PILOT Program Description

 

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The Pursuing Intentional Learning in Organizations Together (PILOT) Project aims to bridge the gap between graduating students and non-academic professionals. This four-week series, with virtual meetings held on Tuesdays and Thursday at 4pm via Zoom (passcode: MDARD), will provide graduate students with insights and practical strategies for transitioning from academia to non-academic careers. In partnership with guest speakers from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), we aim to offer a holistic exploration of the challenges and opportunities associated with pursuing professional paths beyond academia.

This program values shared knowledge and believes in the potential of creating positive social change through our interactions personally and professionally. To embody this, we center our values in reciprocity by adopting the Indigenous 4R framework: respect, reciprocity, reconciliation, and relevance. We are excited to create long standing changes within our community and build lasting connections as a learning community, both in and outside of academia.

Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg–Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw.

Inquiries can be sent to Jeanetta Mohlke-Hill.