SOMEONE-LIKE ME September Luncheon
Are you interested in building a peer-mentoring community at Stanford to share your experiences, knowledge, and values? The Someone Like Me (SLM) program aims to build an inclusive academic community by bringing together senior graduate students and postdocs across departments to be peer mentors of each other (more info about SLM below).Join our SLM luncheon on Friday, September 30! We will hold activities to engage everyone in discussions that focus on strategies to build community at Stanford, realign goals, and manage workload and burnout.? Lunch will be provided for all attendees.WHEN: September 30, Friday 12:00-1:00 pmWHERE: D-CORE, Lane LibraryWHAT: 2022 SLM September luncheon, RSVP HEREWHO: Senior Grad Students and PostdocsAbout the SLM Program:While much-guided mentorship occurs during our early graduate career, the final years of graduate school and postdoc time lack structured guidance. We end up relying on personal networks and a few mentors to help us find our career and life path. This lack of resources and guidance often leaves us feeling isolated and confused. SLM aims to build a community where we fill these needs through sharing our experiences (e.g., backgrounds, passions, life trajectories), resources (e.g., grant/fellowship applications, teaching/mentoring tips & opportunities, advice on careers, and the forever-confusing Stanford Bureaucracy), and ideas (e.g., new DEI efforts, outreach). We dream that everyone, across all career stages and backgrounds, feels supported and at home in the science community. Your presence is essential to SLM, as each of us constitutes and adds to the Stanford community. SLM is funded through the Diversity and Inclusion Innovation Fund (DIF) through Stanford VPGE.
