2012 PROMISE Summer Success Institute (SSI)

Theme: Pathways to Success

Registration Website (Click here for additional information about SSI attire, venue, directions, parking, and transportation.)

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Dates: Friday and Saturday, August 17-18, 2012

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Features:

• PROMISE Orientation (For New/Incoming graduate students) Friday, 8/17, 9:00 AM
  • Location: UMBC AOK Library, 7th Floor (NEW Location)
• The “Success Equation” (All invited), Friday, 8/17, 10:00 AM
  • Location: UMBC AOK Library, 7th Floor (NEW Location)
• “ Succeeding in the first year, together” (For New/Incoming graduate students) Friday, 8/17, 11:15 AM
  • Location: UMBC AOK Library, 7th Floor (NEW Location)
• “Dissertation House for Advanced Graduate Students” (Friday, 8/17)
  • Location: UMBC Commons 329
• “Writing Suite for Postdocs” and “PROMISE Writing Team Annual Meeting” (Friday, 8/17)
• “Ph.D. Roll Call”  - Features PROMISE alumni, Mentors-in-Residence, Faculty, Co-PIs. (Saturday, 8/18)
• “Mastering the Graduate School Process: Tips for Having a Successful First Year” (Saturday, 8/18)
• “Pathways to Careers for Graduate Students: How to network, find a job, and build a career.” (For Continuing graduate students, Saturday, 8/18)
• “Managing Career Transitions” (For Postdocs, Professors, and Professionals, Saturday, 8/18)

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Location:

Friday, 8/17: UMBC Campus, The Commons, 3rd Floor, and the Library

Saturday, 8/18:  The Hotel at Arundel Preserve http://www.thehotelarundel.com/

 

• Hotel cost: $109.00/night + tax (Option for participants who wish to stay overnight. Hotel rooms for guest speakers from out-of-town are complimentary.) [$109 rate sold out, 8/16/12.]
• SSI Conference Registration cost: $Zero PLUS completion of evaluation and assessment materials.

____________________________________________________________________________________

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

UMBC Commons, 3rd Floor (Postdocs, Dissertation House, Alumni Writing Group Only)

and

Albin O. Kuhn Library, 7th Floor Open Area  (New students, continuing graduate students)

Arrive at 8:15 AM for registration and light breakfast refreshments: 

____________________________________________________________________________________

Concurrent Sessions – Friday, August 17: 9:00 AM: Morning Sessions

Postdoctoral Writing Suite, Dissertation House, Alumni Writing Group, PROMISE Orientation for New Participants

These concurrent sessions will be held on UMBC’s campus in the Commons (Student Center), 3rd Floor and on the 7th floor of the Albin O. Kuhn (AOK) Library, the main library on UMBC’s campus. See full agenda at the bottom of this page.

____________________________________________________________________________________

Friday, August 17, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM:  “The Success Equation”  (Session for All)

In 2012, Renetta Tull and her husband, Dr. Damon Tull, both former professors, developed an equation for success using Dr. Shirley Jackson’s equation for POWER as a basis. The “SUCCESS Equation” has been presented at MIT, and will be published in Optics and Photonics News in September 2012. The equation looks at the momentum of variables such as mentoring and focus, and the workshop has been designed to help graduate students at every level to evaluate practices that can facilitate success.

Session Leaders:

• Patrick Valdez, Director, College Access & Success Initiatives, Association of Public Land Grant Universities. Read his article: Patrick L. Valdez (2005), LATINO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: PROGRAMS AND CONTINUING CHALLENGES, in David Leon (ed.) Lessons in Leadership (Diversity in Higher Education, Volume 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.223-238

• Jennifer Joyner, Assistant Professor, Economics, CCBC. Professor Joyner specializes on financial literacy.  Along with encouragement, students will receive information regarding managing budgets in graduate school. Joyner was featured on WJZ- CBS News Baltimore for her expo on financial literacy and planning.

Patrick Valdez was introduced to PROMISE by alumna Dr. Frances D. Carter (UMBC, Public Policy) at the 2012 Understanding Interventions conference in Baltimore. Jennifer Joyner works with Dr. Al Starr at the Community College of Baltimore County. Dr. Starr co-leads the Teaching Fellows program that is part of our PROF-it: Professors in Training program. 

