Chemistry Climate Event: Improving Faculty-Student Expectations Alignment

This event is the latest in the department's ongoing Climate Event Series that aims to continuously improve the professional, academic, and social climate of the Department of Chemistry. In the December climate event, we will discuss the outcomes of a semester-long effort to understand and engage in conversations focused on aligning faculty and student expectations to develop stronger mentoring relationships. In preparation for the December workshop, many department members took a data-collecting survey, our faculty did a workshop activity at the August faculty meeting, and graduate students participated in a September town hall. All of this is done with the objectives of (1) better understanding how expectations align and (2) implementing best practices to promote better alignment of expectations. Prof. Yoji Shimizu from the UMN Medical School will facilitate the event.

All Chemistry faculty, staff, and graduate students are encouraged to attend.