Hello Graduate Students,

I am writing to tell you about a great opportunity to connect with graduate alumni while gaining exposure to a possible career path. Over one hundred alumni from across the United States and beyond have signed-up to host a graduate student for one day during the month of December (or another arranged time) at their place of work. I have listed the positions, companies, and locations where these graduate alumni work at
http://graduate.dartmouth.edu/sites/graduate_studies.prod/files/graduate_studies/wysiwyg/externship-contacts.pdf. Once you have looked at the possible externship options, graduate students may go to https://dartmouth.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_dhXMKEcj6fKRurr
and sign-up to participate in the program and list their top three choices of externships. Match-ups will be done on a first come first serve basis. Once the matches have been made, I will let you know who your externship host will be and how to proceed from there. Please make sure to sign-up by Monday, November 14.

If you do not see any positions of interest to you, I encourage you to go to the Dartmouth Career Directory http://alumni.dartmouth.edu/alumnicareers to identify possible graduate alumni. You could email the grad alum yourself explaining the grad externship program or have me invite him/her to join in the program.

Last year over 40 graduate students participated in the program. Both graduate students and alumni thought it was an excellent experience!

Cheers,
Kerry

PS: Please note the Graduate Studies Office cannot cover your costs for travel etc... Make sure you will be able to travel to the location (or will be there for the holiday break) before you sign-up. Or you may arrange to skype with the grad alum.

First Generation College Grad Students’ Lunch

location:TBA

(First Gen students are those whose parents did not complete
a 4 yr college degree)

Are you the first in your family to go to college? If so, then perhaps navigating graduate school has its share of joys
and challenges.

Come enjoy lunch and talk to other first-generation college graduate students about their experiences.

If you are interested in reading a bit about the research on
First Generation Graduate Students here is an article...

http://www.academia.edu/474522/_Those_invisible_barriers_are_real_The_progression_of_first-generation_students_through_doctoral_education
or

Here's Smarty-Pants, Home for the Holidays

http://www.chronicle.com/article/Heres-Smarty-Pants-Home-for/136069/
Date:
Friday, November 11, 2016
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Campus:
Graduate Studies
http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/2956096

Writing Your Diversity Statement

Academic institutions want to hire faculty who are committed to educating a diverse population of students. Diversity statements are becoming a more common part of the required application materials. Come to this session to discuss what to include in your diversity statement to demonstrate your ability to teach and mentor all students.
Date:
Monday, November 14, 2016
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
DCAL, 102 Baker Library
Campus:
DCAL
http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/2941787

Come have lunch and join James Geoghehan, Dartmouth Graduate Alum to hear about his career in biotech.

Bio Below:



James Geoghegan grew up in the Upper Valley and later attended Oberlin College, graduating in 1999. From 1999-2002 he worked as a laboratory scientist at the Seattle division of Celltech R&D. In 2002, James joined the MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth and completed his PhD in 2008 in the Department of Biochemistry in the laboratory of Dr. Surachai Supattapone. Following graduation, James joined Adimab, LLC as an industrial postodoctoral scientist working in therapeutic antibody discovery. In 2009, he joined the laboratory of Dr. Beverly Davidson at the University of Iowa as a postodocal scholar with a focus on developing gene therapies for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. In 2013, James joined the antibody discovery and protein engineering group at MedImmune, the protein biologics division of AstraZeneca. In 2016, James returned to Adimab where he currently works as a Scientist II in antibody discovery and engineering.


Date:
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Time:
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Campus:
Graduate Studies
http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/2955280