 

NEW LOCATION: UMBC Campus, AOK Library Open Area, 7th Floor

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Friday, August 17, 1:00  PM: Lunch Sections:

Postdocs, Alumni, and Dissertation House participants: Skylight Room, UMBC Commons

Graduate Students and guests: “True Grits Cafeteria”, UMBC Campus (Cost $6 + tax)

____________________________________________________________________________________

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2012

The Hotel at Arundel Preserve, 2nd Floor

Arrive at 8:15 AM for registration and light breakfast refreshments: 

____________________________________________________________________________________

Saturday, August 18, 8:45 AM: Welcome and Overview

____________________________________________________________________________________

Saturday, August 18, 9:00 AM – 10: 30 AM: “Your Electronic Self: Pros and Cons of Living a Digital Life in Academia” (Morning Plenary – Presentation and Discussion)

Session Leaders:

Dr. Scott Roberts, Director of Undergraduate Studies and a faculty member in the Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park.  Andrew Roberts, Associate Director, Communications and Marketing, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park.

Join brothers Scott and Andrew Roberts as they present research and lead an interactive discussion on digital media. ”As you transition from being students to becoming academic professionals, you are challenged with navigating a new and rapidly changing digital world.  Leveraged correctly, your electronic self can help you to advance in industry and academia alike … but the dark side of cell phones, computers and social networks can be the barrier between you and your career.  We will present the research and considerations on how our devices and profiles can make or break us and discuss how to establish and maintain an effective electronic self.”

The speakers for this workshop were nominated by Dr. Kim Nickerson, Assistant Dean for Diversity, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Maryland College Park. Dr. Nickerson has been actively involved with Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences AGEP community and participates in the NSF Joint Annual Meetings for all AGEP programs. 

Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff 

Dr. Ivan Esparragoza will join Dr. Villa-Komaroff for this special breakout session for postdocs, professors, and professionals. Dr. Esparragoza is a Mechanical Engineer, with degrees from Florida International University, Miami, FL,  and Universidad Del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia.  Dr. Esparragoza has won teaching awards in the United States and abroad, and is leading international discussions in Engineering Education.  He is one of the leaders of the Latin and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI), and will discuss ways to allow your passion for teaching and mentoring contribute to tenure, awards, and participation in international initiatives, including upcoming conferences in Austria and Argentina. Dr. Esparragoza is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State Brandywine.

Dr. Ivan Esparragoza learned about PROMISE during a seminar at the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions in Panama.  Dr. Esparragoza was especially interested in modeling programs that PROMISE sponsors such as Horizons for prospective students, and PROF-it (Professors-in-Training) initiatives. 

The following speakers will participate in  the session for continuing graduate students:  “Pathways to Careers for Graduate Students: How to network, find a job, and build a career”  on Saturday, August 18. Speakers will share their CVs and talk about their paths, from graduate school to their first job, and to their careers. Participants will be encouraged to take advantage of this unique mentoring and networking opportunity.*

Session Leader: Sundiata “Sunji” Jangha

This session is essential for all new graduate students in every discipline. Using some of the information from Dr. Howard G. Adams’ books on mentoring, Sunji Jangha will take new students through exercises that will prepare them to have a successful year in graduate school. Jangha, an SSI speaker in 2010, returns by popular demand and will share some of his own experiences as a graduate student at Georgia Tech. Jangha is the Director of Math/Science Upward Bound at UMBC. In addition to topics on mentoring from Sunji Jangha’s talks at Georgia Tech, Northwestern University, and MIT, this session will cover the following topics for new graduate students from Dr. Adams’ book:

• Transitioning to Graduate School
• Goal Planning Worksheet
• Sins of Graduate Students

2012 SSI Luncheon “Mentors-in-Residence” 

• Dr. Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead, UMBC, Language/Literacy/Culture. Current: Assistant Professor of Communications. Loyola University. TABLE TOPIC: How to Get a Book Contract.  Dr. Whitehead has book contracts with the University of South Carolina Press, and with Routledge. She is also the guest editor for a special anniversary edition of the   Black History Bulletin (ASALH) to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. Her emmy-nominated documentary films include: Twin Towers: A History and Life Lessons Learned in Last Place: The Zoe Koplowitz Story.  

