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NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR OSSI 2012
Deadline: January 7, 2012
Our Mission

Our mission is to prepare and provide opportunities to future organizational scientists by:

  • Fostering creative "trans"-disciplinary thinking
  • Diversifying the pipeline to the professoriate
  • Increasing understanding of the research process
  • Developing sustainable relationships among organizational science scholars
  • Promoting innovation and creativity in research and practice
  • Providing a well-rounded and inclusive educational experience

 

 

 
Objectives
  • Facilitate the research process

  • Idea generation  with an Organizational Science focus

  • Conceptualization

  • Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods

  • Presenting

  • Writing/Publishing

  • Collaboration

  • GRE prep sessions

  • Overview of the graduate school application process

  • Connect with OS faculty and student research mentors

  • Realistic career preview

  • Exposure to role models

  • Provide forum for attendees and alumni to meet and socialize

 
Our OSSI Fellows have said:

“I really liked the helpful atmosphere and faculty. And the one on one attention was very nice. The faculty and grad students were awesome. I liked the insight we got and I think it was extremely enlightening.”

"The mentors were great. The GRE program is AWESOME!!!"

“…The graduate school seminars were helpful. Speed mentoring was cool. I liked learning about the different aspects I liked the speakers all the power hour sessions were nice. All the grad students were nice. I liked the GRE training; it gave me confidence for the test. I liked learning about the Org Science field.”

“I loved everything! The thing I liked the most was the faculty/grad students and the OS community in general. You were all very supportive, inspirational and nice =).”

"The support we got was fantastic. The mentors, professors, and speakers provided useful insight into the organizational science field."

 

Organizational Science Summer Institute
Fretwell 476
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223

Fax: 704 687-3091

Coordinator

Lisa Walker, Ph.D.
476F Fretwell
t: 704-687-2288

 

Assistant Coordinator
Zoa Ordóñez, Doctoral Student