Grad+ Seminar Series: Fundamentals - Motivation, Strategies & Tactics for Success

Grad + Fundamentals, led by human behavior specialist, Dr. Leslie-Ellen Blood, is a weekly accountability and development seminar dedicated to your academic success. Graduate students face unique challenges balancing research, publishing, teaching, and multiple projects, all while navigating the often-isolating transition from student to scholar.

Graduate school, professional academia, and original research require a particular set of skills: intrinsic motivation, resilience, curiosity, discipline, and determination. Grad+ Fundamentals will help you boost efficiency, productivity, and confidence. Sign up today so you don’t miss the opportunity to make lifelong connections, increase self-awareness, and build holistic success strategies that will serve you both on and off campus.

If you have never participated in Grad+ Seminar Series, start with this option!

This seminar follows an application-learning workshop format with original lecture content, virtual activities, and discussion in small and large group reflections, supported by Canvas course materials.

Outcomes

• Understand personal behavior patterns that impact focus
• Improve productivity with customized time and task management tactics
• Learn how to communicate, clarify, and meet both internal and external expectations
• Leverage personal values to reduce procrastination and avoidance
• Analyze and identify core behavioral lenses that impact motivation
• Design, develop, and apply personal performance plans using Alignment Theory

All graduate students welcome!

Register by Sept. 3, 2026. Contact [email protected] with any questions.