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  <Title>&#8220;Writing for Publication&#8221; goes on the road &#8211; Puerto Rico Sessions: May 17-19 w/ UMBC&#8217;s Dr. Kevin Omland</Title>
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    <p><em>Anyone who is working on an article for publication, may join us on this blog over the next few days. Feel free to add a comment and tell us what you’re writing.</em></p>
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    <p><span><strong>General Agenda:</strong> Condado Room, Conrad Condado Plaza, San Juan</span></p>
    <p><strong>Day 1, Friday, May 17, 2013</strong></p>
    <p>7:30 Breakfast</p>
    <p>8:30 Opening comments by Chancellor Carlos Padín and Dr. Evelyn García</p>
    <p>9:00 – 10:00 Opening presentation: <em>“Time Management &amp; Goal Setting”</em> – Dr. Tull</p>
    <p>10:00 – 10:30 Welcome and Introductions</p>
    <p>10:30 – 12:00 Mini Lecture and Discussion #1 by Dr. Omland</p>
    <p><em>“Have A Plan”</em></p>
    <p>12 – 1:00 Lunch</p>
    <p>1:00 – 2:00 Mini Lecture and Discussion #2 by Dr. Omland</p>
    <p><em>“Make Your Writing Simple and Clear (Active Voice)”</em></p>
    <p>2:00 – 5:30 Work on Publication</p>
    <p>6:00 Dinner</p>
    <p>After dinner: Continue working on publication</p>
    <p>_________________________________</p>
    <p><strong>Day 2, Saturday, May 18, 2013</strong></p>
    <p>7:30 Breakfast</p>
    <p>8:30 Report-out, and goal-setting – Dr. Tull</p>
    <p>9:30 – 10:30 Mini Lecture and Discussion #3 by Dr. Omland</p>
    <p><em>“Avoid the False Demon of ‘Perfection’ “</em></p>
    <p>10:30 – 12:00 Work on Publication</p>
    <p>12 – 1:00 Lunch</p>
    <p>1:00 – 1:30 Remarks and Remaining Tips by Dr. Omland</p>
    <p><em>“Details of Final Submission (and Resubmission)”</em></p>
    <p>1:30 – 5:30 Work on Publication</p>
    <p>6:00 Dinner</p>
    <p>After Dinner: Continue working on publications</p>
    <p>____________________________________</p>
    <p><strong>Day 3, Sunday, May 19, 2013</strong></p>
    <p>7:30 Breakfast</p>
    <p>8:30 Report-out, and goal-setting</p>
    <p>9:30 – 10:30 Final Comments by Dr. Tull</p>
    <p>10:30 – 12:00 Work on Publication and Conclusion</p>
    <p>____________________________________</p>
    <p><em>Facilitators:</em></p>
    <address><strong>Dr. Renetta G. Tull</strong>, Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Development and Postdoctoral Affairs, PROMISE Director</address>
    <address><strong>Dr. Kevin Omland, </strong>Professor of Biology, UMBC   <a href="mailto:omland@umbc.edu">omland@umbc.edu</a></address>
    <address><strong>Nandadevi Cortes Rodriguez, </strong>Graduate Assistant, UMBC    <a href="mailto:mcortes1@umbc.edu">mcortes1@umbc.edu</a></address>
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  <Title>&#8220;Writing for Publication&#8221; goes on the road &#8211; Puerto Rico Sessions: May 17-19 w/ UMBC&#8217;s Dr. Kevin Omland</Title>
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    <p></p>
    <p><span><strong>General Agenda:</strong> Condado Room, Conrad Condado Plaza, San Juan</span></p>
    <p><strong>Day 1, Friday, May 17, 2013</strong></p>
    <p>7:30 Breakfast</p>
    <p>8:30 Opening comments by Chancellor Carlos Padín and Dr. Evelyn García</p>
    <p>9:00 – 10:00 Opening presentation: <em>“Time Management &amp; Goal Setting”</em> – Dr. Tull</p>
    <p>10:00 – 10:30 Welcome and Introductions</p>
    <p>10:30 – 12:00 Mini Lecture and Discussion #1 by Dr. Omland</p>
    <p><em>“Have A Plan”</em></p>
    <p>12 – 1:00 Lunch</p>
    <p>1:00 – 2:00 Mini Lecture and Discussion #2 by Dr. Omland</p>
    <p><em>“Make Your Writing Simple and Clear (Active Voice)”</em></p>
    <p>2:00 – 5:30 Work on Publication</p>
    <p>6:00 Dinner</p>
    <p>After dinner: Continue working on publication</p>
    <p>_________________________________</p>
    <p><strong>Day 2, Saturday, May 18, 2013</strong></p>
    <p>7:30 Breakfast</p>
    <p>8:30 Report-out, and goal-setting – Dr. Tull</p>
    <p>9:30 – 10:30 Mini Lecture and Discussion #3 by Dr. Omland</p>
    <p><em>“Avoid the False Demon of ‘Perfection’ “</em></p>
    <p>10:30 – 12:00 Work on Publication</p>
    <p>12 – 1:00 Lunch</p>
    <p>1:00 – 1:30 Remarks and Remaining Tips by Dr. Omland</p>
    <p><em>“Details of Final Submission (and Resubmission)”</em></p>
    <p>1:30 – 5:30 Work on Publication</p>
    <p>6:00 Dinner</p>
    <p>After Dinner: Continue working on publications</p>
    <p>____________________________________</p>
    <p><strong>Day 3, Sunday, May 19, 2013</strong></p>
    <p>7:30 Breakfast</p>
    <p>8:30 Report-out, and goal-setting</p>
    <p>9:30 – 10:30 Final Comments by Dr. Tull</p>
    <p>10:30 – 12:00 Work on Publication and Conclusion</p>
