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Led by science communication media specialist Virginia Schutte, PhD, this workshop will help students thoughtfully determine what a website can do for them and what they want their website to look like. The session is appropriate even for those who already have a site. Participants will leave with a content outline ready to be converted into a website. Learn more about Virginia at her website https://www.virginiaschutte.com.  Register here.

Led by guest speaker, Dr. Virginia Schutte, this workshop will talk attendees through goal-setting exercises and demonstrate with real examples how social media channels can be used to achieve a variety of objectives. Participants will leave with a personalized action plan for their social media persona.   Register here. 

The series is planned to help students who are interested or curious in the path from graduate school or professional studies to consulting as a career. This series is formed of five sessions, each hosted by a UVA alum speaking of their journey to consulting providing the audience with a first-hand narrative to observe this unique career path. This event is also open to all students and postdocs. SPEAKER: Jessie Bordwin Jesse Bordwin received his PhD in English language and literature in 2017 from the University of Virginia, where he studied the roles of objects in the contemporary Anglophone novel. He currently works as a consultant at Bain & Company. REGISTRATION Please register to receive Zoom information. 

The series is planned to help students who are interested or curious in the path from graduate school or professional studies to consulting as a career. This series is formed of five sessions, each hosted by a UVA alum speaking of their journey to consulting providing the audience with a first-hand narrative to observe this unique career path. This event is also open to all students and postdocs. Speaker: Amaya Wittmaack Amaya is currently a Consultant that joined The Boston Consulting Group’s Washington DC Office as a Consultant earlier this year. Before joining the firm, Amaya completed an MD at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and an MS in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She completed her undergraduate degree at Stanford University. Prior to completing her advanced degrees, Amaya spent 2 years designing and running clinical trials and conducting medical research and spent 1 year evaluating and implementing international public health interventions while working for a USAID-funded nonprofit organization in Washington DC. While a medical student, Amaya was awarded the Benjamin H. Kean Fellowship in Tropical Medicine by the American Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene for her infectious disease research and clinical work in rural Tanzania. During her time at UVA, she founded a data science and research consultancy for largely start-up biotechnology, medical devices, and pharma companies. Registration Please register to receive Zoom information. 

The series is planned to help students who are interested or curious in the path from graduate school or professional studies to consulting as a career. This series is formed of five sessions, each hosted by a UVA alum speaking of their journey to consulting providing the audience with a first-hand narrative to observe this unique career path. This event is also open to all students and postdocs. Speaker: Jackie Swan After completing a PhD in physics at the University of Washington and a postdoc in chemistry at UVA, Jackie moved to a consultant position at BCG in Chicago. She was there for nearly two years and worked in healthcare and industrial goods doing strategy and operations cases. She recently moved to the internal consulting team at Schindler Elevator, where she focuses on strategy and ops cases across Schindler's US organization. She loves to run and hike and crochet. She still reads scientific articles from time to time and continues tutoring to keep up her skill set. She lives in Chicago with her husband, three cats, a dog, and has a baby on the way. Registration Please register to receive Zoom information. 

This is the fifth and final session of PhD Plus Career Design skills training series LEARNING OUTCOMES: In this session, trainees (PhD students and Postdocs) will learn strategies to Synergize lessons learned in last four sessions Create an individual development plan: Set short-term and long-term goals to broaden knowledge of career options, build professional community, and develop skills and experiences. Leverage PhD Plus to make progress on short-term and long-term goals Find an accountability buddy or peer group INSTRUCTOR Sonali Majumdar, PhD - Associate Director of Graduate Professional Development, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs REGISTRATION Please Register here to receive zoom links

This is the fourth session of PhD Plus Career Design skills training series LEARNING OUTCOMES: In this session, trainees (PhD students and Postdocs) will Collect and analyze extant data on skills and experiences valued in careers of interest Identify and communicate transferable skills and experiences developed during PhD and postdoc training Evaluate gaps in skills and growth opportunities Learn about PhD Plus program philosophy and how to leverage skills training across core modules This session will involve pre-workshop and post-workshop preparation. INSTRUCTOR Sonali Majumdar, PhD - Associate Director of Graduate Professional Development, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs REGISTRATION Please Register here to receive zoom link

This is the third session of PhD Plus Career Design skills training series LEARNING OUTCOMES: In this session, trainees (PhD students and Postdocs) will Understand value of professional communities, comprising peers, alums, mentors, allies, advocates to broaden knowledge of careers, organizational structures and cultures learn about skills valued in diverse careers learn strategies to cultivate and expand professional communities through informational interviews, social media platforms, and networking opportunities. Build peer groups comprising shared career interests for collective career research and preparation, goal-setting and creating accountabilities Identify ‘mentors’ for professional development and career preparation Find allies and advocates for professional development and career advancement Determine connections between different professional ‘communities’ cultivated for distinct careers. This session will involve pre-workshop and post-workshop preparation. INSTRUCTOR Sonali Majumdar, PhD - Associate Director of Graduate Professional Development, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs REGISTRATION Please Register here to receive zoom links

This is the second session of PhD Plus Career Design skills training series LEARNING OUTCOMES: In this session, trainees (PhD students and Postdocs) will Broaden awareness of the range of careers post-PhD leveraging national and institutional data on PhD career outcomes.   Learn strategies to collect and analyze data on post-PhD careers through PhD Plus career exploration seminars, and mining job descriptions. Learn strategies to iteratively analyze interest in specific careers through reflection questions. Visualize possible lives that integrate career interests and real-world, pragmatic considerations This session will involve pre-workshop and post-workshop preparation. INSTRUCTOR Sonali Majumdar, PhD - Associate Director of Graduate Professional Development, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs REGISTRATION Please Register here to receive zoom link

This is the first session of PhD Plus Career Design skills training series. LEARNING OUTCOME: Self-assessment: This is something most of us have unconsciously practiced while making decisions on undergraduate majors or thesis projects in graduate school. Essentially, it involves introspecting your relationship to the world of work, and outlining your core values, skills and interests, through worksheets and online tool ImaginePhD. In this session, trainees will contemplate on their Relationship to work Likes and dislikes in areas of work Values driving decisions and motivations Skills they value This session will involve pre-workshop and post-workshop preparation. INSTRUCTOR Sonali Majumdar, PhD - Associate Director of Graduate Professional Development, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs REGISTRATION Please  Register here to receive zoom links.