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The University System of Maryland's AGEP Promise Academy is hosting an inaugural postdoc conference for future faculty on Friday, September 24, 2021 and Friday, October 8, 2021 from 10:30am-2:15pm. This virtual conference is being held during the National Postdoc Appreciation Week, and is focused on professional development, encouragement, motivation, career advice, peer support, and camaraderie, particularly for underrepresented postdocs from the University of Maryland System (USM) in STEM fields. While the main focus is transitioning from a postdoc into tenure track faculty positions, all postdocs are invited to attend. The event is sponsored by the NSF AGEP Promise Academy Alliance, which is composed of the University of Maryland, Baltimore; University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Salisbury University and Towson University.
***UMBC Registrants have the option to submit any of their tenure track application materials (i.e. CV, research statement, teaching statement, diversity statement) by September 17th. A review team of experts will add comments, and will give registrants a 1:1 15 minute meeting with a reviewer during the conference ***
Day 1 Agenda – Friday, September 24, 2021 (register here)
10:30-10:45 – Welcome
10:45-11:45 – Developing Collaborations
Developing collaborations can be pivotal for academic research, but we often don't know where or how to begin building these relationships. This session will begin with a panel of experts in creating research teams, providing tips on how to establish successful collaborations. The session will continue with practicing networking and how to talk about yourself and your research with new people. We’ll challenge you to practice talking about your research interests with a broad, multidisciplinary audience--other graduate students and postdocs!
12:00-1:00 – Damani White-Lewis Keynote
Prioritizing Racial Equity throughout the Faculty Hiring Process
1:15-2:15 – Faculty Interview Panel
A strong faculty interview is key to landing a tenure-track faculty position. This session will guide you to best practices for preparing to meet students and future faculty colleagues, delivering your research and teaching presentations and debriefing with the search committee. Attendees will learn how to prepare for and complete the faculty interview with professionalism and poise.
10:30-10:45 – Welcome Back
10:45-11:45 – Expectations for Publications
12:00-1:00 – Negotiating Start Up
1:15-2:15 – Grant and Editorial Board Reviews
Please join us. Register for Sept 24 sessions and the keynote talk.
About Keynote Speaker Damani White-Lewis:
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]]>The Acquisitions Department is happy to now be accepting purchase requests from all UMBC community members. You can find the request form and more information about requesting library materials on the Technical Services page of the library website.
All requests will be reviewed by a subject librarian and updates on your request will be provided through our ticketing system.
Registration for Graduate Student Organizations (GSOs) is now open!
If you would like to establish a GSO this year and be eligible for GSA funding, please fill out this form so that your group will be properly registered (whether the group is new or existing).
The deadline to register a GSO for the 2021-2022 academic year is Monday, September 20th 2021.
Note that only those programs or groups whose registration is completed and approved will be eligible for funding from the GSA for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us at gsa@umbc.edu
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This survey will help the UMBC Writing Center understand the writing needs of graduate students. Please complete this short survey with information about your knowledge of and experience with seeking writing support at UMBC. Thank you for completing the survey no later than Friday, October 15th
The Writing Center at the Academic Success Center would like to collect some data from graduate students in order to assess their experiences with the UMBC Writing Center, the Graduate Writing Advisor, and the ELI Writing Advisor. The ASC has put together this great survey to help us gather more information and maybe fill some gaps.
Please take this survey, it will take 5 minutes max
https://forms.gle/FWgQrnzr7b3H2RLFA