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EEB opportunities and announcements
A regularly updated list of external seminar announcements, events, job announcements, etc. relevant to U-M EEB graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Check often!
EEB courses and seminars of interest
400 and 500 level courses
Postdocs might want to sit in on some of these classes
Training resources
Center for Statistical Consultation and Research
University of Michigan IT training
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Career development and funding opportunities
MentorNet
MentorNet is the award-winning nonprofit e-mentoring network that positively affects the retention and success of those in engineering, science and mathematics, particularly but not exclusively women and others underrepresented in these fields.
National Postdoctoral Association
Providing a national voice and seeking positive change for postdoctoral scholars
University of Michigan Medical School Postdoctoral Programs
Postdoctoral Training at the University of Michigan Medical School
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Postdoctoral Short Course on College Teaching in Science and Engineering
Applications for participation were due November 1, 2012, watch for this opportunity next year.
The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching and Rackham Graduate School seek applicants for the Postdoctoral Short-Course on College Teaching in Science and Engineering. The purpose of this short-course is to prepare a select group of 32 advanced postdoctoral scholars from a variety of disciplines in the sciences and engineering to teach effectively as future faculty members. The short-course consists of seven three-hour seminars. Each of the seven seminars will follow a similar format, emphasizing advanced preparation so that time in sessions may be devoted to active learning and reflection.
The seven-week short-course will meet on Mondays, 9 a.m. – noon, March 11 through April 22, 2013. Apply here.
Feature on Preparing Future Faculty Seminar
Preparing Future Faculty Seminar
Co-sponsored by Rackham and the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT). A light lunch will be provided. Rackham and CRLT will cover all costs, including all materials for participants (verify not just students). The seminar has received outstanding reviews from participants every year and has garnered national attention as a model for preparing future faculty. For further information, please visit the PFF website, email crlt@umich.edu or call 734-615-9263.
The seminar's three main objectives:
- To inform graduate students and postdoctoral fellow about the aspects of higher education most relevant to the lives of future faculty members, e.g., differences in culture and expectations among types of colleges and universities, the nature of today's students, tenure and faculty work life.
- To discuss and reflect upon a number of pedagogical topics and to apply them to one's teaching, e.g., the research on teaching and learning, the principles of course design, multicultural teaching, and instructional technology
- To help prepare graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to obtain jobs and to make successful transitions to junior faculty positions.
Funding
Ford Diversity Fellowships Program for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching
Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Full eligibility information and online applications are available on their website.
