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Welcome to the PDC

The Professional Development Center web site was created to connect you to professional and personal development events and opportunities campus-wide. Below is a small selection of our events. Visit our General Courses page for a complete list of upcoming opportunities.

Featured Events:

Digital Art I: Page Layout
September 23rd, 2008
9:00am-12:00pm

This course focuses on the principles of 2-dimensional communication within the digital page format. There are two sessions.  You may opt to take Digital Art and/or Digital Art II.  You will need to sign up for them individually on Sept. 16 and 23. 2-D communication is concerned with the . . .

  • Location: Scales Fine Arts Center 202
  • Open to: Alumni, Community, Faculty, Family of Faculty/Staff, Graduate Students, Staff
Imaging for Publication
September 23rd, 2008
2:00pm-3:00pm

Working with the images for book and periodical publication requires some special knowledge and preparation. Issues addressed will be: file types, resolution, changing color to black and white, adding in image notations, "FPO", image management, file naming, image transfer methods and . . .

  • Location: ZSR Library Room 204
  • Open to: Faculty
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®
October 16th, 2008
9:00am-12:00pm

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® instrument measures personality preference on four scales; Extraversion - Introversion (E - I), Sensing - Intuition (S - N), Thinking - Feeling (T - F), and Judgment - Perception (J - P). The theory and scales are briefly described in this session. The MBTI is . . .

  • Location: Benson 301
  • Open to: Faculty, Staff
Decision-Making for Leaders
October 24th, 2008
9:00am-4:00pm

Decision-Making for Leaders - This assessment and training module was designed by one of the world’s leading experts on leadership, Dr. Victor Vroom of Yale University. Participants are required to respond to a 30-item, vignette-based assessment which evaluates their decision-making style. . . .

  • Location: Information Systems 225
  • Open to: Faculty, Staff
Management Skills: Leadership Challenge
October 30th, 2008
9:00am-4:00pm

Leadership Challenge will provide participants an understanding of the disciplines and skills typical of strong leaders. Participants will gain insights into the strengths and weaknesses of their “people skills”; examine and develop their leadership style and effectiveness; and enhance . . .

  • Location: To be determined
  • Open to: Faculty, Retirees, Staff
Retirement Planning
November 13th, 2008
11:00am-12:30pm

The Retirement Education Program Wake Forest offers two retirement plans designed to help eligible employees save for retirement. 1. Defined Contribution Retirement (DC) Plan whereby the University makes contributions to a retirement account on behalf of the employee. * The only thing guaranteed . . .

  • Location: Benson Center, Pugh Auditorium
  • Open to: Faculty, Family of Faculty/Staff, Staff
Negotiation
February 26th, 2009
9:00am-4:00pm

This one-day seminar focuses on the daily situations where you negotiate with others both in your job and in your personal life.  Whether it is with suppliers, distributors, or other departments within Wake Forest, your ability to influence in a positive manner is of paramount . . .

  • Location: To be determined
  • Open to: Faculty, Staff

Visit our General Courses page for a complete list of upcoming opportunities.