Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale will  be at UMBC on Thursday, Feb. 23 to present “Practical Steps to Completing Your Thesis or Dissertation.” The seminar will be at 4:30 PM and will end at 6PM.  Details can be found on the PROMISE website: http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/grad-student-seminar-on-22312-practical-steps-for-completing-your-thesis-or-dissertation/.

All graduate students in the area are welcome to attend, but you must RSVP. UMBC’s students are asked to RSVP using the MyUMBC link for this program: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/10714.  Students at other schools are asked to RSVP as a reply to the post for this program on the PROMISE website.

Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale, Dissertation Coach for UMBC, presents:

“Practical Steps for Completing Your Thesis or Dissertation.”

This seminar will be held on Thursday, February 23, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Light refreshments will be served.

Location: UMBC Campus, AOK Library 7th Floor open area.

Directions to campus: http://promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com/directions-to-campuses/

Dr. Carter-Veale is the coach for The Dissertation House (http://www.thedissertationhouse.com) and is the founder of TADA, Thesis and Dissertation Accomplished.http://www.tadafinallyfinished.com/index.html

This is a seminar for all graduate students who will be writing a thesis or  dissertation.  Please RSVP early so that we can have an accurate count for reservations.

This post is mirrored on MyUMBC: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/10714.

UMBC’s students are asked to RSVP via the MyUMBC link above. Students from other campuses should RSVP as a reply to this post. 

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Are you working on your dissertation now? Regardless of your discipline or school, you’re welcome to join the PROMISE Dissertation House’s blog: http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/blog-online-challenge/winter-challenge-2012/. Page down, introduce yourself, tell the group what you’re working on, and join the fun!

Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale, Dissertation Coach for UMBC, presents:

“Practical Steps for Completing Your Thesis or Dissertation.”

This seminar will be held on Thursday, February 23, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Light refreshments will be served.

Location: UMBC Campus, AOK Library 7th Floor open area.

Directions to campus: http://promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com/directions-to-campuses/

Dr. Carter-Veale is the coach for The Dissertation House (http://www.thedissertationhouse.com) and is the founder of TADA, Thesis and Dissertation Accomplished.http://www.tadafinallyfinished.com/index.html

This is a seminar for all graduate students who will be writing a thesis or  dissertation.  Please RSVP early so that we can have an accurate count for reservations.

This post is mirrored on MyUMBC: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/10714.

UMBC’s students are asked to RSVP via the MyUMBC link above. Students from other campuses should RSVP as a reply to this post. 

_____________________________________

Are you working on your dissertation now? Regardless of your discipline or school, you’re welcome to join the PROMISE Dissertation House’s blog: http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/blog-online-challenge/winter-challenge-2012/. Page down, introduce yourself, tell the group what you’re working on, and join the fun!

The Quality of Life Technology (QoLT) Center, a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center led by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, will sponsor a Dissertation House for their students at the end of March.  The Dissertation House (DH) for the QoLT will be held in Pittsburgh, PA.  Funding for this DH is provided by QoLT’s National Science Foundation funding as a collaborative grant between PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP and the QoLT Center.    The collaboration between PROMISE and the QoLT began at a national NSF meeting for the ERCs in December 2010.  PROMISE was participating in the conference as part of a panel on under-representation in STEM, facilitated by the Mid-InfraRed Technologies for Health and the Environment (MIRTHE) Engineering Research Center that includes UMBC,  Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University, Texas A&M University, and the City College of New York.

Graduate students who are already part of the QoLT will have the first opportunities to register for this DH.  The timing of this Dissertation House will connect to the start of the annual convention for the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).  Since Pittsburgh is hosting the 2012 NSBE national convention that is expecting thousands of students and professionals, the QoLT will consider registrations from graduate students who attend their partner institutions and are planning to attend the mini Graduate School Conference (GSC) at the NSBE convention.

Dissertation House at the QoLT Main session: Monday, March 26 – Wednesday, March 28, 2012. 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.   Small group and individual coaching: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 9:00 AM – 12 PM.

Head Coach: Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale. Facilitator: Dr. Renetta Tull. QoLT Graduate Assistants: Sossena Wood (Region II Chair for NSBE, Twitter: @R2Chair) and Portia Taylor.

Graduate students from the QoLT who plan to participate should follow the application procedures on the application webpage for the Dissertation House.  Students from other institutions must seek permission from  Shelly Brown, Outreach Coordinator for the QoLT Center at the Human Engineering Research Laboratory and the University of Pittsburgh Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology:  srbrown@pitt.edu, (412) 822-3665 (email preferred).  Applications will be accepted for an extended enrollment period between February 20 and March 9.  Deadline: Friday, March 9, 2012. 

