Trailblazers Agenda
| Monday, July 22 | ||
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| Dress: Business Casual | ||
| Time | Event | Location |
| 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Travel and Arrival to Purdue, Check into First Street Towers Registration | First Street Towers |
| 4:45 - 5:00 PM | Gather for Dinner | Convergence Center Lobby & Innovation Room |
| 5:00 - 5:15 PM | Welcome and Introduction of Dean Raman and TBE Steering Committee | |
| 5:15 - 5:30 PM | Release Tables for Dinner | |
| 5:30 - 7:30 PM | Meet the Fellows! | |
| Tuesday, July 23 | ||
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| Dress: Business Professional | ||
| Time | Event | Location |
| 8:00 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast | Convergence Center |
| 8:30 - 10:00 AM | Why Choose a Career in Academia? | |
| 10:00 - 10:10 AM | Break | |
| 10:10 - 11:40 AM | Academic Career Pathways & Early Career Experiences | |
| 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM | Lunch | |
| 12:30 - 2:00 PM | Keynote Speaker - Makola Abdullah, President of Virginia State University | |
| 2:00 - 2:15 PM | Break | |
| 2:15 - 4:00 PM | Head's Panel Session 1: Key Components of a Strong Application Package | |
| 4:00 - 4:10 PM | Break | |
| 4:10 - 5:55 PM | Head's Panel Session 2: Preparing to Interview, Negotiating Your Best Salary and Start Up Package | |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner | |
| Wednesday, July 24 | ||
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| Dress: Business Professional | ||
| Time | Event | Location |
| 8:00 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast | Convergence Center |
| 8:30 - 11:30 AM | Success Strategies for New Faculty (Richard Felder & Rebecca Brent) | |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Lunch | |
| 12:30 - 2:00 PM | Keynote Speaker - Rebecca Doerge, Provost at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | |
| 2:00 - 2:10 PM | Break | |
| 2:10 - 2:25 PM | Travel via bus to Armstrong Hall for Poster Session | Armstrong Hall of Engineering |
| 2:25 - 2:35 PM | Group Photo outside of ARMS Atrium | |
| 2:35 - 4:30 PM | Poster Session | |
| 4:30 - 4:45 PM | Walk to Mackey / Spurgeon Club | |
| 4:45 - 5:30 PM | Arrival & Cocktail Reception | Spurgeon Club Mackey Arena |
| 5:35 - 9:00 PM | Celebration Dinner | |
| 9:15 PM | Return via bus to First Street Towers | |
| Thursday, July 25 | ||
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| Dress: Business Casual | ||
| Time | Event | Location |
| 8:00 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast | Convergence Center |
| 8:30 - 11:30 AM |
Securing Early Career Research Funding Panel:
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| 11:30 AM | Conclusion | |
| 12:00 PM | Check out of First Street Towers | |
| Opportunity to visit other areas of campus | ||