If you are a Graduate Student at UMBC, and if you are working on your  graduate school courses, proposal, or dissertation, then this event is for you!

The on-campus setting provides Dissertation House participants with productive and rewarding scholastic engagement. Students who participate in this program will spend each day thinking, writing, and sharing ideas about their doctoral dissertations. Students will learn effective time-management skills; learn how to set small manageable goals, and will meet with a dissertation coach in one-on-one consultations to discuss and address obstacles that might prevent them completing their degrees.

This is a weekday (9 a.m. – 5 p.m., non-residential) commitment set for the week of Tuesday, January 18 – Friday, January 21, 2011.

Applications Due:  Friday, December 10, 2010

RSVP on MyUMBC and follow directions for the application: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/5126

Announcement:

Join an active research team. This work focuses on the factors and conditions that create and maximize success for underrepresented groups in engineering and IT majors and fields. Undergraduate Research Assistant positions are for five hours per week for both fall and spring semester. Unpaid, but may earn academic credit. Research assistants must have at least a 3.0 GPA and possess strong writing skills and the ability to work both independently and as a team member. Must be willing to learn EndNote software and be available to meet with the other members of the research team. Some experience with using the UMBC library’s online search procedures and familiarity with APA citation style preferred. Apply through UMBCworks. 

For more information Dr. Susan Martin, CWIT Associate Director, susan@umbc.edu, phone: (410) 455-3109

Join an active research team. This work focuses on the factors and conditions that create and maximize success for underrepresented groups in engineering and IT majors and fields. Undergraduate Research Assistant positions are for five hours per week for both fall and spring semester. Unpaid, but may earn academic credit. Research assistants must have at least a 3.0 GPA and possess strong writing skills and the ability to work both independently and as a team member. Must be willing to learn EndNote software and be available to meet with the other members of the research team. Some experience with using the UMBC library’s online search procedures and familiarity with APA citation style preferred. Apply through UMBCworks. For more information Dr. Susan Martin, CWIT Associate Director, susan@umbc.edu, phone: (410) 455-3109

• * Undergraduate students
• * U.S. citizenship required
• * Funding available for fall 2011
• * Full tuition and monthly stipends
• * Includes 10-week summer internships at federal research facilities or university-based DHS Centers of Excellence
• * Application Deadline: January 5, 2011

• * Undergraduate students
• * U.S. citizenship required
• * Funding available for Summer 2011
• * 10-week summer research experiences at federal research facilities
• * $500 weekly stipends plus transportation expenses to/from the internship location
• * Application Deadline: January 5, 2011

• * Faculty recruits one or two student team members (undergraduate and/or graduate)

• * Preference given to early career faculty

• * U.S. citizenship required

• * Funding available for Summer 2011

• * 10-week summer research experiences at university-based DHS Centers of Excellence

• * Stipends, housing allowances, limited transportation expenses provided for faculty and students

• * Faculty encouraged to apply for up to $50,000 in follow-on research funding at the end of the summer

• * Application Deadline: February 1, 2011

  Complete information is available online at http://www.orau.gov/dhseducationprograms.
   
  Questions regarding the DHS Education Programs can be sent via e-mail to dhsed@orau.org