SEPTEMBER 2010

-Preparing for Ph.D. Candidacy: Rules, Regulations, and Forms

Friday, 9/17/10, 12 noon – 1 PM, Commons 331

-Success Seminar (Funding/Fellowships)
Wednesday, 9/22/10, 1:00-2:30 PM, AOK Library, 7th Floor Open Area

-Dissertation House for UMBC Employees (only)
Friday, 9/24/10, 9:00 – 5:00 PM (Part I), Commons 329
Friday, 10/1/10, 9:00 – 12 noon (Part II), Commons 329

-PROMISE Opening Meeting

Friday, 9/24/10, 4:30  – 6:30 PM, Public Policy 206

Dissertation House for UMBC Employees (only)
Friday, 9/24/10, 9:00 – 5:00 PM (Part I), Commons 329
Friday, 10/1/10, 9:00 – 12 noon (Part II), Commons 329

DISSERTATION HOUSE APPLICATION PROCEDURES

The on-campus setting provides Dissertation House participants with productive and rewarding scholastic engagement. Students who participate in this program will spend each day thinking, writing, and sharing ideas about their doctoral dissertations. Students will learn effective time-management skills; learn how to set small manageable goals, and will meet with a dissertation coach in one-on-one consultations to discuss and address obstacles that might prevent them completing their degrees.

This is a Friday (9 a.m. – 5 p.m., non-residential) commitment to focus on the doctoral dissertation. The Dissertation House activities focus on areas where students typically have difficulty: conceptualizing a topic, writing a literature review, transitioning from a proposal to a dissertation, analyzing data, writing the last chapter, and editing.

To apply to attend the Employee 2010 Dissertation House, submit a brief description (maximum 2 pages, font size 11-12 point 1 inch margins) that describes the project that you wish to accomplish during the Dissertation House period. Please use the following guidelines:

(1) Summary of the project, including research question(s), data or texts, and method;

(2) Amount completed on the project to date; and

(3) Any obstacles that you are encountering that hinder completion of the dissertation. Include the following header information with the description:

Name:
Address:
Telephone numbers (home, office, and fax):
E-mail address:
Academic Program:
Year in Program:
Degree Sought (Masters or Doctorate):
Expected Defense Date:
Expected Graduation Date:

DATES/LOCATION

• University of Maryland at Baltimore County (UMBC): Sept 24, 2010, (9-5) Room in Commons TBA
  
• University of Maryland at Baltimore County(UMBC): Oct 1: 9-12 (follow-up Session)
  

APPLICATION PERIOD

Monday, September 13 , 2010 – Friday, September 17, 2010.

Email applications to promisestaff@gmail.com with the subject line: “Dissertation House”

Dr. Carter opened the last day of UMCP’s Dissertation House with a talk on the “Academic Job Search.”  The week has been filled with mini-lectures, interactive exercises, cohort community building, and writing.  Here are some photos from the Summer 2010 Dissertation House at College Park.

You are invited to attend a workshop on the “Secrets of the Faculty Interview,” coming to UMBC’s Campus, Friday, August 20, 2010, 10:30 AM, The Commons, Room 331.

Speaker: Dr. Philip Rous, Dean of the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences.

Our Dissertation House Resource page has been updated with references for many of the books that we display during our workshops along with links that can be used for the job search. http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/resources/