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BONJOUR

2010-11-30T11:08:00.000-08:00

Bonjour cher Ami ,

Comment allez-vous ? J'espère de tout coeur que tout va bien pour vous
.Je sais que vous recevez ce message avec beaucoup de surprise .Mais
je tiens à vous dire que tout le plaisir est pour moi de vous
transmettre ce message en espérant que vous le recevez .

Je me présente , je m'appelle Madame Simonez Isabelle;Je suis
mariée,au Feu , c'est-à-dire au défunt , mon époux Claude Tremblay de
nationalité britannique , de mémoire glorieuse et bénie qui était un
ingénieur consultant en république du Bénin pendant neuf ans .

Au bout de six ans de mariage, il mourut après une brève et simple
maladie de 4 jours .Depuis sa mort, je me débattait aussi dans une
maladies de coeur ce qui m'as pousser à venir me soigner ici en
France.Tout récemment, mon docteur m'as dit que je ne survivrais pas
au bout des trois prochaines semaines a venir,car nous ne trouvons
toujours pas un donneur de coeur compatible a mon sang .

Ayant connu mon état de santé actuelle , ma décision est de faire don
, à une organisme de charité , tout ce que j'ai hérité de mon marie
défunt .Dans la crainte de trouver des personnes de bonnes moralités
qui puissent user de cet argent à de bonnes fin , je vous ai choisi
par mis ceux que Dieu à voulu bénir et c'est pourquoi j'ai décidé de
vous légués ma fortune de TROIS CENT QUATRE VINGT MILLE EURO (380.000
Euro ) avec toute la modestie et la sincérité d'une donatrice . Le
monde se pervers tellement sur la miséricorde de Dieu que j'ai pris
cette décision parce que je n'ai pas eu d'enfant avec mon marie qui
puissent hérité de cet argent .Aussi bien je pourrais légué ma fortune
à mon actuel amant mais ce dernier est tellement mauvais de caractères
qu'il court un peu partout pour avoir mon argent en ce moment alors
que je suis encore vivante dans ma situation.Pour mes autres bien
matériel , qui ne sont pas en argent bien sûr , j'en ai fait une bonne
distribution .Je suis persuadé que après ma mort je serai avec Dieu le
plus miséricordieux et bienfaiteur .

Comme je suis actuellement à l'hôpital, me communiquer avec le monde
extérieur m'est permit qu'une seule fois par semaine ou je peut me
déplacer alors j'en ai profiter pour vous envoyer ce message d'appel
urgent .Aussi je ne voudrais pas que mon amant toujours à rôder autour
de moi à cause de ma fortune soit mis au courant de ce message que je
lance sur Internet ; pour ce fait je vous invites à faire preuve de
DISCRÉTION vis à vis de vos proches et amis .

Aussitôt que je reçoive votre réponse , et votre disponibilité
confirmer de recevoir cet argent et de l'utiliser honorablement , je
vous donnerai le contact de l'institution en république du Bénin qui
attends mes instructions avant de transférer ce fonds à celui que je
leur indiquerai . Je voudrais que vous sachiez que ce fonds que vous
recevrez comme don de la part d'une femme mourante , vous en fassiez
bon usage , en l'utilisant pour bénir d'autres pauvre(telles est mon
v?ux le plus cher en ce moment)et ainsi vous n'aurez pas de problèmes
avec les clauses que j'ai établies avec mon institution où j'ai déposé
l'argent et qui se chargeras de vous transférer discrètement l'argent .

Que la Paix et la miséricorde de Dieu soient avec vous.

Mme Simonez Isabelle

Ph.D and Beyond

2009-08-03T06:10:00.000-07:00

Here is what PhDs should consider in deciding whether to pursue a nonacademic career that requires yet another degree. (cited from Chronicle of higher education-Academe Today) Issue of July 28, 2009.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Should I Get Another Degree?

By Julie Miller Vick and Jennifer S. Furlong

Julie: In the past few months, we’ve written several columns about nonacademic career paths for Ph.D.s. Many job candidates, faced with the prospect of going on the academic market this fall, are thinking about what else they might do if their tenure-track search falls short. The same goes for some adjuncts, or graduate students who have had a change of heart about pursuing a doctorate.

Jenny: There are, of course, countless career paths available outside academe. The problem is, many of them require specific training and skills that are not acquired during a Ph.D. program. To practice law, you need a J.D. and to be admitted to the bar; to become a registered nurse or teach in a public school, you need a specific degree in that field and state certification. Other professions—such as librarianship, historic preservation, or city planning—may not explicitly require additional training but can be challenging to break into without the appropriate professional degree.

