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- Workshop: Interviewing for Graduate School
Description: Ace your graduate school interview. This workshop will discuss the interview from the perspective of both those doing the interviewing and the applicant. The discussion will cover how you should prepare, what kinds of questions you might expect, and appropriate interview behavior. Those who attend will be given priority to meet in small groups for mock interviews.
Speaker: Dr. Sharon Milgram, Director, Office of Intramural Training & Education
Date/Time/Location: November 23 (Monday) 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Building 10, Lipsett Hall.
Please register in advance.
- Orientation: Postbac Orientation
Description: Join the staff of the Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE) for an orientation tailored to postbacs. This is a chance for you to meet OITE staff and learn about the resources and activities that can enrich your NIH experience. Postbac IRTA/CRTAs, Technical IRTAs, UGSP Scholars who are postbacs, and members of the NIH Academy are all welcome.
Speaker: Dr. Sharon Milgram, Director, Office of Intramural Training & Education
Date/Time/Location: January 20, 2010 (Wednesday), 10:00 - 11:30 am, Building 2, Room 2W15
Please register in advance.
Note that additional orientations are scheduled for February 24, June 2, and July 7, 2010, same time, same place.
- Workshop: Scientists Teaching Science
Description: Are you interested in learning the basics of successful teaching? Are you considering a career in education? If you answered yes to either of these questions you should sign up for the OITE workshop, "Scientists Teaching Science: An Introduction to Best Practices in Science Education." The workshop will provide a basic introduction for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows interested in understanding the basics of learning styles, teaching philosophies, and course development. This workshop is a prerequisite for admission to the in-depth pedagogy course the OITE will also offer.
Speaker: Barbara Houtz, a nationally-recognized teacher with over 13 years' experience in training teachers
Date/Time/Location:
- January 25, 2010 (Monday), 9:00 - 11:00 am, Bethesda Campus
Please register in advance. (Available December 18, 2009)
- January 25, 2010 (Monday), 1:00 - 3:00 pm, Frederick Campus
Please register in advance. (Available December 18, 2009)
- Opportunity to Improve Your Scientific Presentation Skills
Looking for a forum to practice your presentation for a lab meeting, conference, job talk, or other scientific event? Then look no further. The PresentAtion Skills Seminar (PASS) provides a forum where you can receive constructive feedback to improve both your specific scientific presentation and your general verbal communication skills. PASS will enable you to see how a scientifically diverse audience responds to your presentation. We guarantee a positive and encouraging atmosphere. With real-time audience feedback you can make your talk effective, interesting, and comprehensible, not just to colleagues in your field, but to others who are interested in your work.Don't have a talk to practice? Not a problem. We also encourage fellows to be part of the PASS audience. Whether you participate as a speaker or an audience member, you will take away valuable information on how to improve an all-important scientific skill: effectively communicating your science.
PASS is a collaborative effort of the NCI CCR Fellows and Young Investigators group and the NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE). Contact Raed Samara (samarar@mail.nih.gov) or Brid Ryan (ryanb@mail.nih.gov) for additional information.
- Dissertation Discussion Group
Description: Are you in the process of writing your dissertation? Do you want to discuss your progress, writer's block struggles, and tips on what you found helpful with other graduate students in the same situation as you? Let's get together as a group to discuss them! The goal of the group is to provide support, focus, and problem-solving strategies for graduate students at the dissertation or thesis writing stage. All levels of dissertation writing and all fields are welcome.
Group Leader: Betsey Wagener, PhD
Date/Time/Location: Every other Tuesday, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Building 2, Room 2W15 (2nd Floor Conference Room)
Please register in advance. For more information, contact Betsey at wagenerel@mail.nih.gov.
- Orientation for Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students
Just arrived at the NIH? Wondering how to make the most of your time here? Want to set goals and establish expectations with your mentor? Trying to figure out how to navigate NIH resources? Interested in becoming a part of the NIH trainee community? If you answered yes to any of these questions, please join the OITE staff and other trainees at Orientation. We will discuss getting to know the NIH, skills for success, career and professional development opportunities, and more.
Orientations run year-round on the first Tuesday of every month, 8:30 - 10:00 am.
Register for the next session. (NIH Only)
- Writing Workshops
The OITE has planned a variety of writing workshops for current trainees. Please read about all three and register for the one(s) that will best meet your needs.
- Recurrent Event: Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS)
Description: The WALS is intended to keep you abreast of cutting-edge research from beyond the gates of the NIH. For the 2008-2009 lecture series, your intramural colleagues nominated nearly 150 well-regarded researchers for only 42 slots.
Date/Time/Location: Wednesdays, 3:00 - 4:00 pm, Masur Auditorium, Building 10, unless otherwise noted.
Postdoctoral and Visiting Fellows, Clinical Fellows, and Graduate Students are invited to join the WALS speaker for lunch at noon in Room 2W15, Building 2. Check the WALS schedule and register for lunch.
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