Wednesday, August 19, 2026
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM • Millennium Student Center
More information coming soon
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Note: This event was previously known as the Graduate Student Professional Development Summit and focused on different areas of professional development (schedules from previous years are available at the end of this page). This year (2026), the focus will be on teaching and learning in order to prioritize the goals of GTAs with active appointments.
The Graduate Teaching Assistant Summit is a mandatory day-long professional orientation for UMSL graduate students who are serving as Teaching Assistants in the Academic Year 2026--2027. The Summit provides resources and development opportunities for teaching assistants across all disciplines. Specialized sessions address the needs of GTAs for surviving and thriving in graduate school and for successful teaching and learning. These sessions will be organized into different tracks to meet all attendees’ needs and roles as GTAs whether they are new or returning students, and whether their role is grading, leading a recitation or lab, teaching their own course, etc.
The Summit is also a great venue to connect with other new and returning students interested in teaching. We will also hold an information session about our year-long program for graduate students, the Certificate in University Teaching (CUT) program.
2026 Summit Program
TBA
Check out previous years' programs here!
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