{"238741":{"#nid":"238741","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Creates New Office of Postdoctoral Services","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDid you know that the third week of September is National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week? That makes this a fitting time to announce the opening of the new Office of Postdoctoral Services, which is under the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Affairs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe mission of the Office of Postdoctoral Services is to enhance the experience of postdoctoral fellows, also known as \u201cpostdocs\u201d. A postdoc holds a doctoral degree, is in a temporary position pursuing research with a faculty mentor, and is learning the professional skills necessary for his or her next career stage. Currently, there are 355 postdocs at Tech, with half in the College of Engineering and a third in the College of Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech\u2019s first manager of the Office of Postdoctoral Services, Jana Stone, started her position on Sept. 3.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is an exciting time for Georgia Tech,\u201d observes Susan Cozzens, vice provost of Graduate Education and Faculty Affairs. \u201cOur postdoc community is growing and remains a critical component of a strong and vibrant research institution. I am looking forward to working with Dr. Stone and the postdocs to\u0026nbsp;enhance postdoctoral services, career development, and sense of belonging at Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStone began advocating for postdocs during her own postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and continued in her next position coordinating outreach programs at Duke University. She also works with the National Postdoctoral Association where she is vice-chair of the organization\u0027s 2014 meeting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur goals for the new office are to build a sense of community among postdocs across the Institution and to develop policies and programming that fit our postdocs\u2019 needs,\u0022 Stone said. \u0022So far, everyone I\u2019ve met on campus has been incredibly supportive of these efforts.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo celebrate the opening of the office and to recognize Tech\u2019s hardworking postdocs and mentors, the Office of Postdoctoral Services will be hosting a picnic for postdocs on Oct. 16.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDid you know that the third week of September is National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week? That makes this a fitting time to announce the opening of the new Office of Postdoctoral Services, which is under the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Affairs.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech is now home to a new Office of Postdoctoral Services, which is under the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Affairs."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-09-18 16:21:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:56","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/provost.gatech.edu\/reporting-units\/vice-provost-graduate-education-faculty-affairs","title":"Graduate Education and Faculty Affairs"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"74411","name":"Jana Stone"},{"id":"74421","name":"Office of Postdoctoral Services"},{"id":"74391","name":"Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Affairs"},{"id":"69901","name":"Postdocs"},{"id":"74401","name":"postdoctoral students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jana.stone@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJana Stone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of Postdoctoral Services\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-1999\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}