Thriving in Graduate School: Lessons on Resilience

Join GSEE and Graduate Student Affairs for our first Thriving in Graduate School event of 2022-23: Lessons on Resilience ft. Dr. Ahna Skop.

By GSEE

Date and time

Thursday, November 17, 2022 · 2:30 - 4pm PST

Location

Online

About this event

Please join us for an interactive discussion about resilience in graduate school and beyond.

Dr. Ahna Skop is a Professor in the Department of Genetics and also an affiliate faculty in Life Sciences Communication and the Division of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She mentors both science students and art students in her lab. In 2016 she was awarded the first ever Chancellor's Inclusive Excellence Award. She has served as a board member for SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) and currently serves on the ASCB (American Association for Cell Biologists) Minority Affairs Committee where she has broadened her impact on underrepresented students nationally.

Dr. Skop will be providing a short lecture regarding failures, successes, and resilience in graduate school and beyond. We will then have an opportunity for reflection in breakout rooms and a Q&A.

Join via Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93507171271

Collaborators/Partners: The Office of Graduate Student Equity and Excellence (GSEE) and The Office of Graduate Student Affairs | Office of Student & Postdoc Affairs in The Graduate School

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GSEE

As a unit of the University of Washington's Graduate School for over 51 years, the Office of Graduate Student Equity and Excellence (GSEE) is committed to serving the needs of graduate students of color. GSEE aims to cultivate a culturally and ethnically diverse academic, educational and social environment in which all students can learn and thrive while attending the University of Washington.

GSEE promotes and supports: -Outreach, Recruitment and Graduate Student Success -Professional Development and Community Building -Graduate Funding Opportunities -Scholarship and Research -Advocacy, Consulting and Advising

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