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Why YOU should come to this Expo...
You're curious about your future. Explore different career paths and job roles across industries. EXPOse yourself to unique career pathways that can use your career readiness skills and passions to make an impact in the world. You want to make connections. These organizations LOVE to hire Ducks and want to help you find your career fit. You might even meet UO alumni recruiting for them at the expo. Ask a recruiter what career readiness skills you can be building now to make you a top candidate in the present or future (and add them to your Linkedin network for future connections!). You want to find a job, internship, year of service, volunteer opportunity, and more! If you're actively job searching, have your resume ready to hand out and a short and sweet synopsis about yourself and your professional interests ready to go! If you're just exploring options, collect contact info, do some additional research, and do an informational interview to learn more before you apply. You want to build your confidence! Practice asking questions of employers AND sharing about who you are and what you're passionate about. Every expo you attend and each time you approach a recruiter, you get more and more comfortable presenting yourself in a professional manner.WHO'S COMING? Find your career fit with over 70+ employers comprised of private industry; public, educational, and non-profit organizations; local government, the federal government, law enforcement, and military--ALL on campus and excited to share more with you about their organization and early career talent opportunities. Open to students from ALL majors, classifications, and identities. Every expo looks a little different so come each term to keep exploring and expanding your career opportunities!
WHAT NEXT? Register for the Expo on Handshake today to learn about all the companies coming, and positions of interest you can be researching. We'll also send you tips and advice for how to make the most of the expo, including Career Readiness Week workshops like our Resume Extravaganza so you can have a great resume to hand to potential employers!
The University Career Center gives a special thanks to Enterprise Holdings, and Sherwin Williams for sponsoring all of our Spring Career Readiness Week events and workshops! And additional support of the Spring Expo from American International Forest Products.
For a full list of Spring Career Readiness Week (April 12–19) events and workshops, check out http://career.uoregon.edu/events
1:30–2:30 p.m.
¡Juntos! Latinx Support Group is a drop-in processing and support space for Latinx students to share information and develop skills to tackle challenging situations such as academic stress, family challenges, self-worth, relationships, mental health concerns, and much more. Group members will be able to work through their presenting concerns, find community, and be empowered in a protected therapy space.
4:00 p.m.
This talk explores the concept of Climate Hope Through the Land, from the unique position of Indigenous peoples as survivors of colonial gen-ecocide.
Dr. Brian Burkhart is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma
We invite submissions from UO graduate students for 15-minute presentations on any aspect of data, media, or digital studies for a symposium in the UO Knight Library DREAM Lab on Friday, April 19, week 3 of the spring term at the Data|Media|Digital Symposium. Enter your submission at https://bit.ly/nmcc-dmd by 11:59 p.m. PT on Tuesday, January 30. Decisions about all submissions will be shared in early February. Presentations can be based on work in progress or research and work in the final stages of development. Proposals should specify clear scholarly or pedagogical goals and should articulate how the design or argument of a data/media/digital project might address those goals. Any kind of data, media, or digital studies project is welcome. If you aren’t sure if your project fits our call, then it probably does, but please get in touch, and any member of our co-organizing committee can offer you guidance: Mattie Burkert: mburkert@uoregon.edu, Courtney Cox: cmcox@uoregon.edu, and Maxwell Foxman: mfoxman@uoregon.edu. We look forward to sustaining cross-disciplinary conversations and building an inter-departmental community at the UO.
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Real employers. Real conversations. Right here on campus.
A practice interview helps you prepare for real-life interviews, which increases your chances of getting additional interviews and acquiring the job. It is also a great way to meet and network with professionals, which can lead to opportunities in the future. Anyone can participate in a practice interview and it’s fun to practice with people in different industries to see different styles of interviewing you might encounter in real life.
The UO Practice Interview Day is designed to help you acquire professional interview skills, get feedback from experienced professionals, and gain confidence. You will not be interviewing for a specific job at the company our volunteer works for. You will instead be practicing commonly asked interview questions and getting active feedback on your communication style, professionalism, and more.
Each practice interview will last ~30 minutes and you will get instant feedback from one of our professional interviewers.
Register in Handshake ahead of time to get tips and early access to the practice interview questions! Interviews are on a first-come, first-serve basis with multiple slots each half-hour. Set aside at least 30 minutes to participate. Drop-in and grab the next open time slot!
PARTICIPATING GUEST EMPLOYERS/ALUMNI COMING SOON!
Contact Tina Haynes (thaynes@uoregon.edu) at the University Career Center for any questions or accommodation requests.
This event is part of the 2024 Spring Career Readiness Week sponsored by the University Career Center, Enterprise Holdings, and Sherwin Williams. To learn more about all of the week's events visit http://career.uoregon.edu/events
1:00 p.m.
Join the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) San Francisco office for an informative session discussing short-term and long-term postdoctoral fellowship opportunities in Japan. Learn about the application process, timelines, and practical insights into conducting research in Japan. Ideal for researchers, faculty, postdocs, and graduate students across various fields. The information session will be offered via Zoom. Join in at https://lnkd.in/gVs-UVSA.
