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<div class="WordSection1">Dear Postdocs, please see the forwarded
information below. <br>
**<br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I saw this online
panel discussion for grad students and postdocs and wanted to
share it with you. Please feel free to share on the postdoc
list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">-------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Jake
Livengood, PhD</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Assistant
Director, Graduate Student Career Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">MIT
Global Education & Career Development</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040"></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a
href="http://gecd.mit.edu/" target="_blank"><span
style="color:#1155CC">gecd.mit.edu</span></a>
</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040">|</span><br>
<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
**<a href="https://gecd.mit.edu/"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none"><br>
</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Online panel discussion: Careers in Informal
Science Education (Feb. 23-27)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Graduate
Students and Postdocs:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Versatile PhD
will host a free web-based asynchronous panel discussion on
Careers in Informal Science Education, February 23-27. All
panelists are PhDs or ABDs from STEM fields:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- a
biochemist who is now Director of Science and Integrated
Strategies at a major science and industry museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- a
neurologist who is now Public Outreach Manager at a scientific
association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- an
electrical engineer who after a long ISE career in museums and
higher ed is now at the Department of Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- an
oceanographer who is Citizen Science Coordinator at a major
national museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- a
kinesiologist who after a significant research career did a
major pivot and now does Science Outreach for the NIH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">More
information here:
<a href="http://vphd.info/1BznkV4">http://vphd.info/1BznkV4</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You can
interact with our panelists throughout the week on the site,
or follow the discussion via email. All questions welcome,
from the most general to the very specific.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">People like
you have said:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">"The
participants are extremely knowledgeable, experienced, and
giving with their time and advice. Every resource, from the
discussion forum to the career panels to the PhD Career Finder
serves to propel one forward on their career path."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">"The sea
change for me was a panel of post PhDs who came back to speak
about their experiences leaving: how, why, outcome. Hearing
their experiences made me realize that there was hope, and
that I could find a life outside."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To access the
Versatile PhD:
<a href="vphd.info/MIT_go">vphd.info/MIT_go</a><span
style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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