Grad School 101 – 2021

Fellowships 101

This would be a good session for undergraduates to attend! Topics may include:

  • Virtual Seminar/Workshop/Panel Discussion
  • Topics to discuss are specifically tips for writing applications.

Welcome to Berkeley

Friday October 2nd 1 PM.
See the slides here.

Adulting 101

Featuring speaker Sarah Sprague Gerber.
November 9th 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
You can find the slides and resources from this workshop on our Resources page.
Topics may include:

  • Signing up for your own credit card
  • Making an IRA account
  • Saving and budgeting
  • Signing up for your own bank account

Career Center Workshop

December 2nd 6 PM – 7 PM.
Ask successful women from academia, industry, government and non-traditional career paths about what it is like to be in their professions, what challenges they faced, and how they have overcome those challenges.
This year we had

  • Hannah Stuart –  Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering UC Berkeley
  • Dorota Shortell – CEO of Simplexity Product Development
  • Qing Ji – Staff Scientist, Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division LBNL
  • Arlene Blum – Research Associate in Chemistry at UC Berkeley and executive director of the Green Science Policy Institute