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Research has shown that people who have mentors have higher salaries, greater job satisfaction, lower burnout and generally outperform those who do not. In celebration of National Mentoring Month, Ruth Gotian (Ed.D. ’17) will present "Leveraging Mentoring: Creating your path to success," a workshop that will outline the benefits of having a mentor, what to look for in a mentor, how to develop your mentoring team and how to find a mentor. Come learn how a mentor can help you succeed.

Date: Wednesday, January 29
Time: 12-1:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual event. Register here.

Dr. Ruth Gotian is the inaugural Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine. In addition, she is the Chief Learning Officer in Anesthesiology and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology. 

Dr. Gotian started her career in finance and banking and transitioned to higher and medical education, a field she’s been immersed in for 28 out of the last 30 years. Dr. Gotian received her B.S. and M.S. in Business Management from the University at Stony Brook in New York as well as certificates in Executive Leadership and Managing for Execution from Cornell University. She earned her doctorate at TC where she studied Adult Learning and Leadership and focused her research on what makes physician-scientists successful. She has won numerous mentoring awards and most recently was awarded the Bert I Shapiro Award for having a national impact on physician-scientist training.

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Join us for an alumni panel discussion of Equity Visits: A New Approach to Supporting Equity-Focused School and District Leadership, a new book co-written by Rachel Roegman (Ed.D. ’14), David Allen (Ed.D. ’09), Larry Leverett (Ed.D. ’92), and TC faculty member Thomas Hatch.

Roegman, Allen and Leverett with be joined in conversation by Marcia V. Lyles (Ed.D. ‘92) and Jorden Schiff (see below for more information about each panelist). The panel, moderated by Professor Mark Gooden, will discuss equity visits, the importance of instruction and equity together, and real life examples of superintendents utilizing equity visits (types of situations, challenges faced, etc.).

Date: Wednesday, February 5
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Teachers College
Grace Dodge room 177/179
525 West 120th St
New York, NY 10027

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Panelists:
1. Marcia V. Lyles, Ed. D., Member, New Jersey Network of Superintendents
2. Jorden Schiff, Ed.D., Member, New Jersey Network of Superintendents
3. Larry Leverett, Ed.D., Senior Manager, Leverett Education Consulting, and Co-Founder of the New Jersey Network of Superintendents
4. Rachel Roegman, Ed. D., Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
5. David Allen, Ed. D., Associate Professor, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York

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Alumni Relations presents the
Provost on the Road Series

Join us in Chicago to meet Stephanie J Rowley, TC's new Provost, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Dr. Rowley will be sharing her vision for positioning students – and the College – to achieve great things. Friends and family are welcome.

Date: Saturday, February 1
Time: 12-2:00 p.m.
Location: The Windsor, The Rye Room
160 E. Huron
Chicago, IL

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Alumni Relations presents the
Provost on the Road Series

Join Myah Moore Irick (M.A. '06) for an event in Pittsburgh where she will introduce Stephanie J Rowley, TC's new Provost, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs, to the local alumni community. Dr. Rowley will be sharing her vision for positioning students – and the College – to achieve great things.

Date: Saturday, February 22
Time: 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Location: Cioppino
2350 Railroad St
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

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Alumni Relations presents the
Provost on the Road Series

Join us in Rochester to meet Stephanie J Rowley, TC's new Provost, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Dr. Rowley will be sharing her vision for positioning students – and the College – to achieve great things.

Date: Sunday, March 1
Time: 12-2:00 p.m.
Location: New York Beer Project
Cask Room
6933 S Transit Rd
Lockport, NY 14094

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Alumni Relations presents the
Provost on the Road Series

Join Maureen Topper (M.S. '79) for a reception in Bethlehem where she will introduce Stephanie J Rowley, TC's new Provost, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs, to the local alumni community. Dr. Rowley will be sharing her vision for positioning students – and the College – to achieve great things.

Date: Thursday, March 26
Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Maureen Topper's Home

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Alumni Relations presents the
Provost on the Road Series

Join us in the Bay Area to meet Stephanie J Rowley, TC's new Provost, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Dr. Rowley will be sharing her vision for positioning students – and the College – to achieve great things. President Thomas Bailey will also attend this event, and he looks forward to reconnecting with local alumni!

Date: Saturday, April 18
Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: TBA, San Francisco, CA

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Alumni Relations presents the
Provost on the Road Series

Join us in Miami to meet Stephanie J Rowley, TC's new Provost, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Dr. Rowley will be sharing her vision for positioning students – and the College – to achieve great things. President Thomas Bailey will also attend this event, and he looks forward to reconnecting with the local alumni community! 

