Event Registration - Graduate Career Consortium

This event has completed.

Mid-West GCC Regional Meeting
2/23/2018 - 2/23/2018

Event Description

GCC Midwest Regional Conference

We welcome you to Washington University in St. Louis

 

Schedule - tentative

 

Thursday, February 22

6:00-8:00 PM: Reception, Blueberry Hill (a St. Louis institution), 6504 Delmar Blvd

 

Friday, February 23

 

Time

Event

Location

8:00 AM

Sheraton Guests - Meet in Lobby for Shuttle 

 

8:15 - 9:00 AM

Breakfast

Knight Center 2nd floor

9:00- 9:15 AM

Welcome by Provost Holden Thorp

Knight Center Classroom 210

9:15 - 10:00 AM

Addressing career advising topics of diverse graduate student populations
Format: panelists from professional schools, office of international students and scholars, and center for diversity and inclusion

KC 210

10:15 - 10:30 AM

Break

 

10:30 -11:45 AM

ReversePitch - Sharing challenges and solutions as an interactive group activity

Knight Center 2nd floor

Noon - 1 PM

Lunch

Anheuser-Busch Dining Hall

1:00- 1:15 PM Campus Tour (optional)  

1:15 - 2:30 PM

Engaging faculty
Format: Informal Q&A with faculty in diverse disciplines

KC 210

2:30 - 3:30 PM

Invited Speaker - ImaginePhD

KC 210

3:30 PM

Closing Remarks

 
 

Hotel Reservations -

OPTION 1 - Charles F. Knight Executive Education & Conference Center

*Conference rooms are located in the same building on the WashU campus

Snow Way Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130
Phone: (314) 933-9400

$119.00 per night, refer to “Midwest GCC Conference”

11 rooms available

Book by Feb 1, 2018

 

Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel

Located 1.7 mi from campus; Complimentary shuttle will be available

7730 Bonhomme Ave, Clayton, MO 63105
Phone: (314) 863-040

$119 per night, refer to “Midwest GCC Conference”

Book by Jan 23, 2018

 

Registration is covered by the GCC, but let us know you’re attending.

Click to register (add link) or register on the GCC website.

https://gradcareerconsortium.org

 

Helpful links to plan your trip!


Directions to WashU

 

WashU Campus Map
 

 

Conference contacts

Thi Nguyen, thi.nguyen@wustl.edu, 314-935-6818

Rachel Pepe, rpepe@wustl.edu, 314-935-9358

 

The GCC Midwest regional conference is a team effort between The Graduate School, Career Center and Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences of Washington University in St. Louis.