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NOBCChE
Dear NOBCChE Family and Friends,
We would like to invite you to the 44th Annual NOBCChE Conference and K-12 STEM Week held at the Raddison Blu Hotel in Minneapolis, MN Oct. 30 - Nov. 3. This year's conference is themed We Are NOBCChE: Community, Leadership, and Partnerships. NOBCChE is an inclusive community of STEM leaders focused on catalyzing STEM partnerships for the 21st Century, and we hope that the workshops and sessions at the 44th conference convey this message. Please read through the Call to Conference to learn more about Minneapolis, Registration/Hotel, opportunities to present your research, as well as, a preview of workshop offerings and our K-12 STEM Week activities.
Details about the conference can be found here.
We look forward to seeing you in Minneapolis!
— National Planning Committee
NOBCChE
As the 44th Annual National Conference approaches, we would like to remind you to nominate a deserving individual for a NOBCChE® Award. The award deadline is July 31.
Several awards will be given during the 2017 Conference including, The Percy Julian Award, The Winifred Burks-Houck Leaderships Award and the Lloyd N. Ferguson Young Scientist Award.
Visit: www.nobcche.org/awards for award details and submission process and contact nobccheawards@gmail.com for questions concerning all awards.
NOBCChE
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Argonne National Laboratory seeks applications for the highly prestigious 2017 Named Fellowship. Fellows are hired as Argonne Scholars with full benefits, a competitive salary and a stipend for research support.
For more information and to apply go visit: http://www.anl.gov/careers/apply-job/argonne-fellowships
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The Chronicles of Higher Education
Women working in astronomy and planetary sciences have long spoken up about workplace harassment; a new paper now has data to back up those anecdotes.
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 Buzzwords can develop a life of their own. Being called a leader used to be sufficient. Now, the adjectives describing the type of leader we are have become critical. From authentic to zero-tolerance, compassionate to servant, we are recognizing the sometimes-vast but more often nuanced differences in leadership styles. This article series reviews some common but different leadership descriptors, and we will start by looking at what it means to be an innovative leader.
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HuffPost
Everyone gets nervous at job interviews, but if you have anxiety it can be terrifying.
"Job interviews can create a 'perfect storm' for anxiety to spike because they usually involve at least some of the following possible triggers: public speaking or presentations; the possibility of feeling inadequate, embarrassed or like a failure; a situation that involves being judged; identity issues (many of us identify quite closely with our work); and economic need," Dr. Nasreen Khatri, a registered clinical psychologist at the Rotman Research Institute in Toronto, tells HuffPost Canada on behalf of The Telus Health Brain Project.
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Phys.org
The idea of scientists working long hours in lab by themselves is a common concept for Americans, but this idea of a "lone scientist" is not universal. Examining students in the U.S., India and China, social psychologists show not only a cultural divide in how STEM careers are viewed, but that these views can be changed to encourage more interest in STEM fields.
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The Daily Orange
Syracuse University was recently named a top college for women pursuing online degrees in science, technology, engineering and math by the SR Education Group.
SR Education Group researched and rated 285 schools across the nation and published a list of the 64 top performers. SU's ranking was not directly stated, but it did not place within the top 15 schools, according to the ratings.
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Science
Reavelyn Pray was taught that students like her didn't become scientists. But thanks to a lot of hard work and timely help from heavy hitters in the scientific community, Pray is a lot further along toward her goal than the naysayers ever thought possible.
As a poor, Hispanic student growing up in Corpus Christi, Texas, Pray found school to be a refuge from an unstable family situation that resulted in her becoming homeless at age 16. And although math and science were her favorite courses, she and the other low-income minority students in her classes were repeatedly told that "becoming a scientist or an engineer are jobs that are too big for us."
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