Apart from sharing their journey and experiences at BSU, they also gave us some very good advice and shared helpful resources for grants and career decisions. I was in the biology group and met with Dr.
Next we split up into our fields of interest and met with faculty that teach in our field. Bowen has been at BSU for several years so we got to hear from two people at very different stages of their career, about their role and experiences at BSU. She said, “The worst mistake you can make is to show up for an interview without knowing enough about the institution you are applying to.” She says it is very evident and reflects badly on your candidacy for the job. She pointed out that this tells the hiring committee you spent time and tailored your application for the position. She encouraged applicants to thoroughly research the institution before applying for open positions and to let that research show through the application. Dean Porter-Utley also gave us a gist about the hiring process, course load and overall responsibilities of a professor at BSU. Christine Brandon talked about BSU, their experiences and career at BSU. I was blown away by how engaged the students were and asked such good questions! After the lecture we were led to a conference room and Dr. Jeff Bowen to a class of very well attentive students. I got a revision of meiosis taught by Dr. We were given class schedules of courses taught in our field if we wanted to sit in a lecture. We checked in at the Dean’s office at 9:00am. BSU is located in Bridgewater, MA with a large beautiful campus. Six graduate students from different departments at URI spent morning to afternoon at BSU on March 31, 2017.
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Kristen Porter-Utley, hosted URI students that shared my curiosity for a full day at BSU! The Dean of Bartlett College of Science and Mathematics, Dr. I got in touch with BSU to see if I could visit to get a feel of their institution. I have always been a student in a research university so I know very little about this part of the world. However, the important difference is that often student participation in research is undergraduate only. That got me thinking that I really don’t know what being a professor in a teaching intensive institution entails! Teaching intensive positions have a higher teaching load than research based universities but research is also a part of the expectations from tenure track positions. Martina Arndt, Professor in the BSU Physics Department shared her story of how she got to her current position in one of the sessions. At the workshop we met a variety of professionals from different institutions, in different phases of their career from new faculty to deans, the whole spread! At the workshop, I met a lot of people from Bridgewater State University (BSU). I signed up since I was interested in teaching and wanted to make use of the resources it offered. It all started when I got an email about the workshop ‘Teaching in Teaching Intensive Institutions’ organized at UMass Boston. If teaching is your passion and especially if you are thinking of it as a career option, a question you should ask yourself is: What type of teaching am I passionate about? I realized it more than ever before when I visited Bridgewater State University this past March. In this blog post, URI SWMS member Tejashree Modak shares her recent experience visiting Bridgewater State University and learning about teaching intensive institutions.
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