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IGERT/SFI
Orientation 2008 – Agenda
Date:
Monday, August 25, 2008
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Speaker |
Audience |
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8:30 – 9:00 |
ATDC |
Overview of the SFI |
Qiong Zhang
Operations Manager, SFI |
New Scholars of SFI |
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9:00 – 9:30 |
ATDC |
Overview of the IGERT
Project |
David Shonnard
Deputy Director, SFI |
New IGERT Students |
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9:30 – 10:15 |
ATDC |
What it means to be an IGERT
Trainee? |
Current IGERT Trainees |
New IGERT Trainees |
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10:15 – 10:30 |
ATDC |
BREAK |
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10:30 – 11:30 |
ATDC |
Effective Public Speaking |
Debra Charlesworth
Graduate School |
Everyone |
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11:30 – 1:00 |
ATDC |
Lunch banquet
“The role of Michigan Tech
in Promotion of Forest Based Biofuel
Initiatives” |
David Reed
VP, Research |
Everyone |
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1:00 – 3:00 |
ATDC |
Where’s the policy? |
Mary Durfee
Professor of Government |
All IGERT Trainees |
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3:00 – 3:15 |
ATDC |
BREAK |
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| 3:15 – 4:15 |
ATDC |
Graduating? Let's talk about
job-finding |
Jeff Kangas
Career Center |
All Students |
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4:30 at MUB |
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Community Outreach with
Little Brothers
(splitting wood for the
elderly) |
Pizza and Soda included!! |
All Students |
Date:
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
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Time |
Place |
Event
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Speaker |
Audience |
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2:00 – 3:00 |
ATDC |
Teaching and the use of technology |
Patty Lins
Director, Online Learning/Educational Technology |
All Students |
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3:00 – 5:00 |
ATDC |
Making your website -
A hands on workshop |
Randy Harris
Assistant Director CCLI |
All Students |
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