A Seminar on Academic Careers in Chemistry

该项目得到了分析和表面化学方案和多学科活动办公室的支持，为大约40名研究生和博士后举办了一次研讨会，旨在为他们开始在学院和大学一级从事教学工作做好准备。明尼苏达大学的卡尔教授和一群来自不同机构的教员将在1998年11月在新泽西州举行的东方分析研讨会上主持这次研讨会。该项目的长期目标是让未来的高校教师更充分地意识到伴随着这一职业选择而来的机会和责任，从而使他们更加成功。研讨会结束后，学生将可以访问电子邮件网络，该网络将鼓舞他们的士气，并在工作中遇到新的挑战时提供同行支持。特别令人感兴趣的是吸引妇女和少数族裔从事教师职业，并提高她们在教师职业中的保留率。

This project, supported in the Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities, supports a seminar for about forty graduate students and postdoctoral students that aims to prepare them for initiating careers in teaching at the college and university level. Professor Carr of the University of Minnesota and a group of faculty from diverse institutions will present this seminar at the November 1998 Eastern Analytical Symposium Meeting in New Jersey. The long-term objective of this project is to make future college and university teachers more fully aware of the opportunities and responsibilities that will accompany this career choice so that they will be more successful. Following this seminar students will have access to an email network that will bolster their morale and provide peer support as new challenges are encountered on-the-job. Of particular interest will be attracting women and minorities to teaching careers and increasing their retention rates in the teaching profession.