Dear PROMISE community,

Over the last year, the NSF PROMISE AGEP has been strengthening relationships with NSF ADVANCE programs which serve women faculty. Some of the ADVANCE programs are working to broaden participation at the faculty level for women and for underrepresented scholars (male and female). You already know that UMBC has a Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity (applications due Nov. 16, 2012.) Our friends and colleagues at Northeastern also have invited PROMISE participants to apply for their fellowship, due January 2013.  Here are the details from Northeastern. Please note that we have other PROMISE alumni who have lived and worked in Massachusetts (MIT, Harvard, University of Massachusetts Amherst), so if you win the fellowship, we will be able to connect you with contacts.

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Northeastern University STEM Future Faculty Fellowship Program

Northeastern University invites nominations and applications from candidates in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields for the Northeastern University STEM Future Faculty Fellowship Program. 

Northeastern University’s mission emphasizes translational research that addresses global challenges and enhances social wellbeing.  Northeastern University strives to create a vibrant and diverse community, characterized by collaboration, creativity, and unwavering commitment to excellence and an equally unwavering commitment to exhibiting respect for one another.  Northeastern celebrates diversity in all its forms and fosters a culture of respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds community. 

Consistent with Northeastern’s mission, vision and core values, the objectives of the STEM Future Faculty fellowship program are:

1)      to encourage and promote excellence and diversity in the pool of future faculty candidates in the STEM fields at Northeastern;

2)      to introduce to Northeastern’s academic community qualified postdoctoral researchers in the STEM fields who are considering faculty careers;

3)      to enhance opportunities for academic careers in the STEM fields for persons from diverse backgrounds who have demonstrated a commitment to an inclusive faculty and an inclusive academic experience for all students;

4)      to prepare Future Faculty Fellows for possible tenure-track appointments at Northeastern;

5)      to enhance the academic environment of Northeastern’s STEM fields by providing opportunities for students and faculty to gain experience in multi-cultural, broadly diverse and inclusive work settings and research collaborations that improve the capacity of all their members.  

This information can be found online at:  http://www.northeastern.edu/advance/recruitment/northeastern-university-stem-future-faculty-fellowship-program/

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Dear PROMISE community,

Over the last year, the NSF PROMISE AGEP has been strengthening relationships with NSF ADVANCE programs which serve women faculty. Some of the ADVANCE programs are working to broaden participation at the faculty level for women and for underrepresented scholars (male and female). You already know that UMBC has a Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity (applications due Nov. 16, 2012.) Our friends and colleagues at Northeastern also have invited PROMISE participants to apply for their fellowship, due January 2013.  Here are the details from Northeastern. Please note that we have other PROMISE alumni who have lived and worked in Massachusetts (MIT, Harvard, University of Massachusetts Amherst), so if you win the fellowship, we will be able to connect you with contacts.

_____________________________________________________________

Northeastern University STEM Future Faculty Fellowship Program

Northeastern University invites nominations and applications from candidates in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields for the Northeastern University STEM Future Faculty Fellowship Program. 

Northeastern University’s mission emphasizes translational research that addresses global challenges and enhances social wellbeing.  Northeastern University strives to create a vibrant and diverse community, characterized by collaboration, creativity, and unwavering commitment to excellence and an equally unwavering commitment to exhibiting respect for one another.  Northeastern celebrates diversity in all its forms and fosters a culture of respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds community. 

Consistent with Northeastern’s mission, vision and core values, the objectives of the STEM Future Faculty fellowship program are:

1)      to encourage and promote excellence and diversity in the pool of future faculty candidates in the STEM fields at Northeastern;

2)      to introduce to Northeastern’s academic community qualified postdoctoral researchers in the STEM fields who are considering faculty careers;

3)      to enhance opportunities for academic careers in the STEM fields for persons from diverse backgrounds who have demonstrated a commitment to an inclusive faculty and an inclusive academic experience for all students;

4)      to prepare Future Faculty Fellows for possible tenure-track appointments at Northeastern;

5)      to enhance the academic environment of Northeastern’s STEM fields by providing opportunities for students and faculty to gain experience in multi-cultural, broadly diverse and inclusive work settings and research collaborations that improve the capacity of all their members.  

