<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Dear postdocs and grad students, <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div></span><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">How do you have productive conversations with supervisors and mentors about your career plans and the skills you would like to develop? How do make the most of your appointment at a university or at NCAR? Please join us for the next Fellows Association Seminar on "Taking charge of your career". </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Everyone attending is encouraged to share tips and experiences on how you set personal goals, plan your professional development, and engage your mentors and supervisors in achieving them. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">We will also answer questions about the new<span> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Individual Development Plan (IDP)<span> that </span></span>NCAR/UCAR has recently begun providing postdocs. We hope that you - and any graduate students - will use this tool to help you with planning your career objectives and professional development needs. IDPs are now commonly being used in grad school and postdoctoral programs around the country, and can be extremely helpful. You will find the form attached to this email or it is dow loadable at (link to HR postdoc guidelines). </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">This seminar is open to all visiting grad students and postdocs as well!</div><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Please join us for a Professional Support session on: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div></span><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">"Taking charge of your career"<br></span><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">hosted by Rebecca Haacker & Valerie Sloan</span></div><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><span class="gmail-m_5868632447651247392gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-m_5868632447651247392gmail-aQJ"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Tuesday, March 6th, 2 pm</span></span></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">FL3 - MMM Conference Room FL3-2072 </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Attached are PDF and Word document of the IDP for you to look over before the meeting. </div><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Mark your calendars!</div></div></span><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Val</div><br></div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif" size="1">* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * </font><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="1">Valerie Sloan, Ph.D.</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="1">Director of the GEO REU Network &</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="1">Senior Higher Education Specialist</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="1">NCAR Education & Outreach</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="1">NCAR|UCAR</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="1">P.O. Box 3000</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="1">Boulder, CO 80307-3000</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small">Email: </span><a href="mailto:vsloan@ucar.edu" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">vsloan@ucar.edu</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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