2021 STEM COM SERIES

FALL 2021 – STEM COM SERIES

Stem-Specific Interview Skills (2021-11- 03)

This workshop was facilitated by Lori Brasile, Assistant Director and Career Coach at the University Career Center, and it focused on interview skills that relate directly to the STEM fields.

Spring 2021 – STEM COM SERIES

How to Write About Research for the Public (2021- 04 – 07)

This workshop was facilitated by Dr. Deborah Bosley. She is Owner and Principal of The Plain Language Group. She also is Professor Emeritus of English (Technical Communication) at UNC Charlotte. As an international expert in the use of plain language, she has spent the past 20 years working in regulatory environments helping attorneys, corporations, government agencies, and non-profits create written information that exceeds compliance standards and that’s easy for people to understand and use.

Effecting Change While on the Job Hunt: How to Search for Jobs in Places that Sincerely Manifest an Inclusive Culture (2021- 04 – 22)

Dr. Deborah Willis led this workshop on equity and inclusion in the job search. Dr. Willis is Senior Program Lead for the DEI Certificate Program at Rackham Graduate School of the University of Michigan and a member of the Graduate Career Consortium. She’s also a frequent contributor to Inside Higher Ed. Her April 22 workshop was inspired by an article she wrote in which she suggests ways that people can effect change while on the job hunt. As Dr. Willis explains in her article, she hopes to “empower you to search for jobs in places that sincerely manifest the inclusive culture that they proclaim.”