 Dissertation House Location:

Gates-Hillman Hall, Room 4405, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA  15213

Campus map:  http://www.cmu.edu/homeimages/campus-map/CMU_MapColor_8x11.pdf

Hotel for grad students at QoLT partner institutions:

(Students or QoLT Partner representatives from schools other than Carnegie Mellon or the University of Pittsburgh must obtain permission from Shelly Brown to participate, and must pay for hotel fees from their own funds.)

Marriott SpringHill Suites at Bakery Square, 134 Bakery Square Boulevard · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15206

There is a free shuttle from the hotel to the campus.

The Quality of Life Technology (QoLT) Center, a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center led by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, will sponsor a Dissertation House for their students at the end of March.  The Dissertation House (DH) for the QoLT will be held in Pittsburgh, PA.  Funding for this DH is provided by QoLT’s National Science Foundation funding as a collaborative grant between PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP and the QoLT Center.    The collaboration between PROMISE and the QoLT began at a national NSF meeting for the ERCs in December 2010.  PROMISE was participating in the conference as part of a panel on under-representation in STEM, facilitated by the Mid-InfraRed Technologies for Health and the Environment (MIRTHE) Engineering Research Center that includes UMBC,  Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University, Texas A&M University, and the City College of New York.

Graduate students who are already part of the QoLT will have the first opportunities to register for this DH.  The timing of this Dissertation House will connect to the start of the annual convention for the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).  Since Pittsburgh is hosting the 2012 NSBE national convention that is expecting thousands of students and professionals, the QoLT will consider registrations from graduate students who attend their partner institutions and are planning to attend the mini Graduate School Conference (GSC) at the NSBE convention.

Dissertation House at the QoLT Main session: Monday, March 26 – Wednesday, March 28, 2012. 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.   Small group and individual coaching: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 9:00 AM – 12 PM.

Head Coach: Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale. Facilitator: Dr. Renetta Tull. QoLT Graduate Assistants: Sossena Wood (Region II Chair for NSBE, Twitter: @R2Chair) and Portia Taylor.

Graduate students from the QoLT who plan to participate should follow the application procedures on the application webpage for the Dissertation House.  Students from other institutions must seek permission from  Shelly Brown, Outreach Coordinator for the QoLT Center at the Human Engineering Research Laboratory and the University of Pittsburgh Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology:  srbrown@pitt.edu, (412) 822-3665 (email preferred).  Applications will be accepted for an extended enrollment period between February 20 and March 9.  Deadline: Friday, March 9, 2012. 

 Dissertation House Location:

Gates-Hillman Hall, Room 4405, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA  15213

Campus map:  http://www.cmu.edu/homeimages/campus-map/CMU_MapColor_8x11.pdf

Hotel for grad students at QoLT partner institutions:

(Students or QoLT Partner representatives from schools other than Carnegie Mellon or the University of Pittsburgh must obtain permission from Shelly Brown to participate, and must pay for hotel fees from their own funds.)

Marriott SpringHill Suites at Bakery Square, 134 Bakery Square Boulevard · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15206

There is a free shuttle from the hotel to the campus.

We have a number of online resources for students to receive information. In addition to this main website for PROMISE which launched this past summer (5,000+ hits),  we have an active Dissertation House website (18,000+ hits, 2300+ comments), an intranet site through MyUMBC (300+ members), a site that regularly lists all of the PROMISE Seminars & Workshops (32,000+ hits), PROMISE Facebook page, and a PROMISE Twitter site.  Please subscribe or join these sites to get the latest updates via email.  Don’t miss the webinars, dinner meetings, Dissertation House sessions, thesis completion workshops, academic achievement advice, professional development seminars, job announcements, and funding updates. While the MyUMBC site is limited to students on that campus, all of the other sites are open to anyone from any campus. Please join us! Stay informed. Participate, connect, and let us help you to meet your goals.

Screenshot from the PROMISE page on the MyUMBC intranet. If you are a student at UMBC, please join the group.

Reminders from PROMISE:

• Preparing for academic success: things to do before class or early in the semester.
• Getting sleep and taking breaks
• Getting your faculty members together for a defense date

Related articles

• Do you need to continue the Dissertation House experience? Join the “INSANITY/Countdown” group for the next two weekends! Feb. 10-12 & Feb. 17-19, 2012! (dissertationhouse.wordpress.com)
• Dissertation House WEEKEND at UMBC: 26 hours!! Fri. Feb. 3 – Sun. Feb. 5 (dissertationhouse.wordpress.com)
• Dissertation Writing & Support Groups starting February. Register now. (dissertationhouse.wordpress.com)
• February 2012: Barrett Whitener returns to discuss oral & poster presentations (2/15); PROMISE Spring Meeting (2/17), Thesis & Dissertation prep (2/23) (promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com)
• Postdoc and Faculty Jobs “Down Under.” Consider Australia! (promiseagep.wordpress.com)

