If you are an employee of UMBC (50% time or more) or a “Non-Traditional” student, and if you are working on your graduate school courses, proposal, or dissertation, then this event is for you! We’ve worked with our UMBC employees who are also graduate students at UMBC, College Park, Northeastern, and other institutions.  This year, we are extending this opportunity to non-traditional students who are coming back to school or working full-time. This time is for you! This session will have support, coaching, and food will be provided for you on both days.

You work hard every day to serve others on our campus! You may be supporting your family members, or you have decided to take some time for yourself to reach your goals.  Now, let us work with you to finish your graduate degree. This version of the “Dissertation House” was created just for you!

Dissertation House for UMBC Employees and Non-Traditional Students
Friday, 10/10/14,   9:00 – 5:00 PM (Part I), COMM 331
Saturday, 10/11/14, 10:00 – 3:00 PM(Part II), COMM 331

Application: https://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/apply/

Graduate students who are at other schools within the University System of Maryland (http://www.usmd.edu/institutions/) may apply, and will be considered if there is space available.

If you are an employee of UMBC (50% time or more) or a “Non-Traditional” student, and if you are working on your graduate school courses, proposal, or dissertation, then this event is for you! We’ve worked with our UMBC employees who are also graduate students at UMBC, College Park, Northeastern, and other institutions.  This year, we are extending this opportunity to non-traditional students who are coming back to school or working full-time. This time is for you! This session will have support, coaching, and food will be provided for you on both days.

You work hard every day to serve others on our campus! You may be supporting your family members, or you have decided to take some time for yourself to reach your goals.  Now, let us work with you to finish your graduate degree. This version of the “Dissertation House” was created just for you!

Dissertation House for UMBC Employees and Non-Traditional Students
Friday, 10/10/14,   9:00 – 5:00 PM (Part I), COMM 331
Saturday, 10/11/14, 10:00 – 3:00 PM(Part II), COMM 331

Application: http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/apply/

Graduate students who are at other schools within the University System of Maryland (http://www.usmd.edu/institutions/) may apply, and will be considered if there is space available.

PROMISE@UMB presents a workshop on coping with stress on Wednesday, October 1, 2014, at 10 AM.

Location: SMC Campus Center, Room 311: http://www.umaryland.edu/smccampuscenter/, Directions: http://www.umaryland.edu/smccampuscenter/building/index.html

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coping-with-stress-at-the-graduate-level-tickets-13285644721

PROMISE@UMB presents a workshop on coping with stress on Wednesday, October 1, 2014, at 10 AM.

Location: SMC Campus Center, Room 311: http://www.umaryland.edu/smccampuscenter/, Directions: http://www.umaryland.edu/smccampuscenter/building/index.html

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coping-with-stress-at-the-graduate-level-tickets-13285644721

2014-2015 Career-Life-Balance Graduate Assistantship

Graduate Student Development Unit, The Graduate School at UMBC

Project: UMBC seeks to “celebrate” career-life integration through awareness raising education and training.

Awareness Campaign: UMBC will launch a campaign that will bring into focus the CLB policies on campus.

Seminars and Workshops: We will implement a series of campus–wide educational awareness programs that will focus on CLB policies.

Evaluation & Assessment: We will evaluate and assess the activities for the project.

Requirements include experience with: Logistics/coordination, marketing, basic website maintenance, evaluation and assessment, quantitative and qualitative methods. Knowledge of career-life-balance literature and research is a plus. We are particularly interested in qualitative coding, familiarity with narratives, and other evaluation and assessment methodologies. 

The candidate can be either a full-time master's or doctoral student. This is a 20-hour assistantship. The assistantship includes a stipend, tuition, and health insurance. Students who are interested in part-time, 10 hour positions will be considered. This position does not have any restrictions with regard to citizenship. Students from all academic disciplines are welcome to apply.

For immediate consideration, send a CV, a writing sample, and example of work that showcases skills with evaluation and assessment methods to promisestaff@gmail.com, with the subject: CLB GA Position. 

Calling all STEM undergraduates in the region!

Are you a STEM undergraduate student who is thinking about graduate school?

This FREE conference is for you!

Do you know someone who should be thinking about making plans for graduate study? If so, we have a conference that is designed just for them! If not, surely you can find people within your academic or personal circles who can begin to think about graduate study … even as a freshman or sophomore!

The A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland College Park is hosting a

GEM GRAD Lab on Saturday, September 20, 2014.

Facilitators: The National GEM Consortium. The GEM Mission: The mission of The National GEM Consortium is to enhance the value of the nation’s human capital by increasing the participation of underrepresented groups (African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanic Americans) at the master’s and doctoral levels in engineering and science.

Hosts: A. James Clark School of Engineering, the University of Maryland College Park’s Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering: Established in 1981 as a unit within the School of Engineering, the Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering provides academic support services and outreach programs designed to recruit, retain, and graduate African American, Hispanic American, and Native American engineering students.

