Real People Profiles: Kevin Lee
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: This is my first year at UMBC.
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: I am the Community Director for Chesapeake Hall!
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: I foster learning and help students make the most of their college experience.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: It's really simple, talking with students and hearing what they have to say is what I enjoy. I love listening to the stories of where people come from and what they want to do in life. Being able to build that relationship to help or just to listen to students has been rewarding.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: I've learned a lot in college but I would say my top 3 are: 1. Get involved in something positive in college whether that is a club, fraternity/sorority, sports, service, etc. 2. Find that staff/faculty/administrator that can be your mentor and a good reference for more than just your academics. 3. Find that best friend and make awesome memories because it won't be the same after you graduate.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Traveling and eating good food!
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
A: I have to explore more of the campus and have been told many places I need to go. One place that I did like was the top floor of the library and being able to see the campus. Also just the whole area by Erickson Field, the pond and The Commons is always lively especially when the weather is nice.
BONUS VIDEO QUESTION: What else would you like to share? Ask yourself a question and answer it.
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Celebrate Black and Gold (Thursday, May 3rd, 6 - 8 p.m., UC Ballroom, hosted by the Office of Student Life and SGA) is an event that will shine a light on these features of campus life. And like the campus community itself, Celebrate Black and Gold will be a collective production, which means you can--and should--get involved. Want the world to know about something you or your organization accomplished year that made a difference? Want to give a shout out to a student or an organization that made an outstanding contribution to campus life? Just submit video, photos or text. You also can sign up to share your talents by performing.
There also will be awards for individual students and student organizations. Read more and submit your contributions/nominations
here. The deadline is
Wednesday, April 25th at 5:00 p.m.
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In 2007, Willie Merrell, a theoretical particle physics student from PROMISE at College Park, shared the following information following his doctoral defense. Willie was part of the first group of PROMISE Peer Mentors. We reprise this article which has been used as a handout for the Dissertation House, and hope that it will assist a wide range of students.
—————————————————————————
In my experience from watching dissertation defenses and from defending my own dissertation, I have observed that there are three important components to any successful defense. These components are:
1. The Presentation
2. The Original Work
3. Your Work in Context
Here are some tips I’ve learned for performing well on each component.
1) The Presentation
This area is sometimes overlooked because it is viewed as superficial, especially when compared to the actual work that is being judged. However, just as in dating, presentation matters. In a defense, one can’t get by just on a great looking presentation, but it can help in getting the relevant information across and in eliminating unwanted questions arising from simple misunderstandings.
The key parts to having a good presentation are:
a) Making the presentation readable. Make sure that relevant characters can be seen.
b) Using a clear and consistent labeling scheme. Make sure that your variables, and names are used to mean only one thing. If there is community accepted double use for a label, make sure that you give a explanation of that convention.
c) Having a clear organization. As much as possible you would like the ideas and results that you present to follow a logical and pedagogical progression of thought. A lot of questions come from this component for the simple fact that not everyone thinks alike. Sometimes, committee members will ask these types of questions just to see how well you have thought about the logic of your work. Examples are very helpful in explaining concepts. Wherever possible, use simple examples that capture the essence of the point you are trying to make. Examples are nice in that, if you are running out of time they can be easily skipped.
d) Eliminating distracting content. Since there are often many different and independent components of the work, multiple colors and animations are often used to help distinguish these pieces. However, one should not add something just because it looks nice. Such things tend to distract people and can introduce confusion when they expect the added fluff to be meaningful. It can be very embarrassing to have to admit that something you put in the presentation had no real value.
e) Clearly point out your original contribution. This is not the time to be modest. Let everyone in the room know what you claim as your work with pride (But make sure you leave your arrogance at home.)
2) The Original Work
This is your baby. You own this. You have done the research, the analysis, the implementation. You should have complete mastery over this part. That is the first reason for the defense. It is time to show others that you have mastered your work. Expect them to attack anything and everything just to see if there is a weakness in your understanding. This might seem like a daunting challenge but remember that the committee knows you are only human. There will be some things that you don’t know and that is o.k. Knowing the depths of the foundations of the principles used in your research is a lifelong challenge. For this component you want to keep two things in mind.
a) What you want to do is make sure that you have a reasonable understanding of the principles that you have used in your work. You are expected to get the community standard concepts right. You get extra credit for understanding the strengths, the flaws, and the hidden assumptions used in your techniques and procedures and how they relate to other techniques and procedures that you didn’t use.
b) There is a reason it is called a defense. Be prepared to defend your work and the choices made in your analysis, and procedures. It may sound like a lot but remember that you have already done most of this work when you were learning about the foundations of your research. This is where you want to go back and make sure you understand as many of those things as you can for which you said “I’ll figure it out later.”
