Career Tools, Tips & Resources

See below for sample resumes, cover letters and tips on interviewing, LinkedIn and many other career related topics. Coming Soon!: New, Updated Resources.

Career Tools

Tips & Resources for Diverse Populations – includes a variety of resources for diverse populations including those who identify as women, persons of color, underrepresented populations, LGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities.

Versatile PhD – a digital platform designed to help you learn more about the career opportunities that exist outside the tenure track. This tool demystifies non-academic professions, making it easier to explore a wide range of career paths.

GoingGlobal – offers endless information about academics, internships, jobs, and employers in countries all over the world and is available through Handshake.

Vault Industry Guides – learn about career fields and prepare for your job and internship search. Vault has articles, tips, and videos—not to mention hundreds of job and internship opportunities.

InterviewStream: Mock Interview – allows you to rehearse questions online and further develop strong interview skills. You can select from thousands of sample interview questions and review your performance online individually, or with your Career Advisor.

LinkedIn Learning – search for training modules on topics and skills you want to learn or improve.

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International Students Social Hour

International Students Social Hour
Starts: 11:00 AM

If you are an international student, please join us for our International Student Social Hour every Thursday 11am-12pm EST

Check your email for the Zoom link -- available in the Weekly Events Calendar email or from Courtney Culler on the afternoon of January 27.
BGSA 2021 Distinguished Policy Speaker Series presents Shawn LaTourette

BGSA 2021 Distinguished Policy Speaker Series presents Shawn LaTourette
Starts: 1:00 PM

The Bloustein Graduate Student Association presents the first 2021 NJ Distinguished Policy Speaker, New Jersey Commissioner of Environmental Protection Shawn LaTourette. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bgsa-2021-distinguished-policy-speaker-series-presents-shawn-latourette-tickets-145573950605

Social Hour -- Grad Cohort

Social Hour -- Grad Cohort
Starts: 7:00 PM

As part of our ongoing effort to facilitate more social engagement between graduate students at the school, we are continuing our weekly social hour. It will be low-key and relaxing, focusing on informal conversations, destressing, and maybe some group games.

You are welcome to drop in for a little bit or the whole time, we understand that you're busy busy bees. Please join us on Friday evenings at 7-8PM using the Zoom information below.

Meeting details: Fridays @7PM

https://unl.zoom.us/j/2869993326?pwd=QTZUTXJtK002UndnMWRQUmZuSUpJdz09

This meeting is passcode protected; email Han Le han.le@rutgers.edu if you can't find it in your email!

Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort

Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort
Starts: 1:00 PM

Virtual coffee study hours are back! The idea is to use this slotted time to keep each other accountable and focused on getting homework/reading/other school tasks done. It is super low-key and you are encouraged to bring your favorite beverage and coziest sweater.

You're welcome to spend a bit of your time there and finish whatever you need to do, or stay the whole time -- whatever works for your schedule (and avoid Zoom burnout). While this is most geared towards the MPP/MPAP cohorts, all Bloustein grad students are welcome.

Meeting details: Mondays 1-3pm, Wednesdays 8-10pm

https://unl.zoom.us/j/2869993326?pwd=QTZUTXJtK002UndnMWRQUmZuSUpJdz09

This meeting is passcode protected; email Han Le han.le@rutgers.edu if you can't find it in your email!

Virtual Tour of Port of NY and NJ

Virtual Tour of Port of NY and NJ
Starts: 10:00 AM

While we cannot physically tour the Port this year, Anne Strauss-Wieder has worked with the Port Authority to hold a virtual tour of the Port on April 6 from 10 to 11 AM. This tour will include a "Port 101" and a virtual visit to facilities. Because the tour will be virtual, it is open to all Rutgers students and faculty to attend.

