NSF Minority Faculty Development Workshop Presents the:
2015 Symposium: 21st Century Mindsets & Strategies for Career Advancement
Preliminary Agenda
September 23rd -26th, 2015 |Arlington, VA & Washington, DC
Download Preliminary Agenda as PDF MFDW15 Agenda (Acrobat (PDF) 65kB Sep25 19)
| Wednesday, September 23, 2015 | |
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Westin, Arlington, VA |
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4:00 pm to 6:00 pm |
Check-in and Registration |
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6:00 pm to 9:00 pm |
Welcome Reception |
| Thursday, September 24, 2015 | |
National Academies, Washington, DC |
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7:15 am to 8:00 pm |
Travel to National Academy Building |
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8:00 am to 8:45 am |
Breakfast and Registration |
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8:45 am to 9:30 am |
Welcome, Symposium Overview, and Introductions |
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9:30 am to 10:30 am |
Plenary: Framing Your Career |
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10:30 am to 12:00 pm |
Dean's Panel |
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12:00 pm to 1:30 pm |
Lunch Affinity Group Discussions |
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1:30 pm to 3:30 pm |
Workshop Session: Managing Unconscious Bias |
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3:30 pm to 4:00 pm |
Break |
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4:00 pm to 6:00 pm |
Concurrent Sessions: Early Career Faculty:Funding and Sustaining Research Mid-Career Faculty: Building Coalitions |
| Friday, September 25, 2015 | |
National Academies, Washington, DC |
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7:15 am to 8:00 pm |
Travel to National Academy Building |
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8:00 am to 8:30 am |
Breakfast |
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8:30 am to 10:30 am |
Workshop Session: Developing Your Entrepreneurial Mindset |
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10:30 am to 11:00 pm |
Break |
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11:00 am to 12:30 pm |
Concurrent Sessions: Early Career Faculty:Writing for Impact Mid-Career Faculty: Administrative Pathways |
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12:30 pm to 2:00 pm |
Lunch Affinity Group Discussions |
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2:30 pm to 3:30 pm |
Un-conference Session 1: Topic to be determined by participant response |
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3:30 pm to 4:00 pm |
Break |
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4:00 pm to 5:30 pm |
Un-conference Session 2: Topic to be determined by participant response |
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6:00 pm to 7:30 pm |
Sponsored Dinner |
| Saturday, September 26, 2015 | |
Virginia Tech Research Center, Arlington, VA |
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7:30 am to 8:30 am |
Breakfast |
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8:30 am to 10:30 am |
Workshop Session: The Imposter Syndrome |
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11:00 am to 12:30 pm |
Workshop Session: Crafting Your Professional Brand |
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12:30 pm to 1:45 pm |
Lunch Keynote: Work-Life Balance |
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1:45 pm to 2:30 pm |
Evaluation and Wrap-Up |