———————————-

Dr. Angela McRae, UMCP, Human Development. (2012 Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award) Current: Lecturer at UMCP teaching undergraduate and graduate courses.  TABLE TOPIC: Maintaining Family/School/Work Balance

Dr. Patricia “Patti” Ordóñez Rozo, UMBC, Computer Science. Current: Developing Curricula at UMBC Training Centers.  Patti has been participating in PROMISE since she started graduate school at UMBC. She is an extraordinary teacher who has taught several classes at UMBC for the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department, and for Continuing and Professional Studies. She has innovative research collaborations with the Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.  One of her unique projects includes using her collaborative clinical support decision tool in Colombia, South America and using telemedicine to provide clinical decision support to impoverished areas of Colombia.  Starting August 31, 2012: Dr. Ordóñez Rozo will be Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras. Research: Computing and Medicine. TABLE TOPIC: Returning to Graduate School After Working.

Dr. Sophoria Nicole Westmoreland, UMCP, Mechanical Engineering. (Former National Graduate Student of the Year for the National Society of Black Engineers.) Dr. Westmoreland is a former LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Fellow, and was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Minority Ph.D. Program Fellowship sponsored by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME).  She presented her research on Capitol Hill in 2010, and after receiving faculty offers within and outside of Maryland, is looking forward to starting her new position this fall. Dr. Westmoreland and colleague, Dr. Alexis Williams, were among the leaders of the online blogging “revolution”  for the PROMISE Dissertation House. Blogging almost daily, Dr. Westmoreland, along with others, regularly encouraged students to finish their dissertations.   Current:  Assistant Research Professor, U.S. Naval Academy, TABLE TOPIC: The Academic Job Interview

Dr. Stacy Nicholson, Maryland Chiropractor, TABLE TOPIC: Avoiding Consequences of Stress

SSI 2012 Agenda

About the Summer Success Institute (SSI)

About PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP 

Orientation: UMBC’s President, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski talks about PROMISE: http://www.youtube.com/user/PROMISEagep/featured

Follow @PROMISE_AGEP on Twitter for articles, advice, and up-to-the-minute information.

____________________________________________________________________________________

Please stay tuned to this page for regular updates on speakers and logistics.

Last update: August 16, 2012

The primary sponsor for the 2012 PROMISE AGEP Summer Success Institute is The National Science Foundation, Division of Education and Human Resources, Directorate of Human Resource Development, Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) “PROMISE Pathways”  grant #1111217 . Co-sponsorship is provided by The Graduate School at UMBC, The University of Maryland College Park Graduate School, and The University of Maryland Baltimore Graduate School.

2012 PROMISE Summer Success Institute (SSI)

Theme: Pathways to Success

Registration Website (Click here for additional information about SSI attire, venue, directions, parking, and transportation.)

____________________________________________________________________________________

Dates: Friday and Saturday, August 17-18, 2012

___________________________________________________________________________________

Features:

• PROMISE Orientation (For New/Incoming graduate students) Friday, 8/17, 9:00 AM
  • Location: UMBC AOK Library, 7th Floor (NEW Location)
• The “Success Equation” (All invited), Friday, 8/17, 10:00 AM
  • Location: UMBC AOK Library, 7th Floor (NEW Location)
• “ Succeeding in the first year, together” (For New/Incoming graduate students) Friday, 8/17, 11:15 AM
  • Location: UMBC AOK Library, 7th Floor (NEW Location)
• “Dissertation House for Advanced Graduate Students” (Friday, 8/17)
  • Location: UMBC Commons 329
• “Writing Suite for Postdocs” and “PROMISE Writing Team Annual Meeting” (Friday, 8/17)
• “Ph.D. Roll Call”  - Features PROMISE alumni, Mentors-in-Residence, Faculty, Co-PIs. (Saturday, 8/18)
• “Mastering the Graduate School Process: Tips for Having a Successful First Year” (Saturday, 8/18)
• “Pathways to Careers for Graduate Students: How to network, find a job, and build a career.” (For Continuing graduate students, Saturday, 8/18)
• “Managing Career Transitions” (For Postdocs, Professors, and Professionals, Saturday, 8/18)

____________________________________________________________________________________

Location:

Friday, 8/17: UMBC Campus, The Commons, 3rd Floor, and the Library

Saturday, 8/18:  The Hotel at Arundel Preserve http://www.thehotelarundel.com/

 

• Hotel cost: $109.00/night + tax (Option for participants who wish to stay overnight. Hotel rooms for guest speakers from out-of-town are complimentary.) [$109 rate sold out, 8/16/12.]
• SSI Conference Registration cost: $Zero PLUS completion of evaluation and assessment materials.