Julie: As someone who has already spent years and years in school, you probably have many reservations about pursuing yet another degree. Is it worth the time and effort? Is this the right decision financially? You may also worry about the reaction of friends and loved ones: "Why does someone with a Ph.D. need more training?" Or, "If you knew you wanted to be a social worker, why did you bother with a Ph.D. in history?"

Jenny: As you consider your personal and professional goals and your financial situation, make sure you also do the necessary research and informational interviewing to determine whether you truly need an additional degree for the career you have in mind.

Julie: To give you a sense of how you might make this decision, we talked with five Ph.D.s who applied to master’s programs post-Ph.D.:

1. Ben Doranz, president and chief scientific officer of Integral Molecular Inc., holds a Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology from the University of Pennsylvania as well as an M.B.A. from Penn’s Wharton School.

2. Liz Denlinger, curator of the the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle at the New York Public Library, holds a Ph.D. in English from New York University and a master’s in library and information science from the Palmer School at Long Island University.

3. Ridie Ghezzi, head of research and instruction services at Dartmouth College’s Baker-Berry Library, completed a Ph.D. in folklore from Penn and a master’s in library science from Drexel University;

4."Jane Doe," a public high-school teacher in Oregon who holds a Ph.D. in French and is working on a master’s in education, asked to remain anonymous.

5. Anne Whisnant, director of research, communications, and programs in the office of faculty governance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and co-owner of a historical-consulting practice, holds a Ph.D. in history from Chapel Hill and was admitted to both the law school and the master’s program in city and regional planning there. After careful consideration, she declined admission to both programs.

Jenny: They decided to pursue another degree, postdoctorate, for varied reasons. Jane, the schoolteacher, needed to get a master’s in education in order to keep her teaching post. "In Oregon," she told us, "there is an alternative temporary license available for professionals that is good for three years but only with one school. It’s perfect for people like me if they can actually get the position. … I’ll have the teaching credential done by the time the temporary license expires."

Likewise, Liz, the library curator, described the M.L.S. as a "union card" for librarians. If she wanted to advance in the field, she knew she needed the degree.

Julie: For Ben, the biotech-company president, the situation was a bit different. He didn’t have to have an M.B.A. to move up; indeed, many Ph.D.’s working on the business side of biotech do not have one. He chose to pursue the degree after an assessment of his own skills and career goals. "I was interested in applied science and also felt like I needed to know how to manage budgets, people, and projects, not just how to run experiments, in order to be successful as an independent scientist," he said. "Although many scientists lead companies and commercialize technologies without an M.B.A., I personally could not have done it without the education and formal training."

Jenny: After finishing her Ph.D., Ridie, the Dartmouth librarian, knew she didn’t want to teach or pursue a tenure-track job. Personal considerations had a good deal to do with her choice: "I had two young children and knew I wanted to have time with them and didn’t want a career in which I might be traveling or not home frequently. My husband, for his own reasons, had decided to pursue an M.L.S. and saw me as a perfect candidate for this field, something that had never even crossed my mind. As I looked into it, I saw academic reference librarianship as a way to stay connected to academics and research, which I truly loved, while working with the public, another priority."

Julie: When Anne, the Chapel Hill administrator, decided to apply to graduate school (again), she had just finished a major project—her book Super-Scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History. With that off her plate, she was ready for a new challenge. "I had previously attempted four times to get a job with the planning division of the state highway department on the basis of my history Ph.D. alone, and had failed even to get an interview, except once when I got to know someone behind the scenes," she said. "That interview led nowhere, though I did learn that my previous applications probably didn’t even get past HR, based on my perceived lack of qualifications. I was pretty discouraged with the idea that the history Ph.D. itself could not readily be leveraged into a more applied position even in a field of work that engaged many questions that were directly related to what I’d been writing about (and what my forthcoming book was about)."

Jenny: All five Ph.D.’s said that, in choosing a graduate program for their additional degrees, proximity was critical. They tended to apply to places close to home.

Julie: Some of our interviewees found the application process to be quite onerous. Ben applied twice to Wharton’s M.B.A. program. He was not admitted on his first try, mostly because he had no "real world" experience. Jane’s application process was complicated because, as she put it, she "didn’t fit the schoolteacher mold." She had to take a multiple-choice test in English literature in order to be admitted because she does not have a B.A. in English. It took many hours of meetings with administrators to explain that she is actually a literary scholar, even if her area of expertise is French literature. The test itself was easy, but she did have to pay more than $350 for various testing fees.

