Diversity Fellows Program 2020

2020 Diversity Fellows Program.
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School of Biological Sciences.

Welcome!

The School of Biological Sciences is excited to welcome you to our 2^nd annual Diversity Fellows Program virtually, on Saturday, November 7th 2020.

Our workshop aims to support students on axes of diversity which have been historically excluded from STEM as they put together their application to any biology graduate program. We hope to build a more equitable community of biologists, and to be a resource to you. We especially welcome people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, undocumented, and first-generation folks to our workshop.

We have curated some resources that will support your application to graduate school.

(1) We have included Pre-workshop materials that may inspire and kickstart your application. We encourage you to start with our "Why PhD?" video which will help you focus your motivations to pursue graduate school and find the right program for you.

(2) We pair each Diversity Fellow with a University of Utah School of Biological Sciences graduate student or postdoctoral fellow to provide individualized support on your personal statement draft. We encourage you to bring your most recent draft to the live workshop on November 7^th.

Please submit your first drafts here by October 23^rd.

(3) At the live workshop, we will help you refine your applications, hone interview skills, build confidence, and make lasting connections with current and past members of the Biological Sciences community.

(4) Finally, we have put together resources we hope will support you during graduate school and beyond. Look out for a campus resource video which highlights some key resources our graduate students use regularly!

We hope you enjoy our program. The success of your application to a biology graduate program is our success. Thank you for joining us.

Pre-workshop survey

Pre-workshop survey. We are looking to improve our content. Please fill out this survey before you engage with our materials and the live workshop (Fellows or non-Fellows): https://forms.gle/dv8L7t1sxN8vowRbA

Questions. As you go through the pre-workshop materials or the workshop, feel free to ask questions for our panelists and speakers on our private Slack channel.

Contact Info

Contact Andy Sposato (andy.sposato@utah.edu) or Thien Vu (thien.vu@utah.edu) for any additional questions or concerns. Andy and Thien are also available to chat via the Slack!