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<Title>Practical Steps to Completing a Thesis or Dissertation</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>NOV</span><span> </span><span>3</span><span> </span><span>6 PM Online</span></div><span>Completing your Master's Thesis or Ph.D. Dissertation should be treated as a full-time job. Consider joining this session if you are struggling to put down a plan for yourself or follow up with your schedule to finish your degree. In this event, you will learn how and when to ask for help, what your research advisor job is, how to create a realistic timeline to finish your degree, time management skills, and how to navigate uncertainty.</span><div><br><div><p>Join Dr. Carter-Veale, a Dissertation Coach nationally recognized for helping hundreds of students finish their degrees. Dr. CV has obtained master's degrees from Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; her services include helping students navigate sticky situations, leverage productivity techniques, and overcome barriers to promptly complete their degree.</p><p><strong>About our speaker:</strong></p><p>Dr. Carter-Veale has over 15 years of experience in graduate education. She has presented her dissertation writing workshops and boot camps for MIT, Duke University, Howard University, University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, and the Dissertation Institute, to name some.</p><p>She is the CEO of PhDCompletion.com, co-founder of the PROMISE Dissertation House, the on-campus dissertation coach at UMBC, and has authored four (4) books about Ph.D. completion (Mastering the Ph.D. Completion Process, Ph.D. Completion: If You Can Write a Master's Thesis You Can Write a Dissertation, Ph.D. Completion: Practical Steps to Selecting a Dissertation Topic and Ph.D. Completion: Methods Journal).</p><p><a href="https://phd-completion.com/about-dr-carter-veale-dr-cv/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">To learn more about Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale, please visit her webpage.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/practical-steps-to-completing-a-masters-thesis-or-dissertation-registration-191894089387" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Please RSVP to participate in the event</a>.</p><p>If you need any accommodations or have questions, don't hesitate to contact Yarazeth Medina at <a href="mailto:yarazeth@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">yarazeth@umbc.edu</a>.</p><p><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/98335" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Get Tickets and RSVP Here</a></p></div></div></div>
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<Summary>NOV 3 6 PM Online Completing your Master's Thesis or Ph.D. Dissertation should be treated as a full-time job. Consider joining this session if you are struggling to put down a plan for yourself or...</Summary>
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<Title>UMBC President Nomination form and Applciation</Title>
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<Summary>University of Maryland, Baltimore County has retained Isaacson, Miller to assist in the search for the next President. Gale Merseth and Keight Tucker Kennedy are leading this search with Vijay...</Summary>
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<Title>JHU "public history program jobs availavle</Title>
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<Summary>Dear colleagues and friends,     I am writing to let you know that Hopkins Retrospective, JHU's "public history" program is expanding! We're looking to hire 3 positions to support our various...</Summary>
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<Summary>CAHSS Senators are looking forward to serving the needs of our various departments and hope to receive some feedback through a first Town Hall. In order to get a better understanding of your own...</Summary>
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<Title>Department of History's Annual Robert K. Webb Lecture</Title>
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<Title>GEARS TRIVIA NIGHT</Title>
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    Hope you are doing well.<br>
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    I am confident that most of you are drowned in coursework and are eagerly
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    The GEARS committee is coming up with its first event for this semester on the
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    <p>Do you have an innate inclination
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    our "Trivia Night" is totally for you! </p><p><br></p><p>Please, get yourself registered
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    October</strong>, so hurry up and reserve your spot [limited 50 spots]. Thank you!</p><p></p>
    
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    <p><strong><span>Prize money will be announced
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    <p><strong><span>Food included <u>if</u> the
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    Regards<br>
    GEARS</p>
    
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