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Campus Announcements

Postdoc mentoring of grad students – Opportunity at UTHealth

The Association of Minority Biomedical researchers is very excited to invite you to be part of their Mentorship Program!

What is this about? As a post-doc volunteer in our program you will have several opportunities:

– guide a graduate student for a year: the idea is for graduate students to have a post-doc with whom they can discuss all aspects of graduate school life. Mentor-mentee meetings would be informal and will be held in an as needed basis, we encourage meetings at least twice per semester.

– Serve as speaker in workshops: we provide career development workshops for graduate students and post-docs are the ones that run the dynamics and discuss the topics.

– Serve at mock candidacy exam committees: we arrange mock candidacy exams for 2nd year students where you get to evaluate their written proposal and oral presentation.

Our efforts are led by Andrew Bean, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Education, and Marenda Wilson-Pham, Ph.D., Program Manager. As an AMBR postdoctoral mentor, the GSBS Dean’s office will provide recommendation letters to active participants per request.

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Our Mentorship Program launching event will be the Greet and Eat!

Date: Monday October 24th, 2016

Time: 4-5 PM

Location: Onstead Forum (BSRB 3rd floor- 6767 Bertner Avenue)

*Come for the holiday food and apple cider, stay for the mentorship opportunities!*

We are in need of as many post-doc volunteers as possible for this event.

This event will serve as a venue for students to meet and connect with you and will allow them to find their mentor for the year.

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Please let us know if would like to take part in our post-doc mentorship program and plan to attend this event by filling out this form.

https://goo.gl/forms/exnU839EBr7IilIi1

PS. If you want to be part of our mentorship program but can’t attend the event feel free to fill the form anyway.

Ayesha Khan

Ph.D. Student, UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Laboratory of Cesar A. Arias, MSB 2.112.

The McGovern Medical School, Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genomics (CARMiG)

UTHealth Science Center

6431 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77030

Phone: (310) 595-6303

Mentorship- Postdocs.pdf

Campus Announcements, Volunteer & Greater Houston Area

Little Free Library Build open to Rice employees age 30 and under

Rice employees 30 and under: help the United Way build little free libraries!

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As a means of promoting a new young-person’s service group known as “LINC” (Lead, Impact, Network, Change), the United Way of Greater Houston is hosting a community-wide “Little Free Library Build.” Rice employees age 30 and under are invited to sign up to work in teams of 5 to build and paint little free libraries to be placed in neighborhoods where books are scarce in order to help improve academic success in those areas of our community.

United Way research suggests that, in middle-class Houston neighborhoods, there are an average of 13 age-appropriate books for every school-aged child; by contrast, in our community’s less affluent neighborhoods, that number is ONE book for every THREE HUNDRED children. The United Way’s Little Free Library initiative seeks to address that disparity, and you are invited to participate. Tools and materials are provided by the United Way, and no artistic or construction experience is required, only a desire to work with other young Rice employees who see a community need and want to do something about it.

When: Friday, October 14, 2016 from 4-8 p.m.

Where: United Way of Greater Houston, 50 Waugh Drive, Houston, TX 77007.

Come thirsty: After the hard work,reward yourself with a much-deserved social hour! Who doesn’t like free drinks?

Interested? Register here

Watch a tiny libraries time lapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-k_F2ZH0JY&feature=youtu.be.

 

unitedway.rice.edu

Campus Announcements

Childcare search tool for Postdocs

Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies has subscribed to a database of childcare centers in the area. The resource comes from Collaborative for Children.

https://stage.worklifesystems.com/corporate/2?corpid=1

This resource is available to all of our graduate students and postdocs, but please note that our subscription did not include permissions for Rice non-postdoc staff members or Rice faculty.

The password is “owls01”, any email address will work. Please help us get the word to all graduate student and postdoc parents. Many child care centers have waiting lists and it can be important to find childcare well before the child’s start date.

Campus Announcements

REMS CPR/First Aid Classes

Dear Rice Community,

Rice EMS will be offering one more CPR class and one more First Aid class in addition to its other classes this fall. The CPR class will be on Nov 13 from 12p-4p, and the First Aid class will be held on Nov 6 from 12p-4p. There is still space available in our other classes this semester as well so if you are interested you can sign up for those as well! The CPR courses will cover the American Heart Association’s Heartsaver curriculum designed for lay rescuers which includes: 1) adult/child/infant CPR, 2) AED use, 3) rescue breathing, and 4) choking. The First Aid courses will cover the basic steps that should be taken for medical emergencies, including allergic reactions, cuts, choking, and more. These classes last four hours in duration. Upon satisfactory course completion, students will receive a certification card that is valid for two years. If you require both CPR-AED and First Aid training, you will need to enroll in both of the offered courses.

The cost for Rice students/faculty/staff is $10 per person. For non-Rice individuals, the cost is $30 per person. Registration fees are non-refundable.

Available Courses:

CPR-AED

Saturday, October 8 from 12p-4p

Wednesday, November 9 from 6p-10p

Sunday, November 13 from 12p-4p

First Aid

Saturday, October 29 from 12p-4p

Sunday, November 6 from 12p-4p

If you would like to sign up, please sign up through this link remscpr if you have any questions or concerns.

Campus Announcements

National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) Resources

As you may know our institution is a sustaining member of the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) and one of the greatest benefits is you can become an affiliate member of the NPA for free! We encourage everyone to take advantage of this opportunity to help you network with other postdocs across the country and gain access to members only resources that can help further your career.

Signing up is simple. Click on this link Your Affiliate Memberships Direct Link here> and follow the registration process. Once you click Submit the NPA Membership Manager will review your affiliate membership within 5 working days, and you will receive an email when it has been approved.

As an NPA Affiliate Member, you are entitled to these benefits:

  • Subscriptionto NPA e-alerts, a periodic news announcement, and The POSTDOCket, the NPA’s official quarterly newsletter
  • Reduced registration feesto the NPA Annual Meeting & eligibility for the NPA travel award program
  • Access to members-only NPA web content, such as career planning resources and policy information
  • Access toNPA member groups to connect & network with fellow NPA members
  • Discounts to some services and products.
  • Opportunities to serve and contributeyour expertise on a variety of NPA committees
  • National representation on postdoctoral issues
Volunteer & Greater Houston Area

Science Olympiad Event – needs volunteers

On behalf of Rice University’s chapter of the Science Olympiad Alumni Association, we request your support for our upcoming tournament on November 12. This will involve either writing the tests or coming on campus on the day of the tournament and proctor them, or both. We believe that you will be an inspiration for students to continue pursuing careers in STEM, as well as develop interest in coming to Rice University. We greatly appreciate any help you can provide. Please email us before October 1, 2016 at ricesoaa to indicate if you can write tests (prior to 11/12) or proctor (on 11/12), or both.

Science Olympiad is a non-profit organization that seeks to improve science education among K-12 students by hosting the most prestigious science competition in the nation. The Science Olympiad Alumni Association is a student organization that seeks to render STEM subjects as an accessible and inviting field to high school students. Our leaders have previously participated, enjoyed, and learned from Science Olympiad and would like to give back to the scientific community by hosting our own Science Olympiad invitational tournament at Rice University. This tournament will be attended by schools from the Houston area and teams from the entire nation.

More information can also be found these websites: http://ricesoaa.weebly.com/ https://www.soinc.org/ . A list of events we are going to host and brief description for each event can be found on the bottom of this email.

Thanks so much for your time,

The Science Olympiad Alumni Association
Felix Wu
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