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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Versatile
PhD – non-academic career path discussions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Every year
Versatile PhD does a series of panel discussions in the
asynchronous discussion forums on the site. Each discussion
focuses on a specific non-academic career that is open to
PhDs, and features 4-6 PhDs or ABDs currently working in that
career. Panel discussions coming up this academic year:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sept. 14-18:
“Careers in Technology Transfer” in the STEM forum (<a
href="https://versatilephd.com/careers-in-technology-transfer-sept-14-18-2015/?pk_campaign=20159mm">more
information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Oct. 19-23:
“Careers in Publishing” in the Humanities/Social Science forum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nov. 16-20:
“University Administration for STEM” in the STEM forum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jan. 25-29:
“Careers in Business” in the Humanities/Social Science forum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Feb. 22-26:
“Careers in Software Engineering” in the STEM forum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mar. 14-18:
“Careers in Technical Writing” in the Humanities/Social
Science forum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mark your
calendars for the topics that interest you and plan to visit
the site a lot those weeks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><big><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MIT
subscribes to the Versatile PhD, the largest online
community dedicated to non-academic and non-faculty
careers for PhDs in humanities, social science and STEM.
To access the Versatile PhD:
<a
href="https://gecd.mit.edu/resources/mit-only-resources"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gecd.mit.edu/resources/mit-only-resources">https://gecd.mit.edu/resources/mit-only-resources</a></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></big></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Jake
Livengood, PhD</span></b><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Assistant
Director, Graduate Student Career Services</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">MIT
Global Education & Career Development</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040;background:white">77
Massachusetts Avenue | </span><span
style="color:black;background:white"><a
href="mailto:Building%20E39-305%A0" target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Building
E39-305 </span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040;background:white">|
Cambridge, MA 02139 | </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">617-715-5329</span><span
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040;background:white">| </span><span
style="color:black;background:white"><a
href="mailto:mcwilson@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0000CC"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:livngood@mit.edu">livngood@mit.edu</a></span></a></span><span
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Web: </span><span
style="color:black;background:white"><a
href="http://gecd.mit.edu/" target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">gecd.mit.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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