Re-imaging Graduate Student Training
If you have read our post on “Career Opportunities for Plant Scientists,” you may have clicked on the link for Unleashing a Decade of Innovation in Plant Science: A Vision […]
“The first 5 minutes decides your fate.”
At last week’s Pub Club (04/14/16), Brad Day led a discussion on job talks – what to do and not to do. He started by asking us what we remembered […]
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MSU Courses in Statistics & Computer Science
MSU Courses: Statistics Statistics for Biologists (STT464): This course is a step1 for individuals with no background in statistics. The course covers the basics of the importance of statistical analysis, experimental […]
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Robin’s Resources
During her visit to The Pub Club, Robin Buell shared several insights and resources with us. While some of these will be added to various Resource pages based on content, […]
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Career tips over breakfast with John McDowell
This morning The Pub Club had the opportunity to have breakfast with today’s Monday PRL/PLB seminar speaker, John McDowell. We discussed many topics while we munched on our bagels and […]
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A Walk Through the Forest with Diane Ebert-May
One of Michigan State University’s real gems – Dr. Diane Ebert-May – visited The Pub Club last week to talk about learning. While we often spend much of our day […]
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Getting Out of the Box
At the MSU Plant Biotechnology Symposium this year, Richard Trethewey from BASF gave a talk on Innovation. Using a series of quotes from Louis Pasteur to Anna Wintour he outlined […]
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Time Management: Are You Too Busy To Be Productive?
How Being Busy Makes You Unproductive by Dr. Travis Bradberry Coauthor Emotional Intelligence 2.0 & President at TalentSmart Being busy has somehow become a badge of honor. The prevailing notion […]
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Chance Favors The Prepared Mind…
The 4th Annual Plant Biotechnology for Health & Sustainability Symposium. This was the third year the Symposium included a Career Development component, including two morning speakers—Melissa Ho and Marcelo […]
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Is your Professional Portrait a Picasso or a Da Vinci?
As we have read in previous posts, blogs and articles, our online presence not only already exists but is a helpful, necessary and sometimes dangerous part of today’s career reality. […]
