GEM GradLab at Morgan State University

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Graduate School can be FREE!!! Funding information session

Graduate School Informational Session at Morgan State University

Event details:

Date: Saturday, March 3, 2018
Time: 10 AM – 4 PM

Address: 5201 Perring Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21214

This is a FREE event! You NEED to RSVP via GEM GradLab creating an account.

https://egem.gemfellowship.org/events/ViewEvent.aspx?contextID=10244

FREE transportation from UMBC!!!!!

Transportation:

The spaces are limited and will be filled on a first-come-first-served basis; please request your sit, you will get a confirmation email. Email promisestaff@gmail.com with the subject, “GEM GRAD Lab bus” and indicate your full name, undergraduate or graduate student, major, university and cell phone number.

Departing from UMBC Admin Circle at 9:30 AM and departing Morgan State at 4:00 PM.

GEM GRAD Lab Sponsored Morgan State University

Co-Hosts: University of Maryland College Park (UMD) and University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)

Location:

GRAD Lab will be held in the Center for Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies (CBEIS).

Parking:

You can park in the north parking garage. See Morgan State University campus map.

AGENDA

Saturday, March 3, 2018

09:00 AM Registration, Pre-surveys, and Continental Breakfast

10:00 AM Welcome

Dr. David Wilson, President, Morgan State University

Dr. Michael G. Spenser, Dean, School of Engineering, Morgan State University

Dr. Monique Head, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, School of Engineering, Morgan State University.

10:15 AM Why Graduate School? by Dr. Howard G. Adams, H.G. Adams Associate, Inc., GEM Program Consultant

11:15 AM Break

11:30 AM How to Apply to Graduate School by Dr. Renetta G. Tull, Associate Provost for Graduate Student Professional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs, UMBC.

12:30 PM Lunch Break and Graduate Resource Fair

1:30 PM Concurrent sessions:

How to Fund Graduate School by Dr. Michael D. Smith, Deputy Executive Director, The National GEM Consortium.

How to Prepare for Faculty

2:15 PM Break

2:30 PM Voices from the Field

Moderator: Dr. Monique Head, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies School of Engineering, Morgan State University.

3:30 PM Closing Remarks / Post Surveys (Raffle – Prize Give Away)

4:00 PM Program Ends