<div dir="ltr">FYI - the deadline for NextProf was extended until Jan 28.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Jena Johnson</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:jenaje@umich.edu">jenaje@umich.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 7:27 AM<br>Subject: NextProf<br><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/nextprof-science/about-nextprof/" target="_blank">NextProf <i>Science</i></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(68,68,68)"> is a workshop aimed at future
faculty—talented people who are currently advanced doctoral students and
postdoctoral trainees. We aim to bring people with a demonstrated commitment to
diversity to the University of Michigan campus to show them the benefits and
rewards of an academic career, to make connections with U-M faculty and
academic leaders, and to network with other participants. The workshop is
sponsored by the science and mathematics departments in the U-M College of
Literature, Science, and the Arts<b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">.</span></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Eligibility</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Interest in faculty careers in science or mathematics at an
exceptional research or teaching institution</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Especially encouraged to apply are people  from underrepresented
groups in the STEM fields.</span></p>

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<b>What the application asks for:</b></span></p>

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experience, publications, awards and so forth.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Answer with brief statements (less than 500 words each) 3
different questions:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 83.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Describe your research and teaching experiences.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 83.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">What in your background and experience has led you to consider a
career at an academic research institution?</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 83.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Describe your contributions to diversity and equal opportunity
in higher education.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Contact information for a faculty advisor who will provide a
letter of recommendation. The letter will be submitted by email to NextProf Science<br>
<i>Note: the application calls for contact info but it is up to you to ask the
reference to send the letter to this email address:  <a href="mailto:um-nextprofsci-rec@umich.edu" target="_blank">um-nextprofsci-rec@umich.edu</a></i></span></p><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>-----------</div><div>Jena E. Johnson</div><div>Assistant Professor</div><div>Earth & Environmental Sciences</div><div>University of Michigan</div><div>1100 N. University Ave.</div><div>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005</div><div><a href="http://microbe-mins.earth.lsa.umich.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">microbe-mins.earth.lsa.umich.edu</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>_______________________________________________________________________<br>Rosimar Rios-Berrios, PhD<br>Scientist I, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology<br>National Center for Atmospheric Research<br><a href="https://rosimarwx.github.io/" target="_blank">https://rosimarwx.github.io/</a><br>_______________________________________________________________________</div></div></div></div>