This information can be found online at:  http://www.northeastern.edu/advance/recruitment/northeastern-university-stem-future-faculty-fellowship-program/

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1. Sometimes what matters is not just who wins but by how much. Take Maryland’s Question 6, which would allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. The outcome is going to send a message across America, and a part of that message is going to be encompassed in the amount of support for each side. Every vote will matter. 
2. Public officials and candidates in the next election are going to know how many people in your demographic group voted, and that knowledge is likely to shape their priorities. If you want them to address the concerns of your age group (for example), you should show up and be counted. 
3. The point of an election is not just to choose the winning candidates. It is also to affirm that we are one nation despite our differences. When you participate, you become symbolically connected to every living American, every patriot who ever sacrificed for our country, every civil rights hero, and to the Revolution itself. In the diverse faces standing in lines that bend around the walls of our schools, community centers, and government buildings, we see our family, friends, neighbors, and fellow citizens demonstrating their commitment to democracy. And they should see you. 
4. To vote is to accept responsibility. Our communities and nation face countless challenges. Our governments at every level are taking action, or failing to act, in our name. You can turn your back and rage against the machine, or you can get your hands dirty building a better world. Voting alone is not going to fix anything, but it is an important step: a way of saying, “I’m here and ready to play my part.” 
5. Voting is not just a civic ritual but a firsthand experience of the democratic process. What do you think of early voting? Electronic voting? Voting for electors rather than directly for President? Vote, gain some insight, and then do something about it. 
6. A vote is a ticket to broader influence. Even if your vote will not determine the outcome of the election, your conversations and organizing work can inspire many other voters, enough to make a difference. But if you don’t vote, you have no credibility. 
7. There is power in walking your talk. Vote, and you do not have to live with the image of yourself as a maker of excuses. Vote, and be proud that you did.

• I wish every voter could have the experience of truly getting to know people who are superficially different from themselves along as many dimensions as possible (including race, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, geographic origin, citizenship status, religion, political ideology and life experience).  I want everyone who votes to understand the impact of alternative choices through many people's eyes.

• I wish every voter could have the experience of working successfully with others to solve a serious community problem or build an important new resource.  That would position them to anticipate the outcome of alternative courses of action, and to evaluate candidates' competing claims.

• I wish every voter could have a thorough education in climate science and natural resource economics, so they could trace the impact of our consumption and pollution on long-term weather patterns, sea levels, ecosystems, the ice caps, the ozone layer, and our water supply.  Voters with that knowledge could anticipate consequences of different energy policies, and evaluate candidates based in part on how their actions would contribute to the sustainability of planetary resources on which all our lives and our well-being depend.
  

• Just got back from STRiVE, twas epic. 

• STRiVE is fun, energizing and, for many, life-changing.  I know it has been for me.

• Going to STRiVE was literally the best decision I've made since being in college. I met so many amazing people. :)

• My Tweet list is filled with tweets about Strive... #iwannagoback

• Learned the best lessons, made the best memories, and met the best friends #STRiVE2012

• Most amazing week at STRiVE. Miss you guys already. 

• This past week at STRiVE has been one of the most amazing in my life. I could not have imagined a more amazing, life changing experience! I love all my fellow STRiVErs!! 

• Such an amazing group of people in such a close proximity couldn't have been legal. STRiVE 2012 --> Spectacular 

• Had such a good time at Strive! Thankful for the people that I got to meet and just so happy that we became a community in just 5 days..Strive 2012 ♥ 

• Just got back from STRiVE! I would be lying if I said it wasn't one of the most profound experiences of my life 

• Strive was amazing... flat. 

• knows when #STRiVE2012 is banging when everyone is friending and tweeting after one of the BEST experience ever from complete strangers to having everyone to lean on. This is only the beginning everyone. 

• I LOVED STRiVE! Kept me busy, but it was worth it. 

• Had an excellent time at STRIVE, made memories that will last forever 

• Just got back today from an amazing week with 59 of my fellow UMBC students and staff members...now I can't wait to start getting more involved on campus and seeing some of the awesome ideas everyone came up with coming to fruition. Thanks to everyone for making it so great! 

• STRiVE 2012 was an incredible experience. Words cannot describe what had taken place and what was taken from those 5 days. Meeting new people, strengthening friendship bonds with old acquaintances, learning more about oneself and others, shedding tears and just plain old having fun. 

• This week was indescribable. I am changed, and absolutely for the better. 

• I now understand what everyone meant when they told me that STRiVE would be a life-changing experience. It was a sleep-deprived, introspective, crazy, wonderful experience and I can't believe that it's over. Thank you fellow STRiVErs for being a part of it, you are all truly inspiring and beautiful human beings♥

To learn more about STRiVE and complete the application, go here: http://tinyurl.com/UMBCSTRiVE2013.

You can also read my post-STRiVE reflections and check out some photos from STRiVE 2012 (here), STRiVE 2011 (here), STRiVE 2010 (here), and STRiVE 2009 (here).

The application is due by Thursday, November 15^th at 5:00 p.m. If you have questions about STRiVE, email Virginia Byrne: vbyrne@umbc.edu.

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