The Success of the 2014 PROMISE Summer Success Institute (SSI) – The Social Media Accolades

Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:35:22 -0400
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This past weekend, PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP celebrated the anniversary of the PROMISE Summer Success Institute (SSI). This was actually the 12th Annual SSI. The first PROMISE conference was called “SUCCESS 2003.” We named the program the Summer Success Institute (SSI) in 2004.

The program from the 2014 SSI can be found here:

Click here for the: PDF of the 2014 SSI program booklet, Click here for the conference website.

Here, we share some of the 300+ (public) responses that were posted within two days from our #PROMISEagep social media presence for the SSI (Note: Posts from private Twitter and Facebook accounts where users have opened posts to members of PROMISE, but have not opened posts to the general public are not featured.)

Some Facebook comments:

Wonderfully invigorating time at the PROMISE AGEP SSI Dissertation House / SSI this weekend ! From the panelists talks to the breakout sessions , I found myself being ‘re-engaged in my PhD process. Thanks to ALL who shared this experience with me. – K.G.

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