The Summer Dissertation House is coming to UMBC, July 11-14, 2017. Graduate students who plan to participate should follow the application procedures.

Open application period: Early bird May 22, 2017 – June 2, 2017. Late registration June 3, 2017 – June 18, 2017 (Applications received during the early bird period will have priority.)

(Please note that there are only 15 to 18 slots for this event, consider applying early)

Applications received after June 18, 2017, will be considered for the DH waiting list. More information about the Dissertation House: https://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/about/

• The Dissertation House runs from 9 AM – 5 PM, for four days, Tuesday, July 11 through Friday, July 14, 2017
• Students must plan to attend the full session, for each of the 4 days.
• Daily schedule includes 2 mini-lectures, and 5 hours of writing per day.
• Breakfast, Lunch, and a snack will be served daily.

The July 11-14, 2017, Dissertation House is only available to UMBC’s graduate students who can attend in-person, however, the online version is open to anyone, from any institution, world-wide!

This version of the Dissertation House is open to all graduate students, in all disciplines.
There are 15 to 18 spaces available for the Dissertation House.

Details regarding eligibility can be found on the application page of the website for the Dissertation House. Subscribe to the page https://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/
Read about The Dissertation House in UMBC’s Alumni Magazine: Byrne, R. (2011, Fall) “The Write Stuff”, UMBC Magazine. p. 12 and the research paper, “The Dissertation House Model: Doctoral Student Experiences Coping and Writing in a Shared Knowledge Community.,” in a special issue of the journal, CBE – Life Sciences Education (LSE) devoted to “Broadening Participation in the Life Sciences.” http://www.lifescied.org/content/15/3/ar34.full.pdf+html

Please login to MyUMBC, click “I can attend” here: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/50087 , *AND* follow the
application procedures on the main website for the Dissertation House: https://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/apply/

As scholars within the University System of Maryland, and part of the community served by PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP, you have been immersed in environments that carry a vision for social responsibility. Have you thought about how to engage globally? Let’s consider ways that you can share your research internationally, and how to address global challenges.

Dr. Darryl Williams. Photo Credit: 08/07/2014 – Medford/Somerville, Mass. – The BLAST and BEST banquet on August 7, 2014. (Alonso Nichols/Tufts University)

On Wednesday, April 19, 2017, Dr. Darryl Williams, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Tufts School of Engineering will come to UMBC to have a conversation with undergraduate and graduate students about sharing research on a global level. His discussion, “Giving your research a global platform” will include conversations about his experiences with sharing research in Panama, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, and other countries. Dr. Williams is Research Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Tufts University, and he explores the effects of nanostructured materials on biological systems. Dr. Williams also serves as the Director for Tufts’ Center for STEM Diversity, and the current President of the national Minorities in Engineering Division (MIND) for the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Prior to coming to Tufts, Dr. Williams was a program officer at the National Science Foundation.

Dr. Williams received the Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland College Park, and the B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Hampton University.

Dr. Williams’ page at Tufts: https://engineering.tufts.edu/people/faculty/darryl-williams
Tufts Center for STEM Diversity: http://stemdiversity.tufts.edu/

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

2:00 – 3:00 PM

The Fireside Lounge (next to the Skylight Room), 3rd Floor, The Commons, UMBC

Registration is free. Please RSVP:

If you are a student at UMBC, please RSVP here, on MyUMBC: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/49455

If you will be visiting from an institution of organization other than UMBC, please post your RSVP in the comments, by including your name, and school/organization.

Light refreshments will be served.

This conversation is co-sponsored by:

PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP

The Meyerhoff Scholars Program (Meyerhoff is part of the NSF LSAMP program for the USM)

The Grand Challenges Scholars Program at UMBC

Dear Graduates,

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NCA&T) is soliciting applications for a postdoctoral research scholar position in Behavioral and Environmental Sensing and Intervention. A position description is attached and applications are available through the website at  https://jobs.ncat.edu/postings/11653

NCA&T is a public, land grant university and constituent member of the University of North Carolina system (UNC). Established in 1891, it is a historically black college/university (HBCU) that leads the nation in the number of African American students who receive bachelor’s degrees in engineering and technology. The university campus is located on 188 acres in Greensboro, North Carolina, and includes a 600-acre university farm. Greensboro is 300 miles south of Washington, D.C., and 350 miles north of Atlanta.

Please consider this highly competitive opportunity. Also, we encourage you to share it with your colleagues who have research interests in Behavioral and Environmental Sensing and Intervention.

You are invited to participate in the NextProfScience 2017 workshop being offered at the University of Michigan on May 2-5, 2017 (see link). NextProf Science is aimed at future faculty—advanced doctoral students or postdoctoral fellows who are interested in an academic career in science at an exceptional academic research institution and who have demonstrated a commitment to diversity.

The science and mathematics departments of the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and Arts will host ~50 future faculty participants on the U-M campus to show them the rewards of an academic career, help them understand the faculty search process, and connect them with faculty in their research area, as well as academic leaders, and other participants.