Co-sponsors: The National Science Foundation’s PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate: PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP is a university system-wide effort for the state of Maryland to facilitate underrepresented STEM graduate student and postdoctoral professional development and pathways to careers. UMBC leads the alliance that consists of all 14 colleges, universities, and regional education centers in the University System of Maryland, four community colleges, and a former NSF Model Institution of Excellence Hispanic Serving Institution in Puerto Rico. PROMISE has been a critical catalyst for increasing enrollment, retention, and graduation rates of underrepresented minorities.

Co-hosts: Howard University, Penn State, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia, and the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) via PROMISE.

Download a high resolution of the flyer here: https://promiseagep.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/sept_20_2014gem_gradlabflyer.pdf

REGISTER: https://egem.gemfellowship.org/entrypoint/EntryPoint.aspx?eventID=10118

Registration includes print materials, breakfast refreshments, lunch, access to the resource fair, information from speakers, and opportunities to network with representatives from graduate programs. Registration is free

AGENDA: https://www.gemfellowship.org/events/grad-lab/41-events/grad-lab/419-gl-maryland-agenda-2014

PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP is one of the co-hosts, along with Howard University, the University of  Virginia, Penn State, and Virginia Tech.  As part of PROMISE, undergraduate students from all schools within the University System of Maryland are invited to attend.

TRANSPORTATION

We will sponsor a bus from UMBC to go to College Park on Saturday, September 20. The bus is available to students from any school within the USM who is interested in attending. Undergraduate students, graduate student mentors, postdoctoral mentors, staff and faculty mentors are all welcome to ride the bus.  Details for the bus will be posted in the comments section below after all details are finalized.

Please check this page regularly for updates, and register today!

REGISTRATION: https://egem.gemfellowship.org/entrypoint/EntryPoint.aspx?eventID=10118

THIS EVENT IS FREE!

Calling all STEM undergraduates in the region!

Are you a STEM undergraduate student who is thinking about graduate school?

This FREE conference is for you!

Do you know someone who should be thinking about making plans for graduate study? If so, we have a conference that is designed just for them! If not, surely you can find people within your academic or personal circles who can begin to think about graduate study … even as a freshman or sophomore!

The A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland College Park is hosting a

GEM GRAD Lab on Saturday, September 20, 2014.

Facilitators: The National GEM Consortium. The GEM Mission: The mission of The National GEM Consortium is to enhance the value of the nation’s human capital by increasing the participation of underrepresented groups (African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanic Americans) at the master’s and doctoral levels in engineering and science.

Hosts: A. James Clark School of Engineering, the University of Maryland College Park’s Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering: Established in 1981 as a unit within the School of Engineering, the Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering provides academic support services and outreach programs designed to recruit, retain, and graduate African American, Hispanic American, and Native American engineering students.

Co-sponsors: The National Science Foundation’s PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate: PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP is a university system-wide effort for the state of Maryland to facilitate underrepresented STEM graduate student and postdoctoral professional development and pathways to careers. UMBC leads the alliance that consists of all 14 colleges, universities, and regional education centers in the University System of Maryland, four community colleges, and a former NSF Model Institution of Excellence Hispanic Serving Institution in Puerto Rico. PROMISE has been a critical catalyst for increasing enrollment, retention, and graduation rates of underrepresented minorities.

Co-hosts: Howard University, Penn State, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia, and the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) via PROMISE.

Download a high resolution of the flyer here: https://promiseagep.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/sept_20_2014gem_gradlabflyer.pdf

REGISTER: https://egem.gemfellowship.org/entrypoint/EntryPoint.aspx?eventID=10118

Registration includes print materials, breakfast refreshments, lunch, access to the resource fair, information from speakers, and opportunities to network with representatives from graduate programs. Registration is free

AGENDA: https://www.gemfellowship.org/events/grad-lab/41-events/grad-lab/419-gl-maryland-agenda-2014

PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP is one of the co-hosts, along with Howard University, the University of  Virginia, Penn State, and Virginia Tech.  As part of PROMISE, undergraduate students from all schools within the University System of Maryland are invited to attend.

TRANSPORTATION

We will sponsor a bus from UMBC to go to College Park on Saturday, September 20. The bus is available to students from any school within the USM who is interested in attending. Undergraduate students, graduate student mentors, postdoctoral mentors, staff and faculty mentors are all welcome to ride the bus.  Details for the bus will be posted in the comments section below after all details are finalized.

Please check this page regularly for updates, and register today!

REGISTRATION: https://egem.gemfellowship.org/entrypoint/EntryPoint.aspx?eventID=10118

THIS EVENT IS FREE!

Sick Leave

If a GA becomes ill, sick leave should be supported collegially, up to 40 hours during the contract year (this includes summer term for GAs supported during the summer session). After four consecutive days of sick leave, the supervisor may require the GA to provide a letter from a physician or other licensed health care professional that states (1) the nature of the illness; (2) that the GA can or cannot return to work for health reasons; and, (3) the duration of the required sick leave. This letter can be submitted upon the GA’s return to work. Sick days should be recorded on time sheets using standard leave codes.

