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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Making Conversation with Powerful People
DESCRIPTION:Making conversation with people in a position of authority\, such as a faculty advisor\, department chair\, work supervisor\, or future employer\, can be challenging in any language. This can be particularly true when navigating a new culture or discipline. In this workshop\, you will gain skills and strategies to effectively interact with powerful people. Learn how to join a conversation\, how to listen actively\, and even to interrupt politely. Learn how to seem friendly and confident at a job interview or competent and insightful in a research group meeting. Come ready to practice with one another and to identify effective ways to practice on your own.
UID:143830-21894101@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143830
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:English,Graduate Students,International,International Center,Language,Undergraduate,Workshop
LOCATION:Central Campus Classroom Building - CCCB0460
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom
DESCRIPTION:The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) invites you to join moderator Isaac Kamola\, editor Melanie S. Tanielian and contributors Marjorie Heins and Henry Reichman to discuss the release of \"In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis: Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom.\"\n\nInspired by Chandler Davis’ courage\, integrity\, and devotion to the struggle against oppression\, injustice\, and the persecution of speech\, the twelve contributors to this book offer crucial insights into the importance of defending intellectual independence\, institutional autonomy\, and the right to free expression\, and the importance of facing\, and not accepting\, authoritarian threats.
UID:145737-21897755@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145737
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:academic freedom,Activism,american culture,American Politics,arab american studies,Arab And Muslim American Studies,book discussion,book event,Book Talk,Books,communism,Democracy,Democratic Engagement,Department Of American Culture,Discussion,Education,Faculty,fascism,Graduate,Graduate Students,Higher Education,History,Humanities,Law,Lecture,Mathematics,political science,Politics,Social Justice,symposium,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Virtual,Women's Studies
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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