Deadline to enroll into MSU Benefits: October 31
If you have not enrolled in MSU Benefits yet, please do so as soon as possible. For tutorial and FAQs, visit: https://hr.msu.edu/open-enrollment/
Learn How to Transition from STEM Professional to STEM Teacher
EnCorps is hosting two information sessions specifically for postdoctoral scholars on 10/24/2023. You can register for either the 12:00 PM PST/3:00 PM EST session or the 3:00 PM PST/6:00 PM EST session directly on our website.
Why attend? The thirty-minute online event will cover how to:
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Apply your postdoctoral work to STEM teaching
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Gain classroom experience by volunteering to guest teach
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Learn the pedagogy that will make you an effective, inclusive teacher
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Join a community of like-minded scholars; 67% of EnCorps Fellows have a Master’s or PhD.
NPA SmartSkills Obtaining a Faculty Position
Tuesday, October 243 p.m. ET
Progressing from postdoctoral training to a faculty appointment is a daunting transition, and may be especially challenging to those who have followed a less-than-conventional path or whose peers have lost interest in academic careers. How should you prepare for and progress through the application process, which takes approximately one year, and what should you expect at each step? Good preparation and careful planning are important, as is managing expectations to avoid becoming discouraged early in the process. We will cover how to go about choosing, applying, interviewing, negotiating, transitioning, and getting started in your faculty position.
Speaker: Jim O. Vigoreaux, Ph.D., Breazzano Family Green & Gold Professor of Biology, joint professor of molecular physiology & biophysics, University of Vermont.
Register here.
Careers Outside Academia Panel for MSU Postdocs
Postdoc community!
Please mark your calendars and register for this career panel that was assembled by the MSU Postdoctoral Association’s Professional Development Subcommittee:
9:00 AM ETVia Zoom (register by following link)
Featuring:
Catherine Landis, Scientific editor at Cell Press
Harpreet Basra Shah, Portfolio marketer at Elsevier
Joseph Affholter, Director of Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC)
Shraddha Chauhan, Incubation manager at the Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE IIT)
Kyle Istvan, AI systems designer at semiconductor company KLA
Welcoming your questions on career trajectory, transitions, and adjustments to life in non-tenure/non-academic roles.