Date: Monday, February 10
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Location: Boulud Sud
Salon-de-Provence, Room 255
Biscayne Boulevard Way
Miami, FL 33131

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TC Senior Director of Student Affairs and Career Education Maria Hataier (Ed.D. '18), Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs at SUNY Downstate Medical Center Jeffrey Putman (Ed.D. '11) and TC Vice Provost for Student Affairs Tom Rock (Ed.D. '02) invite fellow alumni, faculty and students to join them for a reception at the NASPA | Student Affiars Administators in Higher Education 2020 Conference. This will be a great opportunity to connect with TC community members in your field!

Date: Sunday, March 29
Time: 8-10:00 p.m.
Location: JW Marriott Austin
Room 308 110 E 2nd St
Austin, TX 78701

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Alumni Relations presents the
Provost on the Road Series

Join us in Los Angeles to meet Stephanie J Rowley, TC's new Provost, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Dr. Rowley will be sharing her vision for positioning students – and the College – to achieve great things.

Date: Saturday, March 14
Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: TBA, Los Angeles, CA

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Build your network and reach your career goals by developing an effective professional pitch. In this webinar, career consultant and coach Nancy Leighton (M.E. '97) will teach participants how to develop a pitch for any professional situation, including interviews. 

Date: Tuesday, March 24
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
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Nancy Leighton oversees a successful Career Counseling and Coaching practice in New York, NY. Prior to starting her private practice, she spent 12 years at the Starr Career Development Center (SCDC) at Baruch College/City University of NY.  She served as the center’s first Internship Coordinator and then went on to start Alumni Career Services. During her tenure at Baruch, she was also asked to serve as the Co-Executive Director of a Baruch College Executive Education program called “Opting Back In: A Program for Professionals Re-entering the Workforce.” She is certified as a Master Career Counselor by the National Career Development Association as well as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor by the State of NY. In addition to her work with private clients, she leads workshops and programs for organizations including TAP (The Acceleration Project)  and Alliance Bernstein (Bernstein University). More recently, she became a volunteer career coach for the not-for-profit Dress for Success. Nancy holds an M.Ed. and a M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Teachers College/Columbia University as well as a B.A. in English from Lafayette College. 

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Job and career changes are common in today’s workplace, but this flexibility and autonomy is often paired with uncertainty and ambiguity that can make it challenging to navigate a transition. In the workshop, “Career Transitions: Making a Change that Works for You,” presented by Francine Fabricant (M.Ed. ’01), you will explore how to generate and explore career ideas, build a flexible plan for your next steps, and create opportunities that are personally meaningful.

Date: Thursday, Feb. 13
Time: 12-1:00 p.m. EST
Location: Virtual Event. Register here.

With an extraordinary passion for helping people make their careers work for them, Francine Fabricant, MA, EdM helps people rethink their career opportunities and build careers that are personally meaningful and rewarding. She is the lead author of the textbook Creating Career Success (2014) and a frequent speaker on career topics, addressing real-world concerns and offering practical ideas and solutions. She has served as a career counselor at Columbia University and the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and is currently a lecturer at Hofstra University Continuing Education. She received a BA cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University as well as an MA in Organizational Psychology and EdM in Psychological Counseling, both from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her community-based workshops have been profiled by The New York Times.

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President Thomas Bailey is traveling to Palm Beach County to reconnect with the local TC community. He invites alumni and friends to join him at a special reception where he will share updates on his work at the College. This will also be a wonderful opportunity to catch up with fellow alumni!

Date: Sunday, February 9
Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Location: The Chesterfield
Pavilion Room
363 Cocoanut Row
Palm Beach, FL 33480

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Alumni Relations and Felicia Moore Mensah, Professor of Science Education and Vice Chair of the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology, invites alumni, students and staff to join her for a reception at the 2020 National Association for Research in Science Teaching Conference. On this occasion, we will celebrate Dr. Mensah’s appointment as Co-Editor in Chief of its flagship research publication, the Journal of Research in Science Teaching (JRST).

Date: Saturday, March 14
Time: 6-8:00 p.m.
Location: Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront
Columbia Room
1401 S.W. Naito Parkway 
Portland, OR 97201

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Alumni Relations presents the
Provost on the Road Series

Join us in Santa Monica to meet Stephanie J Rowley, TC's new Provost, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Dr. Rowley will be sharing her vision for positioning students – and the College – to achieve great things.

Date: Sunday, March 15
Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: TBA, Los Angeles, CA

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