The UNMC Office of Postdoctoral Education and Research is offering a scientific writing workshop, “Writing to Persuade,” to post doctoral researchers and young researchers who want to improve their manuscript and grant writing skills.
The workshop will help UNMC in its goal of being a leader in facilitating independent careers of its postdoctoral scholars.
The writing workshop comes on the heels of a highly successful and popular public speaking workshop for postdoctoral scholars. UNMC is the only research campus nationwide that offers these workshops to its postdoctoral scholars for their career advancement.
Writing effective manuscripts and grant applications independently is one of the critical attributes for getting a job in academia, industry, the private sector or government, said Iqbal Ahmad, Ph.D., associate dean and director of postdoctoral education and research at UNMC.
“Writing to Persuade” is offered as a pilot project created by Bellevue University and its Corporate Writing Center for UNMC postdoctoral scholars. The facilitator and developer of the course is professor Gloria Lessmann of Bellevue University.
Lessmann oversees Bellevue University’s Corporate Writing Center initiative and teaches all levels of composition. In addition to her teaching experience, Lessmann has spent many years in corporate training, communication, public relations and fundraising, including several years researching, writing and reviewing grants.
Postdoctoral scholars who are interested in getting published, writing successful grant applications, or gathering support has an opportunity to participate in a six-session course starting Thursday, Jan. 8.
This course will meet at UNMC in the Durham Research Center, Room 4006 on six consecutive Thursdays from 4 to 6 p.m.
Participants will learn and practice techniques to improve persuasive writing, focusing on a proven-effective planning process, time-tested organization techniques and best practices for writing economically to produce results.
The number of participants is limited to 10 to assure hands-on learning and the inclusion is on a first-come first-served basis. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops for effective use of the workshop.
Those interested should contact Rachel Schweitzer in the UNMC Postdoctoral Education Office at rschweitzer@unmc.edu no later than Jan. 6.