____________________________________________________________________________________

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

UMBC Commons, 3rd Floor (Postdocs, Dissertation House, Alumni Writing Group Only)

and

Albin O. Kuhn Library, 7th Floor Open Area  (New students, continuing graduate students)

Arrive at 8:15 AM for registration and light breakfast refreshments: 

____________________________________________________________________________________

Concurrent Sessions – Friday, August 17: 9:00 AM: Morning Sessions

Postdoctoral Writing Suite, Dissertation House, Alumni Writing Group, PROMISE Orientation for New Participants

These concurrent sessions will be held on UMBC’s campus in the Commons (Student Center), 3rd Floor and on the 7th floor of the Albin O. Kuhn (AOK) Library, the main library on UMBC’s campus. See full agenda at the bottom of this page.

____________________________________________________________________________________

Friday, August 17, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM:  “The Success Equation”  (Session for All)

In 2012, Renetta Tull and her husband, Dr. Damon Tull, both former professors, developed an equation for success using Dr. Shirley Jackson’s equation for POWER as a basis. The “SUCCESS Equation” has been presented at MIT, and will be published in Optics and Photonics News in September 2012. The equation looks at the momentum of variables such as mentoring and focus, and the workshop has been designed to help graduate students at every level to evaluate practices that can facilitate success.

Session Leaders:

• Patrick Valdez, Director, College Access & Success Initiatives, Association of Public Land Grant Universities. Read his article: Patrick L. Valdez (2005), LATINO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: PROGRAMS AND CONTINUING CHALLENGES, in David Leon (ed.) Lessons in Leadership (Diversity in Higher Education, Volume 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.223-238

• Jennifer Joyner, Assistant Professor, Economics, CCBC. Professor Joyner specializes on financial literacy.  Along with encouragement, students will receive information regarding managing budgets in graduate school. Joyner was featured on WJZ- CBS News Baltimore for her expo on financial literacy and planning.

Patrick Valdez was introduced to PROMISE by alumna Dr. Frances D. Carter (UMBC, Public Policy) at the 2012 Understanding Interventions conference in Baltimore. Jennifer Joyner works with Dr. Al Starr at the Community College of Baltimore County. Dr. Starr co-leads the Teaching Fellows program that is part of our PROF-it: Professors in Training program. 

 

NEW LOCATION: UMBC Campus, AOK Library Open Area, 7th Floor

____________________________________________________________________________________

Friday, August 17, 1:00  PM: Lunch Sections:

Postdocs, Alumni, and Dissertation House participants: Skylight Room, UMBC Commons

Graduate Students and guests: “True Grits Cafeteria”, UMBC Campus (Cost $6 + tax)

____________________________________________________________________________________

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2012

The Hotel at Arundel Preserve, 2nd Floor

Arrive at 8:15 AM for registration and light breakfast refreshments: 

____________________________________________________________________________________

Saturday, August 18, 8:45 AM: Welcome and Overview

____________________________________________________________________________________

Saturday, August 18, 9:00 AM – 10: 30 AM: “Your Electronic Self: Pros and Cons of Living a Digital Life in Academia” (Morning Plenary – Presentation and Discussion)

Session Leaders:

Dr. Scott Roberts, Director of Undergraduate Studies and a faculty member in the Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park.  Andrew Roberts, Associate Director, Communications and Marketing, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park.

Join brothers Scott and Andrew Roberts as they present research and lead an interactive discussion on digital media. ”As you transition from being students to becoming academic professionals, you are challenged with navigating a new and rapidly changing digital world.  Leveraged correctly, your electronic self can help you to advance in industry and academia alike … but the dark side of cell phones, computers and social networks can be the barrier between you and your career.  We will present the research and considerations on how our devices and profiles can make or break us and discuss how to establish and maintain an effective electronic self.”

The speakers for this workshop were nominated by Dr. Kim Nickerson, Assistant Dean for Diversity, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Maryland College Park. Dr. Nickerson has been actively involved with Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences AGEP community and participates in the NSF Joint Annual Meetings for all AGEP programs. 

Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff 

Dr. Ivan Esparragoza will join Dr. Villa-Komaroff for this special breakout session for postdocs, professors, and professionals. Dr. Esparragoza is a Mechanical Engineer, with degrees from Florida International University, Miami, FL,  and Universidad Del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia.  Dr. Esparragoza has won teaching awards in the United States and abroad, and is leading international discussions in Engineering Education.  He is one of the leaders of the Latin and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI), and will discuss ways to allow your passion for teaching and mentoring contribute to tenure, awards, and participation in international initiatives, including upcoming conferences in Austria and Argentina. Dr. Esparragoza is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State Brandywine.

