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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On behalf of UMBC, PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP is pleased to announce the following job openings:

Cell Biology Faculty Position Opening at UMBC

Excerpt:  The Department of Biological Sciences at UMBC invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in eukaryotic cell biology, especially as it relates to neurobiology, to complement existing departmental strengths in neuroscience and cell and developmental biology, and to interact with faculty whose interests range from genomics and molecular genetics to ecology, evolution, and behavior. The successful applicant will have a Ph.D. in a relevant field of biological sciences, post-doctoral experience and a strong publication record and is expected to establish a vigorous, externally funded research program, supervise doctoral-level graduate students, and teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, summary of current research and future plans, and a statement of teaching interests and philosophy to biosearch@umbc.edu in a single PDF in the above order. The applicant should also arrange to have three letters of reference in PDF format, sent to biosearch@umbc.edu. For full consideration, applications should be submitted by November 15, 2012 but will be accepted until the position is filled. Read more …

Postdoctoral Fellowships available at UMBC

UMBC has a postdoctoral program for faculty diversity. Graduate students or recent PhDs are eligible to apply. The deadline is November 16, 2012. Read more … 

Engineering Faculty Positions at Vanderbilt

This announcement was shared by PROMISE SSI 2011 Mentor-in-Residence and former Georgia Tech AGEP Scholar, Dr. William Robinson.  Openings are in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Mechanical Engineering. Read more … 

Faculty Positions at Harvey Mudd College

PROMISE has had a fruitful connection with Harvey Mudd College and they have sent us information about the following openings:

1) tenure track position in biology (especially computational or mathematical biology)

2) tenure track position in mathematics (to be listed on the university’s website soon.)

3) postdoctoral position in mathematics (to be listed on the university’s website soon.)

Students who have participated in any PROMISE activity should email promisestaff@gmail.com and rtull@umbc.edu with the subject “Applying for Posted Positions through PROMISE” so that we can follow up with you and provide you with additional information. Please use your university email address.

See more job announcements on the PROMISE Career Partners page.  This website is updated weekly. You may subscribe to the jobs listing post.

Coming soon to UMBC October 31: “Developing a Teaching Portfolio.”  For more October events, see our PROMISE events page: http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/about/events/.

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On behalf of UMBC, PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP is pleased to announce the following job openings:

Cell Biology Faculty Position Opening at UMBC

Excerpt:  The Department of Biological Sciences at UMBC invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in eukaryotic cell biology, especially as it relates to neurobiology, to complement existing departmental strengths in neuroscience and cell and developmental biology, and to interact with faculty whose interests range from genomics and molecular genetics to ecology, evolution, and behavior. The successful applicant will have a Ph.D. in a relevant field of biological sciences, post-doctoral experience and a strong publication record and is expected to establish a vigorous, externally funded research program, supervise doctoral-level graduate students, and teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, summary of current research and future plans, and a statement of teaching interests and philosophy to biosearch@umbc.edu in a single PDF in the above order. The applicant should also arrange to have three letters of reference in PDF format, sent to biosearch@umbc.edu. For full consideration, applications should be submitted by November 15, 2012 but will be accepted until the position is filled. Read more …

Postdoctoral Fellowships available at UMBC

UMBC has a postdoctoral program for faculty diversity. Graduate students or recent PhDs are eligible to apply. The deadline is November 16, 2012. Read more … 

Engineering Faculty Positions at Vanderbilt

This announcement was shared by PROMISE SSI 2011 Mentor-in-Residence and former Georgia Tech AGEP Scholar, Dr. William Robinson.  Openings are in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Mechanical Engineering. Read more … 

Faculty Positions at Harvey Mudd College

PROMISE has had a fruitful connection with Harvey Mudd College and they have sent us information about the following openings:

1) tenure track position in biology (especially computational or mathematical biology)

2) tenure track position in mathematics (to be listed on the university’s website soon.)

3) postdoctoral position in mathematics (to be listed on the university’s website soon.)

Students who have participated in any PROMISE activity should email promisestaff@gmail.com and rtull@umbc.edu with the subject “Applying for Posted Positions through PROMISE” so that we can follow up with you and provide you with additional information. Please use your university email address.