    <p>____________________________________</p>
    <p><em>Facilitators:</em></p>
    <address><strong>Dr. Renetta G. Tull</strong>, Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Development and Postdoctoral Affairs, PROMISE Director</address>
    <address><strong>Dr. Kevin Omland, </strong>Professor of Biology, UMBC   <a href="mailto:omland@umbc.edu">omland@umbc.edu</a></address>
    <address><strong>Nandadevi Cortes Rodriguez, </strong>Graduate Assistant, UMBC    <a href="mailto:mcortes1@umbc.edu">mcortes1@umbc.edu</a></address>
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  <Title>PROMISE students celebrate new UMES President, Dr. Juliette Bell, on UMES&#8217; campus</Title>
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    <div><a href="http://promiseagep.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/students-of-opportunity.jpg" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img alt="At the door of opportunity. " src="http://promiseagep.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/students-of-opportunity.jpg?w=630&amp;h=659" width="630" height="659" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a><p><strong><em>At the door of opportunity. PROMISE Students from UMBC at the Student Services Center at UMES.</em></strong></p></div>
    <p>Students also had a chance to talk with <a href="https://www.umes.edu/Pharmacy/Default.aspx?id=32404" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. T. Sean Vasaitis</a>, an assistant professor at UMES, and former PROMISE Peer Mentor from UMB. We extend thanks to <a href="http://www.umes.edu/PR/Article.aspx?id=32220" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes</a>, Dean of the Graduate School at UMES for her invitation and hospitality, and we thank Dr. Lakeisha L. Harris, for her logistics leadership. Congratulations to all of the poster and oral presentation winners, and to the faculty who won special awards.</p>
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    <p><strong>Luncheon Photo with President Bell. Pictured, L-R</strong> (graduate students from UMBC unless otherwise noted):<em> Eric Corbett (Human-Centered Computing), Miguel Nino (Instructional Systems Design), DeLauren McCauley (Chemistry), Nanda Cortes (Biology), <a href="http://www.umes.edu/PR/Article.aspx?id=32220" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes</a> (Dean of the Graduate School, UMES), <a href="http://www.umes.edu/President/Content.aspx?id=41355" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>DR. JULIETTE BELL (PRESIDENT, UMES)</strong></a>, <a href="http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/coaching-and-mentoring/dr-renetta-tull/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. Renetta Tull</a> (Assoc. Vice Provost/PROMISE Dir.), Lois Oviawe (Economic Policy Analysis), Nebechi Osia (Environmental Engineering), and Kyle Edwards (Applied Sociology). </em></p>
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    <p>Students also had a chance to talk with <a href="https://www.umes.edu/Pharmacy/Default.aspx?id=32404" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. T. Sean Vasaitis</a>, an assistant professor at UMES, and former PROMISE Peer Mentor from UMB. We extend thanks to <a href="http://www.umes.edu/PR/Article.aspx?id=32220" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes</a>, Dean of the Graduate School at UMES for her invitation and hospitality, and we thank Dr. Lakeisha L. Harris, for her logistics leadership. Congratulations to all of the poster and oral presentation winners, and to the faculty who won special awards.</p>
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    <p><strong>Luncheon Photo with President Bell. Pictured, L-R</strong> (graduate students from UMBC unless otherwise noted):<em> Eric Corbett (Human-Centered Computing), Miguel Nino (Instructional Systems Design), DeLauren McCauley (Chemistry), Nanda Cortes (Biology), <a href="http://www.umes.edu/PR/Article.aspx?id=32220" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes</a> (Dean of the Graduate School, UMES), <a href="http://www.umes.edu/President/Content.aspx?id=41355" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>DR. JULIETTE BELL (PRESIDENT, UMES)</strong></a>, <a href="http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/coaching-and-mentoring/dr-renetta-tull/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. Renetta Tull</a> (Assoc. Vice Provost/PROMISE Dir.), Lois Oviawe (Economic Policy Analysis), Nebechi Osia (Environmental Engineering), and Kyle Edwards (Applied Sociology). </em></p>
