Are you a member on Zimride? If not, you should be! Zimride is a fun and easy way to share the seats in your car or catch a ride. With Zimride, you can find UMBC friends, classmates, and coworkers going the same way you are. Zimride is hosting a contest for you to win a $50 MasterCard gift card! All you have to do is sign up for Zimride, log at least one commute in your Commute Calendar between the days of November 2nd-6th and you will be entered to win! Be sure to tell your friends!

https://www.zimride.com/umbc/

• a UMBC student (undergrad or grad)?
• able to come to the Library for 30 minutes between 8am and 4pm?

UPDATE: Sorry everyone, we are now fully booked!

Faculty who plan to use clickers for instruction during the ​​Spring 2016 semester will need to have device order(s) submitted to the Bookstore no later than Friday, October 23, 2015. This deadline allows the Bookstore to shop national wholesalers early for used books and items, prepare for buyback, avoid sending back to publishers leftover stock that will be reused next semester, and notify faculty of any availability problems.

The University’s due date for textbook and course materials information is Monday, November 24, 2015. The University has instituted this deadline so that all textbook information, including clicker requirements, may be posted on the Bookstore's website, in adherence with State Law, as students prepare for their Spring 2016 schedules.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the UMBC bookstore at textbook@umbc.edu or 410-455-2699.

To learn more about the clickers:

• visit our  Clicker FAQ page

• open an  RT Ticket  for any technical issues

• view the schedule of training workshops on the DoIT group page

• contact  the Instructional Technology Team with any questions or concerns

PROMISE is pleased to announce a new cycle of the PROMISE AGEP – USM STEM Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.

Please read all of the guidelines on

https://promiseagep.wordpress.com/about/postdocs/

prior to submitting an application.

Download the PDF: USM STEM Postdoctoral Fellowship Announcement 2016-2017

Deadline, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015

Complete applications must be submitted by January 20, 2016.

The program is divided in two sections:

• STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Health

• HSS: Humanities and Social Sciences

ELIGIBILITY

• Candidates must be currently working on their Ph.D.
• Candidates do not have to be U.S. citizens, but they must be enrolled in an American university.
• Candidates must obtain a letter of recommendation from their advisor(s) in the U.S., as well as a letter of invitation from a professor affiliated with a French university or research institution. Please contact your supervisor in France as early as possible.

For more specific eligibility criteria please visit our websites.

BENEFITS

• A monthly stipend
• Health insurance for the entire duration of the fellowship
• A round-trip ticket to France

SELECTION CRITERIA

• Academic relevance of the research project
• Student’s command of the subject
• Benefits of a research trip to France for the future of the collaboration
• Background of the research collaboration
• Contribution of the project to France/U.S. academic exchange

CONTACTS

• STEM Chateaubriand Program: stem.coordinator@chateaubriand-fellowship.org
• HSS Chateaubriand Program : hss.coordinator@chateaubriand-fellowship.org

WEBSITE & APPLICATION

PROMISE Alumna, Dr. Mileidy Gonzalez-Delgado (Ph.D., UMBC) of NIH’s Statistical Computational Biology Group is inviting you to attend this seminar at The Gaylord Hotel, on Wednesday, October 28, 2015.  Dr. Gonzalez said in her invitation to the PROMISE audience, ” … the NIH office of Intramural training and Education (OITE) will be conducting a pre-event on management skills. Their seminars are some of the best I’ve heard.”  We thank Dr. Gonzalez for sharing this information.

Management Training for Scientists

(a pre-conference event at the SACNAS meeting)

Management of people and resources is a key component to being successful as you move forward in your career. Staff from the NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE) have developed an introductory course to give PhD-level scientists and senior-level graduate students an overview of common management concepts that are not often taught in a research environment. The topics covered will be applicable to all sectors (academics, industry, non-profits, government, etc.).  While best to attend the whole day, participants can come for the morning or afternoon sessions as a stand-alone topic.

October 28, 2015 – National Harbor

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

 Please register to attend

REGISTRATION:

https://www.training.nih.gov/sas/_20/847/2015_SACNAS_Pre-event_Management_training?

Morning

Self-awareness: The Key to Professional Success

Conflict, Feedback and Difficult Conversations

Afternoon

Supervisory, Mentoring and Advocacy Relationships in Work Environments

Participants will also be invited to participate in a few follow-up webinars to increase their management skills.  These webinars will be scheduled in November and December and will discuss how to hire staff and also more on motivating your staff.

Dr. Renetta Garrison Tull is an educator, mentor, advocate, and scholar. She is trained as an Electrical Engineer, who received both her B.S. and M.S., from Howard University and Northwestern University, respectively. In addition, Dr. Tull received her Ph.D. in Speech Science from Northwestern, and completed a postdoc at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, prior to joining the faculty at Wisconsin with speech technology research ties to the departments of Communicative Disorders and Industrial Engineering. She is a highly sought after speaker who travels both nationally and internationally in an attempt to increase the numbers of underrepresented students in STEM.

Dr. Tull has been nominated to receive the 2015 GEDC AIRBUS Diversity in Engineering Education Award, and she is one of the three finalists! This prestigious award was “launched to promote a more diverse engineering workforce globally and recognizes initiatives and people behind them who facilitate and encourage students from all backgrounds and profiles to pursue and finish a career in Engineering and to help them develop as successful engineers for the workforce through initiatives that have the potential to be replicated elsewhere.”

Dr. Tull exemplifies these characteristics, and during her 12-year tenure as the Director of the PROMISE Program, Maryland’s AGEP, a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation, she has implemented a holistic approach for student development. PROMISE has created several modules of workshops and seminars that have been replicated in several institutions of higher education across the country.

Currently, in her role as Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Development & Postdoctoral Affairs at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and as Co-PI for the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate, Dr. Tull proves that when you love what you do and are good at it, the possibility to positively impact and change lives is inevitable.

This particular award is extra special because it has brought candidates from 13 countries totalling 29 diverse candidates, and Dr. Tull has been listed amongst them! Similarly, not only did Dr. Tull make it to the semi-finals, she was selected as one of the top three finalist to receive the 2015 GEDC AIRBUS Diversity in Engineering Education Award! On November 30, 2015, Dr. Tull and the other two finalists will have the opportunity to present their ideas to a jury led by Charles Champion, Airbus’ Executive Vice President Engineering at the annual GEDC conference in Adelaide, Australia, where the final selection will be made!

Dr. Tull, we wish you all the best of luck!

PROMISE AGEP Team

For more information:

• Award page: http://diversityinengineering.com/
• Dr. Tull’s GEDC application video – https://youtu.be/A8xFZv9dPSw
• Dr. Tull’s professional blog: https://renettatull.wordpress.com/professional/