Since 2009, the NPA has sponsored National Postdoc Appreciation Day/Week to recognize the significant contributions that postdoctoral scholars make to U.S. research and discovery. Organizations from across the world participate by holding special events. In 2010, this week was officially recognized by the U.S. House of Representatives. Events will be held throughout the week and across the country to create awareness of postdocs.
We are excited to announce the fifth virtual, multi-institutional NPAW celebration! This initiative was started to connect postdocs while the world was largely virtual. We are continuing the tradition by working with organizations to highlight events that are open to postdocs from across the world. A special, virtual keynote event will kick off NPAW.
Community-Engaged Scholarship Fall Writing Retreat
Thursday, October 24 – Friday, October 25, 2024
Bay Pointe Inn
Shelbyville, Michigan
Come write with us! The fall Community-Engaged Scholarship Writing Retreat returns to a rural setting at the Bay Pointe Inn on beautiful Gun Lake in Shelbyville, Michigan (about a 90-minute drive from campus). We have reserved two full days to step away from work and home responsibilities to write together.
University Outreach and Engagement and The Writing Center at Michigan State University invite faculty, Extension and academic staff, post-docs, and graduate students from MSU and other campuses to this retreat.
Bring your public/practitioner pieces, journal articles, grant proposals, book manuscripts, theses and dissertations, conference papers, community partner pieces, and other important writing that could use your undivided attention in a supportive community of writers.
Cost:
Registration fees include hotel accommodations for the night of October 24; breakfast, lunch, and snacks on October 24 and 25; and all retreat materials and consultations. Dinner on October 24 is on your own, individually or in small groups.
MSU faculty, staff, post-docs, students ($395)
Non-MSU participants ($475)
No Overnight Stay ($250)
