Hi there! There are several of us in Michigan, there are just very rarely events around here. We used to have a fairly active community at Michigan State, but a lot of the bioinformatics-focused PIs left the university, and so there’s not really anyone left to host. There was also a reasonably active group at U of M, but I think a lot of the grad students that were driving it have moved on. I tried for a while to keep organizing events at MSU after the PIs left, but had little success, and I since I’ve graduated I’m not officially associated with them anymore anyway. I typically go teach out of state now. But, I’m always up for local events! I work remotely, and have a flexible schedule, so I can teach almost any time.
One final thing, we set up a very low traffic…and possibly defunct Michigan mailing list several years ago: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> It might be worth sending a mail there and seeing who’s left around here :) -Amanda On Mar 9, 2020, at 1:56 PM, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> wrote: Good afternoon! Since starting a new position in Michigan about 6 months ago, I've been keeping my eye out for any Carpentries activity in the area without much success. To my knowledge, I am the only instructor at my university, but based on the website map it looks like there might be a few others in the area. I would love to start a community of instructors that will help each other run workshops (full or modified) every once in awhile. Let me know if you are interested! In addition, I would love suggestions about building up a program at a (for lack of better wording) "Carpentries-naive" campus. Did you get started with single modules or did you jump straight into a full 2-day event? Ff you started with modified workshops, when did you feel comfortable transitioning into a 2 day workshop? And from where did you recruit your non-certified helpers and instructors? Thanks! Daria --------------- Daria Orlowska Data Librarian and Assistant Professor Waldo Library Western Michigan University [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> she/her/hers The Carpentries<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest__;!!HXCxUKc!l6i4WDtcwBYBzkXZ2Iwc00MD-mytgCVN6VPhIpsH3OMFAXtWWOd3PIbSLLq0bRT_$> / discuss / see discussions<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss__;!!HXCxUKc!l6i4WDtcwBYBzkXZ2Iwc00MD-mytgCVN6VPhIpsH3OMFAXtWWOd3PIbSLPsxy1z0$> + participants<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members__;!!HXCxUKc!l6i4WDtcwBYBzkXZ2Iwc00MD-mytgCVN6VPhIpsH3OMFAXtWWOd3PIbSLHMHwK06$> + delivery options<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription__;!!HXCxUKc!l6i4WDtcwBYBzkXZ2Iwc00MD-mytgCVN6VPhIpsH3OMFAXtWWOd3PIbSLEfcAS17$> Permalink<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T25b6a6f2e81c8dee-Mb4457f13e37586fcc416fb07__;!!HXCxUKc!l6i4WDtcwBYBzkXZ2Iwc00MD-mytgCVN6VPhIpsH3OMFAXtWWOd3PIbSLGfvg3OS$> ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T25b6a6f2e81c8dee-Ma338cadbf900f877f8783a7e Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