The NextProf Science 2017 workshop is free to participants, who must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Underrepresented minorities and women are especially encouraged to apply. Travel, lodging, and meals will be covered by the program.

Applicants may nominate themselves or be nominated by a faculty mentor. Find additional information about the workshop and application materials on the NextProf Science website at: sites.lsa.umich.edu/nextprof-science

The deadline to receive all applications and supporting materials is: February 15, 2017.

If you have additional questions, please contact um-nextprof-science@umich.edu.

Dear Graduates,

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NCA&T) is soliciting applications for a postdoctoral research scholar position in Behavioral and Environmental Sensing and Intervention. A position description is attached and applications are available through the website at  https://jobs.ncat.edu/postings/11653

NCA&T is a public, land grant university and constituent member of the University of North Carolina system (UNC). Established in 1891, it is a historically black college/university (HBCU) that leads the nation in the number of African American students who receive bachelor’s degrees in engineering and technology. The university campus is located on 188 acres in Greensboro, North Carolina, and includes a 600-acre university farm. Greensboro is 300 miles south of Washington, D.C., and 350 miles north of Atlanta.

Please consider this highly competitive opportunity. Also, we encourage you to share it with your colleagues who have research interests in Behavioral and Environmental Sensing and Intervention.

The Winter 2017 Dissertation House starts today at UMBC. All participants will be blogging daily, but anyone can join, from any location in the world. Are you working on your dissertation? Join in!

Click here:

Winter 2017 DH Blog

Aren’t you ready to finish and cross over to the other side? 

More about The Dissertation House:

UMBC NEWS: New research highlights Dissertation House as an effective support model for minority STEM Ph.D. candidates

The book: Sisters in the Dissertation House

The journal article: The Dissertation House Model: Doctoral Student Experiences Coping and Writing in a Shared Knowledge Community

Photo Credit: Andibeit

Left-to-right: UMBC Graduate Students: Hector Medina, Saadi Habib, Gloria Opoku-Boateng; David Delaine (Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at the Ohio State University); a student attendee from Colombia. Photo Credit: Hector Medina

From November 4 – 6, 2016, graduate students of the LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate Fellows and PROMISE AGEP community attended the World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF) in Seoul, South Korea. The students were funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s International Engagement and Broadening Participation in STEM project.  The students had a wonderful time and their experience was featured in the UMBC News: http://news.umbc.edu/umbc-grad-students-talk-stem-teaching-mentorship-and-collaboration-in-south-korea/.

On May 6, 2017, PROMISE AGEP will be hosting its annual PROMISE AGEP Friends and Family Cookout! You are invited to come, bring your friends, family, and anyone who supports your journey through graduate school. This event is free. Graduate students from all schools within the University System of Maryland (USM) are invited!

Here is a list, if your school is listed, you are invited! http://www.usmd.edu/institutions/

Alumni, faculty, and staff are invited.

Friends and family members of students who have participated in PROMISE are invited. 

If you are from another school, e.g., Howard, Hopkins, GW, and have come to a PROMISE event in the past such as SSI, you are also invited to participate.

Event: PROMISE AGEP Friends and Family Cookout

Date: Saturday, May 6, 2017

Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Location: UPDATED 5/5/17

UMBC Campus, Commons Building, 2nd Floor, Game Room!

Registration:

Driving directions:

UMBC Commons building

Parking:

Parking is free on weekends. The nearest parking to the building is located on Commons Drive. It is the only parking structure on the street. Follow the driving directions in the Google map link below.

UMBC Commons building

All PROMISE grads (master’s and doctoral degree recipients) will be celebrated! If you are graduating (December 2016, May 2017), please send email to promisestaff@gmail.com with the subject “Graduate!” so that you can be recognized. Please state your name,  school, department, and degree program.

You may bring games and other items to make your afternoon enjoyable. Food and beverages will be provided. Alcoholic beverages are not allowed.

Saturday, May 6, 2017 Update:

It is now raining, and updates are being provided on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PROMISE_AGEP (you do not need an account to view the information.) Typing “UMBC Commons” into your GPS typically works. The Game Room is on the second floor.

Directions (additional details)

From 95 (North or South)
The UMBC Exit is THE SAME EXIT off of 95 for the BWI Marshall Airport.
Follow the signs for UMBC, Rt. 166, Catonsville.

Once you are on UMBC’s campus (landmarks: Silo on the left, BW Research Park on the right plus construction), stay in the right lane.

* Make a RIGHT onto Hilltop Circle.

* Pass Administration Drive (immediately past the parking garage)

* Make the 2nd LEFT onto Commons Drive.

The Commons Building will be in front of you. It is a multi-leveled glass walled building. Park in any open space or open lot after 3:30. If you park at a meter, you must have coins available to pay the metered fees.

The Commons is surrounded by the Parking Garage, the Physics Building, the Public Policy Building, and the Theatre. You will know that you are in the right place because Commons Drive ends in a loop with these buildings at the edges.

If you come into the Commons Drive entrance you will be on the ground floor.

* The GAME ROOM is on the 2nd floor of the Commons.