Maternity Leave

Maternity leave is not regarded as sick leave. If maternity leave is required, it should be discussed with the GA’s Graduate Program Director or supervisor as soon as possible. Whereas maternity leave arrangements should be made to fit the individual circumstances, all arrangements must include a 6 week minimum post birth recovery period. Leave arrangements greater than 10 weeks require extenuating circumstances. All maternity leave agreements must be approved by the Associate Dean of the Graduate School. A central pool of funding will be available to reimburse, upon request from the department, the cost of stipends of GAs on maternity leave.

Through our collaborate PROMISE grant, PROMISE AGEP: Maryland Transformation, students throughout the University System of Maryland are eligible to attend professional seminars and workshops at UMBC, UMB, and UMCP.  If the event is listed on the main PROMISE website, please follow the directions to RSVP. Several seminars have university-specific registration processes. If you are planning to attend a session at a school that is different from your own, and if you are unable to register using that school’s system, please send add a comment to the bottom of this post, and email to promisestaff@gmail.com with the subject “Professional Development Seminar Registration,___seminar location___, __date of seminar____”

Seminars at UMBC:

Download the PDF: UMBC Graduate Student SEP 2014 Seminars

Seminars on MyUMBC: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise

Information for Postdocs: http://www.umbc.edu/gradschool/postdoc/index.html

These websites will be updated regularly. Please stay tuned. 

Seminars at the University of Maryland College Park:

Ph.D. Completion Project Workshops Fall 2014
Time: Friday Afternoons, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Juan Ramon Jimenez Room 2208, Stamp Student Union

September 19, 2014: Dissertation and Thesis Management

November 14, 2014: Managing Graduate Student Loan Debt

December 5, 2014: CVs and Cover Letters

Website for more information: http://www.gradschool.umd.edu/current_students/grad_diversity_student_experience.html

Teaching and Learning Workshops 
Dr. Alexis Williams, the new Assistant Director for the Professors-in-Training (PROF-it) program, a subsidiary of PROMISE, will update the PROF-it page with information about teaching workshops at College Park. She is working with colleagues at College Park’s Teaching and Learning Transformation Center at Marie Mount Hall to allow students from other campuses to participate.

Workshops are listed here: http://tltc.umd.edu/#events (scroll to “Workshops”). If you are a current UMCP student, you may RSVP through the link on each workshop page. If you would like to attend from a non-UMCP campus, send an email to tltc@umd.edu with the title and date of the workshop(s). If you drive, you will need to park in a paid visitor parking lot, but your RSVP will also include lunch as part of the daytime seminars.

Thank you to Emily Grossnickle, Coordinator of Graduate Student Programs, University of Maryland College Park.

Seminars at the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB)

Upcoming Careers in Science Seminars, Fall 2014

Dr. Joseph Corriveau,

Director of Research and Technology, US Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center 

Friday, September 5, 2014 at 12:00
Bressler Research Building, Room 1-008
For: Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

As the Director of Research and Technology, Dr. Corriveau is responsible for the scientific activities of Department of the Army civilian employees and on-site contractor personnel who are part of ECBC’s Research and Technology Directorate. The directorate, one of three within ECBC, supports the Department of Defense, as well as other government agencies by providing innovative science and technology solutions for chemical and biological defense.

Register Here

Dr. Melissa Hayes
Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Becton, Dickinson and Company 

Friday, October 10th, 2014 at 12:00
Bressler Research Building, Room 1-008
For: Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Hayes, an alumna of the GPILS Graduate Program in Microbiology and Immunology, will share her career path into Regulatory Affairs. Come and learn about her experience, find out about what transferable skills Ph.D./postdoctoral fellows have that are relevant and find out more about BD (they are hiring!)

Co-Sponsored by the UMB MAPS-U

Register Here

Dr. Joanne Kamens, Executive Director, Addgene 

Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 11:30
Bressler Research Building, Room 1-008
For: Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Kamens received her PhD in Genetics from Harvard Medical School then spent 15 years at BASF/Abbott, ultimately serving as Group Leader in Molecular Biology. In 2007 she joined RXi Pharmaceuticals as Senior Director of Research Collaborations. In 2011, Dr. Kamens became the Executive Director of Addgene, a mission driven, non-profit dedicated to helping scientists around the world share plasmid reagents. Dr. Kamens has been raising awareness of women scientists since 1998 upon realizing that an entire week had gone by at work and not one other woman had been at any meeting she attended. Dr. Kamens founded the current Boston chapter of the Association for Women in Science. Dr. Kamens was Director of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Boston Group Mentoring Program for 3 years. In 2010, Dr. Kamens received the Catalyst Award from the Science Club for Girls for longstanding dedication to empowering women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. She is a Fellow of the Massachusetts Academy of Science recognizing scientific accomplishment and service to the science community and the public and was recognized as one of the 2013 PharmaVoice 100 Most Inspiring.

Co-Sponsored by the UMB MAPS-U
Register Here 

Thank you Jennifer Guy-Aumiller, Director of Pre & Postdoctoral Trainee Career Development, UMB.