Jenny: Because Anne applied to law school, she was required to take the Law School Admission Test. "With little kids at home, a full-time job, and ongoing book-related loose ends," she said, "I was more or less unable to prepare much at all for taking this, contrary to almost every bit of advice you ever read. I think I did buy one book and take one or two practice tests late at night when I was already tired. The logic section I found exceedingly challenging. In the end, however, I took the test twice, scoring 161 the first time and 159 the second. Not fabulous, but it was enough: I was admitted."

Julie: Of the five people we interviewed, Anne was the only one to apply to and be accepted by graduate programs, and then decide not to attend. Still, she said, the application process itself helped her regain her self-confidence and sense of self-worth at a point when she was deeply frustrated by her inability to find a way to use her humanities Ph.D. outside of academe.

Jenny: We were curious about how our interviewees could afford to pay for another degree program. The short answer: It wasn’t easy. Ridie had an library internship one year, received several scholarships, and also did some consulting work to finance her schooling. Liz paid for her M.L.S. degree one class at a time and made slow but steady progress. Ben took out loans that he said were "well worth it," and Jane’s employer pays a significant portion of her tuition.

Julie: Part of the reason that Anne decided not to go to graduate school was because neither of the programs she applied to allowed part-time attendance. Taking out loans and putting her family in debt seemed too much to ask. And the more she considered it, the more she realized she didn’t want to be a graduate student again.

Jenny: We were also curious as to how challenging and interesting they found their second graduate programs. Ben enjoyed the academic work associated with an M.B.A. because it was applied work and mostly new for him, although he said it was not as creatively challenging as science. Ridie and Jane, on the other hand, weren’t very excited by the academic work, although Ridie learned a lot through her internship because it gave her the opportunity to work in the field and in a library reference department that she highly respected. Liz found that centering her projects and assignments around her area of interest, poetry, made her course work more exciting. None of them regret pursuing the extra degrees.

Julie: Changing fields after earning a Ph.D. in one field is complicated, and adding another graduate program to the mix can make it even more so. However, for some people it is the right decision, and one that enables them to move into a satisfying career.

Julie Miller Vick is senior associate director of career services at the University of Pennsylvania, and Jennifer S. Furlong is associate director of graduate-student career development at Columbia University's Center for Career Education.

They are the authors of "The Academic Job Search Handbook" (University of Pennsylvania Press), reissued in an expanded edition last summer.

If you have questions for the Career Talk columnists, send them to careertalk@chronicle.com.

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2009-07-23T13:14:00.001-07:00

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Upcoming Events Fall 2009 Schedule

2009-07-20T10:59:00.000-07:00

1. Speaker(s) : Laura Peiter, MA and Amanda Nell, MA
Title of the talk : Networking Skills Workshop: emphasis on elevator talks and business cards
Date :July 31st 2009
Time : 9-10am
Room :121 Life Sciences Center * (http://map.missouri.edu/memorial-union-south.htm)

RSVP encouraged: MUgradACESacct@missouri.edu

2. Event :Meet and Greet
Ice cream social and debut of ACES fall line-up of speakers
Date : Sept. 3rd 2009
Time : 3pm
Room : 572 Life Sciences Center.

3. Speaker : Bill Allen
Occupation :Asst. Prof. and Coordinator, School of Journalism, MU
Title of the talk : Professional Careers in Science and Environmental Writing
Date : Sept. 18th or 25th TBD,(To be Decided and Announced)
Time : 9-10am
Room : Life Sciences Center TBD*

4. Speaker : Todd Garabedian, PhD, JD,
Occupation : Partner at Wiggin and Dana, Hartford, CT
Title of the talk : Science Patent Law
Date : Oct. 23rd, 2009
Time : 9-10am,
Room : Life Sciences Center TBD*:

5. Speaker : Linda Harris, PhD
Occupation :Associate Director of Academic Programs,
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Title of the talk : What to look for when searching for a post doc position; a perspective from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Date : Nov. 12th, 2009
Time : TBD
Room :TBD*

*FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!! denotes networking reception with speaker immediately following seminar (beverage, pastries, etc. provided) FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post Doc Research Molecular Biologist -Job Vacancy

2009-07-16T23:13:00.001-07:00

Post Doc Research Molecular Biologist (Plants) in Cereal Crops Research Unit, Madison, Wisconsin = http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=81831663

The July issue of Agricultural Research magazine is now viewable at http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/jul09/. Thank you for your assistance in helping students in ACES become more aware of opportunities with Agricultural Research Service. Please let me know if I can provide any other assistance.

