Professional Development Seminar Details

Scholastic Saturdays are offered at our convenient off-campus location at 1200 Red Fox Road in Arden Hills, affectionately known around here as 'Red Fox' (unless otherwise specified). Click here for a Red Fox map. You can register for each session separately--take what interests you.

Academic Writing and APA Documentation

Bethel is pleased to offer training on academic writing and APA documentation for all current CAPS/GS learners. Choose whether you would like to register for one or both sessions.

Cost: Academic Writing - $70
Documenting your Writing Using APA - $20

Location: Bethel’s Red Fox site at 1200 Red Fox Road, Arden Hills, MN 55112 (southwest corner of Highway 694 and Lexington Avenue)

Bring: These are hands-on sessions, so please bring your laptop if you have one. Laptops will be available to work on if you are not able to bring your own. You are welcome to bring snacks, beverages, and a lunch. There will be a 30-minute lunch break during the Academic Writing session.

Workshop: Academic Writing

This workshop will cover all the basics of writing academic papers. Topics will include:

learning what is expected of college-level writing;
gaining an understanding of the writing process from pre-writing to final draft;
reviewing the essentials of an academic essay;
discussing how to avoid plagiarism; and
improving your grammar and punctuation so you can edit accurately.

Feel free to bring a current paper you are working on if you would like immediate feedback from the instructor.

Workshop: Documenting Your Writing Using APA

This workshop will cover the basics of APA 6th Edition documentation, which is the most commonly used method in CAPS/GS courses for citing sources in academic papers.

Questions? Call 651.635.8088 or email Emily Busta at e-busta@bethel.edu

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Career Exploration for Business

Bethel is pleased to offer Career Exploration for Business for all current CAPS/GS learners. Choose whether you would like to register for one, two, or all three sessions.

Cost: FREE!

Location: Bethel’s Red Fox site at 1200 Red Fox Road, Arden Hills, MN 55112 (southwest corner of Highway 694 and Lexington Avenue)

Workshop: Navigating the Job Search Process

This workshop will teach you how to conduct an effective job search. Topics covered will be:

tools employers use to gather information about potential job candidates;
how employers are using social media to recruit candidates;
newest trends in writing cover letters;
social media strategies for job searching; and
where to search for job openings.

Workshop: Effective Resumes for the Business World

This workshop will teach you how to write an effective resume for the business world.

Bring your existing resume and receive help from a resume expert.
Learn how to communicate your skills and experiences on a resume.
See different resume formats.

Leave class with an updated professional resume tailored to the positions you desire.

Workshop: Interviewing for Business Jobs

This workshop will cover how to interview successfully so you can get the job you want. Topics covered will be:

interviewing techniques that will help you shine;
practice answering the most common interview questions; and
learning how to write an elevator speech that will give you confidence to speak with employers about your career goals.

Questions? Call 651.635.8088 or email Emily Busta at e-busta@bethel.edu

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Help for English Learners

Workshop: Help for English learners

Bethel is pleased to offer our Help for English Learners workshop to current CAPS/GS students. Cost: $45

Location: Bethel’s Red Fox site at 1200 Red Fox Road, Arden Hills, MN 55112 (southwest corner of Highway 694 and Lexington Avenue)

Bring: A laptop if you have one.Topics covered will include:

plural versus singular usage;
subject/verb agreement;
verb tense; and
use of articles in the English language.

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Introduction to Bethel's Systems: Moodle, Blink, and Google

Bethel is pleased to offer training on Moodle, Blink and Google email for all current CAPS/GS learners.

Cost: $30

Location: Frogtown/Summit-University ModelCities Brownstone Building 849 University Avenue St. Paul, MN 55104

Bring: This is a hands-on session, so please bring your laptop if you have one. You are welcome to bring your own snacks and beverages.

Workshop: Introduction to Bethel's Systems: Moodle, Blink, and Google

Topics will include:

an overview of Moodle and hands-on practice completing tasks such as uploading an assignment, changing your profile, and checking your grades;
an overview of Blink and hands-on practice looking up your class schedule, adding and dropping courses, checking your degree evaluation, looking at your unofficial online transcript, and finding library and other academic resources;
an overview of Google email and hands-on practice completing tasks such as forwarding your email to another account, responding to email, setting an auto signature, organizing email, creating folders, and more; and
an overview of the Google calendar features and hands-on practice completing tasks such as scheduling appointments and calendar reminders.

Questions? Call 651.635.8088 or email Emily Busta at e-busta@bethel.edu

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Microsoft Office for Windows Workshops: Word, Excel & PowerPoint

Bethel is pleased to offer Microsoft Office for Windows hands-on learning sessions for all current CAPS/GS learners. Choose whether you would like to register for one, two, or all three sessions.

Cost: $30 each

Location: Bethel's Red Fox site at 1200 Red Fox Road, Arden Hills, MN 55112 (southwest corner of Highway 694 and Lexington Avenue).

Workshop: Introduction to Microsoft Word 2010 for Windows

This workshop will provide you with the basic word processing concepts needed to produce documents for school and work. Topics covered will be:

user interface: obtaining help, enter text, save, print preview, set up a printer, page layout, page setup, print options, set margins;
formatting: changing fonts, highlighting text, insert, delete, and rearrange text, undo changes, search and replace text, setting tabs, adding borders and shading, bullets and numbering, setting margins, indents;
tables: creating a table, formatting a table, adding text to a table;
editing and proofing a document: spell check, grammar check, thesaurus, word count, customize the auto correct features;
page appearance: page layout, page borders, adding color, headers and footers, page numbering, page break; and
shortcut keys: learn the most common shortcut keys.

Workshop: Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2010 for Windows

This workshop will teach you how to create and edit basic worksheets and workbooks. Introduction to Microsoft Word 2010 or prior use with Microsoft Word is a recommended, but not required, prerequisite. Topics covered will be:

creating a worksheet: Explore the user interface and the tabs, obtain help, enter data, worksheets and workbooks, label the worksheets, save, set the print area, insert and delete cells, columns and rows, spell check a worksheet, manipulate data;
performing calculations: create basic formulas, calculate with functions, copy formulas and functions;
formatting a worksheet: fonts, borders and colors, change column width and row height; and
shortcut keys: learn the most common shortcut keys.

Workshop: Introduction to PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

This workshop will teach you how to create effective basic PowerPoint presentations. Topics covered will be:

beginning a presentation: create slides, background colors, themes, add and delete slides, enter text, and arrange slides;
formatting: using the slide master, bullets and numbering, transitions and animations;
tables: create and format tables, insert a table from Microsoft Word;
charts: create a column chart, edit chart data, change chart type, insert a chart from Microsoft Excel;
adding images: clip art, picture from file, word art;
preparing to deliver a presentation: spell check, speaker notes, send a presentation to Microsoft Word, print options; and
shortcut keys: learn the most common shortcut keys.

Questions? Call 651.635.8088 or email Emily Busta at e-busta@bethel.edu

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