See more job announcements on the PROMISE Career Partners page.  This website is updated weekly. You may subscribe to the jobs listing post.

Coming soon to UMBC October 31: “Developing a Teaching Portfolio.”  For more October events, see our PROMISE events page: http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/about/events/.

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Applications for graduate school are usually due between December and February of the year before you are going to enter graduate school. PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP has developed a paper (presented at a conference in 2012) that will help you with the requirements for your graduate school applications. The paper can be downloaded here: Preparing for Engineering and Other STEM Graduate/Post-Graduate Masters and Doctoral Programs.  It is part of the Proceedings of the Tenth LACCEI Latin American and Caribbean Conference (LACCEI 2012), Megaprojects: Building Infrastructure by fostering engineering collaboration, efficient and effective integration and innovative planning, July 23-27, 2012, Panama City, Panama.  

One of the most important sections of the paper is Section 4. Here is a subset of that section.

1. Innovations in Program Content Designed to Increase Access

PROMISE seminars and workshops for graduate school preparation focus on four key areas: Transcript, Letters of Recommendation, Statement of Purpose, and GRE Score.  Students are cautioned to remember that they should be striving for top grades in all of their courses.

4.1 Letters of Recommendation: 10 Item Checklist

Students who attend UMBC’s seminars are cautioned to seek very strong letters of recommendation from faculty members, a concept that has long been part of the foundation of advice that is given to students by the National GEM Consortium.  UMBC’s facilitator teaches students to provide their faculty recommenders with 10 items: (See Section 4.1: Preparing for Engineering and Other STEM Graduate/Post-Graduate Masters and Doctoral Programs and Dr. Tull’s List)

4.2 Statement of Purpose:  Four Paragraph Template

During UMBC’s PROMISE seminars and Horizons workshops, students are taught to thoroughly read through the engineering departments’ websites and write their statements of purpose based on their personal research interests and experiences, coupled with research that is being conducted in the department.   When students are applying to Graduate School, and to doctoral programs in particular, they must be sure to make the case for the reasons why they want to be there.  The statement of purpose should reflect the “why.”  Why you?  Why that particular research?  Why do you want to work with those professors or that lab?  (See the 4 paragraph structure in the full paper: Preparing for Engineering and Other STEM Graduate/Post-Graduate Masters and Doctoral Programs.)

4.3 GRE Score: Focused attention on mathematics

Engineering programs expect students to have aptitude for mathematics.  The GRE provides faculty admissions committees with a standard measure by which to evaluate prospective students.  During UMBC’s workshops and seminars, students are reminded that many of the topics in the “Quantitative Reasoning” portion of the GRE include concepts from high school or secondary school.  Other topics are taught in introductory statistics courses and some students aren’t exposed to probability and statistics until they reach the university.  However, students in the seminars regularly reveal that they didn’t know that they had to study for the GRE.  While inferential statistics and the ability to construct proofs are not tested on the GRE, several students in seminars have been hesitant when they were asked for immediate answers to sample questions involving factorials, inequalities, or geometric representations.  The students said that they “used to know” how to solve certain kinds of equations or that they “didn’t remember” concepts.  To prepare students for the exam, UMBC’s seminars provide students with a live sample problem solving session, and the list of skills that they need in order to do well on the quantitative measure.  (See Table 3 in the full paper: Preparing for Engineering and Other STEM Graduate/Post-Graduate Masters and Doctoral Programs.)

The Spanish Version of Section 4 can be found here: 

Preparación para Programas de Maestría y Doctorado. 

