Mr. Fan的生活隨筆

Today I attended a workshop held by the Graduate Student Resource Center (Student Resource Building, Room 1215) at UCSB.
Here are the notes I take after reading through the handouts:

Tips for New Ph. D. Student

• Be proactive
• Get involved with the UCSB community
• Build my own network
• Keep Perspective (PhD is just on aspect of me but not the full picture)

Job Search

• My IDP (for STEM student)

The care and maintenance of my advisor

• Regularly scheduled meeetings focusing on my thesis
• Specific agenda (what I've done; feedback on written work; what to do next; next meeting)
• Comes up solutions, suggestions and problems 

Assertive Communication

• Clearly and calmly expressing what I want without being too passive or aggressive
• "I" statements (I think what you've done is good, but I would like to see more of...)
• How other's behavior makes me feel? (When you don't tell me what you are feeling it makes me condused)
• Stick your guns(what I want, prepare what I wanna say and repeat it. e.g. I would like...Yes, but I still like...I've heard what you said but I still want...)

Note: GSRC is good for help with writing, funding, consultations on CVs...