Professional Development

What is UMaine GRAD?

UMaine GRAD was designed to provide a framework for graduate students to learn and master the skills necessary to succeed in personal and professional opportunities at UMaine and beyond. One of our goals is for our UMaine graduate students to be confident, mindful, attentive, intelligent, and exceptional in all realms of life.

To do this, we created a platform for students to continue to grow, become resilient, strive for advancement, and deliver their ideas and themselves in the most upstanding way.

  • G: Growth – the process of developing
  • R: Resilience – the ability to adapt effectively to adversity or change
  • A: Advancement – the process of promoting and progressing to a higher state
  • D: Delivery – the ability to effectively articulate and present

Upcoming Professional Development Events

Camille Ross, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography will be defending her dissertation titled, “Modeling North Atlantic Right Whales and Their Prey.” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link […]
Thomas Kiffney, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Biology will be defending his dissertation titled, “Modeling growth of cultured shellfish in Maine with statistical and mechanistic methods” Zoom […]
Jennifer Smith-Mayo, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Science and Engineering will be defending her dissertation titled, “An Engaged Approach to Tracing how Practices of Articulation Shape Embodiment […]
Erin Dumville, a candidate for Master of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders will be defending her thesis titled, “Exploring Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Student Clinicians’ Understanding of Strategies for Language […]
Ahmed Almaghasilah, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Science and Engineering will be defending his dissertation titled, “Computational approaches to Understanding Complex Biological Systems.” Zoom meeting: For the […]

UMaine GRAD Collaborating Offices