A main priority of Faculty Advancement and Postdoctoral Affairs is to ensure that our postdocs across campus feel connected and involved in the CWRU community. Our events are meant to bring together people across different disciplines and backgrounds to connect and learn from one another.
See the Postdoc Calendar on the main website of the Postdoc Affairs website or check your CWRU email for event additional details. Like and Follow the CWRU Postdocs on Facebook and LinkedIn to stay up to date with all the latest events.
Monthly Postdoc Association Meeting and Committee Meetings(all postdocs are welcome)
Date: Monday, August 12th, September 9th, October 14th, November 11th, December 9th
Time: 3:00 - 5:00pm
Location: Tomlinson Hall Library (second floor) or Zoom
Find the upcoming Committee Meetings on the calendar here; click the date to access the Zoom link.
Visa & Immigration webinar
Date: Wednesday, August 7th
Time: 1 - 2pm
via Zoom
- Green card application (J-1 or H-1B visa to Green card)
- Nonimmigrant intent issues with J-1s
- Eligibility criteria and time frame for EB1 and EB2-NIW or any other suitable process
- O-1 visas, especially for those who are waiting for or cannot get a 212(e) waiver
- H1B Visa (After the completion of J-1 visa)
- J-1 waiver process
- Application process for I-485, as well as I-765 and I-131, and time frame (including summary of the visa retrogression issues)
- Use of EAD based on I-485
- Use of advance parole based on I-485
- Risks associated with the use of EAD and AP
RSVP Here
Resume/CV Roundtable
National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW)
* All postdocs will receive one entry ticket to win a raffle prize!
* Postdocs can stop by the School of Graduate Studies in Tomlinson Hall room 203 anytime throughout the week from 8:30am - 4:30pm to grab a free water CWRU water bottle!
Monday, September 16th
- Coffee and Donuts in Tomlinson Hall @ 8:30 - 10:30am RSVP HERE
- SOM NPAW Lunch for School of Medicine postdocs @ 11am (location TBD)
Tuesday, September 17th
- Lunch sponsored by the Office of the Provost, meet Deputy Provost Lee Thompson. 12 - 1pm (location TBD)
Wednesday, September 18th
- Dinner at the Jolly Scholar at 6:00pm (PDA will supply appetizers) RSVP HERE
Thursday, September 19th
- Campus History Tour with Dr. Janice Gerda @ 12:30pm (meet outside of Tomlinson Hall) RSVP HERE
Friday, September 20th
- Webinar - Best Practices for Mentors and Mentees @ 1pm RSVP HERE
- Hike in Rocky River 2 - 6pm - meet at the Rocky River Reservation Nature Center (24000 Valley Parkway, North Olmsted) RSVP HERE
NPA Smart Skills Professional Development Seminars
SmartSkills is a free, virtual course for postdocs. Monthly classes are taught by experts and focus on building skills critical to career and personal success.
Time: 3:00pm
Dates:
August 27 - Perfecting Negotiation Skills
September 24 - Advocating for Public Policy
October 22, Grant Writing
November 19 - Understanding Research Development Careers
December 17 - NIH Career Opportunities
NIH Office of Training and Education
Thriving Thursdays
Mental health and Well-being of Biomedical Researchers
See the upcoming webinars here
Events offered through the CWRU Office of Research & Technology Management
View the list of Events and Register
Events offered through the CWRU University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE)
First Fridays - On the first Friday of every month, UCITE holds an informal get together for instructors, faculty, grad students, and postdocs to meet and chat about specific topics relating to teaching and learning. * Pizza and drinks provided.
Future Faculty Fridays - On the second Friday of every month, UCITE will host this event for postdocs and graduate students ONLY, and will revolve around teaching and learning topics that are important to them. * Pizza and drinks provided.
Time: 11:30 - 12:30pm
Location: Herrick Room in the Allen Memorial Medical Library
Spoken English Program Sessions
Spoken English Language Programs (SELP) in the School of Graduate Studies hosts programming for international graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and staff.
For questions on the upcoming sessions available or how to register, contact Eric Moore, Director of Spoken English Language Programs (exm482@case.edu)
Register Here (click Events at the top)
Impact Solutions Webinars (Employee Assistance Program)
Your Employee Assistance Program through Impact Solutions offers a variety of online free webinars.
