The path to graduate school is never easy, but sometimes it is far tougher that it should be.  Join Efraín Torres as he interviews his older brother, José Luis Torrez on his experience as an advisor for international and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students  in Malcolm X. College in Chicago, IL. In his capacity as advisor he helps students navigate their way through community college over the countless obstacles that Dreamers uniquely face in their daily lives.   Also, coming up on January 2022 we'll be doing an AMA with International Student and Scholar Servi ..read more

Dive into the making of the diversity, equity and inclusion movement in our Chemical Engineering and Materials Science department with our special guest, Elisah VandenBussche. We'll be exploring the milestones of the movement as well as its vision and tips for other departments looking to make the move! Show Notes:  DEI Page CEMS: https://cse.umn.edu/cems/diversity-equity-inclusivity Code Switch Episode: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/08/1004467239/the-racial-reckoning-that-wasnt Ethic of Discomfort: https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2020.1851810 Spectrum of Allies Construction: https ..read more

In this episode Gabby, Marisa, Anisha, and Yuheng discuss all things imposter syndrome. We discuss what it means to us, how we manage it, and how we propose departments can help mitigate its impact on students' mental health.  Want to learn more about the topics on this show? Here are some additional resources: Unpacking the Imposter Syndrome and Mental Health as a Person of Color First Generation College Student within Institutions of Higher Education It’s Not Just You: In Online Meetings, Many Women Can’t Get a Word In Impostor Feelings Fuel Negative Mental Health Outcomes for Minori ..read more

A new series where a group of graduate students and postdocs in chemical engineering, materials science, and biomedical engineering get together to discuss and understand the relationship between identity and the student experience in STEM academia. Song Credit Artist Name: Robert John Track Title: Slinky Album Title: Umber Track Number: 4 Year: 2019-04-19T09:46:24 URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Robert_John/Umber/Slinky_1145 Comments: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Copyright: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us ..read more

Why should one care about DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives in the sciences? Our team here at Annealing STEM shares their own experiences as students of color navigating academia. Song Credit Artist Name: Robert John Track Title: Slinky Album Title: Umber Track Number: 4 Year: 2019-04-19T09:46:24 URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Robert_John/Umber/Slinky_1145 Comments: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Copyright: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us ..read more