UC Merced educates the highest percentage of first-generation and low-income students in the state university system. It also takes pride in reflecting its diverse student body with its staff and leadership.
Category: Career
Tweens to senior citizens can always think or rethink what they want to do next. Gennifer Birnbach’s career blogs provide thought-starters, actionable steps and encouragement.
Gennifer with a G Blog – My New Normal After 9/11
And for me, my “new normal’ meant that starting 9/12/01, I would only wear shoes to my office in the city that I could run in.
ThriveGlobal.com – What Kind of Bird Are You?
Using DISC Styles for Students’ Success
Diversity in Action Magazine May/June 2020
Just as Apple’s “think different” hit the marketplace, the forward-thinking Worcester Polytechnic Institute did just that. They thought differently and broke away from the conventional educational formula so they could empower students from all over the world to shape their own experience through project-based learning.
Seeing the big picture that IT touches every industry imaginable, WPI is now once again ahead of the trend, unveiling an updated Information Technology MS program to ensure that graduates have a deep understanding not just of the “how” but the “why” with a focus on business analytics and more.
ThriveGlobal.com – Career Changer Starter Kit
Why rewriting your internal narrative should come before redoing your resume. As published on Arianna Huffington’s THRIVE GLOBAL I love reinventing myself, learning new things and taking off-roading adventures. In Read More
RiverJournalOnline.com – Hate in the Age of Multiculturalism
Schools face a formidable challenge in coming to grips with bigotry and the anti-social behavior that animates it. They can’t appear to take sides in a way that marginalizes any one group. Their role is to remain neutral for the most part, to sustain a sense of tradition to make some people happy, and to add curriculum or ideas that satisfy others.
Gennifer with a G Blog – Hair I am with my authenticity!
Getting back to authenticity and what that meant for me in the workplace, I knew it was time to cut bait and be my own thing. I had a beautiful image from a co-worker who wanted me to get back to who I was and now I needed a tagline to go with it. My brain shot off dozens of options. My hair and I agreed upon, “every curl on my head is an idea” because it is true and I am true.
ThriveGlobal.com – Ghosting Busters: Removing the “Professional Ghosting” Slime in 4 Easy Steps
The good news is you can remove that grossness right off of you in 4 easy steps. Published in Thrive Global.com 10.30.19 and discussed on the Your Practical Magic podcast released 1.9.20
Grown&Flown.com – I got a D in marketing and became an award-winning marketing executive
Walt Disney’s newspaper editor told the aspiring cartoonist he wasn’t creative enough. A Baltimore TV producer told Oprah Winfrey she was “unfit for television news.” And I was told I wasn’t MTV Network materials. Let’s see how we all made out.
WICTNY.com – Future Now Media Conference 2018
Building future leaders of integrity and excellence, providing equal opportunity, and opening the space for more diverse perspectives and stories to be seen and heard