Junior Jumpstart 2021

Junior Jumpstart is a conference, open to ALL Washington University junior-year students. Junior Jumpstart 2021 will be held online on May 17-19. Plus, it's free!

Junior Jumpstart is designed to help current Juniors navigate their next steps after Washington University. It is perfect for students who know what they want to do next, as well as those who are completely undecided. Junior Jumpstart contains a myriad of sessions that offer: advice from young alumni who have broken into competitive fields; tips and timelines for medical, law, and graduate school applications; resume and interviewing techniques from HR professionals; information on national scholarship and fellowship opportunities; financial management; networking opportunities; and much more!

A Bridge to Clinical Reasoning

Join us synchronously the week of May 31 – June 4 (2:30 - 4 pm, CDT) as we explore the foundations of clinical reasoning and its application in the context of two diseases (cancer and diabetes).  The workshop culminates with small-group breakout sessions led by medical doctors as you work together to dissect clinical cases, putting into practice clinical reasoning skills; the last day is reserved for patients, as we will hear from their perspective and approach to disease management and how they engaged with their physician during diagnosis and treatment.

For those interested and able to commit to the full-length of the program, please use the following link to register: https://wustl.instructure.com/enroll/X3LF4D

Scholarly Writing Retreat 2021

The Scholarly Writing Retreat offers Washington University humanities and humanistic social sciences faculty, post-docs and graduate students the opportunity to jump-start their summer writing in a motivated, supportive and collaborative atmosphere, even as we are spread out in our own work spaces. Participants will work intensively on their individual projects, following a schedule of check-ins, focused writing periods and virtual communal breaks. 

Online meetings 

Small writing groups meet online periodically to provide a forum to exchange ideas, support one another and engage in social interaction. Each group will determine their own structure: frequency and duration of writing days/times, which virtual platform to use, types of meetings, etc.

Dates 

Weekdays, June 1–11
^{Participants are not required to participate daily nor to attend the entire duration of the retreat.}

How to participate

1. Register by clicking the button below by noon on May 20.
2. Await your small group assignment, to be made by the end of May, based on your registration responses.
3. Join the online welcome session on June 1 at 10 am. Each group will then meet to determine their plans going forward.