Sample:

4.2. DECLARACIÓN DE PROPÓSITOS: LA PLANTILLA DE CUATRO PÁRRAFOS

Durante los seminarios de PROMISE en UMBC y los talleres de Horizons, los estudiantes son entrenados para leer extensivamente los sitios web de departamentos de Ingeniería y para escribir sus declaraciones de propósitos, basados en sus intereses personales de investigación y experiencias, ligadas a proyectos de investigación que son conducidos en el departamento. Varios miembros de los comités de admisión que son liderados por profesores, a lo largo de distintas universidades, le han comentado a nuestros facilitadores que han visto muchas declaraciones de propósitos que no tenían una conexión con proyectos de investigación que eran conducidos en el departamento. A los estudiantes se les indica que deben estar seguros que las personas encargas de recibir sus paquetes de aplicación en programas de maestría y doctorado, sepan explícitamente por qué ellos quieren estar en esa universidad, en ese departamento, en ese laboratorio o grupo en particular y qué ellos quieren llevar a cabo. Cuando los estudiantes están aplicando a estudios de maestría y doctorado, especialmente de doctorado, ellos deben asegurarse de enfatizar las razones por las que quieren estar allí. La declaración de propósitos debe reflejar el “por qué”. ¿Por qué tú? ¿Por qué ese proyecto de investigación en particular? ¿Por qué quieres trabajar con esos profesores o en ese laboratorio?  Para ayudar a los estudiantes con la redacción de sus declaraciones de propósitos, nuestros facilitadores recomiendan esta estructura de cuatro párrafos:

• Párrafo 1: Identifica tu interés en el campo  y menciona qué quieres estudiar. Sé capaz de responder las siguientes preguntas: ¿Cuál es tu interés en el campo?, ¿Qué formó tu temprano interés?, ¿Qué tipo de investigación quieres llevar a cabo?, ¿Qué quieres estudiar?, ¿Qué problema quieres resolver?
• Párrafo 2: Discute tus experiencias previas en investigación, las habilidades ganadas y relacionadas a procesos y métodos relevantes, y el uso eficiente de equipos. Incluye premios académicos, presentaciones y resultados. Discute las maneras en que estas experiencias contribuyeron con la preparación para estudios de maestría o doctorado en el laboratorio de interés.
• Párrafo 3: Escribe sobre tu interés en la universidad, el departamento y el laboratorio. Discute la investigación que el laboratorio de interés está conduciendo y tu conexión, experiencia o interés en ese tema. Presta atención al trabajo que se está llevando a cabo en algún centro en particular del campus, el departamento o profesores específicos.
• Párrafo 4: Discute brevemente tus planes de contribución al campo. Incluyendo metas a corto plazo (dentro de 5 años del programa) y metas a largo plazo (al menos 10 años, después de completar el doctorado).

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Tull, R. G., Nino, M.  and Ramoutar, N. (2012).  Preparing for Engineering and Other STEM Graduate/Post-Graduate Masters and Doctoral Programs.  Proceedings of the Tenth LACCEI Latin American and Caribbean Conference (LACCEI 2012), Megaprojects: Building Infrastructure by fostering engineering collaboration, efficient and effective integration and innovative planning, July 23-27, 2012, Panama City, Panama.  [Spanish Version of Section 4 here:Preparación para Programas de Maestría y Doctorado]

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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”.

PROMISE AGEP Online Information by PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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Applications for graduate school are usually due between December and February of the year before you are going to enter graduate school. PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP has developed a paper (presented at a conference in 2012) that will help you with the requirements for your graduate school applications. The paper can be downloaded here: Preparing for Engineering and Other STEM Graduate/Post-Graduate Masters and Doctoral Programs.  It is part of the Proceedings of the Tenth LACCEI Latin American and Caribbean Conference (LACCEI 2012), Megaprojects: Building Infrastructure by fostering engineering collaboration, efficient and effective integration and innovative planning, July 23-27, 2012, Panama City, Panama.  

One of the most important sections of the paper is Section 4. Here is a subset of that section.

1. Innovations in Program Content Designed to Increase Access

PROMISE seminars and workshops for graduate school preparation focus on four key areas: Transcript, Letters of Recommendation, Statement of Purpose, and GRE Score.  Students are cautioned to remember that they should be striving for top grades in all of their courses.