Dr. Ivan Esparragoza learned about PROMISE during a seminar at the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions in Panama.  Dr. Esparragoza was especially interested in modeling programs that PROMISE sponsors such as Horizons for prospective students, and PROF-it (Professors-in-Training) initiatives. 

The following speakers will participate in  the session for continuing graduate students:  “Pathways to Careers for Graduate Students: How to network, find a job, and build a career”  on Saturday, August 18. Speakers will share their CVs and talk about their paths, from graduate school to their first job, and to their careers. Participants will be encouraged to take advantage of this unique mentoring and networking opportunity.*

Session Leader: Sundiata “Sunji” Jangha

This session is essential for all new graduate students in every discipline. Using some of the information from Dr. Howard G. Adams’ books on mentoring, Sunji Jangha will take new students through exercises that will prepare them to have a successful year in graduate school. Jangha, an SSI speaker in 2010, returns by popular demand and will share some of his own experiences as a graduate student at Georgia Tech. Jangha is the Director of Math/Science Upward Bound at UMBC. In addition to topics on mentoring from Sunji Jangha’s talks at Georgia Tech, Northwestern University, and MIT, this session will cover the following topics for new graduate students from Dr. Adams’ book:

• Transitioning to Graduate School
• Goal Planning Worksheet
• Sins of Graduate Students

2012 SSI Luncheon “Mentors-in-Residence” 

• Dr. Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead, UMBC, Language/Literacy/Culture. Current: Assistant Professor of Communications. Loyola University. TABLE TOPIC: How to Get a Book Contract.  Dr. Whitehead has book contracts with the University of South Carolina Press, and with Routledge. She is also the guest editor for a special anniversary edition of the   Black History Bulletin (ASALH) to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. Her emmy-nominated documentary films include: Twin Towers: A History and Life Lessons Learned in Last Place: The Zoe Koplowitz Story.  

———————————-

Dr. Angela McRae, UMCP, Human Development. (2012 Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award) Current: Lecturer at UMCP teaching undergraduate and graduate courses.  TABLE TOPIC: Maintaining Family/School/Work Balance

Dr. Patricia “Patti” Ordóñez Rozo, UMBC, Computer Science. Current: Developing Curricula at UMBC Training Centers.  Patti has been participating in PROMISE since she started graduate school at UMBC. She is an extraordinary teacher who has taught several classes at UMBC for the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department, and for Continuing and Professional Studies. She has innovative research collaborations with the Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.  One of her unique projects includes using her collaborative clinical support decision tool in Colombia, South America and using telemedicine to provide clinical decision support to impoverished areas of Colombia.  Starting August 31, 2012: Dr. Ordóñez Rozo will be Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras. Research: Computing and Medicine. TABLE TOPIC: Returning to Graduate School After Working.

Dr. Sophoria Nicole Westmoreland, UMCP, Mechanical Engineering. (Former National Graduate Student of the Year for the National Society of Black Engineers.) Dr. Westmoreland is a former LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Fellow, and was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Minority Ph.D. Program Fellowship sponsored by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME).  She presented her research on Capitol Hill in 2010, and after receiving faculty offers within and outside of Maryland, is looking forward to starting her new position this fall. Dr. Westmoreland and colleague, Dr. Alexis Williams, were among the leaders of the online blogging “revolution”  for the PROMISE Dissertation House. Blogging almost daily, Dr. Westmoreland, along with others, regularly encouraged students to finish their dissertations.   Current:  Assistant Research Professor, U.S. Naval Academy, TABLE TOPIC: The Academic Job Interview

Dr. Stacy Nicholson, Maryland Chiropractor, TABLE TOPIC: Avoiding Consequences of Stress

SSI 2012 Agenda

About the Summer Success Institute (SSI)

About PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP 

Orientation: UMBC’s President, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski talks about PROMISE: http://www.youtube.com/user/PROMISEagep/featured

Follow @PROMISE_AGEP on Twitter for articles, advice, and up-to-the-minute information.

____________________________________________________________________________________

Please stay tuned to this page for regular updates on speakers and logistics.

Last update: August 16, 2012

The primary sponsor for the 2012 PROMISE AGEP Summer Success Institute is The National Science Foundation, Division of Education and Human Resources, Directorate of Human Resource Development, Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) “PROMISE Pathways”  grant #1111217 . Co-sponsorship is provided by The Graduate School at UMBC, The University of Maryland College Park Graduate School, and The University of Maryland Baltimore Graduate School.

