The application for the 2023 Initiative is now closed.
2023 Initiative Schedule
Day 1: Thursday, October 19
Welcome (11:30-11:45 am)
Northwestern, UIC, and UChicago will welcome participants to the Chicagoland Diverse Postdoc Recruitment Initiative. Participants will learn how to make the most of the virtual programming and prepare for your informational interviews.
Keynote Address by Damon L. Williams, MBA (12-1 pm)
Participants will join Damon L. Williams for a discussion on the importance of mentoring, finding strong mentors, and building your mentoring network. Damon is the Associate Vice President for Institutional Diversity at the University of Kentucky. His work has been recognized nationally by Black Enterprise Magazine, Diverse Issues in Higher Education and he has received many honors and awards including Xavier University’s Louisiana Alumni of the Year Award and Northwestern University’s Penny Warren Service Award. Williams serves on several national boards including the National Conference for Race and Ethnicity (NCORE), Medical Moguls, Hill Harper’s “Making Your Destiny” and has been named to the Board of Trustees of the Social Science Research Council. He is a member of the National Black MBA Association, the National Urban League and the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE). Most recently Williams was selected to be a panelist at the White House’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Conference in September 2022.
Exploring Postdoctoral Training at The University of Chicago (1:15-2 pm)
Learn about postdoctoral training opportunities at UChicago! This session will be led by Vipul Sharma, Director for Postdoctoral Affairs in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at UChicago.
Exploring Postdoctoral Training at UIC (2:15-3 pm)
Learn about postdoctoral training opportunities at UIC! This session will be led by Valerie Miller in the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at UIC.
Exploring Postdoctoral Training at Northwestern (3:15-4 pm)
Learn about postdoctoral training opportunities at Northwestern University. This session will be led by Beth Healey in the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at Northwestern.
(optional) Workshop: Virtual Interview Skills (4-5 pm)
Participants will learn how to incorporate the principles of theatrical improvisation into key interview skills with Byron Stewart, an adjunct lecturer at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, Office of Professional Development.
Day 2: Friday, October 20
(optional) Workshop: Virtual Interview Skills (9:15-10:15 am)
Participants will learn how to incorporate the principles of theatrical improvisation into key interview skills with Byron Stewart, an adjunct lecturer at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, Office of Professional Development.
Demystifying the Postdoc Search Process (10:30-11:30 am)
Participants will learn where to find postdoc opportunities, how to apply, what to consider when evaluating an offer, and how to make the most of your postdoc experience once you get started.
(optional) Workshop: Virtual Interview Skills (12-1 pm)
Participants will learn how to incorporate the principles of theatrical improvisation into key interview skills with Byron Stewart, an adjunct lecturer at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, Office of Professional Development.
Interviewing 101 (1:15-2:15 pm)
Participants will learn about how to be successful at interviews in a session led by Briana Konnick, Director of Career Development at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at UChicago
"Ask a Postdoc" Panel Discussion (2:30-3:30 pm)
Participants will join three Northwestern, UIC, and UChicago postdocs and postdoc alums to discuss questions about postdoctoral training.
Closing Remarks (3:30-3:45 pm)
1:1 Virtual Informational Interviews (October 19-November 3)
Participants will be responsible for scheduling individual informational interviews with their matched faculty members from each institution.
The Northwestern, UIC, and UChicago campuses reside on the original homelands and traditional territory of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa Nations, as well as other Tribal Nations that know this area as their ancestral homeland, including the Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Miami, Peoria, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Kaskaskia, Kiikaapoi, and Sac and Fox. Indigenous peoples are the traditional stewards of the land that we now occupy, living here long before Chicago was a city and still thriving here today and current home to one of the largest urban Native American communities in the United States. Native people are part of Chicago’s past, present, and future.
Questions? Email us at chicago.postdoc.recruit@gmail.com.
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