4.1 Letters of Recommendation: 10 Item Checklist

Students who attend UMBC’s seminars are cautioned to seek very strong letters of recommendation from faculty members, a concept that has long been part of the foundation of advice that is given to students by the National GEM Consortium.  UMBC’s facilitator teaches students to provide their faculty recommenders with 10 items: (See Section 4.1: Preparing for Engineering and Other STEM Graduate/Post-Graduate Masters and Doctoral Programs and Dr. Tull’s List)

4.2 Statement of Purpose:  Four Paragraph Template

During UMBC’s PROMISE seminars and Horizons workshops, students are taught to thoroughly read through the engineering departments’ websites and write their statements of purpose based on their personal research interests and experiences, coupled with research that is being conducted in the department.   When students are applying to Graduate School, and to doctoral programs in particular, they must be sure to make the case for the reasons why they want to be there.  The statement of purpose should reflect the “why.”  Why you?  Why that particular research?  Why do you want to work with those professors or that lab?  (See the 4 paragraph structure in the full paper: Preparing for Engineering and Other STEM Graduate/Post-Graduate Masters and Doctoral Programs.)

4.3 GRE Score: Focused attention on mathematics

Engineering programs expect students to have aptitude for mathematics.  The GRE provides faculty admissions committees with a standard measure by which to evaluate prospective students.  During UMBC’s workshops and seminars, students are reminded that many of the topics in the “Quantitative Reasoning” portion of the GRE include concepts from high school or secondary school.  Other topics are taught in introductory statistics courses and some students aren’t exposed to probability and statistics until they reach the university.  However, students in the seminars regularly reveal that they didn’t know that they had to study for the GRE.  While inferential statistics and the ability to construct proofs are not tested on the GRE, several students in seminars have been hesitant when they were asked for immediate answers to sample questions involving factorials, inequalities, or geometric representations.  The students said that they “used to know” how to solve certain kinds of equations or that they “didn’t remember” concepts.  To prepare students for the exam, UMBC’s seminars provide students with a live sample problem solving session, and the list of skills that they need in order to do well on the quantitative measure.  (See Table 3 in the full paper: Preparing for Engineering and Other STEM Graduate/Post-Graduate Masters and Doctoral Programs.)

The Spanish Version of Section 4 can be found here: 

Preparación para Programas de Maestría y Doctorado. 

Sample:

4.2. DECLARACIÓN DE PROPÓSITOS: LA PLANTILLA DE CUATRO PÁRRAFOS

Durante los seminarios de PROMISE en UMBC y los talleres de Horizons, los estudiantes son entrenados para leer extensivamente los sitios web de departamentos de Ingeniería y para escribir sus declaraciones de propósitos, basados en sus intereses personales de investigación y experiencias, ligadas a proyectos de investigación que son conducidos en el departamento. Varios miembros de los comités de admisión que son liderados por profesores, a lo largo de distintas universidades, le han comentado a nuestros facilitadores que han visto muchas declaraciones de propósitos que no tenían una conexión con proyectos de investigación que eran conducidos en el departamento. A los estudiantes se les indica que deben estar seguros que las personas encargas de recibir sus paquetes de aplicación en programas de maestría y doctorado, sepan explícitamente por qué ellos quieren estar en esa universidad, en ese departamento, en ese laboratorio o grupo en particular y qué ellos quieren llevar a cabo. Cuando los estudiantes están aplicando a estudios de maestría y doctorado, especialmente de doctorado, ellos deben asegurarse de enfatizar las razones por las que quieren estar allí. La declaración de propósitos debe reflejar el “por qué”. ¿Por qué tú? ¿Por qué ese proyecto de investigación en particular? ¿Por qué quieres trabajar con esos profesores o en ese laboratorio?  Para ayudar a los estudiantes con la redacción de sus declaraciones de propósitos, nuestros facilitadores recomiendan esta estructura de cuatro párrafos:

