When: Weekly (Thursday, Look at Dates Below) 12:00 noon – 1:00 PM
Where: A3C Clubhouse, 2nd Floor Old Union, A3C Couchroom
Thursday, January 14, 2010 - Asia in Action: Internship Opportunities
Don’t have time to spend a whole semester abroad? Come and learn how you can apply for a summer internship in Asia through Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP) from Coordinators Naoko Sakata and Heidi Schuman along with previous interns as they discuss opportunities to live and work in Asia.
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - Work or Grad School? How to Engineer your Path to Success
Have you debated between a job and graduate school as your first step after your undergraduate years? Come and hear from Chris VanLang (Ph.D. ChemE ‘13), Leland Chen (M.S. CS ’11), and Adam Wang (Ph.D. EE ’11), graduate students from the Asian American Graduate Students Association (AAGSA), as they share insights from their career and graduate school experiences.
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - Acing the Interview
With the job market currently in its diminished state, every interview becomes a critical step to landing a job and even talented Stanford students could use a few tips for polishing up interpersonal skills. Come hear from Lance Choy, Director of the Career Development Center, as he explains how to avoid common pitfalls and shares useful techniques to help ace any interview.
Thursday, February 4, 2010 - How to Market Your Major
Are you graduating with a technical degree but want to pursue a field like business or law? What if you have a background in the humanities and want to work in finance? Come as we welcome back Lance Choy, Director of the Career Development Center as he explains how to best tailor your resume to show employers that you have the skill set needed to excel in any career.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - Intelligent Insurance
Insurance is often something that most young people don’t think about, but in planning for your financial future, you’ll soon realize that good insurance can be crucial. Fortunately for us, Mary Morrison from the Financial Aid Office has been teaching this and many other principles for years in her course MS&E41: Financial Literacy. Come and learn the basics of sound financial planning that can help you in life after Stanford.
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - From Scholarship to Service
We often think of public service as solely an extracurricular activity, however there are many ways to connect academic research with community service. Come hear about how James Xie ’10 and Nimi Mastey ‘10, have combined passion for service with their academic achievements and hear from Virginia Visconti, Director of the Public Service Scholars Program at the Haas Center for Public Service about how you can connect scholarship and service.
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - Fuzzy Vision, Clear Path: Asian Americans in the Liberal Arts
It’s no secret that many Asian American students stereotypically major in science-related or techie fields. Why is it really so difficult to imagine Asian Americans in the humanities? Come and hear how Professor Shimon Tanaka of the Creative Writing Department has built his career around the arts and see if you can envision yourself doing the same.
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - In the Life of a Med School Student
People always wonder what it feels like to be in the shoes of a practicing doctor, but there are many long years of medical school training before that goal is reached. Hear about the day-to-day lives of current medical students from the Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association (APAMSA), and learn what you can expect on your path to becoming an M.D.
