Event Description

We are happy that we had the chance to host an information panel for the Middlesex college STEM club. This was an important step to help bridge the gap between 2 year colleges and graduate level research. We would like to give a special thank you to the 3 RISE program alumni Navar Mercer White, Nyla Howell, and Alejandra Medina Vazquez for participating in this event. Mercer and Nyla are both Rutgers Ph.D. students and SUPER-Grad fellows studying Chemistry and Geography respectively. Alejandra is rapidly approaching the end of her undergraduate degree and contemplating pursuing industry employment or a Ph.D. in engineering. You can find images of our panelists as well as images from the event bellow. 

Navar Mercer White

Nyla Howell

Alejandra Medina Vazquez

Middlesex College will be welcoming RISE alumni to speak about the RISE program and how it has helped shape their trajectory!

The event will be help on Thursday the 21st at 2:15 in room 102 of the College Center with the university address being 2600 Woodbridge Ave, Edison, NJ 08837. 

Bellow is a wonderful flyer created by the president of the Middlesex Stem Club Kshema Karanam who has invited RISE to the campus.

Zoom Details are included on the flyer bellow! 

Event Description

If you are searching for how to find purpose in your work and future, this workshop is for you. Lara Callander, PhD, MAPP, PCC who has a PhD in Chemistry and worked in pharma for many years is now a professional coach who will lead this workshop. Participants will take the Values in Action (VIA) character strength survey before the event to generate a report which we will reflect upon at the workshop. The goals of the event are to:

1. Review strengths and the value in recognizing them.

2. Prompt the audience to reflect on their individual purpose. 

3. Each participant will leave the workshop with an individual mission statement “To use my skills of ______, _______ and _______to [something you want to do in the world] _________.” 

Event Description

Come learn how PhD level scientists have made the transition from academia to industry using the transferrable skills they gained in graduate school and now work at Johnson & Johnson. J&J is a leading pharmaceutical company with drug pipelines in infectious disease, cardiovascular, immunology, neuroscience, and oncology. The panelists will include amazing women role models including data scientist Chin-Wen Chang, precision medicine director Andrea Stevens, regulatory affairs director Shereka Banton and process engineer Mahdieh Aghazadeh

Click here to see speaker's information.