Seminar Reflection

So far, the seminars have been very helpful in furthering my scientific/professional career. The Career Development seminar woke me up a little from all of the research, and it made me evaluation some goals and how I want to present myself.

It's not just about doing research and then getting a job, because there are thousands of people in exactly my position. In order to get that awesome job you want, you have to create an image for yourself. One thing I'm definitely going to take advantage of because of this seminar is the free business card deal at the Alumni Center. It was something I'd never heard of before, but definitely helpful for interviews and meeting people at different conferences!

The writing seminar was interesting because the speaker had a much different perspective than I had. Even though she was a Humanities researcher, a lot of the style tips still applied. The books she mentioned will be useful for any type of writing, so it was useful. Because I have been in the UROP Program for two years, the basic information about posters was repetitive, but I'm sure informative for the rest of the seminar.

Overall, the seminars have been a nice reminder that research is not the only point of this Fellowship--it is also the connections we're making and the ways this is going to help us in our future careers.