Workshop Series

To register for an ELSO workshop, visit WC Online and choose "ELSO Workshops FA25" from the Schedule drop down menu. Navigate through the schedule to the date of the workshop you are interested in and click on the white box next to the description, and fill out the registration information.

At conferences, during networking events, even just waiting in line at Starbucks, these are all times to make contacts and talk about your academic work with others. In this workshop, you’ll learn about and practice starting a conversation and continuing it to make friends and connections. You will also learn strategies for making your academic work understandable for others outside your field. 

Career fairs are where company representatives meet and talk with students. This year, Cornell is offering a variety of career fairs, including four that will take place from September 15-18. These events will be in person on the Ithaca campus. Learn why companies participate in career fairs, and why you should consider attending. Discover how they are conducted, ways to prepare for them, and resources that can help. You’ll also have time to practice your self-introduction (i.e., elevator pitch). 

The start of fall semester is when many faculty positions are advertised and postdoc positions become available. Come to this workshop to better understand the overall academic job search timeline, how to interpret academic job ads, the types of materials included in applications, and campus resources that can support you as you move through the process

Graduate students often need to compose responses spontaneously during oral interactions -- requiring them to quickly interpret what they've heard, think through the information, and make some kind of statement. The speed of these interactions can be intimidating for multilingual students. During this workshop, students will learn approaches for engaging in spontaneous oral interactions and have opportunities to practice in a comfortable and relaxed setting. Come ready to talk! 

Cornell University now provides free access to a Cornell version of Microsoft Copilot, one that keeps your information private. How can this generative AI tool and others (e.g. ChatGPT, Quillbot) be used effectively and ethically in support of writing in English? During this workshop, you will have a chance to explore ways these tools can be used during the writing process, learn ways to use them with less risk, and reflect on the extent to which you want to incorporate them into your own writing practice.

Are you writing a statement of purpose, research statement, personal statement, or something related (e.g., statement of intent)? Statements such as these are commonly required when applying for (1) graduate programs, (2) fellowships, (3) academic positions, or (4) some non-academic jobs. In this workshop, we will discuss how you could approach them and introduce some guidelines for composing them. We will also talk about when and how you might use GenAI chatbots (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot) to write them and when and why you might want to avoid using them.