• Párrafo 1: Identifica tu interés en el campo  y menciona qué quieres estudiar. Sé capaz de responder las siguientes preguntas: ¿Cuál es tu interés en el campo?, ¿Qué formó tu temprano interés?, ¿Qué tipo de investigación quieres llevar a cabo?, ¿Qué quieres estudiar?, ¿Qué problema quieres resolver?
• Párrafo 2: Discute tus experiencias previas en investigación, las habilidades ganadas y relacionadas a procesos y métodos relevantes, y el uso eficiente de equipos. Incluye premios académicos, presentaciones y resultados. Discute las maneras en que estas experiencias contribuyeron con la preparación para estudios de maestría o doctorado en el laboratorio de interés.
• Párrafo 3: Escribe sobre tu interés en la universidad, el departamento y el laboratorio. Discute la investigación que el laboratorio de interés está conduciendo y tu conexión, experiencia o interés en ese tema. Presta atención al trabajo que se está llevando a cabo en algún centro en particular del campus, el departamento o profesores específicos.
• Párrafo 4: Discute brevemente tus planes de contribución al campo. Incluyendo metas a corto plazo (dentro de 5 años del programa) y metas a largo plazo (al menos 10 años, después de completar el doctorado).

__________________________________________________________________

Tull, R. G., Nino, M.  and Ramoutar, N. (2012).  Preparing for Engineering and Other STEM Graduate/Post-Graduate Masters and Doctoral Programs.  Proceedings of the Tenth LACCEI Latin American and Caribbean Conference (LACCEI 2012), Megaprojects: Building Infrastructure by fostering engineering collaboration, efficient and effective integration and innovative planning, July 23-27, 2012, Panama City, Panama.  [Spanish Version of Section 4 here:Preparación para Programas de Maestría y Doctorado]

__________________________________________________________________

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.

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PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP is dedicated to increasing the numbers and diversity of Ph.D.s in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math fields. PROMISE also provides a strong support system for underrepresented students of all fields, and for all graduate students. Come out for dinner and connections.

We have continually heard many of the same questions:

• Does UMBC have any other students who went to HBCUs, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, or Native American Universities or Tribal Colleges?
• I came from a small town in the south. Are there any other students from Georgia or North Carolina?
• Are there any other students from the Caribbean?
• I heard that there are only a few graduate students from the African Diaspora, where are they?
• I miss being able to hear and speak Spanish. Where are the other students from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or South America?

This connection meeting will allow you to meet other students, staff, postdocs, and faculty members who also have similar experiences. Did you know that some of our faculty and staff are also from HBCUs, MSIs (Minority-Serving Institutions) or South America, or had the same kinds of experiences that you may be having now? Come out and meet them! We have faculty, postdocs, staff, and graduate students from Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain, etc. We have members in our community who went to either undergrad or grad school or taught at Howard, FAMU, NC A&T, and more! We have people who have been active in the National Society of Black Engineers, Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native American Scientists, the Compact for Faculty Diversity (includes social sciences and education programs), and other organizations that serve the needs of populations that are underrepresented in a variety of disciplines! Come on out and meet peers and mentors!

Dinner will be served. Please feel free to bring your family members, including children. If you are bringing family members, please let us know how many in the comments below. Children of our students always love it when we have programs in the game room!

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PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP is dedicated to increasing the numbers and diversity of Ph.D.s in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math fields. PROMISE also provides a strong support system for underrepresented students of all fields, and for all graduate students. Come out for dinner and connections.

We have continually heard many of the same questions:

• Does UMBC have any other students who went to HBCUs, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, or Native American Universities or Tribal Colleges?
• I came from a small town in the south. Are there any other students from Georgia or North Carolina?
• Are there any other students from the Caribbean?
• I heard that there are only a few graduate students from the African Diaspora, where are they?
• I miss being able to hear and speak Spanish. Where are the other students from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or South America?

This connection meeting will allow you to meet other students, staff, postdocs, and faculty members who also have similar experiences. Did you know that some of our faculty and staff are also from HBCUs, MSIs (Minority-Serving Institutions) or South America, or had the same kinds of experiences that you may be having now? Come out and meet them! We have faculty, postdocs, staff, and graduate students from Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain, etc. We have members in our community who went to either undergrad or grad school or taught at Howard, FAMU, NC A&T, and more! We have people who have been active in the National Society of Black Engineers, Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native American Scientists, the Compact for Faculty Diversity (includes social sciences and education programs), and other organizations that serve the needs of populations that are underrepresented in a variety of disciplines! Come on out and meet peers and mentors!

Dinner will be served. Please feel free to bring your family members, including children. If you are bringing family members, please let us know how many in the comments below. Children of our students always love it when we have programs in the game room!

