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In this interactive workshop, participants learned how to develop an academic portfolio that showcased their qualifications, research, and teaching experience. The focus was on the essentials—crafting CVs, writing research statements, articulating teaching philosophies, and selecting publications—while aligning their portfolio with hiring committee expectations. To protect participants’ privacy, the workshop was not recorded. A slide deck

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Nov 22 2024

Meetup with Pedro X. Molina

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This informal conversation on November 21, 2024 featured Pedro X. Molina, an editorial cartoonist from Nicaragua. The session was in Spanish. Pedro fled Nicaragua during a crackdown on dissent in 2018. He was a resident of Ithaca City of Asylum in Ithaca, NY, where he taught at Ithaca College, then was an Artist Protection Fund

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Nov 7 2024

Writing a professional cover letter

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Led by career coach Carol R. Anderson, this workshop demonstrated how to write a targeted, persuasive, evidence-based letter that bridges the gap between a job posting and your resume.

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Oct 24 2024

Developing a professional resume

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This hands-on workshop offered tips on identifying and articulating one’s accomplishments and impact in the organizations for which one has worked or volunteered. Attendees learned how to build and sequence the presentation of their accomplishments tailored for each specific opportunity. They also discussed the use and misuse of AI and how to format a resume

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Oct 10 2024

Meetup with Dieu-Nalio Chery

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This informal meetup on October 10, 2024 featued Dieu-Nalio Chery, a freelance photojournalist from Haiti who is now a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan. He was a Visual Artist in Residence with NYC Artist Safe Haven Residency Program in 2021–2022 and recently completed a fellowship with City of Asylum Detroit. Chery’s work has been published

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Sep 26 2024

Writing a compelling personal statement

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Guided by an interactive worksheet and a customized slide deck, sociologist and university professor Alfred Babo and “joy coach” Kimberly Kenyon helped participants begin to develop a personal statement that captured their strengths, experiences, and aspirations. Dr. Alfred Babo is an alumnus of both the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund and Scholars at Risk and sits

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