Check the Weekly Events Email for the link!
Ph.D. Virtual Colloquium: Costs and benefits of AICP certification

Ph.D. Virtual Colloquium: Costs and benefits of AICP certification
Starts: 12:00 PM

by Clint Andrews and a special guest.
MCRP/MCRS Listening Session

MCRP/MCRS Listening Session
Starts: 4:00 PM

Join us to connect with other MCRP students at this semester's MCRP/ MCRS Listening Session. Listening sessions are held with Dr. Kathe Newman, the Urban Planning and Policy Development program director. The Listening Session is a constructive space for you to talk about what is on your mind and how Bloustein and the program can help. If you can't make it or have questions before that date, please reach out to Dr. Newman (knewman@rutgers.edu) directly. All meetings will be held via Zoom. Check for an email from Courtney Culler on Friday, April 2 with the link.
BPSA Trivia Bowl, Round 2

BPSA Trivia Bowl, Round 2
Starts: 9:10 PM

Join the Bloustein Public Service Association (BPSA) for Round 2 of our Trivia competition -- a club tradition! Test your knowledge in your major and play a Jeopardy-style game of Bloustein School Trivia.

Slavery Reparations and Racial Justice

Slavery Reparations and Racial Justice
Starts: 5:00 PM

Ruth Ellen Steinman Bloustein and Edward J. Bloustein Memorial Lecture:

Thomas Craemer is an associate professor of public policy at the University of Connecticut. He will trace slavery reparations proposals from the founding of the United States to the present. He will also address some historical precedents for slavery reparations, albeit in the wrong direction, that is, to the descendants of slave owners rather than the enslaved. Various estimation methods have been developed for the outstanding debt to African American descendants of the enslaved, land-based, price-based, and wage-based. Craemer will present the wage-based method to calculate what the enslaved lost by not being paid for their time. Historical reparations precedents can help us in the design and implementation of future federal reparations policies with the goal of closing the racial wealth gap.
Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort

Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort
Starts: 8:00 PM

Virtual coffee study hours are back! The idea is to use this slotted time to keep each other accountable and focused on getting homework/reading/other school tasks done. It is super low-key and you are encouraged to bring your favorite beverage and coziest sweater.

You're welcome to spend a bit of your time there and finish whatever you need to do, or stay the whole time -- whatever works for your schedule (and avoid Zoom burnout). While this is most geared towards the MPP/MPAP cohorts, all Bloustein grad students are welcome.

Meeting details: Mondays 1-3pm, Wednesdays 8-10pm

https://unl.zoom.us/j/2869993326?pwd=QTZUTXJtK002UndnMWRQUmZuSUpJdz09

This meeting is passcode protected; email Han Le han.le@rutgers.edu if you can't find it in your email!

International Students Social Hour

International Students Social Hour
Starts: 11:00 AM

If you are an international student, please join us for our International Student Social Hour every Thursday 11am-12pm EST

Check your email for the Zoom link -- available in the Weekly Events Calendar email or from Courtney Culler on the afternoon of January 27.
CAREER: Real Deal Series - Alumni Experiences in Finding and Starting a Job in a Pandemic/During an Economic Downturn

CAREER: Real Deal Series - Alumni Experiences in Finding and Starting a Job in a Pandemic/During an Economic Downturn
Starts: 4:30 PM

REAL DEAL SERIES – Join Andrea and Cheryl and special guests in a series of five (5) talks as with alumni across all sectors and jobs to learn the “real deal” about a variety of career related topics. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each Real Deal event. You must register to attend.

This session's topic will be Alumni Experiences in Finding and Starting a Job in a Pandemic/During an Economic Downturn.

To register and join these weekly meetings, please go to the 2020-21 Virtual Career Events page on our website and scroll to the bottom under "CAREER-RELATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS/EVENTS - REAL DEAL SERIES" You can register the same day as the event!

Social Hour -- Grad Cohort

Social Hour -- Grad Cohort
Starts: 7:00 PM

As part of our ongoing effort to facilitate more social engagement between graduate students at the school, we are continuing our weekly social hour. It will be low-key and relaxing, focusing on informal conversations, destressing, and maybe some group games.

You are welcome to drop in for a little bit or the whole time, we understand that you're busy busy bees. Please join us on Friday evenings at 7-8PM using the Zoom information below.

Meeting details: Fridays @7PM

https://unl.zoom.us/j/2869993326?pwd=QTZUTXJtK002UndnMWRQUmZuSUpJdz09

This meeting is passcode protected; email Han Le han.le@rutgers.edu if you can't find it in your email!

Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort

Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort
Starts: 1:00 PM

Virtual coffee study hours are back! The idea is to use this slotted time to keep each other accountable and focused on getting homework/reading/other school tasks done. It is super low-key and you are encouraged to bring your favorite beverage and coziest sweater.

You're welcome to spend a bit of your time there and finish whatever you need to do, or stay the whole time -- whatever works for your schedule (and avoid Zoom burnout). While this is most geared towards the MPP/MPAP cohorts, all Bloustein grad students are welcome.

Meeting details: Mondays 1-3pm, Wednesdays 8-10pm

https://unl.zoom.us/j/2869993326?pwd=QTZUTXJtK002UndnMWRQUmZuSUpJdz09

This meeting is passcode protected; email Han Le han.le@rutgers.edu if you can't find it in your email!

Ph.D. Virtual Colloquium: Alumni Panel: Life as a post-doc in another country

Ph.D. Virtual Colloquium: Alumni Panel: Life as a post-doc in another country
Starts: 12:00 PM

by Morgan Campbell, Yemi Adediji, Aretousa Bloom
MHA Town Hall

MHA Town Hall
Starts: 5:00 PM

With MHA Program Director Ray Caprio. Send anonymous questions to MHATownHall@gmail.com.
"We shall seek social justice*”: Moving from aspiration to implementation in Portland’s urban planning

"We shall seek social justice*”: Moving from aspiration to implementation in Portland’s urban planning
Starts: 5:00 PM

The Stuart Meck Memorial Lecture

Presented by Lisa K. Bates, PhD, Associate Professor, Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University

If you ask most urban planners, they’ll tell you that Portland, Oregon is about regionalism, transit oriented development, sustainability, and hipsters ‘putting a bird on it.’ For Portland’s Black community, urban planning has been an often-mysterious process by which their neighborhoods have been repeatedly disrupted by first urban renewal and redlining, and then public investment-led gentrification. In the face of impending erasure, communities of color demanded that Portland’s plans and policies do more than just gesture towards equity goals. Due to this organizing, Portland’s latest comprehensive plan includes an anti-displacement agenda for new land use policy. Planners are grappling with historical legacies of racism and present-day policy implementation, working with community organizations in venues of both conflict and collaboration. This talk will reflect on the challenges of implementing the planners’ aspiration that “we shall seek social justice”* and the possibilities when communities of color take the lead.

*”We shall seek social justice” is one of the aspirational principles of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Register at https://go.rutgers.edu/ejbmeck2021. A Zoom link will be sent following registration.

Lisa K. Bates, Ph.D. is Associate Professor at Portland State University in the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning and is a Portland Professor in Innovative Housing Policy. She is also affiliated with PSU’s Black Studies department. Her scholarship focuses on housing and community development policy and planning, and her research and practice aims to build new models for emancipatory planning practices and to dismantle institutional racism. Recognition of her work includes the 2019 UAA-SAGE Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award and the 2016 Dale Prize for scholarship advancing community self-determination and racial justice.

Dr. Bates’ work includes deep engagements with community-based organizations working towards racial justice and housing rights and supporting Portland’s anti-displacement coalition. She also has an advisory partnership with local government partners including research, planning, and policy formulation and evaluation. Her work to describe gentrification and displacement in Portland has been widely cited and used as a model for planning to address neighborhood change. She is currently collaborating with Dr. Amie Thurber to evaluate Portland’s ground-breaking policy to support housing opportunities for families displaced over multiple generations of urban renewal.

Conversations with Trailblazing Women Leaders in Healthcare – Cultivating Your Professional Path

Conversations with Trailblazing Women Leaders in Healthcare – Cultivating Your Professional Path
Starts: 6:30 PM

As the pandemic continues, navigating your career path may feel daunting. We invite you to join the Northern NJ HBA chapter and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset in partnership with Rutgers University Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Seton Hall University and Appalachian State University for an interactive evening with 3 trailblazing women leaders in healthcare. Our moderated panel will feature:

• Kayla Spence, Associate Director, Clinical Service at NYC Health + Hospitals
• Stacy Lallier, Director of Strategy & Governance, BioResearch Quality & Compliance, Janssen Research & Development
• Paula Gutierrez, Director of Diversity & Inclusion, RWJUH Somerset/RWJBarnabas Health
• Moderator: Bea von Seckendorff, Sr. Manager, Business Operations, Emerging Science & Innovation / ES&I

This exciting event will provide the opportunity to connect with three leaders as they share their diverse experiences and leadership capabilities that helped to shape their professional careers. You will then join smaller breakout sessions with one of the panelists to have a more in-depth discussion to understand how to cultivate your career path.

