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Join us for the ACS Student Skills for Success - Meet & Greet Challenge where you can meet new people, have them sign your card, and enter a door prize drawing. Discuss important skills for chemical professionals and explore opportunities to master these skills before graduation.
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Meet & Greet Challenge • Meet 10 new people • Have them sign your card • Submit number to desk for door prize drawing • Some questions to try: • What do you do/study? • What is the most exciting thing going on right now? • What is the most interesting thing you’ve heard at WRM? • What challenges are you facing at work/school? • How did you get to your current position? • What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? • What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues? • If you could do any job in the world, what would you do? • Others? American Chemical Society
Why are we here today? M. Mourshed, D. Farrell, and D. Barton. Education to Employment: Designing a System that Works. McKinsey & Company. http://mckinseyonsociety.com/education-to-employment/report/ (accessed Sept 23, 2013) American Chemical Society
What are we doing today? • “Meet & Greet Challenge” (20 minutes) • Discuss (45 minutes) • Which skills are most frequently used by chemical professionals? • Which skills need to be mastered for upper-level chemistry courses? • What opportunities or experiences can help students master skills prior to graduation? • How can this conversation continue after today? • Report out (20 minutes) • Exit poll, door prizes (10 minutes) American Chemical Society
Thank you for coming! • Thanks to • SPONSORS, OTHER SUPPORTERS • …and you! • Questions? Comments? • CONTACT INFORMATION American Chemical Society