[QSB-grads] Fwd: Theater Delta Performance - Monday, October 17th

[David Ardell]

Hi Students and Postdocs —

Sorry I posted to the wrong lists for you!

Dave

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From: David Ardell <dardell at ucmerced.edu<mailto:dardell at ucmerced.edu>>
Subject: Fwd: Theater Delta Performance - Monday, October 17th
Date: October 11, 2016 at 3:18:15 PM PDT
To: UCM QSB Faculty <qsb-faculty at lists.ucmerced.edu<mailto:qsb-faculty at lists.ucmerced.edu>>, UCM QSB Grads <qsb-grads at ucmerced.edu<mailto:qsb-grads at ucmerced.edu>>, qsb-postdocs at ucmerced.edu<mailto:qsb-postdocs at ucmerced.edu>
Cc: Marjorie Zatz <mzatz at ucmerced.edu<mailto:mzatz at ucmerced.edu>>

Dear QSB Faculty, Postdocs and Graduate Students —

Please join me for theater games at the Theater Delta interactive performance next Monday, October 17, 2:30-4:00 in COB2 130. And then, please join me afterwards at the reception. We can toast Dean Zatz for her many new initiatives to improve welfare and build research excellence at UC Merced. This is a very important initiative that all of us should seriously consider going to.

For all of us, this event is a merit under Professional Development on your CV or Bio-Bib.

But much more importantly, I have witnessed many different sorts of conflicts that can arise between faculty advisors and their student mentees over thirteen years as faculty, eight years on QSB Executive Council and three years as Chair of QSB. If you are in academic life long enough, you will experience conflict within a collaboration or potential collaboration.

The mentor-mentee relationship is a kind of collaboration — a trust relationship. So really, any opportunity that we have to build our collaboration skills and managing collaborative relationships is time, especially in this one domain of the mentor-mentee relationship, that is so critical to our success, is very well spent.

I hope you can make it!

With thanks —

Sincerely,
Dave


Good afternoon,

Please join us for an interactive Theater Delta performance on Monday, October 17th. Details are listed below:


Monday, October 17, 2016
Theater Delta Performance: Opening the Door to Effective Mentorship
Time: 2:30pm - 4pm
Location: COB2 - 130
Theater Delta will use Interactive Theater - scripted and improvisational audience participatory theater - to identify communication mechanisms and other tools to promote strong, productive and positive mentor-mentee relationships. Please join us for light refreshments immediately following the performance. Bring your colleagues and enjoy an informative afternoon of interactive theater on campus! Graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty are all encouraged to attend! This event is sponsored by the Graduate Division, the Office of the Provost, and the Vice Provost for Faculty.


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