SEMINAR: Upcoming SEEDS events: Please Post

[Natasha Jobbagy Schiller <natasha@bio.miami.edu>]

• Scientists & Engineers Expanding Diversity & Success (SEEDS) hosts a half day workshop with Dr. Ellen Daniell.   For over 30 years, Ellen Daniell has been part of a professional problem solving group of women (and some men) who have attained extraordinary distinction in various scientific fields.  Their group meets every other week to help one another with the professional and personal challenges of managing highly competitive careers and fulfilling lives.  She authored the inspiring and useful book Every Other Thursday, which is highly recommended. This half-day workshop  titled "Strategies from a professional problem solving group" will be held in the Lois Pope Auditorium on February 8^th and will run from 11:00am to 4:00 pm.  She will give a talk, hold a book signing and have two small break out sessions to practice the techniques discussed in her talk. Lunch will be provided.  Her workshop is supported by a SEEDS You Choose award to Dr. Paula Monje, Miller School of Medicine.   To RSVP please visit www.as.miami.edu/seeds  .

          ** Books will be available for purchase at her workshop.  They will sell for $30.00 each.**

• Scientists & Engineers Expanding Diversity & Success (SEEDS) is hosting a seminar at the RSMAS campus on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 in the SLAB seminar room at 12:00 Noon, on dual-career hires in academia titled "Dual-career programs, policies, and practices: A comprehensive look at best practices in higher education."  The presenter, Nancy Aebersold is the Executive Director of National Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) one of the most successful collaborative models for addressing dual-career issues.  She has 11 years of experience as a higher education practitioner with deep subject matter expertise in dual-career research and programming. Her talk is open to all.  Lunch will follow her seminar and is open to faculty, grad students, and post docs who may be interested.  Space is limited.  To RSVP for lunch with Nancy, visit www.as.miami.edu/seeds
  

• Scientists & Engineers Expanding Diversity & Success (SEEDS) is sponsoring a Negotiations Workshop on February 25, 2011 in the Hurricane 100 Room.  This workshop will be led by Dr. Barbara Butterfield, member of the COACH leadership team through the National Science Foundation and is designed to build understanding of mutual interest based negotiation or solution finding.  Participants will evaluate their personal problem solving styles.  Case practice will include a competitive job offer, committee service, salary increase, and assuring research resources.  Two sessions will be held; the AM session is open to junior faculty and runs from 8-12, the PM session is open to post docs and graduate students and runs 1-5. This workshop is made possible through a SEEDS Working Within Fund managed by Steering Committee Member, Dr. Barbara Whitlock, Associate Professor of Biology in the College of Arts & Sciences.  For more information and to RSVP please visit www.as.miami.edu/seeds

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Natasha Jobbagy Schiller
SEEDS Program Manager & 
Confidential Secretary to Biology Chair
(305) 284-3988 phone
(305) 284-3039 fax 
natasha@bio.miami.edu 

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