The week's events
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Designing A 'Both/And' Career: Moving in and Out of An Academic Career Designing A 'Both/And' Career: Moving in and Out of An Academic Career
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March 30, 2021 – March 31, 2021Date:
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 11:00am to Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - 11:55am
Location:
Zoom
Gone are the days when earning a Ph.D always, and solely, led directly to a career in academia. With the deluge of information being retained by modern organizations, many are in dire need of Econometric assistance—whether they realize it, or not! PhD careers outside of Academia can be tremendously rewarding, albeit they also come with their own set of challenges. While the day-to-day work in academia (outside of teaching) is not too dissimilar from collaborating on research with colleagues, the recruiting, interviewing, and negotiations gates in Industry are categorically different from those in Academia.
Richard Saouma, Ph.D., will share his own journey in and out of academia, and show how a focus on skills development and meaningful work helps reframe what it means to have a “successful” Ph.D. Career.
Richard Saouma is currently the Associate Dean of Professional Master Programs at Broad where he continues to serve as an Associate Professor in the College’s Accounting department. Before arriving at MSU, Richard was an Assistant Professor at the UCLA Anderson School, the Director of Corporate Strategy at Microsoft, and later served as a Visiting Professor at the Eccles School at the University of Utah.
In his talk, Richard will discuss the two-year journey between the day he decided to leave academia and the first day on the job at industry, highlighting a series of common blind-spots that prolonged said journey. He’s also happy to discuss Economist/Social-Scientist roles in the tech-sector and how different firms and government agencies either discourage or promote academic research.
Richard earned his PhD at the Stanford GSB (Economics), after completing his undergraduate degrees in Economics and Applied Math at UC Berkeley and an internship at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.
Category:
Professional Development
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Designing A 'Both/And' Career: Moving in and Out of An Academic Career Designing A 'Both/And' Career: Moving in and Out of An Academic Career
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March 30, 2021 – March 31, 2021Date:
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 11:00am to Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - 11:55am
Location:
Zoom
Gone are the days when earning a Ph.D always, and solely, led directly to a career in academia. With the deluge of information being retained by modern organizations, many are in dire need of Econometric assistance—whether they realize it, or not! PhD careers outside of Academia can be tremendously rewarding, albeit they also come with their own set of challenges. While the day-to-day work in academia (outside of teaching) is not too dissimilar from collaborating on research with colleagues, the recruiting, interviewing, and negotiations gates in Industry are categorically different from those in Academia.
Richard Saouma, Ph.D., will share his own journey in and out of academia, and show how a focus on skills development and meaningful work helps reframe what it means to have a “successful” Ph.D. Career.
Richard Saouma is currently the Associate Dean of Professional Master Programs at Broad where he continues to serve as an Associate Professor in the College’s Accounting department. Before arriving at MSU, Richard was an Assistant Professor at the UCLA Anderson School, the Director of Corporate Strategy at Microsoft, and later served as a Visiting Professor at the Eccles School at the University of Utah.
In his talk, Richard will discuss the two-year journey between the day he decided to leave academia and the first day on the job at industry, highlighting a series of common blind-spots that prolonged said journey. He’s also happy to discuss Economist/Social-Scientist roles in the tech-sector and how different firms and government agencies either discourage or promote academic research.
Richard earned his PhD at the Stanford GSB (Economics), after completing his undergraduate degrees in Economics and Applied Math at UC Berkeley and an internship at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.
Category:
Professional Development
Virtual Lunch and Learn & Best Practices in Teaching Virtual Lunch and Learn & Best Practices in Teaching
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March 31, 2021 – April 1, 2021Date:
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - 12:00pm to Thursday, April 1, 2021 - 12:55pm
Location:
Zoom
In this session several Graduate Teaching Assistants from various disciplines will discuss metacognitive strategies for improving student learning based on Saundra McGuire’s book “Teach Students How to Learn.”
Facilitators: April Athnos, Agricultural and Food Economics
Chase Bruggeman, Chemical Engineering and Material Science
Seth Hunt, Plant Biology
Hima Rawal, Linguistic, Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages
Rosanne Renauer, Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education
Ellen Searle, Human Development and Family Studies
Join Zoom Meetinghttps://msu.zoom.us/j/732599810Meeting ID: 732 599 810Passcode: GTAsTeach
Category:
Professional Development
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Virtual Lunch and Learn & Best Practices in Teaching Virtual Lunch and Learn & Best Practices in Teaching
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March 31, 2021 – April 1, 2021Date:
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - 12:00pm to Thursday, April 1, 2021 - 12:55pm
Location:
Zoom
In this session several Graduate Teaching Assistants from various disciplines will discuss metacognitive strategies for improving student learning based on Saundra McGuire’s book “Teach Students How to Learn.”
Facilitators: April Athnos, Agricultural and Food Economics
Chase Bruggeman, Chemical Engineering and Material Science
Seth Hunt, Plant Biology
Hima Rawal, Linguistic, Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages
Rosanne Renauer, Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education
Ellen Searle, Human Development and Family Studies
Join Zoom Meetinghttps://msu.zoom.us/j/732599810Meeting ID: 732 599 810Passcode: GTAsTeach
Category:
Professional Development
Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Learning Community Meetings Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Learning Community Meetings
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April 1, 2021 – April 2, 2021Date:
Thursday, April 1, 2021 - 6:00pm to Friday, April 2, 2021 - 7:55pm
Location:
Zoom
The Learning Community is an informal environment where students from varying disciplines can gather, share their research in a 10-minute presentation, or discover that their graduate toils are not unusual. Those in attendance are privy to information regarding fellowships, career opportunities, even summer internships, pertaining to the group. Faculty and assistant deans of The Graduate School are often spotted in the meetings, always receptive to questions and innovative suggestions.
Category:
Life and Well-Being
Professional Development -
Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Learning Community Meetings Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Learning Community Meetings
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April 1, 2021 – April 2, 2021Date:
Thursday, April 1, 2021 - 6:00pm to Friday, April 2, 2021 - 7:55pm
Location:
Zoom
The Learning Community is an informal environment where students from varying disciplines can gather, share their research in a 10-minute presentation, or discover that their graduate toils are not unusual. Those in attendance are privy to information regarding fellowships, career opportunities, even summer internships, pertaining to the group. Faculty and assistant deans of The Graduate School are often spotted in the meetings, always receptive to questions and innovative suggestions.
Category:
Life and Well-Being
Professional Development
