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For postdoctoral fellows at USU to keep in the know about events through the PDA!
Have you missed either of our career seminars this year (see flyers below)? We may have notes or presentations for you! Please email sandra.garcia.ctr@usuhs.edu
Join us Monday Feb 3rd for a special career seminar highlighting two research scientists at 3M!
Tuesday January 21st-Dr. Wyckoff is a previous associate professor and AAAS fellow. She is now the assistant director of the IBBR at UMD Shady Grove.
Join us Tuesday November 19th for a career seminar series talk given by a former graduate student from USU! She is now a policy analyst at the NIH!
Join us Tuesday October 15th for a career seminar series talk given by a former postdoc from USU! She now works for a professional society (ASM) as their publishing ethics officer!
Join us for our first career seminar series of the school year! (click on flyer to expand)
Thanks for joining us at the postdoctoral spring social!
We now have membership to the National Postdoctoral Association! To sign up to receive all their benefits, click HERE
TUESDAY October 23rd
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Get Appreciated!
Get Appreciated!
National Postdoc Appreciation Week is Sept 17th-21st
Tuesday-Free Pizza Party! Come grab a slice and mingle with your postdoc fellows.* Rain location: B-building, 2nd floor lobby (right off the elevators)
Wednesday-Free professional headshots! Update your Linkedin profile with a professional headshot! Later that day, unwind at happy hour with other postdocs in the DMV.*
Thursday-Get your future life in order by getting your resume right! Resume seminar/workshop given by Career Resources Specialist, Dr. Shila Gadwal.
*None of these are purchased with government funds
The Linkedin Page for the USU PDA is coming back to life! Join HERE
Register to attend one of the 2, 2 hour workshops on teaching at the NIH.
What: Science Teaching Scientists Workshop
When: Tuesday September 18th, 9-11am or 11am-1pm.
How: Email Stephanie at sandra.garcia.ctr@usuhs.edu by 12pm Sept. 7th.
Requirements: Make an OITE account.
Meet your new PDA leadership:
- President: Candace Rouchon
- Vice-President: Stephanie Garcia-Buntley
- Treasurer: Swadhinya Arjunaraja
- Secretary: Karthik Krishnan
- FelCom Representative: Faith Blum
- Career Seminar Committee: Faith Blum, Stephanie Garcia-Buntley, MP
Opportunities to take advantage of:
- Volunteer STEM Teaching Experience-Collaborate with local teachers to design a STEM curriculum and teach STEM classes. Orientation in September. Learn more HERE.
- Volunteer Policy Immersion Experience-The Office of Public Affairs at FASEB is accepting one advanced graduate student or postdoc from USUHS for the late fall 2018. The volunteer program is a 3-4 day/week commitment for 3 months. For more information, see attachment:
USU Postdoc Research Days in May, 2018. Thanks to all our participants for presenting their fascinating work!
In April, 2 Postdocs-Candace and Stephanie-represented the USU postdocs at the NPA Conference in Cleveland, OH.
Postdocs met with Nobel Laureate Dr. Agre!
September 2017
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