3) Your Work in Context
As a Ph.D., you are expected to have some idea of where your work fits in the broad view of your academic area and how your work relates to the work of others. Since this amount of work done by others is very large, focus on learning works directly related your work to a degree that is reasonable for your workload. Don’t be afraid of questions about works with which you are not familiar. There is a strategy for dealing with such questions. The point of the question is about how the other work relates to your work. Ask questions to find the perceived link between your work and other work referenced and comment about that link based the goals of your work and the constraints under which your work was performed. Try to be specific, but concise, about the reasons you have for the perspective you give. This will effectively demonstrate that you understand how to place your work in context as you encounter other works and expand your own work.
————————————–
About the author:
Willie Merrell completed his PhD in Physics at the University of Maryland College Park. Following receipt of the doctorate, he joined the String Theory Group at the University of Kentucky as a Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow. His work in supersymmetry can be summarized as follows:
Supersymmetry is a symmetry that relates bosonic and fermionic states of a theory. It is a great theoretical tool for performing calculations that are otherwise intractable. The use of supersymmetry is also a leading candidate for solving a major theoretical problems with the standard model of particle physics, the hierarchy problem, and is a necessary part of superstring theory. His research involves using the natural mathematical language for supersymmetry, i.e. Superspace, to aid in formulating supersymmetric theories and performing calculations in supersymmetric systems relevant to superstring theory and supersymmetric field theory.
Dr. Merrell is now a scientist at NASA.
Photos of nebulae courtesy of nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
National Space Science Data Center
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This post may be copied, but please reference “The Dissertation House — http://www.thedissertationhouse.com, a program of PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP.”
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The text content of this post was compiled and written by the staff of PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP and may not be copied without referencing the PROMISE organization, as “PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP”.
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Comments Regarding A Successful Defense Of A Dissertation (Input from a 2007 Physics Alum)
In 2007, Willie Merrell, a theoretical particle physics student from PROMISE at College Park, shared the following information following his doctoral defense. Willie was part of the first group of PROMISE Peer Mentors. We reprise this article which has been used as a handout for the Dissertation House, and hope that it will assist a wide range of students.
—————————————————————————
In my experience from watching dissertation defenses and from defending my own dissertation, I have observed that there are three important components to any successful defense. These components are:
1. The Presentation
2. The Original Work
3. Your Work in Context
Here are some tips I’ve learned for performing well on each component.
1) The Presentation
This area is sometimes overlooked because it is viewed as superficial, especially when compared to the actual work that is being judged. However, just as in dating, presentation matters. In a defense, one can’t get by just on a great looking presentation, but it can help in getting the relevant information across and in eliminating unwanted questions arising from simple misunderstandings.
The key parts to having a good presentation are:
a) Making the presentation readable. Make sure that relevant characters can be seen.
b) Using a clear and consistent labeling scheme. Make sure that your variables, and names are used to mean only one thing. If there is community accepted double use for a label, make sure that you give a explanation of that convention.
c) Having a clear organization. As much as possible you would like the ideas and results that you present to follow a logical and pedagogical progression of thought. A lot of questions come from this component for the simple fact that not everyone thinks alike. Sometimes, committee members will ask these types of questions just to see how well you have thought about the logic of your work. Examples are very helpful in explaining concepts. Wherever possible, use simple examples that capture the essence of the point you are trying to make. Examples are nice in that, if you are running out of time they can be easily skipped.
d) Eliminating distracting content. Since there are often many different and independent components of the work, multiple colors and animations are often used to help distinguish these pieces. However, one should not add something just because it looks nice. Such things tend to distract people and can introduce confusion when they expect the added fluff to be meaningful. It can be very embarrassing to have to admit that something you put in the presentation had no real value.
e) Clearly point out your original contribution. This is not the time to be modest. Let everyone in the room know what you claim as your work with pride (But make sure you leave your arrogance at home.)
