[AWIS Chicago Listserve] Project Exploration this Friday! Work-Life Satisfaction

Tue Jan 17 23:11:28 CST 2012

*We have two upcoming events this month - an outreach event to help you
share science with others, and a career event to help you take care of
yourself!  We are also helping promote another outreach event sponsored by
Women in Bio. Details below.
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*PROJECT EXPLORATION WOMEN IN SCIENCE TRAINING**
**Friday, January 20, 2012, at **Baxter’s offices in Round Lake ***

Would you like to participate in outreach activities to promote science for
girls and other underrepresented groups? AWIS has partnered with Project
Exploration to provide training for AWIS members. Project Exploration will
share their methodology and examples to demonstrate how to give an
excellent outreach presentation in any field. After this training, you will
be eligible to participate in Project Exploration’s programs.

Project Exploration is a nonprofit science education organization that
works to ensure communities traditionally overlooked by
science—particularly minority youth and girls—have access to personalized
experiences with science and scientists.

 *If you are interested in attending, please email Jameela Jafri at
jjafri at projectexploration.org today. *

The training will be very similar to the workshop on December 2nd at the
Garfield Park Conservatory, which you can read about on PE's blog here:
http://www.projectexploration.org/blog/?p=3885&preview=true. Due to space,
they can accommodate up to 10 Women in Science members.
Project Exploration Women in Science Training
Friday, January 20, 2012
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (lunch will be provided)
Baxter Healthcare Inc.
25212 W. Illinois Route 120 (Route 120 & Wilson Road )
Round Lake, IL 60073

*WORK-LIFE SATISFACTION WORKSHOP*

*Saturday, January 28th  **Northwestern University Chicago Campus*

Do you feel like you are constantly juggling your professional and your
personal responsibilities as a woman in science? Do you find yourself
wearing too many hats throughout the day? If so, then this Work-Life
Satisfaction workshop is for YOU!

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During this INTERACTIVE work-life satisfaction workshop, you will learn how
to:

* Examine how your current choices affect your work-life balance

* Identify changes that will have the biggest impact on personal and
professional satisfaction

* See your personal challenges and opportunities from a fresh perspective

* Recognize the critical importance of recovering from stressors to stay
motivated

* As an added bonus, your participation will assist AWIS in advocating on
your behalf for improved workplace policies and practices.

*Date: *Saturday, January 28th

*Time: *10 am to 1 pm (lunch included)

*Location: *Gray Room, Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University

303 E. Superior St. Chicago, IL

*Facilitators: *Kawtar Hafidi (AWIS Chicago 2011 Innovator awardee) and
Keng Jin Lee (AWIS Chicago VP for Membership)

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*Registration (to cover the cost of food and materials): *$5 for AWIS
Chicago members, $10 for students, $15 for non-members and at the door

*Space is LIMITED so register now at *
http://a3.acteva.com/orderbooking/bookEvent/A314941

*Sponsored by AWIS and the Elsevier Foundation*

*Speaker needed for Young Women in Bio/Girls 4 Science event*

The Young Women in Bio committee of WIB-Chicago Chapter is hosting a Girls
4 Science event on the morning of Saturday, January 28, 2012 (10 am to
noon) at the Willis Tower. If you are a woman in the Chicago community with
a scientific education who would like to share your story and career path
with young girls in Chicago, please contact * Amy Wilson (
amy_wilson at baxter.com).*

The event organizers would like to bring together a broad variety of
speakers so your career doesn’t necessarily have to be a scientific one
They would like highlight the fact that a science education can lead to
many career paths: scientist, law, technical writing, human resources,
finance, etc.

This event will focus on mentorship and will serve to introduce the girls
to professionals who can offer guidance regarding careers in science and
provide a friendly ear.  The following is a link to the Girls 4 Science web
site to provide you with some background information: *
http://girls4science.org/index.html* <http://girls4science.org/index.html>.

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