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2008 Program Highlights
2008 Program Highlight (pdf)
Undergraduate and Postbaccalaureate Students
Wednesday, November 5
Time |
Activity |
| 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. |
Undergraduate and Postbaccalaureate Student Orientation
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Thursday, November 6
| 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. |
Just What the Ph.D. Ordered: Developing a Strategic
Plan for the First 18 Months of your Doctoral Program.
Presentation Techniques: How to Make an Effective Poster and Oral Presentation. |
| 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. |
Career Coaching Corner/ Meet & Greet Speakers |
| 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. |
What's Next? How to utilize Your Scientific Organization to Your Advantage (Followed by a social with the 10 disciplinary societies represented at ABRCMS)
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Friday, November 7
| 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. |
Get Up with Something on Your Mind: Strategic Thinking Tips for Achieving Acadmic and Career Success
I Said It and I'm Glad! How to Communicate with both Candor and Care.
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| 11:00 - 12:00 noon |
Career Coaching Corner Open/ Meet & Greet Speakers |
| 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. |
The Graduate School Application Process: Freshmen, Sophpmores, and Community College Students.
The Graduate School Application Process: Juniors, Seniors, and Master's Students Applying to Ph.D. Programs
Transitioning from the Postbaccalaureate Experiences |
| 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. |
Career Coaching Corner Open/ Meet and Greet Speakers
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| 6:15 - 7:15 p.m. |
Strategies for Taking Standardized Admission Tests: Preparing for the GRE and MCAT Exams
Interviewing for Graduate School Admissions: Dos and Don'ts
CVs and Resumes for Scientists
Education as a Business
Managing Stress and Time |
Saturday, November 8
| 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. |
Graduate School Experience: My Personal Story |
| 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Writing a Successful Personal Statement for Graduate School Admission and/or Summer Programs - Telling Your Story!
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Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scientists
Wednesday, November 5
time |
Activity |
| 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Professional Skills Training for Minority Graduate Students and Postdocs (Seperate Registration Required)
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| 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. |
Conference Orientation |
Thursday, November 6
| 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. |
Teaching Strategies: How People Learn |
| 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. |
Career Coaching Corner Open/ Meet & Greet Speakers
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| 8:45 - 10:00 p.m. |
Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scientist Mixer |
Friday, November 7
| 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. |
Graduate Student Poster Session and Postdoctoral Fellowship Recruitment Opportunity
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| 11:00 - 12:00 noon |
Career Coaching Corner Open/ Meet & Greet Speakers |
| 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. |
Senior Doctoral Graduate Student Poster Session and Postdoctoral Fellowship Recruitment Opportunity
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| 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. |
Career Coaching Corner Open/ Meet & Greet Speakers |
| 6:15 - 7:15 p.m. |
Education as a Buisness
CVs and Resumes for Scientists
Managing Stress and Times |
Faculty, Program Directors, and Exhibitors
Wednesday, November 5
Time |
Activity |
| 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Uses of Influence, Power, and Conflict Resolution in Negotation (Seperate Registration Required)
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| 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. |
Orientation and Session (The Key Practices of Exemplary Leaders Managing Self to Lead Others)
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Thursday, November 6
| 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. |
Judges Orientation
Exhibitor Orientation |
| 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. |
Teaching Strategies: How People Learn |
Friday, November 7
| 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. |
MARC T34/NIGMS T32 Program Director Training |
| 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. |
NIH Grants Mangagement Workshop |
| 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. |
Speakers, Program Directors, Exhibitors, and Judges Reception
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Saturday, November 8
| 8:15 - 9:15 a.m. |
Exhibitors Feedback Session (Held in Exhibits Hall) |
| 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. |
Beyond Evaluations: Applying Scholarship to Student Training Program Design and Implementation (Part I)
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| 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Beyond Evaluations: Applying Scholarship to Student Training Program Design and Implementation (Part II)
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