The Empowering Leadership Alliance hosted its 2nd mentoring teleconference: What is life as a graduate student? Dr. Dilma da Silva, researcher at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, served as the dynamic telementor/facilitator. There were over 20 registrants for this session yesterday. Thanks, Dr. da Silva for a job well-done!
The next mentoring teleconference in the Undergraduate Orientation and Enculturation Series will be held on Wednesday, November 3, and we invite you to join us in this event.
Topic: The Importance of Networking
Date: Wednesday, November 3
Time: 1PM (Eastern); 12PM (Central); 10 AM (Pacific)
Speaker/Telementor: Dr. Yolanda Rankin, Research Scientist at IBM Research – Almaden in California
Dr. Rankin will share her personal insights on the importance of networking, professional vs. social networking, preparing for networking opportunities, and how to follow-through. Although targeted for undergraduate students, all students are welcome to join in the conversation.
Click here to register online for this event. After you register, we will send you a confirmation email with the call-in information.
About the Telementor:
Yolanda A. Rankin, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at IBM Research – Almaden in California. Her primary research interests involve conceptual design and evaluation of digital media as collaborative technology that promotes knowledge acquisition and situational awareness. Yolanda has more than 8 years industry experience in software engineering and project management of mobile features and optical sub systems. Yolanda completed her Ph.D. in Computer Science at Northwestern University, a M.A. in Computer Science at Kent State University, and a B.S. in Mathematics at Tougaloo College.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Phoebe E. Lenear, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Office: 217.244.0199
Email: lenear3@illinois.edu
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