Innovative Workshop Teaches Women in Engineering Graduate Students How to Complete Master’s Theses and Dissertations as Quickly and Efficiently as Possible

Research shows that over 50% of students dropout of graduate school and 17% drop out near the end during the thesis and the dissertation phase. Help will be available for these -- and other --- Master's and doctoral students through an innovative and informative workshop that will be held from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 14, as part of the 2006 MPAC-WIE Conference, "Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century Engineer" at the Baltimore/Washington International Airport Embassy Suites Hotel.

Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) October 3, 2006 -- A good thesis or dissertation is a done thesis or dissertation. The trick, of course, is how to get it done. Many students are so overwhelmed with the daunting task of completing this gigantic project that they simply don't know where to begin. Others have been working on their documents for months -- or years -- but have made little progress.

Research shows that over 50% of students dropout of graduate school and 17% drop out near the end during the thesis and the dissertation phase. Help will be available for these -- and other --- Master's and doctoral students through an innovative and informative workshop that will be held from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 14, as part of the 2006 MPAC-WIE Conference, "Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century Engineer" at the Baltimore/Washington International Airport Embassy Suites Hotel. The workshop, facilitated by Dr. Wendy Carter, creator of TADA! (Thesis And Dissertation Accomplished!), will provide step-by-step guidance through the entire process to demonstrate how to complete a thesis or dissertation as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Titled, "TADA! Thesis and Dissertation Accomplished: Practical Steps to Completing Your Master's Thesis or Dissertation," the workshop will cover a wide variety of elements, including how to: choose advisors and committees; avoid common mistakes and political missteps; anticipate hidden costs; set deadlines; organize the project and achieve optimal time management; create a calendar of milestones; overcome procrastination and stay motivated to finish; and defend a thesis or dissertation.

"I highly recommend this workshop for any graduate student who is working on a thesis or dissertation," said Dr. Carter. "The step-by-step methods, tools and advice that I share give an organized and stress-free approach to completing this huge project. Participants will also learn a variety of things vital to their graduate career that they won't hear anywhere else. As someone who has been in their shoes, I approach the process from a student's perspective, and provide them with an invaluable benchmark to success."

In addition to the workshop she will facilitate at the October MPAC-WIE Conference, Dr. Carter offers a variety of workshops and a monthly e-newsletter with informative articles that provide helpful guidance to graduate students, such as "the do's and don'ts" of networking, interviewing and job negotiations; and how to overcome the six major reasons that graduate students don't finish their degrees. Dr. Carter also designs customized workshops to meet the specific needs and concerns of particular audiences. She can be booked for lectures; summer programs; conferences; professional development events; graduate student orientations; brown bag/seminar lecture series; career days and job fairs; and events for minority and women graduate students. The information in Dr. Carter's workshops is also available in an interactive CD format TADA! Thesis and Dissertation Accomplished.

To schedule a workshop or order bulk CDs, contact Dr. Carter at 1-800-605.5138. Information about Dr. Carter and her innovative TADA! CD and workshops.

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