Registration information
Event is open to: HBA Members and Nonmembers

Member $0

Non-member $20

Student Free

For more information or to register, visit https://my.hbanet.org/Events/AddEdit/EventDetails/MeetingID/fbd9ac31-1326-4588-8936-3f7aa5ef9ebb. A Zoom link will be sent after registration.
Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort

Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort
Starts: 8:00 PM

Virtual coffee study hours are back! The idea is to use this slotted time to keep each other accountable and focused on getting homework/reading/other school tasks done. It is super low-key and you are encouraged to bring your favorite beverage and coziest sweater.

You're welcome to spend a bit of your time there and finish whatever you need to do, or stay the whole time -- whatever works for your schedule (and avoid Zoom burnout). While this is most geared towards the MPP/MPAP cohorts, all Bloustein grad students are welcome.

Meeting details: Mondays 1-3pm, Wednesdays 8-10pm

https://unl.zoom.us/j/2869993326?pwd=QTZUTXJtK002UndnMWRQUmZuSUpJdz09

This meeting is passcode protected; email Han Le han.le@rutgers.edu if you can't find it in your email!

International Students Social Hour

International Students Social Hour
Starts: 11:00 AM

If you are an international student, please join us for our International Student Social Hour every Thursday 11am-12pm EST

Check your email for the Zoom link -- available in the Weekly Events Calendar email or from Courtney Culler on the afternoon of January 27.

Career Power Hour: Integrating Social Justice into Your Career

Career Power Hour: Integrating Social Justice into Your Career
Starts: 11:00 AM

Please join the Bloustein Women's Leadership Coalition (WLC) for Integrating Social Justice into Your Career, the second Career Power Hour and part of the Women's Leadership Coalition's 10th Annual Spring Conference. This year's conference theme is Career Development.

This session's featured speaker is Sharon Krengel, Policy and Outreach Coordinator at the Education Law Center. The discussion will center on how people can incorporate social justice into their career regardless of field or position, touching on topics like integrating justice when your role does not necessarily demand it and dealing with resistance.

While admission to the event is free, each year WLC encourages attendees to donate to a local nonprofit. This year, in lieu of an admission fee, we ask you to donate to Elijah's Promise, a nonprofit organization serving New Brunswick, NJ if you are able to do so. Donations can be made here: https://elijahspromise.org/donate/. All are welcome regardless of donation.

Please register for this event here: bit.ly/WLCCONF2A. All attendees must register for this event. Please look out for Zoom information at the bottom of your confirmation email from Eventbrite and retain this email to access the event on April 16th.

We are looking forward to seeing you there and engaging in a lively discussion around leadership and integrating social justice in your career!
CAREERS IN PUBLIC INFORMATICS/DATA ANALYTICS PANEL

CAREERS IN PUBLIC INFORMATICS/DATA ANALYTICS PANEL
Starts: 11:30 AM
Location: https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kcu-grj4pGNQ6gWNM_0t-GfxopXhZKTgz

Brought to you by Bloustein Careers, moderated by Professor Clint Andrews and co-sponsored by the Public Informatics Student Group (PISG). Hear from five (5) distinguished Bloustein alumni/professors who work in organizations or who are experts in the public informatics/data analytics space:

Handi Chandra Putra(MCRP '12; PhD '17) Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Stefania Davia (BS Public Health, '11), Technical Officer, Data Monitoring, Analysis and Forecasting, World Health Organization (WHO)

Simon Leipold (MPAP) Director, Deputy Chief of Staff, Microsoft

Prof. Marc Pfeiffer, Senior Policy Fellow at Bloustein, Assistant Director of Rutgers University’s Bloustein Local Government Research Center and Principal, PfeifferGov LLC

