriott Library
lydia.howes@utah.edu and lorelei.rutledge@utah.edu 

Getting Started with Zotero

This workshop will give an overview of Zotero, an open-source citation manager, troubleshoot common issues that graduate students have when using this program, and help you figure out if this software is a good match for your research needs. If you want to get a head start on the workshop, install Zotero from https://www.zotero.org/ and take a look at our Zotero Research Guide https://campusguides.lib.utah.edu/zotero

Jasmine Kirby

Assistant Librarian

jasmine.kirby@utah.edu