2) The Original Work
This is your baby. You own this. You have done the research, the analysis, the implementation. You should have complete mastery over this part. That is the first reason for the defense. It is time to show others that you have mastered your work. Expect them to attack anything and everything just to see if there is a weakness in your understanding. This might seem like a daunting challenge but remember that the committee knows you are only human. There will be some things that you don’t know and that is o.k. Knowing the depths of the foundations of the principles used in your research is a lifelong challenge. For this component you want to keep two things in mind.
a) What you want to do is make sure that you have a reasonable understanding of the principles that you have used in your work. You are expected to get the community standard concepts right. You get extra credit for understanding the strengths, the flaws, and the hidden assumptions used in your techniques and procedures and how they relate to other techniques and procedures that you didn’t use.
b) There is a reason it is called a defense. Be prepared to defend your work and the choices made in your analysis, and procedures. It may sound like a lot but remember that you have already done most of this work when you were learning about the foundations of your research. This is where you want to go back and make sure you understand as many of those things as you can for which you said “I’ll figure it out later.”
3) Your Work in Context
As a Ph.D., you are expected to have some idea of where your work fits in the broad view of your academic area and how your work relates to the work of others. Since this amount of work done by others is very large, focus on learning works directly related your work to a degree that is reasonable for your workload. Don’t be afraid of questions about works with which you are not familiar. There is a strategy for dealing with such questions. The point of the question is about how the other work relates to your work. Ask questions to find the perceived link between your work and other work referenced and comment about that link based the goals of your work and the constraints under which your work was performed. Try to be specific, but concise, about the reasons you have for the perspective you give. This will effectively demonstrate that you understand how to place your work in context as you encounter other works and expand your own work.
————————————–
About the author:
Willie Merrell completed his PhD in Physics at the University of Maryland College Park. Following receipt of the doctorate, he joined the String Theory Group at the University of Kentucky as a Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow. His work in supersymmetry can be summarized as follows:
Supersymmetry is a symmetry that relates bosonic and fermionic states of a theory. It is a great theoretical tool for performing calculations that are otherwise intractable. The use of supersymmetry is also a leading candidate for solving a major theoretical problems with the standard model of particle physics, the hierarchy problem, and is a necessary part of superstring theory. His research involves using the natural mathematical language for supersymmetry, i.e. Superspace, to aid in formulating supersymmetric theories and performing calculations in supersymmetric systems relevant to superstring theory and supersymmetric field theory.
Dr. Merrell is now a scientist at NASA.
Photos of nebulae courtesy of nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
National Space Science Data Center
_____________________________________________
This post may be copied, but please reference “The Dissertation House — http://www.thedissertationhouse.com, a program of PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP.”
_____________________________________________
The text content of this post was compiled and written by the staff of PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP and may not be copied without referencing the PROMISE organization, as “PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP”.
PROMISE AGEP Online Information by PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Filed under: Dissertation Completion, Dissertation House, PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP, University of Maryland College Park Tagged: PROMISE: Maryand's AGEP, University of Maryland College Park
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SGA President/VP Candidates' Debate
We, the undergraduate students of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), are and wish to be deeply involved in creating the university’s academic, co-curricular and community life to ensure a distinctive undergraduate experience. In order to better organize and support our creative contributions, identify and give voice to our hopes and concerns, engage each other in campus activities and decision-making, build mutually beneficial partnerships with individuals and organizations on- and off-campus, and promote and defend our welfare, we hereby establish a Student Government Association (SGA) at UMBC . . .
--UMBC SGA Constitution
SGA plays a vital role on campus, and three teams of candidates are vying for the top executive positions for 2012-2013. Come see the candidates for SGA President and Executive Vice President present their visions and debate the issues this Wednesday, April 18th at noon in the Student Organizations Space on The Commons' 2nd floor.
You can help shape the debate by tweeting questions to #umbcsgadb8 (and if your question is asked, you'll get a free t-shirt).
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Real People Profiles: Matthew Yun
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Hometown: Taneytown, Maryland
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: I am a Commuter Assistant for Off Campus Student Services and a STRiVEr!
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: Experience as much as I can and encourage others to get involved.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: Well I enjoy getting out there and doing as much as I can on campus. I can always find something to do when I have the free time and I don't mind taking people around to share the experience.