Ai Yamanka (MCRP '16) Data Analytics Program Manager, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

This panel is a great opportunity to meet our alumni and learn about the diverse array of job possibilities in this field.
Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD): Policy and Practice

Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD): Policy and Practice
Starts: 1:00 PM

How can transit-oriented development (TOD) be used to boost ridership, increase access, and build more affordable housing where it’s sorely needed? This panel discussion brings in planning professionals from transit agencies working to achieve this goal, providing insight and examples from across the country about how to bring equity to the forefront of TOD. Planners from Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Portland will talk about best practices for leveraging public investment for the public good. Attendees can register for the Zoom link here. Sponsored by NJTOD.org and presented by the Bloustein Graduate Student Association.

Panelists include:

Marie Sullivan, Transportation Planning Manager (Joint Development Team, LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority - Los Angeles, CA)

Jennifer Mecca, Deputy Chief (TOD, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority - Boston, MA)

Guy Benn, Program Manager (TOD, TriMet - Portland, OR)

Edward Butterfield, Senior TOD Project Manager (Sound Transit - Seattle, WA)

Emily Provonsha, Station Area Planning & TOD Manager (Metropolitan Transportaion Authority Construction & Development - New York NY)
Social Hour -- Grad Cohort

Social Hour -- Grad Cohort
Starts: 7:00 PM

As part of our ongoing effort to facilitate more social engagement between graduate students at the school, we are continuing our weekly social hour. It will be low-key and relaxing, focusing on informal conversations, destressing, and maybe some group games.

You are welcome to drop in for a little bit or the whole time, we understand that you're busy busy bees. Please join us on Friday evenings at 7-8PM using the Zoom information below.

Meeting details: Fridays @7PM

https://unl.zoom.us/j/2869993326?pwd=QTZUTXJtK002UndnMWRQUmZuSUpJdz09

This meeting is passcode protected; email Han Le han.le@rutgers.edu if you can't find it in your email!

Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort

Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort
Starts: 1:00 PM

Virtual coffee study hours are back! The idea is to use this slotted time to keep each other accountable and focused on getting homework/reading/other school tasks done. It is super low-key and you are encouraged to bring your favorite beverage and coziest sweater.

You're welcome to spend a bit of your time there and finish whatever you need to do, or stay the whole time -- whatever works for your schedule (and avoid Zoom burnout). While this is most geared towards the MPP/MPAP cohorts, all Bloustein grad students are welcome.

Meeting details: Mondays 1-3pm, Wednesdays 8-10pm

https://unl.zoom.us/j/2869993326?pwd=QTZUTXJtK002UndnMWRQUmZuSUpJdz09

This meeting is passcode protected; email Han Le han.le@rutgers.edu if you can't find it in your email!

Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort

Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort
Starts: 8:00 PM

Virtual coffee study hours are back! The idea is to use this slotted time to keep each other accountable and focused on getting homework/reading/other school tasks done. It is super low-key and you are encouraged to bring your favorite beverage and coziest sweater.

You're welcome to spend a bit of your time there and finish whatever you need to do, or stay the whole time -- whatever works for your schedule (and avoid Zoom burnout). While this is most geared towards the MPP/MPAP cohorts, all Bloustein grad students are welcome.

Meeting details: Mondays 1-3pm, Wednesdays 8-10pm

https://unl.zoom.us/j/2869993326?pwd=QTZUTXJtK002UndnMWRQUmZuSUpJdz09

This meeting is passcode protected; email Han Le han.le@rutgers.edu if you can't find it in your email!

