Upcoming AWIS-CAC Events for 2009

Use the AWIS-CAC EVENTS CALENDAR.

AWIS National Spring Career Coaching Tele-seminar Series. Looking for a new job or a career change in this tough economy? AWIS Career Coaching can help. This tele-seminar series will cover the following topics:
  • May 7th, 7pm ET Networking Now - When Everyone is Looking: How To Be More Effective in the Current "Crowded" Marketplace
  • May 14th, 11am ET Effective Communication in a Four Generation Workplace
  • May 21st, Noon and 7pm ET Impression Management for Interviews
  • May 28th, Noon ET How to Keep Your Job in a Tough Economic Climate
    Registration for each session is $14.95 for AWIS members, $19.95 for non-members. For more information and to register, click here.

    Motherhood and Success in Science Panel
    Date: May 18, 2009
    Time: 11:30am - 2:30pm at Northwestern University-Evanston campus, 4-6:30pm at the University of Chicago campus (Biological Science Learning Center, 924 E. 57th St, Rm 109)
    Registration: Register for these free events here.
    Motherhood and Success in Science will be a set of panel discussions about balancing a career in science and motherhood. Panelists will include contributors from the book Motherhood: The Elephant in the Laboratory. Click for more information.
    View the flyers.

    3rd Annual AWIS-CAC Innovator Award Dinner May 19th 2009. Join us in honoring Dr. Tijana Rajh as the 2009 AWIS Innovator Award winner. Dinner will be held at Scoozi (410 W. Huron Street, Chicago). Dr. Rajh is a chemist at Argonne National Laboraties. She will give a brief talk at the dinner about her career and experiences as a female scientist. To read the nomination information about Dr. Rajh,submitted by Cristina Negri, click here. Information about the dinner menu, cost and time will be posted soon.


    OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES

    Science Chicago
    AWIS-CAC is proud to announce that we are a programming partner of Science Chicago - a citywide year of science initiative run by the Museum of Science and Industry to engage children from ages 8-18 in the joys of science. Click here for more information about Science Chicago.

    AWIS-CAC is in the process of developing more outreach activities for spring and summer 2009. Please check back soon.

    Other Opportunities

    May 2009
    Scientists needed for Bioblitz at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore May 15th and 16th 2009
    The Indiana Dunes Bioblitz, presented and sponsored by the National Park Service and National Geographic, is a 24-hour inventory of species in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and is being held on May 15 and 16, 2009. Teams of scientists and naturalists, along with public volunteers, will comb the park's 15 miles of shoreline and more than 15,000 acres of dunes,oak savannas, marshes, bogs, prairies, rivers, and forests to observe and record as many species as possible.
    Goals of the Bioblitz are to add to species lists for as many taxonomic groups as possible, to increase awareness about biodiversity in an urban environment, and to pair the public with professional scientists and other experts in the field. A biodiversity and sustainability festival will be held from 11:30a.m. - 8:00 p.m. on Friday, May 15 and from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 16th at the West Beach unit of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
    For more information about the bioblitz, or to register to participate with a scientist, click here. For information about Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, including location information, click here.

    Upcoming Chicago Area Science Events

    Chicago Council on Science and Technology events
    May 21st: Surgical Robotics, 5pm at UIC College of Medicine. Free to C2ST members, $15 non-members.
    June 8th: Art & Science-Secrets of the Art World Unlocked, 5:30pm Northwestern University Hughes Auditorium. Free to C2ST members, $15 for non-members.
    Visit C2ST for more information.

    Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) Chicago Chapter events
    May 14th, 5:30-8:30pm: Networking in Cyber Speed- Using Speed Networking and Social Media to Expand Your Network.
    For information about HBA and events click here.

    Science Cafe Evanston
    Eat, drink and talk science with Northwestern University professors and other scientists!
    Refer to this link for a detailed schedule of events.

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