View and Register for Upcoming Webinars Here
Ohio Life Sciences
CWRU is a member of Ohio Life Sciences. The hold a variety of events throughout the year, see the events list here.
OLS is Ohio’s life sciences industry trade association, representing an industry that includes more than 4,200 organizations statewide. Ohio Life Sciences convenes and advocates on behalf of biotech, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, labs, digital health, gene and cell therapy, agricultural biotechnology, and research and academic institutions throughout Ohio. OLS is the voice representing and advocating for the common interests of our life sciences community.
Recent Events
** View all of our previously recorded events here **
- Monthly Orientation for all new postdocs
- Weekly health benefits reviews for new postdocs
- Monthly PDA meetings (all are welcome)
- Monthly PDA committee meetings and Faculty Senate Committee meetings
- Volunteering at the Greater Cleveland Food Bank assisting families in picking out free groceries in their Food Market
- 2023 Annual Picnic at Edgewater Park (120+ attendees
- 2024 Vendor Fair (200+ attendees, 32 vendors, raised $8,500)
- Biophysics Day (Research Talk, Networking, Flash Talks) (speaker: Dr. Lydia Kisley)
- Paint Night
- Media Training (speaker: Patty Zamora, Senior Media Relations Specialist)
- Fall Potluck
- Visa Webinars (speaker: Elizabeth Latimer from Green & Spiegel).
- 2023 National Postdoc Appreciation Week: tote bag/water bottle giveaway, campus tour, donuts/coffee, think[box] tour, Elevator Pitch session, trivia night, yoga, Diversity360, paint night
- Resume Roundtables
- Postdoc Volleyball League
- CV/Resume Writing Workshop (speaker: Lisa Hebert).
- Panel on Work-Life Balance and Progression Into A Faculty Career (panelists: Gabriella Wolff, Divita Mathur, Joseph Luna, and Helen Miranda)
- 2023 Annual Picnic at Edgewater Park (150+ attendees)
- Introduction to Grant Writing Session (hosted by Marvin Nieman, Vice Dean for Graduate Education).
- 2023 Vendor Fair (200+ attendees, 22 vendors, raised $5,000)
- Self Defense Class with the CWRU Kung Fu Club
- Various Spoken English Language workshops (in collaboration with the SELP office)
- Postdoc Career Series
- Dr. August Li, Patent Agent at Wilson-Sonsini Law Firm
- Dr. Dibakar Sigdel, Principal Data Scientist at Truveta
- Dr. Lauren Porter, Stadtman Tenure-track Investigator at the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Dr. Muna Aryal - Assistant Professor, Bioengineering at North Carolina A&T State University
- Dr. Oliver Bogler - Director, Center for Cancer Training @ National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Dr. Paule Joseph - Lasker Clinical Scholar and Investigator, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Dr. Sagar Shelake - Senior Scientist @ Janssen Research and Development
- Mallory Smith, PhD and Raechel McKinley, PhD - Science Policy Managers @ the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
- Dr. Heather Calderone, Director of Research & Grants @ the American Brain Tumor Association
- Dr. Jenny Ro, Marketing Director @ Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Dr. Ellen Palmer, Senior Data Scientist at Aetna
- Dr. Jeffrey Pigott, Executive Director at the Swagelok Center for Surface Analysis of Materials as the Case School of Engineering
- Dr. Samira Joussef-Pina, Biosafety Office at Columbia University
- Ice Skating at Wade Oval
- Mocktail Hour Networking Practice
- 2022 Annual Holiday Party
- Visa Webinar: Changing Status for H1B of Green Card
- Professional Headshot Photos
- Pumpkin Carving Party
- Cleveland Institute of Orchestra night at Severance Hall
- 2022 National Postdoc Appreciation Week: t-shirt giveaway, campus tour, Thanks A Latte coffee and donuts, Individual Development Plan Workshop
- Innovation Week Poster Contest
- Diversity Lecture (speaker: AVP for Faculty and Institutional Diversity, Heather Burton)
- 2022 Annual Picnic
- Reproductive Task Force meeting with the postdoc representative
- Wade Oval Wednesday
- Navigating the Postdoc: Balancing Life and Work in Early Career panel
- Visa & Immigration webinar (speaker: Brendan Delaney, Immigration attorney)