Currently as a Commuter Assistant, I am a part of Good Morning Commuters and I enjoy helping coordinate each Tuesday breakfast with my friends Lena, Donna, and Naomi. I think that it is great that we are able to provide a relaxing environment for people in the mornings as well as give them free food. Stop by Tuesdays mornings in the commons to check it out! Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: Keep an open mind and always be willing to try out new things. You can always meet new and interesting people and you never know how much fun you can have until you try it out. College is the time for accepting new ideas and thoughts and culminating new ones. Staying at home or in a dorm prevents you from hearing new perspectives, so getting out a lot will help change this.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
A: I didn't know UMBC had a dock and pond until one day me and a friend walked into it. It just comes to show that there's always places to see around campus. Pretty cool.
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Saturday, May 5, 2012
Come out and join us at the annual PROMISE Maryland’s AGEP May “Friends and Family” Cookout and Celebration of Graduates. Graduate students and postdocs from UMBC, UM College Park, UMB, and other campuses within the University System of Maryland are invited. PROMISE students may bring guests … any family members or friends who have supported your journey in graduate school. PROMISE alumni, faculty, SSI Mentors-in-Residence, and “Friends of PROMISE” are invited to attend.
- The event is free. It will span from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
- The “Celebration of Grads Ceremony” will be held in the park at 3:00 PM.
- Attire: casual.
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Location: Cedar Lane Park (Cedar Lane Park Pavilion East) 10725 Route 108, Columbia, Maryland
NOTE: Our event is in *CEDAR LANE PARK EAST* (not Centennial Park which is nearby, and not Cedar Lane Park West, where we held the event last year.)
This is a smaller park, with basketball courts, a children’s playground, and a softball/baseball field. It has one pavilion, which is reserved for our event.
- All PROMISE grads (Master’s and Doctoral) will be celebrated! If you are graduating, please send email to promisestaff@gmail.com with the subject “Graduate!” so that you can be recognized.
The event is free, but please RSVP.
You may bring blankets, games, and other items to make your afternoon enjoyable. Food and beverages will be provided. Alcoholic beverages are not allowed.
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PROMISE Friends & Family Celebration of Graduates Cookout, Sat. May 5, 2012
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Come out and join us at the annual PROMISE Maryland’s AGEP May “Friends and Family” Cookout and Celebration of Graduates. Graduate students and postdocs from UMBC, UM College Park, UMB, and other campuses within the University System of Maryland are invited. PROMISE students may bring guests … any family members or friends who have supported your journey in graduate school. PROMISE alumni, faculty, SSI Mentors-in-Residence, and “Friends of PROMISE” are invited to attend.
- The event is free. It will span from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
- The “Celebration of Grads Ceremony” will be held in the park at 3:00 PM.
- Attire: casual.
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Location: Cedar Lane Park (Cedar Lane Park Pavilion East) 10725 Route 108, Columbia, Maryland
NOTE: Our event is in *CEDAR LANE PARK EAST* (not Centennial Park which is nearby, and not Cedar Lane Park West, where we held the event last year.)
This is a smaller park, with basketball courts, a children’s playground, and a softball/baseball field. It has one pavilion, which is reserved for our event.
- All PROMISE grads (Master’s and Doctoral) will be celebrated! If you are graduating, please send email to promisestaff@gmail.com with the subject “Graduate!” so that you can be recognized.
The event is free, but please RSVP.
You may bring blankets, games, and other items to make your afternoon enjoyable. Food and beverages will be provided. Alcoholic beverages are not allowed.
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Register Now to Vote in 2012 Presidential Election
The 2012 general election will take place on November 6th. Early voting will be possible from October 27th-November 1st. Use the links below to register or request an absentee ballot. In addition to voting for President of the United States, voters will elect members of the U.S. House of Representatives and, in Maryland, a U.S. Senator.
National Voter Registration Form (if your state of residence is not Maryland, use this form. Special rules apply for residents of New Hampshire, North Dakota and Wyoming; be sure to check your state election web sites, using the link below).
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“Preparing for a Teaching Career” Seminar at UMB (Downtown Baltimore), Tuesday, 4/10/12, 12 noon
This information comes from the “Career Development” unit at UMB, part of the Office of Research and Graduate Studies. UMB and the University of Maryland College Park are part of the PROMISE AGEP. UMBC is the lead institution. Ref: http://somvweb.som.umaryland.edu/events2/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=5040&information_id=26628&type=&syndicate=syndicate Preparing for a Teaching Career Start Date: 4/10/2012 Start Time: 12:00 PM End Date: 4/10/2012 End […]
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