We have a number of online resources for students to receive information. In addition to this main website for PROMISE which launched this past summer (5,000+ hits),  we have an active Dissertation House website (18,000+ hits, 2300+ comments), an intranet site through MyUMBC (300+ members), a site that regularly lists all of the PROMISE Seminars & Workshops (32,000+ hits), PROMISE Facebook page, and a PROMISE Twitter site.  Please subscribe or join these sites to get the latest updates via email.  Don’t miss the webinars, dinner meetings, Dissertation House sessions, thesis completion workshops, academic achievement advice, professional development seminars, job announcements, and funding updates. While the MyUMBC site is limited to students on that campus, all of the other sites are open to anyone from any campus. Please join us! Stay informed. Participate, connect, and let us help you to meet your goals.

Screenshot from the PROMISE page on the MyUMBC intranet. If you are a student at UMBC, please join the group.

Reminders from PROMISE:

• Preparing for academic success: things to do before class or early in the semester.
• Getting sleep and taking breaks
• Getting your faculty members together for a defense date

Related articles

• Do you need to continue the Dissertation House experience? Join the “INSANITY/Countdown” group for the next two weekends! Feb. 10-12 & Feb. 17-19, 2012! (dissertationhouse.wordpress.com)
• Dissertation House WEEKEND at UMBC: 26 hours!! Fri. Feb. 3 – Sun. Feb. 5 (dissertationhouse.wordpress.com)
• Dissertation Writing & Support Groups starting February. Register now. (dissertationhouse.wordpress.com)
• February 2012: Barrett Whitener returns to discuss oral & poster presentations (2/15); PROMISE Spring Meeting (2/17), Thesis & Dissertation prep (2/23) (promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com)
• Postdoc and Faculty Jobs “Down Under.” Consider Australia! (promiseagep.wordpress.com)

Opportunities to work with your friends and colleagues from any session of the Dissertation House (DH) continues over the next two weekends! The group from the January 2012 DH has nicknamed their group “INSANITY!” People in the group and on the DH blog from UMBC, UMCP, and UM College Park are working hard and counting down. Are you working on your dissertation? Have you participated in at least on DH session in the past? If so, you’re invited to join the group. Your requirement? Follow the steps that you learned in the DH: post your goals, commit to the process, and get to work!

These sessions will be held on UMBC’s Campus.

• Friday, February 10, from 8.30 AM to 11.45 AM and again from 1:15 to 5:00 PM, Commons Room 318(This room has a meeting being held between 12 noon and 1 PM, which means everyone will have to leave for that allotted time.)
• Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 8:00 PM, Commons Room 327
• Sunday, February 12, 2012 from 12 noon to 8:00 PM, Commons Room 327

• Friday, February 17, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Commons Room 329
• Saturday, February 18, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 8:00 PM, Public Policy Building Room 206
• Sunday, February 19, 2012 from 12 noon to 8:00 PM, Commons Room 327

Related articles

• Dissertation House WEEKEND at UMBC: 26 hours!! Fri. Feb. 3 – Sun. Feb. 5 (dissertationhouse.wordpress.com)
• Join the PROMISE blogs and websites for up-to-date information. 55,000 hits & 2,300 comments strong on the DH! (promiseagep.wordpress.com)

Opportunities to work with your friends and colleagues from any session of the Dissertation House (DH) continues over the next two weekends! The group from the January 2012 DH has nicknamed their group “INSANITY!” People in the group and on the DH blog from UMBC, UMCP, and UM College Park are working hard and counting down. Are you working on your dissertation? Have you participated in at least on DH session in the past? If so, you’re invited to join the group. Your requirement? Follow the steps that you learned in the DH: post your goals, commit to the process, and get to work!

These sessions will be held on UMBC’s Campus.

• Friday, February 10, from 8.30 AM to 11.45 AM and again from 1:15 to 5:00 PM, Commons Room 318(This room has a meeting being held between 12 noon and 1 PM, which means everyone will have to leave for that allotted time.)
• Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 8:00 PM, Commons Room 327
• Sunday, February 12, 2012 from 12 noon to 8:00 PM, Commons Room 327

• Friday, February 17, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Commons Room 329
• Saturday, February 18, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 8:00 PM, Public Policy Building Room 206
• Sunday, February 19, 2012 from 12 noon to 8:00 PM, Commons Room 327

Related articles

• Dissertation House WEEKEND at UMBC: 26 hours!! Fri. Feb. 3 – Sun. Feb. 5 (dissertationhouse.wordpress.com)
• Join the PROMISE blogs and websites for up-to-date information. 55,000 hits & 2,300 comments strong on the DH! (promiseagep.wordpress.com)