International Students Social Hour

International Students Social Hour
Starts: 11:00 AM

If you are an international student, please join us for our International Student Social Hour every Thursday 11am-12pm EST

Check your email for the Zoom link -- available in the Weekly Events Calendar email or from Courtney Culler on the afternoon of January 27.
BGSA '21 Distinguished Policy Speaker Series presents Lt Gov Sheila Oliver

BGSA '21 Distinguished Policy Speaker Series presents Lt Gov Sheila Oliver
Starts: 1:30 PM

The Bloustein Graduate Student Associatin presents the second 2021 NJ Distinguished Policy Speaker, New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bgsa-21-distinguished-policy-speaker-series-presents-lt-gov-sheila-oliver-tickets-149231215583
CAREER - Real Deal Series

CAREER - Real Deal Series
Starts: 4:30 PM

REAL DEAL SERIES – Join Andrea and Cheryl and special guests in a series of five (5) talks as with alumni across all sectors and jobs to learn the “real deal” about a variety of career related topics. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each Real Deal event. You must register to attend.

This session's topic will be TBA.

To register and join these weekly meetings, please go to the 2020-21 Virtual Career Events page on our website and scroll to the bottom under "CAREER-RELATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS/EVENTS - REAL DEAL SERIES" You can register the same day as the event!

CAREERS: VIRTUAL CAREER SUPPORT GROUP

CAREERS: VIRTUAL CAREER SUPPORT GROUP
Starts: 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom (please see details below)

Join Career Management Specialists, Cheryl Egan and Andrea Garrido for an hour long group session. This is a great opportunity to introduce yourself to fellow students, ask career related questions and get advice in a group format. Once a month, special alumni and employer partner guests will join the group to provide career advice and answer questions.

To register and join these weekly meetings, please go to the 2020-21 Virtual Career Events page on our website and scroll to the bottom under "Virtual Career Group Support Sessions" You can register the same day as the event!
Social Hour -- Grad Cohort

Social Hour -- Grad Cohort
Starts: 7:00 PM

As part of our ongoing effort to facilitate more social engagement between graduate students at the school, we are continuing our weekly social hour. It will be low-key and relaxing, focusing on informal conversations, destressing, and maybe some group games.

You are welcome to drop in for a little bit or the whole time, we understand that you're busy busy bees. Please join us on Friday evenings at 7-8PM using the Zoom information below.

Meeting details: Fridays @7PM

https://unl.zoom.us/j/2869993326?pwd=QTZUTXJtK002UndnMWRQUmZuSUpJdz09

This meeting is passcode protected; email Han Le han.le@rutgers.edu if you can't find it in your email!

Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort

Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort
Starts: 1:00 PM

Virtual coffee study hours are back! The idea is to use this slotted time to keep each other accountable and focused on getting homework/reading/other school tasks done. It is super low-key and you are encouraged to bring your favorite beverage and coziest sweater.

You're welcome to spend a bit of your time there and finish whatever you need to do, or stay the whole time -- whatever works for your schedule (and avoid Zoom burnout). While this is most geared towards the MPP/MPAP cohorts, all Bloustein grad students are welcome.

Meeting details: Mondays 1-3pm, Wednesdays 8-10pm

https://unl.zoom.us/j/2869993326?pwd=QTZUTXJtK002UndnMWRQUmZuSUpJdz09

This meeting is passcode protected; email Han Le han.le@rutgers.edu if you can't find it in your email!

Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort

Virtual Coffee Study Hours -- Grad Cohort
Starts: 8:00 PM

Virtual coffee study hours are back! The idea is to use this slotted time to keep each other accountable and focused on getting homework/reading/other school tasks done. It is super low-key and you are encouraged to bring your favorite beverage and coziest sweater.

You're welcome to spend a bit of your time there and finish whatever you need to do, or stay the whole time -- whatever works for your schedule (and avoid Zoom burnout). While this is most geared towards the MPP/MPAP cohorts, all Bloustein grad students are welcome.

Meeting details: Mondays 1-3pm, Wednesdays 8-10pm

https://unl.zoom.us/j/2869993326?pwd=QTZUTXJtK002UndnMWRQUmZuSUpJdz09

This meeting is passcode protected; email Han Le han.le@rutgers.edu if you can't find it in your email!

New Jersey Big Data Alliance Symposium: Hosted by Princeton University

New Jersey Big Data Alliance Symposium: Hosted by Princeton University
Starts: 12:00 AM

Mark your calendars for Thursday and Friday, April 29 & 30 for the New Jersey Big Data Alliance’s 8th annual symposium hosted this year by Princeton University.  Our 2021 event will showcase how our state, cities, and communities use big data to improve equity, sustainability, and prosperity for community members.

