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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span><font color="#3333ff"></font></span></span><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff" color="#000000">AWIS Chicago is proud to be part of 2 fantastic events in early May. Be sure to register now to reserve your spot! As an AWIS member, you even get to enjoy free registration for the Career Skills workshop at UIC next week. Read on to find out more!</font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span style="FONT-SIZE:medium"><strong><font color="#3333ff">Women in Science Symposium 2012: Big Ideas, Big Impact - May 11-12, 2012<br>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span><br><font>The 2nd Women in Science symposium is literally just days away! Register now!<br></font></span></span></font><font><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span>The theme this year is "Big Ideas, Big Impact", focusing on:</span></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span> • Highlighting innovative, game-changing women in diverse science and engineering fields<br> • Discussing modern approaches to research practice, work-life balance, entrepreneurship and administration<br>
• Providing meaningful opportunities for discourse and networking</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span>It will be held on Friday, May 11, 5:30-7:30 pm, at the School of the Art Institute and on Saturday, May 12 from 8:30-5:00 pm at the Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago.<br>
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<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span><br>Final program information and registration can be found here: <a href="http://c2st.org/programs-c%C2%B2st/women-in-science-symposium-2012-big-ideas-big-impact" target="_blank">http://c2st.org/programs-c%C2%B2st/women-in-science-symposium-2012-big-ideas-big-impact</a>.</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span>Registration fees:<br></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Student: Friday $25 / Saturday $75 / Friday & Saturday $100<br>
General: Friday $50 / Saturday $100 / Friday & Saturday $150<br></font></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span><br>As a proud sponsor of this event, AWIS Chicago will be one of the exhibitors on Saturday. Please feel free to stop by and meet the chapter's Board members as well as learn about past and upcoming events. We look forward to seeing you there!</span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span>*We had an extremely limited number of free registration codes for AWIS, intended for AWIS members who would be helping out at our exhibitors' table. Although the code is no longer available, we hope that you will still be able to make it to the symposium!</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri;FONT-SIZE:medium">The UIC Postdoctoral Assocation and AWIS Chicago proudly present a Career Skills workshop:</span></strong></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR:#0000ff"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri;FONT-SIZE:medium">What's your plan?<br>How to find a scientific career that is right for you</span></strong></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This workshop will outline a planning process that can be used by scientists to create a career plan tailored to their own individual strengths and aspirations.<span> </span>Participants will be guided through exercises intended to assist in self-assessment and will be provided tools to assist in career exploration.<span> </span>By the end of the session participants will set specific goals for taking charge of their own careers and learn how to position themselves to be competitve for positions in those career paths. </font><span><br>
<br></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Featured speaker: <br></font></span><strong><span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Philip S. Clifford, Ph.D.<br></font></span></strong><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Associate Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences<br>
</span><span>Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology, </span><span>Medical College of Wisconsin</span></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Date: <strong>Thursday, May 17th, 2012</strong><br>Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm<br>Venue: Main Auditorium, Molecular Biology Research Building (M/C 669), University of Illinois at Chicago, 900 S. Ashland Ave. Chicago, IL</font></span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Please register by Wednesday, May 16th</strong> so that we can plan the light refreshments accordingly.<br>
<br></font></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>FREE</strong> for UIC students/postdocs/staff and AWIS Chicago members - please register here: <br></font><a href="http://uic-awischicago.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://uic-awischicago.eventbrite.com</font></a></span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Calibri"><span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">$5 for other students, $10 for non-UIC/AWIS Chicago - please register here: <br></font><a href="http://a3.acteva.com/orderbooking/bookEvent/A319208" target="_blank"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://a3.acteva.com/orderbooking/bookEvent/A319208</font></a></span></span></p>
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