Click photo to read the full article on Time.com

UMBC will host the annual Summer Horizons program for undergraduate students and others who are interested in learning more about graduate school admission, particularly in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. The 1-day workshop will feature sessions on the GRE, Statement of Purpose, Recommendation Letters, and other topics related to preparing for graduate school.  The keynote speaker will be the President of UMBC, Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.

• Wednesday, July 18, 2012
• The program will begin at 9:30 AM and will end at 12:30 PM.
• Meyerhoff Chemistry Building, Room 120

This program is open to anyone who is interested in learning more about UMBC and the graduate admissions process.  The graduate school preparation material is applicable to most U.S. institutions.  Faculty and staff may invite prospective students to this event.  Visitors from out-of-town are welcome to attend.

As part of the PROMISE Pathways project, undergraduate and master’s students  from schools within the University System of Maryland have a special invitation to attend. We also invite students from all summer programs within the DC/Maryland/Virginia (DMV) region, and students who are either local or will travel the distance to learn more about graduate school.

Invitations are also extended to:

• All UMBC undergraduate students
• Students from NSF programs such as LSAMP, AGEP, NSF ERC, RDE etc., at any school
• McNair programs at any school.
• Students from organizations such as SHPE, SACNAS, NSBE, and AISES at any school in the country are welcome to attend.
• We also invite professionals who are considering returning to graduate school for an advanced degree.

Light refreshments and lunch will be provided. This program is free, but potential participants must register.

If you are interested in attending, or in registering a group, please RSVP by posting a comment here with name, school, and major.  Program directors who have a cohort of students may send an email with a list of students that provides names, undergraduate institutions, and majors to promisestaff@gmail.com. Students from UMBC may RSVP on MyUMBC: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/12118

Summer Horizons is co-sponsored by PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP, The Meyerhoff Graduate Biomedical Fellows Program, and The Graduate School at UMBC.

_________________________________________________________________________

Directions and Parking (Updated, July 12, 2012): 

http://summerhorizons.wordpress.com/directions-and-parking/

_________________________________________________________________________

Related articles

• UMBC President Named In Time Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People (baltimore.cbslocal.com)
• UMBC’s President, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, celebrates graduate students this afternoon, April 4, 2012 (promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com)

Primary sponsorship for this program has been provided by the National Science Foundation, HRD grant #1111217 – “PROMISE Pathways.” PROMISE Pathways is a project of PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP).  Read more about PROMISE: http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/publications/

Click photo to read the full article on Time.com

UMBC will host the annual Summer Horizons program for undergraduate students and others who are interested in learning more about graduate school admission, particularly in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. The 1-day workshop will feature sessions on the GRE, Statement of Purpose, Recommendation Letters, and other topics related to preparing for graduate school.  The keynote speaker will be the President of UMBC, Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.

• Wednesday, July 18, 2012
• The program will begin at 9:30 AM and will end at 12:30 PM.
• Meyerhoff Chemistry Building, Room 120

This program is open to anyone who is interested in learning more about UMBC and the graduate admissions process.  The graduate school preparation material is applicable to most U.S. institutions.  Faculty and staff may invite prospective students to this event.  Visitors from out-of-town are welcome to attend.

As part of the PROMISE Pathways project, undergraduate and master’s students  from schools within the University System of Maryland have a special invitation to attend. We also invite students from all summer programs within the DC/Maryland/Virginia (DMV) region, and students who are either local or will travel the distance to learn more about graduate school.

Invitations are also extended to:

• All UMBC undergraduate students
• Students from NSF programs such as LSAMP, AGEP, NSF ERC, RDE etc., at any school
• McNair programs at any school.
• Students from organizations such as SHPE, SACNAS, NSBE, and AISES at any school in the country are welcome to attend.
• We also invite professionals who are considering returning to graduate school for an advanced degree.

Light refreshments and lunch will be provided. This program is free, but potential participants must register.

If you are interested in attending, or in registering a group, please RSVP by posting a comment here with name, school, and major.  Program directors who have a cohort of students may send an email with a list of students that provides names, undergraduate institutions, and majors to promisestaff@gmail.com. Students from UMBC may RSVP on MyUMBC: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/12118

Summer Horizons is co-sponsored by PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP, The Meyerhoff Graduate Biomedical Fellows Program, and The Graduate School at UMBC.