The NJBDA Annual Symposium is open to the public. There is no fee to attend this two-day event. To register, please visit the registration link.

Highlights include keynote Stephen Goldsmith, Derek Bok Professor of the Practice of Urban Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, who will discuss “New Tools and New Frontiers for Community Impact through Data” and keynote Tara Dawson McGuinness, Fellow and Senior Adviser, New Practice Lab, New America, who will discuss “Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology”. The conference agenda also includes panel discussions, workshops, and  research presentations around the theme of Big Data for Community Impact.

Student Research -  current undergraduate or graduate students attending an institution of higher education may submit a project proposal to be featured at the symposium. Topics including esports, smart cities, AI, machine learning, or big data are encouraged. Submissions are not limited to students from NJBDA member schools. Projects can be completed by small groups consisting of members from one or more higher education institutions. Project proposals are due no later than April 5.

The agenda and session descriptions can be found at the New Jersey Big Data Alliance’s website: njbda.org.
International Students Social Hour

International Students Social Hour
Starts: 11:00 AM

If you are an international student, please join us for our International Student Social Hour every Thursday 11am-12pm EST

Check your email for the Zoom link -- available in the Weekly Events Calendar email or from Courtney Culler on the afternoon of January 27.

New Jersey Big Data Alliance Symposium: Hosted by Princeton University

New Jersey Big Data Alliance Symposium: Hosted by Princeton University
Starts: 12:00 AM

Mark your calendars for Thursday and Friday, April 29 & 30 for the New Jersey Big Data Alliance’s 8th annual symposium hosted this year by Princeton University.  Our 2021 event will showcase how our state, cities, and communities use big data to improve equity, sustainability, and prosperity for community members.

The NJBDA Annual Symposium is open to the public. There is no fee to attend this two-day event. To register, please visit the registration link.

Highlights include keynote Stephen Goldsmith, Derek Bok Professor of the Practice of Urban Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, who will discuss “New Tools and New Frontiers for Community Impact through Data” and keynote Tara Dawson McGuinness, Fellow and Senior Adviser, New Practice Lab, New America, who will discuss “Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology”. The conference agenda also includes panel discussions, workshops, and  research presentations around the theme of Big Data for Community Impact.

Student Research -  current undergraduate or graduate students attending an institution of higher education may submit a project proposal to be featured at the symposium. Topics including esports, smart cities, AI, machine learning, or big data are encouraged. Submissions are not limited to students from NJBDA member schools. Projects can be completed by small groups consisting of members from one or more higher education institutions. Project proposals are due no later than April 5.

The agenda and session descriptions can be found at the New Jersey Big Data Alliance’s website: njbda.org.
CAREERS: VIRTUAL CAREER SUPPORT GROUP

CAREERS: VIRTUAL CAREER SUPPORT GROUP
Starts: 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom (please see details below)

Join Career Management Specialists, Cheryl Egan and Andrea Garrido for an hour long group session most Fridays from 12 noon to 1 pm EST. This is a great opportunity to introduce yourself to fellow students, ask career related questions and get advice in a group format. Once a month, special alumni and employer partner guests will join the group to provide career advice and answer questions.

To register and join these weekly meetings, please go to the 2020-21 Virtual Career Events page on our website and scroll to the bottom under "Virtual Career Group Support Sessions" You can register the same day as the event!
Social Hour -- Grad Cohort

Social Hour -- Grad Cohort
Starts: 7:00 PM

As part of our ongoing effort to facilitate more social engagement between graduate students at the school, we are continuing our weekly social hour. It will be low-key and relaxing, focusing on informal conversations, destressing, and maybe some group games.

You are welcome to drop in for a little bit or the whole time, we understand that you're busy busy bees. Please join us on Friday evenings at 7-8PM using the Zoom information below.

Meeting details: Fridays @7PM

https://unl.zoom.us/j/2869993326?pwd=QTZUTXJtK002UndnMWRQUmZuSUpJdz09

This meeting is passcode protected; email Han Le han.le@rutgers.edu if you can't find it in your email!