Professional Development Session 2025

Participants will learn how affirmations can counter imposter syndrome, reduce stress, and enhance adaptability. They will then explore how blackout poetry helps individuals reinterpret existing narratives by serving as a metaphor for navigating professional structures and challenges.

This workshop offers practical strategies for balancing professional and academic commitments. It will include an introduction, an interactive presentation on time management, stress management, and the significance of support systems.

During this session you will learn more about the Campus Life Event Management and Operations Team and tools and resources to navigate campus event planning and programming.

This workshop explores how cultivating authentic spaces of belonging can help students struggling with perfectionism. Participants will understand the interconnected nature of belonging, perfectionism and mental health in student development, particularly in high-achieving environments.

Participants will learn about the stereotypes that come with being introverted and extroverted. We will have participants consider how we might not fit into those categories through our own personal experience.

Creating and maintaining a cohesive organizational culture is challenging. Discrepancies in onboarding experiences and communication gaps can lead to disengagement among team members. This session will explore a strategic approach to instilling a consistent and inclusive culture.

This session explores how Washington University in St. Louis is advancing campus-wide inclusion through a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework and strategic integration of assistive technology.

This workshop will teach participants a practical framework for crafting a personal brand, while aligning those concepts with the marketing and communications practices carried out on behalf of the division.

Mentorship is such a buzzword in our field as we support students but we often forget about how mentorship can support our colleagues and teams. Also, we often get caught thinking mentorship takes one form, the experienced helping someone new in the profession but peer to peer can just as powerful if not more.

Participants will be shown a Ted Talk video. From this video, small group discussions will be led with a set of guided questions that are answered before sharing as a large group. The small groups will use chart paper to write down their responses before sharing as a large group.