_________________________________________________________________________

Directions and Parking (Updated, July 12, 2012): 

http://summerhorizons.wordpress.com/directions-and-parking/

_________________________________________________________________________

Related articles

• UMBC President Named In Time Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People (baltimore.cbslocal.com)
• UMBC’s President, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, celebrates graduate students this afternoon, April 4, 2012 (promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com)

Primary sponsorship for this program has been provided by the National Science Foundation, HRD grant #1111217 – “PROMISE Pathways.” PROMISE Pathways is a project of PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP).  Read more about PROMISE: http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/publications/

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of UMBC, one of Time Magazines “100 Most Influential People in the World,” and one of the “10 Best College Presidents,” talks about PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP and ways that developing community facilitates success.

Related articles

• UMBC President Named In Time Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People (baltimore.cbslocal.com)
• UMBC’s President, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, celebrates graduate students this afternoon, April 4, 2012 (promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com)

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of UMBC, one of Time Magazines “100 Most Influential People in the World,” and one of the “10 Best College Presidents,” talks about PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP and ways that developing community facilitates success.

Related articles

• UMBC President Named In Time Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People (baltimore.cbslocal.com)
• UMBC’s President, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, celebrates graduate students this afternoon, April 4, 2012 (promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com)

The PROMISE Dissertation House is committed to helping students to finish their dissertations.  Therefore, we invite all students who have participated in a past Dissertation House or one of the “How to Complete Your Thesis or Dissertation” to participate in the Summer Dissertation House weekend rooms. You may come to work on proposals, dissertations, grant applications, teaching portfolios, or any writing project that will move you closer to graduation.

Time and Location: 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM, nearly every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during the summer; Math/Psychology Building, Room 103, UMBC Campus.

Parking: Parking on UMBC’s campus requires a permit Monday 7:00 AM through Friday 3:30 PM. Parking in open spaces and lots without gates will be free on weekends, starting on Fridays at 3:30 PM, and ending Mondays at 7:00 AM. Visitor parking is available in metered lots. Meters are enforced year round Monday-Friday from 7:30 am – 9:00 pm. Meter fees are $.25 for each 15 minutes, quarters only, maximum time of 5 hours.

JUNE 

June 1, 2, 3;  June 8, 9, 10;  June 15, 16, 17;  June 22, 23, 24;  June 29, 30, & July 1

JULY

Jul 20, 21, 22; July 27, 28, 29

AUGUST

August 3, 4, 5; August 10, 11, 12, August 24, 25, 26

Friday August 17 – Dissertation House at the PROMISE Summer Success Institute with Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale (Application Required)

Weekend requirement: Post your goals  to the blog daily. The “Winter Challenge 2012″ blog will be used until June 30. The “Summer Challenge 2012″ blog will begin on July 1. 

Students from all campuses (UMBC, UMB, UMCP, UMES, Morgan, GW, CMU, UPitt, etc.) who have participated in a DH activity or workshop in the past are invited to utilize this room for the summer. We will have short motivational sessions with PhD alumni or coaches on select Fridays.

The PROMISE Dissertation House is committed to helping students to finish their dissertations.  Therefore, we invite all students who have participated in a past Dissertation House or one of the “How to Complete Your Thesis or Dissertation” to participate in the Summer Dissertation House weekend rooms. You may come to work on proposals, dissertations, grant applications, teaching portfolios, or any writing project that will move you closer to graduation.

Time and Location: 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM, nearly every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during the summer; Math/Psychology Building, Room 103, UMBC Campus.

Parking: Parking on UMBC’s campus requires a permit Monday 7:00 AM through Friday 3:30 PM. Parking in open spaces and lots without gates will be free on weekends, starting on Fridays at 3:30 PM, and ending Mondays at 7:00 AM. Visitor parking is available in metered lots. Meters are enforced year round Monday-Friday from 7:30 am – 9:00 pm. Meter fees are $.25 for each 15 minutes, quarters only, maximum time of 5 hours.

JUNE 

June 1, 2, 3;  June 8, 9, 10;  June 15, 16, 17;  June 22, 23, 24;  June 29, 30, & July 1

JULY

Jul 20, 21, 22; July 27, 28, 29

AUGUST

August 3, 4, 5; August 10, 11, 12, August 24, 25, 26

Friday August 17 – Dissertation House at the PROMISE Summer Success Institute with Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale (Application Required)

Weekend requirement: Post your goals  to the blog daily. The “Winter Challenge 2012″ blog will be used until June 30. The “Summer Challenge 2012″ blog will begin on July 1. 