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    <li><a href="http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/dr-portia-taylor-cmu-qolt-promise-dh-alum-talks-umbc-about-motion-sensors-rehabilitation-april-10-2013/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. Portia Taylor (CMU, QoLT, PROMISE DH Alum) talks @UMBC about motion sensors &amp; rehabilitation: April 10, 2013</a> (dissertationhouse.wordpress.com)</li>
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  <Title>Save the date! Summer Dissertation House: July 9-12, 2013 @ UMBC</Title>
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    <h4>Spend 4 days writing … make progress on your dissertation!</h4>
    <div><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events?mode=upcoming" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Tuesday, July 9, 2013</a> at 9 AM - <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events?mode=upcoming" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Friday, July 12, 2013</a> at 5 PM</div>
    <div><a href="http://maps.google.com/?t=k&amp;z=18&amp;q=On%20Campus@39.2557826819,-76.7109968659" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">On Campus : COMM 329</a></div>
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    <li>Breakfast, Lunch, and a snack will be served daily.</li>
    <li>The Dissertation House is free for UMBC’s graduate students.</li>
    <li>There are 15 to 18 spaces available for the Dissertation House.</li>
    <li>Details regarding eligibility can be found on the application page of the website for the Dissertation House.</li>
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    <p>Read about The Dissertation House in UMBC’s Alumni Magazine: Byrne, R.  (2011, Fall) <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/magazine/fall11/discovery.html#write" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">“The Write Stuff”</a>, UMBC Magazine. p. 12</p>
    <p>Please login to MyUMBC, click “I can attend,”  *AND* follow the <em><em><em>application procedures on the main website for the Dissertation House: <a href="http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/apply/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/apply/</a></em></em></em></p>
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    <h4>Spend 4 days writing … make progress on your dissertation!</h4>
    <div><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events?mode=upcoming" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Tuesday, July 9, 2013</a> at 9 AM - <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events?mode=upcoming" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Friday, July 12, 2013</a> at 5 PM</div>
    <div><a href="http://maps.google.com/?t=k&amp;z=18&amp;q=On%20Campus@39.2557826819,-76.7109968659" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">On Campus : COMM 329</a></div>
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    <p>Dr. Portia Taylor, an alum of the <a href="http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/next-full-scale-dissertation-house-at-carnegie-mellon-university-pittsburgh-pa-march-26-28-2012/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">PROMISE Dissertation House at Carnegie Mellon</a> (hosted by the <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/qolt/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Quality of Life Technology Center</a> - <a href="http://www.pitt.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">University of Pittsburgh</a>/<a href="http://www.cmu.edu/index.shtml" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Carnegie Mellon University</a>), will be a guest speaker for UMBC's Information Systems Department on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 12-1:00 PM, in Room 459 of the Information Technology/Engineering (ITE) Building. The UMBC announcement can be found here: </p>
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    <p>Dr. Portia Taylor, an alum of the <a href="http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/next-full-scale-dissertation-house-at-carnegie-mellon-university-pittsburgh-pa-march-26-28-2012/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">PROMISE Dissertation House at Carnegie Mellon</a> (hosted by the <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/qolt/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Quality of Life Technology Center</a> - <a href="http://www.pitt.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">University of Pittsburgh</a>/<a href="http://www.cmu.edu/index.shtml" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Carnegie Mellon University</a>), will be a guest speaker for UMBC's Information Systems Department on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 12-1:00 PM, in Room 459 of the Information Technology/Engineering (ITE) Building. The UMBC announcement can be found here: </p>
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