If you live in the Triangle NC area and have a girl in grades 6-8, this announcement could be for you! On Wednesday, October 26, the RTP chapter of Women in Biology is sponsoring a Bioscience Career Leadership for Girls event at Biogen Idec, a local biotechnology firm with a focus on neurological disorders. The FREE seminar, which is open ONLY to female students in 6-8th grades, is geared to increasing girls' knowledge about, and well as interest in, a career in biology.
After check-in at 3:45 PM, the students will spend from 4:00-6:00 getting a tour of the facility, discussing the research and other work done there, and listening to some other formal science-related presentations. Then from 6:00-6:45 PM, the girls will have a pizza party with female professionals at Biogen Idec as well as other members of Women in Biology. This will give them an informal opportunity to raise any questions related to educational requirements, personal characteristics, outside experiences, or other matters related to pursing a career in biology.
Student MUST pre-register in order to attend. If you have a student in that grade range who would be interested, you can register them here via the WIB website.
The middle school years are a great time for students to be exploring careers and different types of workplaces, so this looks like it could be a great opportunity for that, even if your girl(s) doesn't end up in a science career.
Showing posts with label workplaces. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Monday, September 27, 2010
Does Your Child Want to Work at Lego?
Or the Cartoon Network? How about Google? Or even the Disney Store?
Middle school is a great time for students to start thinking about what careers or companies they might want to pursue later on. One of my friends runs a Career Exploration coop, where families arrange field trips to all sorts of different workplaces to expose young people to interesting occupations beyond simply "doctor," "lawyer," "computer programmer."
In that vein, I wanted to share this link to the 10 most eye-catching workplaces on the planet. Check them out; these places are really, really cool. But I wonder if it is a chicken or the egg sort of thing....are the companies so successful because their environments are so creative, or are the environments so creative because their companies are so successful? Whichever it is, it could inspire your child to really get outside the box in envisioning her or his ideal workplace.
I think the link above also goes well with the Sukkah City post I had last week. Both are examples of completely rethinking our living or working spaces.
Middle school is a great time for students to start thinking about what careers or companies they might want to pursue later on. One of my friends runs a Career Exploration coop, where families arrange field trips to all sorts of different workplaces to expose young people to interesting occupations beyond simply "doctor," "lawyer," "computer programmer."
In that vein, I wanted to share this link to the 10 most eye-catching workplaces on the planet. Check them out; these places are really, really cool. But I wonder if it is a chicken or the egg sort of thing....are the companies so successful because their environments are so creative, or are the environments so creative because their companies are so successful? Whichever it is, it could inspire your child to really get outside the box in envisioning her or his ideal workplace.
I think the link above also goes well with the Sukkah City post I had last week. Both are examples of completely rethinking our living or working spaces.
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