2022 Initiative Schedule
Day 1:
Welcome
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.
Exploring Postdoctoral Training at The University of Chicago
Learn about postdoctoral training opportunities at UChicago! This session will be led by Vipul Sharma in the Division of Biological Sciences Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at UChicago.
Exploring Postdoctoral Training at Northwestern
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
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.
Exploring Postdoctoral Training at University of Illinois Chicago
Learn about postdoctoral training opportunities at UIC! This session will be led by Valerie Miller in the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at UIC.
(optional) Workshop: Virtual Interview Skills
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:
Interviewing 101
Participants will learn about how to be successful at interviews in a session led by Thi Nguyen, Virtual Learning & Workforce Prep Consultant
(optional) Workshop: Virtual Interview Skills
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.
Keynote Address by Dr. Levon Esters
Participants will join Dr. Levon Esters for a discussion on the importance of mentoring, finding strong mentors, and building your mentoring network. Dr. Esters is the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Faculty Affairs at Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute, Professor in the Department of Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication, and Director of the Mentoring@Purdue (M@P) program, and is a nationally recognized scholar on mentoring, equity, and diversity in STEM-based agricultural and life sciences disciplines.
Demystifying the Postdoc Search Process and Making the Most of Your Postdoc Experience
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.
"Ask a Postdoc" Panel Discussion
Participants will join three Northwestern, UIC, and UChicago postdocs and postdoc alums to discuss questions about postdoctoral training.
Closing Remarks
1:1 Virtual Informational Interviews
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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