Students from all campuses (UMBC, UMB, UMCP, UMES, Morgan, GW, CMU, UPitt, etc.) who have participated in a DH activity or workshop in the past are invited to utilize this room for the summer. We will have short motivational sessions with PhD alumni or coaches on select Fridays.

PROMISE will be visiting the Aerospace Corporation (http://www.aero.org) on Tuesday, June 5 at their Chantilly, VA office. In accordance with their mission, they would like to meet PROMISE graduate students (US citizens) in EE, CS, Aerospace, and Cybersecurity. They are hiring interns and would like to start a relationship with students who are interested in full-time positions or post-docs.  We have 10 spaces available for M.S. and Ph.D. students for this one-day trip? If  you are interested, please have them send your CVs, unofficial transcript, and a short paragraph that describes your interest to rtull@umbc.edu, with “Aerospace Corp.” in the subject line by Wednesday, May 9, 2012 .  Lunch will be served on-site at Aerospace.  Aerospace Engineer, Dr. Clyde V. Moseberry has already been mentoring some of the students from PROMISE over the years.  He is looking forward to meeting the group.

A van will leave UMBC’s campus, Administration Building at 8:30 AM, and is scheduled to return by 5:00 PM. The trip is co-sponsored by PROMISE and the Aerospace Corporation. There is no cost to the student.

The information below was send directly from Aerospace to provide students with a list of their specialty areas.  You don’t have to apply for anything right away, but please take a look at their list of  R&D areas. 

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The Aerospace Corporation’s Engineering and Technology Group, provides cross-program technical support to a variety of military, commercial and corporate projects.  Our group of top-notch engineers and scientists (42% hold an MS and 28% hold a PhD) works to assess and evaluate existing and new space technologies, investigate and resolve anomalies, and conduct research and development.  The Aerospace’s Engineering and Technology Group is leading the way in realizing the full potential of space and ground support technology.

All positions require excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with customers, contractors and colleagues. In exchange for your contributions, we offer competitive compensation and exceptional benefits. In order to be considered for any positions within the company, you must create an account in our career center and submit your resume online by copying and pasting it into our system. Please go to www.aero.org/careers, and click on “How to Apply” for more information.

U.S. Citizenship required

All applicants must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Equal Opportunity Employer

www.aero.org

Related article: Research vs Development – Careers in Industry.  http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/research-vs-development-building-a-career-in-the-modern-tech-industry-friday-may-4-umbc/

PROMISE will be visiting the Aerospace Corporation (http://www.aero.org) on Tuesday, June 5 at their Chantilly, VA office. In accordance with their mission, they would like to meet PROMISE graduate students (US citizens) in EE, CS, Aerospace, and Cybersecurity. They are hiring interns and would like to start a relationship with students who are interested in full-time positions or post-docs.  We have 10 spaces available for M.S. and Ph.D. students for this one-day trip? If  you are interested, please have them send your CVs, unofficial transcript, and a short paragraph that describes your interest to rtull@umbc.edu, with “Aerospace Corp.” in the subject line by Wednesday, May 9, 2012 .  Lunch will be served on-site at Aerospace.  Aerospace Engineer, Dr. Clyde V. Moseberry has already been mentoring some of the students from PROMISE over the years.  He is looking forward to meeting the group.

A van will leave UMBC’s campus, Administration Building at 8:30 AM, and is scheduled to return by 5:00 PM. The trip is co-sponsored by PROMISE and the Aerospace Corporation. There is no cost to the student.

The information below was send directly from Aerospace to provide students with a list of their specialty areas.  You don’t have to apply for anything right away, but please take a look at their list of  R&D areas. 

———————————————

The Aerospace Corporation’s Engineering and Technology Group, provides cross-program technical support to a variety of military, commercial and corporate projects.  Our group of top-notch engineers and scientists (42% hold an MS and 28% hold a PhD) works to assess and evaluate existing and new space technologies, investigate and resolve anomalies, and conduct research and development.  The Aerospace’s Engineering and Technology Group is leading the way in realizing the full potential of space and ground support technology.

All positions require excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with customers, contractors and colleagues. In exchange for your contributions, we offer competitive compensation and exceptional benefits. In order to be considered for any positions within the company, you must create an account in our career center and submit your resume online by copying and pasting it into our system. Please go to www.aero.org/careers, and click on “How to Apply” for more information.

U.S. Citizenship required

All applicants must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Equal Opportunity Employer

www.aero.org

Related article: Research vs Development – Careers in Industry.  http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/research-vs-development-building-a-career-in-the-modern-tech-industry-friday-may-4-umbc/