Marie Bishop

Marie D. Bishop
Outreach, Diversity & Equal Opportunity Program Manager
USDA-Agricultural Research Service
1815 N. University Street
Peoria, IL 61604
Phone: 309-681-6632
Fax: 309-681-6683
E-mail: Marie.Bishop@ars.usda.gov
Web: www.mwa.ars.usda.gov

Careers Away From the Bench

2009-04-23T12:54:00.000-07:00

Career Trends:Careers Away from the BenchIncreasingly, Ph.D.-level scientists are searching for career opportunities beyond bench research. Not only are scientists interested in pursuing nonresearch-based careers, but the contrast between the number of graduate students and postdocs, and the limited availability of tenure-track faculty positions means that these are no longer "alternative" career options. From technology specialists to patent attorneys to policy advisers, you can learn more about the sorts of careers that scientists can pursue and the skills you will need to develop in order to succeed in nonresearch careers.To download your complimentary booklet courtesy of Science/AAAS, click here.

Job openings in Agricultural Research Services

2009-04-20T14:32:00.000-07:00

Here is a link to a permanent, full-time vacancy in Agricultural Research Service’s Midwest research facilities:

Research Chemist - Cell Wall & Biology Utilization Research - Madison, WI

Thank you for your assistance in helping students in ACES become more aware of opportunities with Agricultural Research Service. Please let me know if I can provide any other assistance. The April issue of Agricultural Research Magazine is accessible on line at http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/apr09/.

Marie D. Bishop
Outreach, Diversity & Equal Opportunity Program Manager
USDA-Agricultural Research Service
1815 N. University Street
Peoria, IL 61604
Phone: 309-681-6632
Fax: 309-681-6683
E-mail: Marie.Bishop@ars.usda.gov
Web: www.mwa.ars.usda.gov

Webinar Invitation - Nontraditional Careers: Opportunities Away From the Bench

2009-04-09T09:32:00.000-07:00

Sponsored by AAAS Science Careers:

Nontraditional Careers: Opportunities Away From the Bench
You are invited to watch our panel of experts on Tuesday April 28 2009, for a live complimentary webinar on Nontraditional Careers: Opportunities Away From the Bench.
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2ND Annual ACES Career Exploration and Networking Event

2009-03-27T17:50:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, April 14, 2009
4:00 – 6:30 PM in the Monsanto Auditorium Lobby Lower Level,
Bond Life Sciences Center
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!
Your registration is very important so we can provide nametags, handouts and refreshments!

If you have questions, send an email to mugradacesacct@missouri.edu.

Companies attending as of March 26, 2009 :

Abbott Laboratories
ABC Labs
Applied Biosystems
Inovatia
Mediomics
Millipore
Missouri Department of Conservation
Missouri Department Health & Senior Services
Missouri Public Health State Lab
Monsanto
SeventhWave Labs
Stowers Institute
Streck
USDA
USGS

Our goal for this event is to provide graduate students and post- doctoral fellows with first-hand information about the spectrum of career possibilities available. Many graduate students are interested in learning about a variety of career options to help them make an informed decision about which career path is right for them.
We are having this year’s networking event during our annual Missouri Life Sciences Week. Graduate students who are in the beginning of their graduate programs, as well as students and post-docs in the middle and near the end of their degree/training programs are welcome to attend, whether you are actively seeking employment, or simply gathering information about the variety of job opportunities that are available to M.S./Ph.D. graduates.
The format for the event is designed to promote informal conversation between the students and professionals. We will have a table set up for each company with the organization name on display.

Students will be provided with a directory that will include a list and description of all companies and organizations in attendance. Student and post-doc participants will be encouraged to roam around and talk to company/organization representatives. There will be refreshments and no formal program.

ACES 2009 Networking Event

2009-03-27T17:48:00.000-07:00

Mark your Calendar

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.,
McQuinn Atrium,
Bond Life Sciences Center (time subject to change)
ACES Career Opportunities Networking Event Click here to register for this event...

ACES (Alternative Career Exploration in the Sciences) networking events are geared toward graduate students and postdocs, providing opportunities to explore non-academic science careers by networking with scientists from industry, government and other private sector organizations.

Success Stories -I

2009-03-27T15:40:00.001-07:00

Great news! Two more MU students have secured positions with the help of networking contacts made at ACES events!

Join me in congratulating Adam Howard MBA candidate, who will be the newest 'Science Software Application Support Specialist' at Monsanto in St. Louis and Miranda Hvinden, MMI/VP Ph.D. candidate, who has accepted a position at Pfizer Animal Health, formerly Bovigen, in Kalamazoo, MI.

Congratulations to Adam and Miranda! We wish you much success!

Denise J. Bouvrette

President, ACES (Alternative Career Exploration in the Sciences)

ACES: http://aces.missouri.edu

News Articles

2009-03-27T15:20:00.000-07:00

ACES Constitution

Genome Technology - The path Less Traveled

Graduate Careers

Need for the Support of Alternative Careers