The deadline to apply for the short-term fellowship is June 7, 2024 by 5 p.m. JST. Further details here: https://ow.ly/hArT50QUSuC
The deadline to apply for the long-term fellowship is April 26, 2024 by 5 p.m. JST. Further details here: https://ow.ly/sZwG50QUSuG
1:00–3:00 p.m.
Meet with Counseling Services Gonzalo Camp, who specializes in working with LatinX and undocumented students, at the Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence (Oregon Hall-Room 130) or click here: https://zoom.us/j/92243720320
Let’s Talk is a service that provides easy access to free, informal, and confidential one-on-one consultation with a Counseling Services staff member. See our website for six additional Let’s Talk days/times offered throughout the week.
Let’s Talk is especially helpful for students who:
Have a specific concern and would like to consult with someone about it. Would like on-the-spot consultation rather than ongoing counseling. Would like to consult with a CS staff member about what actual therapy looks like. Would like to meet with one of our CS identity-based specialists. Have a concern about a friend or family member and would like some ideas about what to do.How does Let’s Talk work?
Let’s Talk will be offered via Zoom and/or in satellite locations across campus. As a drop-in service, there is no need to schedule an appointment and no paperwork to be completed. Students are seen individually on a first-come, first-served basis at the times listed below. There may be a wait in the Zoom waiting room if the Let’s Talk staff member is meeting with another student. Please wait and we will be with you as soon as we can. Let’s Talk appointments are brief (usually between 15-30 minutes) and are meant to be used on an as-needed basis.
Click here for Let's Talk - Fridays 1-3PM or see Gonzalo at the CMAE, Room 130: https://zoom.us/j/92243720320
3:00 p.m.
Organic-Inorganic-Materials Chemistry Seminar Series Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Professor Kayode D. Oshin, Creighton University Hosted by Darren Johnson
Catalyst Development and Kinetic Investigation of ATRA Reactions: Integrating Undergraduate Research and Chemical Education
Atom Transfer Radical Addition (ATRA) of haloalkanes and halocarbonyls to α-olefins is one of the most atom economical methods to simultaneously form C–C and C–X bonds, providing synthetic access to functionalized monoadducts. Studies that attempt to improve this reaction model are important as developing efficient methods to convert olefins into monoadducts for use in subsequent transformation reactions (reductions, displacements, making Grignards) are highly desirable. This presentation will highlight; (i) our research work designing copper and iron complexes for use as catalysts in ATRA, (ii) development of an experimental technique to measure kinetic parameters (activation rate constant values) for ideal ATRA reactions, and (iii) transformation of our results into effective laboratory modules, guided by important academic learning objectives and assessments, so they can be incorporated in the chemistry curriculum. This effort provides faculty at other academic institutions with current and effective modules that can be used in their courses and contributes to the important field of chemical education.
1:30–3:30 p.m.
Are you considering a College of Arts and Sciences program, or have you recently declared? Come to learn more about the 51 majors, 69 minors and dozens of clubs CAS has to offer. This will be a fun tabling event with snacks and swag as well as lots of information for students about academic advising, CAS programs, experiential learning opportunities, scholarships, and more.
· Engage with faculty in the departments you are interested in
· Discover student clubs, organizations, and experiential learning opportunities
· Explore courses you would take to major or minor in CAS
· Connect with Tykeson advisors and the University Career Center
Faculty and students will be presenting interesting things happening in CAS:
· Oregon Abroad: Coastal Environments
· Romance Languages
· Prison Education Program
· Cybersecurity
· Pine Mountain Observatory
· Psychology
· Geology Club
2:00 p.m.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Physical Chemistry Seminar Series
Professor Anatoly Kolomeisky, Rice University Hosted by: Marina Guenza
How To Find Targets That Are Always Hidden: The Story of Nucleosome-Covered DNA and Pioneer Transcription Factors
All major biological processes start after transcription factors detect specific regulatory sequences on DNA and initiate genetic expression by associating to them. But in eukaryotic cells, much of the DNA is covered by nucleosomes, preventing the transcription factors from binding to their targets. At the same time, experiments show that there are several classes of proteins, called “pioneer transcription factors”, that can penetrate chromatin structures. However, the underlying microscopic mechanisms remain not well understood. We propose a new theoretical approach that might explain these observations. It is argued that due to structural similarity with linker histones, pioneer transcription factors might weaken the interactions between the DNA and the nucleosome by substituting them with similar interactions between pioneer transcription factors and DNA. Using this idea, we develop a discrete-state stochastic framework that allows for explicit calculations of target search dynamics on nucleosomal DNA. It is found that finding specific sequences on nucleosomal DNA for pioneer transcription factors might be significantly accelerated while the search is slower on naked DNA segments in comparison with normal transcription factors. In addition, it is shown that nucleosome breathing makes the target search by pioneer transcription factors even faster, and theoretical arguments to explain these observations are presented. Our theoretical predictions are supported by Monte Carlo computer simulations, and they also agree with available experimental observations, providing new microscopic insights on complex nature of protein-DNA interactions.