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• Prepare for a successful Fall semester: Communicate with your faculty (A message for new and continuing grad students.) (promiseagep.wordpress.com)

Dr. LaTese Briggs invites all to a special opportunity to meet world-renowned scientists on Sept. 9, 2012. Dr. Briggs is a former PROMISE Peer Mentor (Biochemistry/Structural Biology, UMBC), Meyerhoff Biomedical Graduate Fellow, and Gates Fellow. After she finished the PhD at UMBC, Dr. Briggs was a postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute for Genomics which is a collaborative between MIT and Harvard, followed by a stint as an Analyst at Decision Solutions in the Boston area. Dr. Briggs is now a Program Analyst with Faster Cures, a Washington DC Think Tank that serves as the Milken Institute’s “Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions.”

A Message from Dr. Briggs: 

You are invited to join more than 1,000 leaders on Sunday, September 9 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. for a series of compelling short panels and talks at the George Washington University Marvin Center. Topics of these panels will include: Basic, translational and clinical research Maximizing the economic and societal return on investments in bioscience The fate of American research universities Bolstering our science and technology education programs Addressing major diseases like cancer, AIDS and Alzheimer’s Drug development The contributions of life science to areas like energy, clean water, agriculture, and protection from pandemics and bioterrorism Experts in health, science, education, the economy; policy makers; business leaders; Presidential advisors, and Nobel Laureates are among the panelists participating in a dynamic discussion about ensuring science remain a top national priority.   To register, please email smayberry@fastercures.org with your name, affiliation, and email address. Speakers include: ·         Deborah Brooks, Co-founder and Executive Vice Chairman, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research ·         Jean-Lou Chameau, President, California Institute of Technology ·         Peter Chiarelli, CEO, One Mind for Research; General (ret.), U.S. Army ·         Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate; United States Secretary of Energy ·         Alan Krueger, Chairman, White House Council of Economic Advisers ·         Eric Lander, President, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT ·         Subra Suresh, Director, National Science Foundation ·         James Watson, Nobel Laureate; Chancellor Emeritus, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory For more information about the Celebration of Science program, please visit www.celebrationofscience.org.

Dr. LaTese Briggs invites all to a special opportunity to meet world-renowned scientists on Sept. 9, 2012. Dr. Briggs is a former PROMISE Peer Mentor (Biochemistry/Structural Biology, UMBC), Meyerhoff Biomedical Graduate Fellow, and Gates Fellow. After she finished the PhD at UMBC, Dr. Briggs was a postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute for Genomics which is a collaborative between MIT and Harvard, followed by a stint as an Analyst at Decision Solutions in the Boston area. Dr. Briggs is now a Program Analyst with Faster Cures, a Washington DC Think Tank that serves as the Milken Institute’s “Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions.”

A Message from Dr. Briggs: 

You are invited to join more than 1,000 leaders on Sunday, September 9 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. for a series of compelling short panels and talks at the George Washington University Marvin Center. Topics of these panels will include: Basic, translational and clinical research Maximizing the economic and societal return on investments in bioscience The fate of American research universities Bolstering our science and technology education programs Addressing major diseases like cancer, AIDS and Alzheimer’s Drug development The contributions of life science to areas like energy, clean water, agriculture, and protection from pandemics and bioterrorism Experts in health, science, education, the economy; policy makers; business leaders; Presidential advisors, and Nobel Laureates are among the panelists participating in a dynamic discussion about ensuring science remain a top national priority.   To register, please email smayberry@fastercures.org with your name, affiliation, and email address. Speakers include: ·         Deborah Brooks, Co-founder and Executive Vice Chairman, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research ·         Jean-Lou Chameau, President, California Institute of Technology ·         Peter Chiarelli, CEO, One Mind for Research; General (ret.), U.S. Army ·         Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate; United States Secretary of Energy ·         Alan Krueger, Chairman, White House Council of Economic Advisers ·         Eric Lander, President, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT ·         Subra Suresh, Director, National Science Foundation ·         James Watson, Nobel Laureate; Chancellor Emeritus, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory For more information about the Celebration of Science program, please visit www.celebrationofscience.org.