Professional Development Seminar

Nandor Sieben

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GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP SERIES

1. Basic Web page design
HW: personal web page address in email
Reminders: On linux.cefns.nau.edu create /www/userid/index.html with nano (or use sftp) to make http://www.cefns.nau.edu/~userid
Some useful unix commands:
change directory: cd dirname
print working directory: pwd
directory list: ls

2. Intro to LyX
- HW: produce the following quiz . Replace my name with yours. Keep all the features, including typefaces and placements. Give me a hard copy on which I can make comments.

3. 9/13 Parts of an article, references, citations Bibtex
- HW: write an article about the quadratic formula. You need the have all the parts we discussed in class including sections, theorems, proofs, examples, figures, cross references, citations, etc.
- DUE: quiz

4. 9/20 Figures, xypic
- HW: xypic diagram

5. 9/27 (Ian Douglas) Tikz
- HW: use Tikz to create a collaboration graph of the faculty members in the department. The size of a vertex should indicate the number of publications in refereed journals. The thickness of an edge shold indicate the number of joint publications. Make the layout of the vertices attractive. Avoid edge crossings if possible. The graph is most likely planar. Use mathscinet or zentralblatt to get data for mathematicians. Interview statisticians and math educators.
- DUE: xypic diagram

6. 10/4 (Ian Douglas) GeoGebra
- DUE: Tikz collaboration graph

7. 10/11 beamer
- HW: Create a beamer presentation about the Law of Sines. Use GeoGebra to create the figures.
- DUE: quadratic article

8. 10/18 CV examples , AMS cover sheet , slides ,
- HW: create a CV or a resume
- DUE: Beamer presentation. Please send me the pdf file by email.

9. 10/27 (Thursday 3:00 - 4:00) Guest speaker: Kathryn Kozak
- DUE: CV or Resume

10. 11/1 11/1 10-minute presentations (Jonah, Alex, Russell)

11. 11/8 10-minute presentations (Phil, Jennifer, Eunju)

12. Writing a Winning Personal Statement David Spivey, Graduate College Assistant Director Wednesday, Nov 9, 5:30 - 7 pm Franke College of Business, Gardner Auditorium, Rm 101

13. 11/15 10-minute presentations (Eric, Lisa)
- HW: A one page essay about your opinion on Lockhart's Lament . Use 1 inch margins and 11 point font size. DUE:11/29

14. Entering the Job Market: The Perfect Resume/Cover Letter Katie Wessel, Gateway Student Success Center Wednesday, Nov 16, 3-4 pm Gateway Student Success Center, Bldg #43, Classroom

15. AMS coversheet Job